Pokemon Leak Reveals Canceled Game That Looks Like WarioWare

Recent Pokemon leaks have revealed a treasure trove of information about unannounced games, including some that won’t see the light of day. The X/Twitter account Centro Leaks has been sharing images and videos of many of these games, including a new one today that was under the working title “Project Swallow.” The game was in development for mobile platforms and seemed to take a page from Nintendo’s cult favorite WarioWare series. Basically, “Project Swallow” would have featured a series of short Pokémon-themed microgames. Like WarioWare, some of these microgames would even have used assets from previous games.

In a post on X/Twitter by Centro Leaks, four different Pokemon-themed microgames can be seen. The first of these features Machoke punching the moon. To do this successfully, the player must tap the screen when a meter is inside the red area. The second game involves moving the lilies to find the Poliwag hiding underneath. The third involves catching a large ball as it falls from the air. The fourth and final of these microgames uses resources from the champion battle Pokemon Yellow. However, instead of sending their Pokemon into battle, the opponent throws a Poke Ball that the trainer must hit with a baseball bat!

Videos from ComicBook.com

Videos of these microgames can be found in the Centro Leaks post embedded below.

Combining WarioWare with Pokemon is quite unexpected, but the results look great! This could have been a really fun game, and it’s unfortunate that The Pokemon Company decided to cancel this project. It’s unclear exactly why they decided to do this, but it’s possible that the team couldn’t come up with enough microgame concepts to fill an entire title. At the end of the day, it’s nice that fans at least got a chance to see what could have been. Unfortunately, the video game industry is flooded with promising games that never made it to market for one reason or another. Unless The Pokemon Company decides to offer some clarification on these leaks (which seems unlikely), we’ll all have to speculate as to what happened.

For anyone who sees these microgames and wants to try something similar, Nintendo’s WarioWare series should help you find the solution. The concept is basically identical, but without the Pokemon factor. The WarioWare series has featured callbacks to other Nintendo franchises, including Mario and Zelda, but Pokemon never quite made the cut. Given the relationship between Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, it would be nice to see some of these finished microgames get a second chance at life in a future WarioWare game. It seems unlikely, but stranger things have happened!

Are you disappointed that this Pokemon game was never released? Do you think a mix of Pokemon and WarioWare would have found an audience? Share your thoughts with me directly on Twitter at @Marcdachampon Bluesky at @Marcdachamp, or on Instagram at @Dachampgaming!

Videos from ComicBook.com

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