>>54837627for pokémon in particular, analysis of the gold prototype led to new discoveries in the final software no one ever bother to look for. the proto had this unused battle animation that wasn't known to be in the consumer editions of gold and silver until post-prototype leak
legally, nintendo maintained a silent fury approach. they don't acknowledge the leaks, and they don't allow their partners too either, but they litigated the person behind the server breach into dust
a lot of people tend to overlook this since the gold and silver stuff leaked out a few years before the dam burst completely, but the pokémon proto leaks weren't their own isolated thing. all of that shit between 2018 and 2020 came from the nintendo server breach that happened a few months before things started showing up on 4chan
