The new Pokémon transfer app, Pokémon Home, is now available to download on Switch and mobile devices. We imagine it's already housing thousands of Pokémon as players log in for the first time today, but it also contains... Well, something else.
As spotted by Kotaku, opening up the mobile app's APK uncovers a folder containing six GIFs. You'll notice that five of these GIFs are of Pikachu - which is completely understandable and, indeed, exciting - but one most definitely isn't.
So, what mystery GIF is sitting alongside Pikachu? A cute little Sobble using a Water Gun attack, perhaps? Maybe it's an animation which explains how to use one of the app's functions? Nope.
Now, your guess is as good as ours on why this is sitting in the files of Pokémon Home. We'd imagine it may well have been put in there to test that GIFs were working during development and then never removed, but perhaps someone on the team just really wanted it to be a part of the final product? If you're interested, the GIF was originally created by nippori and was based on this video:
Maybe this is what the Pokémon do inside their Poké Balls?
[source kotaku.com.au]
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Masuda, come here for a second
Masuda has some explaining to do
Oh no, what have they done?!
Yeah, looks like something thrown in for testing purposes and then forgotten. Almost guaranteed to be gone with the next update, but worth a chuckle in the meantime.
Hahahahah this whas funny
Warning! Do not play Pokemon Home without watching where you're going! You might get butt smacked and lose all your pokemon or get injured in real life. Unless you love putting your face into butts, which you'll be forever known as a buttface.
Lol vocaloid fans will also know who the 2 in that gif do represent (in a sketchy way)
I swear I said this on Discord.
But here's the child friendly version
I'm sure they put that in there just to mess with us
@Rayquaza2510
I noticed that too.
Or of course it was left in there so a bunch of news sites reported on it and Pokemon home got loads of free press.
It's a cautionary tale about what can happen, with today's kids paying more attention to their smart screens than the actual, living, breathing world around them.
Not only are almost all of them running a serious risk of becoming extremely near-sighted, they might inadvertently walk into all kinds of objects and people as well...
/semi-s
Hokey Pokemum Bum & Child
Warning: Fat mama dancing, kids on alert.
The actual video translated into a cartoon really well
Aren't those Meiko and Rin? Those are two of the most famous Vocaloids.
Once upon a time, my Momma bumped my face with her butt and i fell down to the surface. The End. 🤣
I suppose that was added for testing and/or joke reasons (We devs can get squirrelly sometimes. ) and then not removed before release. I suspect it'll be patched out before long.
Krypton is SO going to want an explanation for this. Karma?
@Tyranexx Exactly. I've left a few random weird things in my Android apps that are hidden but can be viewed by someone with too much time on their hands. It's actually kind of fun.
Dancing lady for Smash
Vocaloids are finally making their move, they are taking over the world!
#HatsuneMiku4SmashUltimateDLC
@GameOtaku Same here.
Really, guys? Clearly this is the new mythical Pokémon coming later this month! Once again, they forgot to take it out and people datamined it!
Twerkachu sighting
@Sean161 ...I think you need to reread the article again after you either wake up or get some sleep.
@nintendork64 Gotta throw in the occasional fun Easter Egg every now and again! Most of ours intentionally don't make it out to production and are usually intended as internal jokes.
That at least makes people laught 😂
Nintendo developers are people too, need to have some fun, need breaks. The gif is proper fun.
Lol, this is way to funny. It so Nintendo, so fun.
@Tyranexx Mine do, mostly because I'm one of those people that gets his kicks from people going "WTF?? Is this a glitch??"
Simple, the woman is Pokèmon Company and the little girl represents it's consumers.
@nintendork64 I'd love to force a thing or two out into prod for certain customers, particularly around April Fool's Day, but QA won't allow it. XD
That’s how it is when I play just dance 😂 Move children!
This was the quickest episode of Boundary Breaks yet. Love it when debs leave something in the code accidentally.. though deliberate messages to modern pets are pretty funny too.
The character in red is called; Meiko Sakine, and the blonde one is Rin Kagamine - both from Vocaloid. It's kind of sad you only see people talking about the blonde character and calling the other one 'fat mama' like wtf?
Okay, so uhhh who´s a Vocaloid fan in gamefreak?
The real question is, did Nintendo reimburse the artist for this?
@LUIGITORNADO She sort of already looks like the Wii Fit Trainer, after she let herself go a little bit.
I find this wrong not even close to funny.
>when you put something in just to mess with the data miners
That's really absurd!
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