It’s no secret that Nintendo is a company known for having an issue with content being leaked ahead of time. While we have previously reported on cases such as a Google employee being responsible for leaking content from the official Nintendo Youtube page, perhaps one of the most prominent and well known Nintendo leakers is the user Pyoro.
For years, Pyoro has been a regular source of leaked material ahead of Nintendo Directs and other announcements from the company, often revealing upcoming games and details with a high amount of accuracy. As Pyoro’s reputation grew however, many people naturally began to wonder how they were able to consistently obtain such accurate information, with many suspecting that Pyoro must have some connection to the company.
The Leaks Go Quiet
In the days leading up to the most recent Nintendo Direct, many fans of the company who would regularly check Pyoro’s account for leaks began to notice that they were unusually quiet this time. Instead of revealing information about big games included in the Direct such as the new Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Pyoro only briefly mentioned a few smaller games included in the Direct, stating that they didn’t expect much to be revealed. As we now know however, the Direct contained announcements for multiple major games releasing in the future for the Nintendo Switch.
While this caused some curious users on the forum, ResetEra, to investigate the specific games leaked by Pyoro’s account, one user noticed a potential connection between the leaks from Pyoro and games that specifically go live on the Nintendo website as soon as they are announced, suggesting that Pyoro or their source had access to the backend of Nintendo’s website. This would prompt Jason Schreier of Bloomberg to reach out to Pyoro regarding these rumors.
In a surprising reply from Pyoro, they would confirm to Jason that their source did in fact work for Nintendo. However, they were unable to confirm if accessing Nintendo’s website backend was how their source obtained the information sent to them.
Pyoro Goes Dark
Following this interaction, Jason would write an article for Bloomberg discussing leaks in the game’s industry, where he talks about the history of Pyoro and mentions the reply given to him about the source of Pyoro’s leaks. As this information began to circulate on social media, Pyoro would make a post on X(Formerly known as Twitter) stating that they did not know their response to Jason would be included in the article.
Not only would Pyoro delete their response a short time later, but they have also now locked their account on X. In a total lockdown of their account, Pyoro would black out their profile picture, change their banner to a picture saying “Source: Trust me bro”, and also delete many of their posts. With nearly 110k followers and the source of Pyoro’s leaks potentially being significantly narrowed down, it remains unknown if or when Pyoro may be returning or unlocking their account.
