Leakers who leaked Sword and Shield content prematurely ordered to pay damages to The Pokémon Company

You may recall that The Pokémon Company filed a lawsuit against the leakers who leaked information about Pokémon Sword and Shield shortly before its release. Well, today we’ve got some news on the matter.

According to what was shared, one of the leakers was someone who took these photos while working at the company as part of the development of the official strategy guide. Another was responsible for disseminating these images on Discord, and they eventually made their way to the entire internet before some Pokémon and alternate forms of existing Pokémon were officially announced.

In the documents, the defendants are ordered to pay $150,000 in damages and attorney’s fees. Finally, it is also reconfirmed that the Portuguese website FNintendo has been blacklisted by Nintendo for publishing its own leaks similar to the ones described above.

Pokémon Sword And Shield was officially released on November 15, 2019, for the Nintendo Switch. Last year, the developer released two expansion packs for the game, The Isle Of Armor in June and The Crown Tundra in October, both of which added new areas and reintroduced older Pokémon.

Earlier this year, a 23-year-old man was arrested in Japan for hacking and selling save data from Pokémon Sword And Shield. The man sold a Sobble, which he had modified the details of with a PC, to a 36-year-old man in Kyoto for £30. It is believed that the man had earned around £7,950 performing this service for people since November 2020.