Well, the source of all the recent leaks has been identified. In March 2018, an individual hacked into Nintendo servers, acquiring a truckload of prototype assets. This hack included Gold & Silver's 1997 demo, the Red & Green prototype back sprites, and Gen 4 beta sprites. Here's a link to the story about the Gen 4 be...
2019-12-26 10:08:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Yesterday I made a Patreon post about the new Gen 4 beta sprite leak -- take a look if you haven't seen that yet. I got in touch with the leak-holder late last night (China time) and spoke for a bit. I say "leak-holder" because he's not the guy who leaked the sprites on 4chan -- basically, this was the guy in possession of th...
2019-12-21 08:29:28 +0000 UTC View Post
About 36 hours ago, hundreds of never-before-seen Gen 4 beta sprites leaked. They're not 100% confirmed legit, but from what I've seen, and the sources I've spoken to, I'm pretty confident they're real. I've written up a lengthy article covering the who, what, where, and when: 2019-12-20 15:16:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just posted the translation of the last of Sugimori's Gen 5 origin stories. Here's the link: http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-6/
My apologies this newest video is taking so long >_<...
2019-11-30 18:30:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I've got a new translation for you guys to read. It's attached to this post as a PDF, you'll need to download it.
It's Sugimori, Masuda, and Ichinose discussing the development of the Tao Trio. This translation will be the basis for a YouTube video, so I won't be publishing it until after the video's finished....
2019-11-20 02:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, I was having some problems with my internet this week. So I took the time to write a couple articles, which I've now posted to my website.
Gorochu article: http://lavacutcontent.com/gorochu-developer-interviews-lea...
2019-11-17 04:24:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I've attached a new translation to this post in PDF form. It's quite long -- including my commentary, it's about 5000 words. Probably about a 20-30 minute read.
It includes information about how Pokemon's head writer Takeshi Shudo wanted to end the series (it's pretty heavy), how he was hooked on alcohol and pills in hi...
2019-10-31 07:49:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys -- first of all, just wanna say thanks as always for the support. I wanted to give y'all an update on where that money's been going.
Today I was able to find a Nintendo Dream magazine that I *believe* contains the last of the Gen 5 Pokemon origin stories as told by Ken Sugimori. It should cover abo...
2019-10-30 09:29:23 +0000 UTC View PostAs I mentioned last week, I spent about $80 having a blog post translated. The blog post was written by the chief script writer for the early years of the anime, as well as the chief writer for the Pokemon movies.
I’m still confirming some key words, so I’ll have the full translation ready for you guys so...
2019-10-25 15:05:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been kinda shopping around various Japanese interviews and such, seeing which ones are worth paying to have translated. Some have been duds, but this one is pretty interesting. It's a long blog post written by Takeshi Shudo, who was the chief writer of the anime as well as the first 3 movies. I'll soon have the full inte...
2019-10-03 18:30:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Last week I posted a bunch of stuff on my website that Team Spaceworld sent me: http://lavacutcontent.com/spaceworld-sprites-full-resolution/
The full story of the Spaceworld '97 leak has never been published...
2019-09-09 04:11:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Made a shorter version of this to post on Twitter, thought I'd post the longer version here:
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Development of a Typical Gen 1 Pokemon:
1. The Pokemon's beta sprite is hand-drawn.
2. The beta prite is revised and programmed into Red & Green. Some Pokemon are programmed d...
2019-08-27 06:49:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll post these on my website later, but I thought I'd post them here first. It's all 1004 Spaceworld '97 demo sprites with a nice clean background. These have only ever been published with a gray background, which really doesn't give the same viewing experience. Over about 6 hours I inspected and corrected every sprite -- it...
2019-08-24 18:10:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, I just wanted to give you an idea where your Patreon pledges are going this month. I've purchased a couple Japanese art books for about $60, commissioned a new translation for $85, and am about to purchase three more volumes of Nintendo Dream magazine for about $70.
Since so many large websites and YouTubers s...
2019-08-12 08:36:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey I just wanted to let you guys know I added some things to my second YouTube channel recently: the full Oha Suta trailer for Black & White (the one that shows beta Excadrill), a recent podcast interview I did with PUCL, and there were some other additions over the past month like an enhanced version of that Meiji Unive...
2019-08-09 07:55:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, sorry this newest video is taking so long. Getting closer. A new "lost Pokemon" article is also in the works -- both should be finished in the next week or two. But here's something y'all might like in the meantime: several hundred scans from the Japan-exclusive "Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon Alola Art Bo...
2019-07-22 09:31:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I had to buy a new mic, so I'm waiting a few days for it to arrive. With the down-time, today I started digging around for Pokemon concept art. I found this 1990 concept art showing an early Capumon version of Lavender Town's Pokemon Tower. I only found 2 low quality copies of this art, so I enhanced it. Thought I'd share it ...
2019-07-21 08:20:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Y'all already know all about the Sugimori interviews, which will make up the bulk of the betamon covered in my next two YouTube videos. But I've also got some very early concept art for Sawsbuck that I've analyzed (not what's pictured above) -- which it appears no one's ever really done before. So that concept art and analysi...
2019-07-13 08:32:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I've just posted the newest Sugimori translation to my site, but I won't be announcing or publishing it anywhere just yet. My translator still needs to have one last look-through before I go tweeting about it, etc. So I've quietly posted it so that he can give it one more look-over it in its final form, and also so that you 2...
2019-07-05 10:40:40 +0000 UTC View Post
~Enhanced footage of rare Gen 5 concept art, 120 pieces~: This slideshow of Gen 5 concept was originally displayed in 2010 at Meiji University in Tokyo, then was never shown again (or at least recorded). Much of the artwork included was never displayed anywhere else, including unused location concept a...
2019-07-04 16:50:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy to announce that Helix Chamber’s Rachel Briggs will be doing some art for the translations / videos about the translations. She’s a bit pricey, but I think it’s worth it. The attached art is her interpretation of the lost Petil evolution. Btw, I now believe this lost evolution to have been the middle stage of the ...
2019-07-01 03:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostThis script is being published here for y'all to get an early look at, as well as for my proofreaders to look over. Episode 22's script is finished except for the (much shorter) intro and outro, so that'll be posted here soon as well.
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Hey folks, Dr Lava here. Well, last time I talked about ...
2019-06-30 07:08:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I've uploaded an extremely rare recording to my second channel: a slideshow exhibited at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan in late 2010. It includes some art that was displayed or published elsewhere -- like several issues of Nintendo Dream Magazine and the 2011 TCG World Championships -- but it appears some was never presente...
2019-06-27 02:07:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ll be announcing this on Twitter and in the channel Community tab in a few days, but wanted to let y’all know first. A Tokyo-based translator JP translator has come on board — as something of a Robin to my Batman — which will allow the website to publish even more translations.
Since he’s in Japan, he’ll a...
2019-06-19 11:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostI'm publishing Sugimori interview #3 on my website right now so y'all can be the first to read it. It's now publicly available, but I won't be announcing its publication on YouTube/twitter/etc for a few days -- very few people visit my site unless they've been sent there.
Here's the link: 2019-06-15 08:48:44 +0000 UTC View Post
All I gotta do is make the video thumbnail and its ready to roll. You can expect it to go live in a few hours.
2019-06-14 11:20:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I won't be publishing this full interview for about another week, but I wanted to give y'all a look at one of the more interesting Pokemon origin stories found in the interview. Cheers guys.
2019-06-10 18:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostWanted y'all to get a chance to read this first: http://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-nintendo-dream-2/
2019-05-31 08:57:12 +0000 UTC View Post
