I think it's 100x more likely that Pyoro just is a hacker that fetches material. In today's internet climate, where megaleaks get dumped from big coorporations, and lots of people are monitored by hackers without their knowledge, that seems like a much more likely conclusion.
Truly a press sneak fuck move. Ultimately Pyoro befell the same fate as all people who make too much noise in the Nintendo sphere without express authorization, the ninjas silenced them.
Nah you see, this was a cryptic clue to the new Switch Lite that was revealed with Echoes of Wisdom.
Took about 2 seconds of googling. From the Oxford English Dictionary:
I just take that to mean he believed his sources or methods and so if it wasn’t showing anything new from Nintendo there therefore isn’t anything new. It was an assumption based on missing information.
I mean, if I were Pyoro and my sources indicated that the June Nintendo Direct certain to lay out the second half of Nintendo's year had no big first-party reveals, I'd question the source.
Womp womp. Everyone knows the consequences when you’re a leaker. This is all the person was. This person wasn’t a friend. They wanted to leak. They wanted clout. They got it and they got taken down like almost every other leaker.
Same, I even specifically remember a time where I said to a group of irl friends when the trailer was premiering "oh this is xyz" and none of them believed me until the logo appeared on screen. Of course part of the reason I don't say what I've heard is because nothing good comes from it. At best you get 15 minutes of clout and a bunch of weirdos pestering you every 5 minutes, at worst things change and you look like a bozo.
If Nintendo does have their eye on him I'm willing to bet they've already made copies of those posts. Too little too late.
Anecdotal, but yeah, years ago, I had an industry contact at a certain company I am a professed fan of, as well. Of course, I had no reason to share anything on GAF at the time, one, because I didn't want to betray a friend and two, because I didn't think anyone would believe me anyway, lol. Then said contact eventually moved on from that company and so, it became a non-issue.
Yeah this is why I hate the generalization of "leakers" whenever a shitty one comes around. Emily was a gem and why I tend to resist the toxicity towards all leakers. She was very personable and talked to the community and gave us insight into that we never would have. I mean we still cite things that she says. So when I see people like Nate and now Brazil try to communicate with the community and give us insight I will look at them differently and better than say a Pyoro.
The thing about Midori is that in the very same document that revealed the account identity was a fraud, they also laid out what Midori's initial source was and that the leaks from that source (an internal roadmap document from Sega) had now dried up. The "leaks" that came after were said to be from dubious sources that they scrambled to get in order to hang onto clout, which is why the account went from rock-solid Sega info to suddenly shotgunning all sorts of weird "codename" leaks and such from other companies. And yes, DQ Trilogy did show up, but she said nothing about DQ Trilogy until after Square Enix made that tweet about "the legacy of Erdrick" that got fans and publications alike assuming they were doing the whole Erdrick trilogy. It was piggybacking.
Funnily enough I think it'll simmer down a bit with Pyoro being gone. Pyoro coming into the spotlight and then the whole shitshow in February kinda lit the "culture" on fire. However, there are some who want to use this moment to incite hostility towards all "leakers." So that part is definitely going to linger.
This is the same person that didn’t realize their quotes would be used by a journalist. I wouldn’t think they make the best assumptions.
Yeah, I want to clarify that when I talk about leaking, I think there's a definite difference between people like them and people who just go "here's a list of games that are going to be announced tomorrow", the latter of which is the one I take issue with.
Could be worst, could be life time corporate servitude debt like Bowser.
this was basically the mood of this board mid-april in total panic mode
I can think of at least one major Switch title where I knew a significant leak a year-ish in advance, and I only ever told my friend. I certainly didn't publicly burn my source. But this gossip stuff inevitably attracts people who enjoy being viewed as an oracle of sorts. Personally, being in the spotlight like that seems terrifying.
Honestly, I think a lot of folks enjoy the attention. Its an easy way to get 15 minutes of fame. Most people don't have the emotional intelligence to not let that fifteen minutes get to their head, and stop before they compromise themselves or their sources.
Ehhh I'd say this is subjective. The first party announcements weren't light in terms of volume, but I could easily see how someone could consider it "light" in the sense that there wasn't many heavy hitters to really get too excited over:
that's a stretch, he said to lower expectations because Nintendo didn't put anything up on eshop that looked interesting.
Exactly, that's the only dictionary you'll find it in, and it says it's from Old English. Now, in every other major dictionary, like Cambridge, Merriam-Webster, Collins, etc. you'll find "brotherhood" instead which is the modern usage. You can check in Apple Dictionary, or Google it, and it won't give you a knowledge graph definition for "brothership."
Don't forget: TotK was Nintendo's last Switch game.
I have a Jason Schreirer article to feature you on.
Also like, Pyoro leaked a demo for Another Code. He's leaked random NSO drops. He leaked the announcement of Everybody 1-2 Switch. Do people really think he wouldn't have leaked things like a new Mario&Luigi, a new Zelda, a new Mario Party, DKCR HD, or Prime 4 if he could have?
i read Schreirer's article. Pyoro couldn't leak anything because he had nothing to leak outside of a Japan onyl game not in the global direct. can you clarify what you mean?
