So recently, someone named Monsieur Leaker gave a bunch of leaks about Pokémon X and Y via Q&A. Now, I'm not fully convinced, but it has me intrigued - so intrigued that I set up a bingo chart on Notepad, just in case!

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Now, I managed to sort out all the answers he gave by characters, Kalos region, Pokémon, mechanics, and a few miscellaneouses. I'll also post my thoughts on how I'd take to it if it's real.

-= CHARACTERS =-
- In this game, you have four rivals. The player's roughneck childhood friend, who wants to stand against bullies, gets the starter that's weaker to your starter's type. A fat rich kid, who has the utmost faith in money, gets the stronger-type starter. There's a female traveler who wants to make her mark on the world, and she has a similar starter (though evolved when you first meet her). Lastly, the main rival - a Pokémon Rider that turns into a cold-attitude bounty hunter after losing to the bad guys. He has a Tauros in his team. He eventually becomes the champion.
- Wow, first Black and White have three rivals (if you count N), and this might have four? Interesting...I wonder how the friend and rich kid would develop throughout the story?
- Professor Patrice often holds parties to better observe the interactions between humans and Pokémon. He happens to see the player, friend, and rich kid arguing, and decides to give the three Pokémon to see how their personalities have an effect.
- Hm, interesting way to start your journey. Then again, Juniper started your journey at the request of the player's, Cheren's, and Bianca's mothers to see how they'd grow.
- There are two antagonist teams: Team Acid and Team Base. They're not version-exclusive, but the order in which you first encounter them differ in the two games.
- Monsieur said this would technically follow the letter theme, as in Team A and Team B.
- Team Acid's bunch look all punkish. They steal Pokémon for research in creating the "ultimate type". The leader is a girl with lots of hair. Her fellow admins have hair styled after toxic animals - a guy with spider dreadlocks, a girl with a scorpion stinger-shaped ponytail, and a round guy with markings on his face much like a poisonous frog.
- From the way he described Team Acid, these sound like the true villainous group.
- Team Base's grunts dress in Tai Chi-style uniforms. They're not so bad, but are still aggressive - they take Pokémon from "weak" Trainers and continue raising them. The leader is a strong old man with a long beard. His admins are a roundish turtle-like sage, a flamboyant bird-like sage, a stern tiger-like sage, and a young dragon-like sage.
- Judgmental white knights, basically. They mean well, but the stealing-Pokémon part...Oh, also the admins seem to be themed after the four saint beasts of Eastern culture (Black Tortoise, Vermillion Bird, White Tiger, Azure Dragon).
- The Gym Leaders are (Bug) a gardener lady with short hair, (Fairy) a pop singer, (Normal) a cowboy related to the main rival, (Fighting) an armored jouster, (Ghost) a nun, (Ice) a Noh actor in white makeup, (Fire) an Indiana Jones-ish explorer, and (Psychic) an old lady confined to a wheelchair.
- No Dark Gym? Darn...Well, anyhoo, the prospect of a Ghost-wielding nun sounds cool. And the Psychic Gym leader? Sounds like someone who could utilize her psychic abilities to their fullest, so...cool!
- You first face the first three Gyms (Bug, Fairy, Normal) in the Central part. In X, you proceed to the Mountains area (Fighting, Ghost), then go to the Coast area (Ice, Fire), vice-versa in Y. After all that, you can face the Psychic Gym in the north Central.
- This is an interesting way to differ playthroughs of X and Y...
- The Elite Four are focused on stats instead of types this time. There's a famous chef lady (HP-based), a Russian strongman in a fur coat (Attack-based), a genius girl holding a metal puzzle (Defense-based), and a racecar driver (Speed-based). As said earlier, the main rival is the champion, with a varied team.
- Julia Child plz! ...Oh, the stat-theming bit? Yeah, that sounds like a big shake-up from the previous formula.


-= KALOS REGION =-
- First town's name starts with "O". All major towns and cities have light-based names.
- Monsieur explicitly said he couldn't give names, so instead gave a hint.
- The game starts at a city south of the hometown, where a festival takes place.
- This is the said festival where the player, friend, and rich kid get their starters.
- Seasons don't return. Instead, the cardinal directions of Kalos change Deerling/Sawsbuck's appearances.
- Guess XY had enough going on in it that seasonal changes had to be cut.
- There's an in-game Berry Field, where you can plant and grow Berries.
- To me, this is more convenient than impatiently waiting with Dream World's Berry garden.
- Snow routes have a hum in the music.
- Gym leaders have different variations of the Gym battle theme.
- Not just the Gym theme, but the battle themes of the Gym Leaders! I can picture the Fairy GL with a pop-style theme, the Normal GL with a country tune, the Ghost GL with something you'd expect from a church, and the Ice GL with kabuki music.
- The Stonehenge area in Kalos has creepy whispering in the music.
- I'll just assume it's on the level of the River Twygz Bed theme in Super Paper Mario...
- Late in the story, you go back in time and witness a past war.
- Perhaps something that the Team Acid and Team Base leaders are forced to witness, too?


-= POKÉMON =-
- Some Pokemon evolve through full Sync, minigames or by defeating certain Pokemon.
- I'll bring up the Sync thing in Mechanics. Anyhow, these sound like interesting evolution methods.
- Chespin's final evo looks like a football player (Grass/Fighting).
- So much for Grass/Dark. Still, turning that spiked chestnut armor into football armor is interesting, too.
- Fennekin's final evo looks like a "flying fox" (Fire/Psychic).
- For reference, flying foxes are bats. Monsieur said it's a play on Fennekin's big ears.
- Froakie's final evo looks like a kabuki ninja (Water/Dark).
- It may not be Water/Fighting, but it's interesting! Monsieur even said that Froakie's foam bubble cloak will curl like the waves in old Japanese woodblock pictures. May have something to do with Jiraiya, a folktale ninja that can turn into a large toad.
- Common rodent line is capybaras with a sweat theme.
- Never had capybaras before, right? The first stage is said to have a constant anime sweatdrop on its head. Maybe the second stage could look like a sauna-goer?
- Fletchling evolves in an arrow-themed woodpecker (Normal/Flying).
- Arrow theme? Perhaps it has to do with high Speed...?
- A spy spider with Sam Fisher goggles (Bug and Bug/Dark).
- {snrk} A literal spy-der...! {clears throat} Anyhow, this is said to be version-exclusive. Apparently, the first stage is coincidentally #666 in the National Dex. Sorry, no devil. Just a rookie spy-der.
- A walking-stick that pretends to be a tree (Bug and Bug/Ground).
- First stage is to look like a twig. Second stage acts like a tree by rooting itself into the ground. Essentially, this is a Bug version of Sudowoodo. Also, this is a version-exclusive counterpart to the spy-der above.
- You can import Pokémon from Gen-5 via an app from the eShop, bringing them to a harbor. You have to pay for each Pokémon received, based on level and the badges you have.
- The fee is probably to deter easy attempts at cleaning house with your previous powerhouses.
- Clefairy, Togepi, Jigglypuff, Chansey, Lickitung, Snorlax, Audino, Snubbull, Skitty, and Whismur (and their evos/prevos) become Fairy-type.
- Didn't expect Lickitung and Snorlax to join the Fairy-type ranks, but the others did seem very likely. Obviously, this is saying their Normal types are replace with Fairy.
- Mawile, Absol, Misdreavus, Milotic, Chimecho, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf (and their evos/prevos sans Feebas) gain the Fairy-type.
- Mawile, Milotic, Chimecho/Chingling, and the lake trio? Seemed likely. Absol and Misdreavus? Didn't see that coming. Kinda hoped for Cherrim to be Grass/Fairy.
- Eevee, Mawile, Sableye, Dunsparce, Banette, Tauros, Heracross, Pinsir, Bisharp, Maractus, Cryogonal, and Drifblim get evos.
- Dagnabbit, it was either Drifloon or Drifblim that gets a new evo...This evo is Ghost/Fairy-type.
- Lickitung, Throh/Sawk, and Absol get prevos.
- Yes, Throh and Sawk would have the same prevo, like Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, and Hitmontop do. And, uh...no comment on baby Lickitung.
- Mawile's evo has two "mouth" pigtails, much like Miku Hatsune. Can learn Quiver Dance.
- Cute~ Want me some Steel/Fairy-type Miku! Guess if they're gonna upgrade a multi-mouthed creature, make it sing!
- Sableye's evo looks like a grinning thick-glasses nerd that collects gems.
- This, I can definitely see! Monsieur guessed that this evo might be seen soon, given Sableye's appearance in the upcoming movie.
- Eevee evolves into Sylveon by getting full Sync.
- This was a common theory surrounding the Bond System.
- Pinsir and Heracross evolve by getting full Sync with each other. They trade shed shells - Pinsir wields Heracross's horn like an axe, and Heracross uses Pinsir's horns like tonfas.
- 'Bout time! Seems similar to how Karrablast and Shelmet evolve during trade with each other, Karrablast getting Shelmet's helmet shell...but with the Bond System instead!
- Tauros's evo looks bigger and more intimidating.
- Monsieur said this is kinda like the 1-to-4 evos in terms of style.
- Cryogonal's evo is a polyhedron with many faces.
- Mmkay, makes sense. Monsieur said this evo might get a lot of hate for this design...
- Mewtwo gains two new formes through special genes. The first forme (Eclair Forme) is pure-hearted, the other one is more corrupt. Stats and abilities change, type does not.
- So we got the pure forme that we've seen by now...and something even more vicious than the Mewtwo we know?? Yikes...Could this be on the level of a Shadow Pokémon??
- Female Gogoat is much different from male Gogoat, in moves, stats, and appearance.
- Some people did point out what looked like a completely different-looking Gogoat in the recent trailer. Also, this Gogoat can't be ridden, likely due to the lack of horns.
- There's one fossil Pokémon, a T-rex (Rock/Dragon). To complete it, you must find fossil parts in different games.
- He said this is like how Spiritomb is gotten, by multiplayer interaction.
- Pancham evolves in a Bosozoku-style panda with a bamboo sword (Fighting).
- For those that don't know, Bosozoku is a Japanese subculture that dabbles in motorcycle-customization. Basically, this is a punk-panda. Interestingly, some Bosozoku use wooden swords - relation to this panda's bamboo sword, perhaps?
- Helioptile does not evolve.
- Well, shucks.
- Poison/Steel two-stage line based on motor engines. Second stage looks like a trench-coat biker.
- Sweet, smoke engine punks. Monsieur said these are kind of counterparts to Pancham's line.
- The "Pika-cousin" is a platypus (Electric/Water) that's constantly compared with Pikachu itself.
- Pfff...I lol-ed at this part! The fact that it's constantly mentioned how much it looks like Pikachu...{giggles some more}
- A snow globe camel (Ice) that evolves into an igloo camel (Ice/Rock).
- Monsieur stated that this has the worst defensive typing of all the type combos. True dat, with x4 from Fighting and Steel, and x2 from Water, Grass, and Ground...
- A Pokémon that looks like work-out equipment (Steel/Fighting).
- Monsieur says this one looks absolutely weird, like Garbodor- or Vanilluxe-weird.
- A dolphin (Water/Psychic) surrounded by floating sound rings.
- This sounds cool, no pun intended.
- A shrimp foaming at the mouth, and a lobster that's boiling mad (Water and Water/Fire).
- A hot lobster sounds like a likely Water/Fire-type. Though...I wonder how people would take to it "ripping" Corphish's style...
- An Electric-type gorilla (evo is Electric/Fighting).
- Monsieur said that these two have nothing to do with the monkey trio in Gen-5. This may be for the best - the themes of the monkey trio, the Grass-Fire-Water triangle and the ___-no-evil...they're fine as is.
- An Ice-type and Fire-type that, through full Sync, evolve into an Ice/Fire-type Pokemon (each will look different).
- Another Sync-evolving duo. They don't fuse, they just both evolve into the same Pokémon. How each one looks depends on which Pokémon it evolved from.
- A pepper gunslinger (Fire/Grass).
- Pepperado! He said it has little pepper-gun hands and everything.
- A Jack Frost-based Pokemon (Ice/Fairy).
- He amusingly stated that it has nothing to do with Atlus's Jack Frost.
- A tofu-based Pokemon (Fairy).
- {snickers} This, I wanna see! I don't care if anyone hates it for being tofu, I wanna see it! Oh...he said it's kinda comparable with Jigglypuff (whose Japanese name has to do with pudding).
- A three-stage Ghost-type line, ghostly lizards dressed as a baby, a businessman, and an old man.
- Kinda creepy...I mean, the stage dressed as a baby. Could this have to do with the infamous sphinx riddle of Oedipus lore?
- A Psychic-type line based on tuning forks and dowsing rods.
- Monsieur said this is a line with a typing no one expects.
- One pseudo-legendary line (Dragon/Fire) look like red/gold Chinese dragons (first one looks like a rocket).
- Firework dragons!! Hooah!
- One pseudo-legendary line (Fairy/Steel) has an angel bell, an angel holding bells, and an angel knight with trumpets.
- This sounds cool. I did think of a wedding bell-based Fakémon before, but an angel bell evolving into a heavenly paladin? Even better!
- Xerneas (Fairy) and Yveltal (Dark/Flying) were involved in a cycle of life and death of the Kalos region. When war came, Yveltal swooped down and destroyed the region, after which Xerneas would revive it. Thankfully, with Pokémon battles being a more peaceful alternative to conflicts, Kalos has seen peace for a couple centuries.
- Sounds like something that the antagonist teams might unintentionally re-spark in their feud...Yveltal is sounding more and more like a Ragnarok-based Pokémon.
- A third legendary is a giant Atlantis-studded squid (Water/Rock). It attacks ship, and it might sink any ships importing Pokemon from Gen-5 games...maybe.
- A Kraken crowned with an ancient city? This might be even bigger than Wailord...And I hope Monsieur didn't really mean the possibility of imported Pokémon being lost forever to these attacks! That's...discouraging.
- Xerneas's subordinates are elvish tree girls (Fairy/Grass), a thin orange one and a stout green one.
- Subordinate legendaries, huh? Interesting. The way Monsieur described it, each mascot legendary and their subordinates would form their own "trios".
- Yveltal's subordinates are a gold pegasus and a gold griffin (Dragon/Flying), each with sun spikes.
- A pegasus and a griffin? I wonder if the subordinates have genders...Like, the tree elves being female and these two being male?
- The Atlantis squid's subordinates are sea monsters based on Scylla and Charybdis.
- The way he described them is pretty creepy. Multiple teeth-filled mouths? {shudders}
- Tiny legendary based on the Zhenniao (Poison/Flying). Very pretty, in spite of its powerful venom.
- Monsieur said this'll be in the next movie, to be spoiled much like how Victini was at the end of the 13th movie. Should probably mention that Monsieur stated that the Poison-type is getting a big comeback this generation, especially with Poison attacks being super-effective on Fairy-types.
- Mythical legendaries appear as DLC.
- I'm hoping this means free DLC...or at least inexpensive DLC.


-= MECHANICS =-
- Name letter limit upped to 12.
- Oh! I should probably mention...when you import Pokémon from the Gen-5 games, you're given the option of renaming them, in lieu of this upped limit. The OT and ID won't change, though.
- You get a touch-screen phone that receives e-mails.
- Think of this as the "PokéGear" of X/Y.
- Bond System works by connecting with Pokémon. The bracelet that the player wears to enable the Bonding mechanic is said to have been made by Colress. Pokémon can even sync up in battle, the active Pokémon getting a buff from the ally, from stats and from a Bond Ability. A bar fills to allow an assist attack.
- Sounds almost like Fire Emblem Awakening's tag-team feature. Oh, also, every Pokémon's Bond Ability is separate from their regular Ability. Oh, and on Colress...Monsieur said this is pretty much the only mention of a previous-gen character he's seen yet.
- There are 100 TMs, which are reusable. Only four HMs appear - Surf, Fly, Rock Climb, and an Electric move that powers machines.
- Guess Cut and Strength were finally seen as pointless. And good to hear that the reusability of TMs won't go away~
- Racing minigame (land, sky, sea).
- This is in relation to the Gogoat-riding seen in the trailer. There are three different divisions, with different Pokémon allowed. And yes, Rapidash is one of the ride-able Pokémon.
- Some attacks apply weakness/resistance with another attack type.
- The example he gave is a Fighting-type attack (that applies STAB from Fighting-types) that deals with weakness/resistance as if it were a Flying-type attack.
- Two more entry hazard moves available - a Bug-type move with bee swarms, and an Ice-type move that creates black ice. Type-based entry hazards only do up to x2.
- That last bit means that Stealth Rock won't be so abusive anymore.
- Double Slap, Sing, Moonlight, After You, and Attract become Fairy-type moves.
- Well, at least Double Slap will actually be differentiated from moves like Fury Swipes and Comet Punch.
- Sylveon's signature attack does damage based on how many Pokemon are in your party (like Goku's Spirit Bomb).
- So almost like Beat Up...
- There are two new "weathers" - a magic moon that supports Fairy and Psychic, and a ghastly fog that supports Ghost and Dark. They won't give Castform any new formes, however.
- Magic moon for Fairy and Psychic, dreary fog for Ghost and Dark...Hm, makes sense. But will they affect Weather Ball?
- An Ability that enables a Tailwind effect.
- Essentially speeding up the team, slowing down the foes, I assume?
- A new Ability turns entry hazards against the users.
- Another ploy against Stealth Rock! Huzzah.
- One Ability lets a frozen Pokemon act normally, but with extra Defense/Sp.Defense.
- Useful...in the off-chance that it ever gets frozen.
- One Ability lets the Pokemon switch out when its HP hits red.
- Now this is convenient! A quick-save in a crucial moment.
- An expensive kind of Poke Ball that's effective in catching shiny Pokemon.
- Given its upped catch rate with shiny Pokémon, I can understand why it's said to be expensive!
- A special new Poke Ball that's best at catching Fairy-types.
- Like how the Net Ball works with Bug and Water Pokémon? Okay.
- A new hold Item enables an Illusion effect.
- Said to be a one-time use, like the type Jewels and Cell Battery.
- Dream World and Global Terminal will be updated.
- Obviously...


-= OTHER =-
- America will get X/Y a bit before Japan does.
- Just a day or two before, he said.
- The main theme is a Latin-lyric song.
- Intriguing...
- There are cinematic cut-scenes, sometimes with character animations.
- Nice...
- There are 122 new Pokemon.
- I'm assuming this means not counting the DLC mythicals. The new Pokémon described (not counting Mewtwo's formes) total to 76. So, aside from those, there's 46 more kinds to see.


So...that's all Monsieur Leaker had to say. Keep those salt grains handy. We'll see in the coming months how much of this is true...