Pokemon Leaks Have Ex-Nintendo Marketing Leads Saying It Needs To “Expand” Its Security

Nintendo and Game Freak have been running a pretty leaky ship over the past couple of years, though the latest batch of Pokemon leaks is arguably the most disastrous of all. Not only has the name of the next generation reportedly leaked — Pokemon Wind & Waves — but other key details like the release schedule of the series and new projects have been shared on social media.

Nintendo or Game Freak clearly have massive security issues at the moment, which is very surprising when Nintendo is infamous for clamping down on anyone that it feels has wronged them. It literally has a team of ninjas that are responsible for chasing down people who leak secret information, though they clearly need to go back to their dojos for more training if these recent leaks are the results of their efforts.

When something big happens regarding Nintendo, it’s always worth checking out what ex-Nintendo marketing leads Kit Ellis and Krysta Yang have to say about the situation. Having been on the inside for some time, they usually have some interesting insight into what Nintendo may be thinking during times of crisis. However, this time the duo are a lot more critical of how Nintendo seems to be tackling its leak problem.

Pokemon Leaks Have Ex-Nintendo Marketing Leads Saying It Needs To “Expand” Its Security

In Kit & Krysta’s latest episode (thanks GamesRadar), the duo talk about the recent Pokemon leaks and what Nintendo may be doing to try and stop more from happening in the future. Ellis begins by explaining that these leaks are most likely extremely “damaging” for Nintendo and that he does feel a bit sorry for them, but also that the company needs to “really look in the mirror” and realize that they’re not great at keeping things a secret.

“Just based on our own experiences dealing with leaks at Nintendo, is they, I feel, when something happens, tighten up the same potential places of leaks,” says Ellis. “And they just keep tightening and tightening the same places. But there are other places that are leak vectors that are maybe not being addressed, maybe not being tightened up, and maybe growing.”

Ellis goes on to say that Nintendo needs to “expand the scope of how they’re thinking about this”, saying that the leaks probably aren’t coming from places Nintendo is expecting them to. Yang also adds to the conversation by revealing some of the anti-leak measures that were put in place during her time at the company, such as limiting communication with personal and work devices, though Yang says that these were “perceived false security” measures that didn’t really help.