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Some quick context: when Duckbricks recently visited Christian Faber, he received more than 200 GBs of preliminary documents about Bionicle, Hero Factory, and other Lego themes. There’s story outlines, prototype images, and a lot of other interesting stuff. From what he’s said on his Discord, there’s a lot of content in there that’s still confidential or sensitive, so he’s slowly working through it all to figure out what he’s allowed to share. He’s been releasing some select screenshots of the safe content on his Discord in the meantime, so I thought I’d compile some of the HF info that’s been revealed so far. Rocka’s true role: At one point, the Breakout storyline was going to reveal that “Daniel Rocka” is actually an alias used by Hero Recon team leader Merrick Fortis to conceal his true identity when he goes out on missions. IMO, this would have worked so much better than the story we got, where it's randomly revealed that this nobody rookie was inducted into the black ops branch offscreen. Revealing that he was actually an experienced Hero operating undercover all along would have fixed so many of the problems I had with Rocka. The Villain Factory: There seem to be a lot of different variations of plans for an evil antithesis to the Hero Factory. One version features a villain named Kashtar/Kashtra Khan using a factory on his planet to create and send out “Villain Qores” embedded in jellyfish-like creatures. Upon landing on a planet, these creatures would incorporate surrounding materials from their environment to make bodies for themselves and gain elemental powers, in what appears to be a very early version of what would ultimately become Brain Attack. This storyline also includes a whole complex backstory revealing that Makuro (referred to interchangeably in the document as Makura and Makuta) was originally leader of the "shadow people", with Khan being his jealous brother who took over leadership and waged a war against the "light people". Another concept reveals that Von Nebula was the one who received the Hero Factory plans after the Breakout, and used them to create a Villain Factory. He then manufactured battalions of “anti-heroes” who invade and destroy Makuhero City. My personal favourite, which would have tied Hero Factory directly to Bionicle, was the reveal that Mr Makuro was a/the Makuta, and secretly operated a Villain Factory beneath the Hero Factory. For every Hero that was produced, a villain was also made, giving Makuta total control of both supply and demand. Other reveals: Mark Surge at one point had Daron as his first name. Similarly, Natalie Breeze was going to have Julie as her first name. At various points in development, Black Phantom was known as Warr Lord, Over-Lord, and Over-Lorde. This was changed to avoid being too similar to Fire Lord. This is somewhat speculation on my part, but it looks like Fire Lord and Black Phantom may have originally been the same character at some point, or were at least based on the same initial design. A lot of the prototypes for the Warr Lord/Over-Lord characters show him with more red in his colourscheme, horns on his head, and similar jetpacks on his back as the Fire Lord set had. This might also explain why their builds are so similar. The Breakout storyline was originally going to have a more gritty, serious vibe to it, with the document directly comparing the cat-and-mouse game between Rocka and Black Phantom to Die Hard. A villain called Madminder would have featured in the Breakout storyline. Breakout would have featured two new heroes referred to as "Veteran" and "Razor". Bulk was originally going to face a villain called Terra-Quaker during Breakout. Core Hunter was originally called Head-Hunter and had a very different colourscheme. Jawblade was originally called Depth-Charge and had a blue colourscheme with a much more humanoid design. One document says he would have had a power that allowed him to inject a virus into “both people and computers”. In different documents, Toxic Reapa is referred to as Plaque-Reaper and Plague Reaper. At one point, he too is stated to have a virus-related ability, with his effecting robots. Voltix was at one point called Kill-Switch. Thornraxx was originally hyphenated as Thorn-Raxx Splitface was originally called Brute-Force XT4 was originally called Breakdown. One common detail that keeps cropping up is that HF was – similar to Bionicle – originally going to develop a darker tone and overarching storyline as it went on. Unfortunately, it looks like a lot of these interconnected concepts got dumbed down into standalone stories like Brain Attack and Invasion from Below. This stuff appears to be just the tip of the iceberg in terms of lost HF content, so I’m excited to see what other reveals come out when Duckbricks finishes going through everything.
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So seven new Pokemon from Sun and Moon, who were leaked early online, were confirmed to be real today. Each one has a video that was released to confirm that they're going to be in the game. The following are these videos and my thoughts on the Pokemon themselves. Probably the Pokemon that has been talked about the most since these seven were revealed. I've seen some people say that it looks like a cross between a Pikachu and Togepi, though I personally think it looks more like a cross between a Pikachu and a Qwilfish thanks its its spikes. Still, I think it looks cool enough. This one is my favorite out of the reveals. I love how this Pokemon looks. Hopefully it will have some good stats and/or abilities so it will be good to use on a team. I kind of get a vibe that this Pokemon is one of those Bug types you find towards the beginning of the game that is useful early in your adventure but its stats don't keep up with it as the game goes on. But who knows, I could be wrong on that. Plus, I think it looks cool, so that's something. Interesting enough, Bruxish's video actually shows off its ability, while the others only show their respective Pokemon using a move on an opponent. It's ability appears to stop priority moves, which could be useful in the right circumstances. Time will tell to see if this ability is the only good thing about it, or if it has more to offer. This Pokemon reminds me of a dragon with an old dog's face. When it comes to designs, this Pokemon definitely isn't my favorite out of this new bunch. But it could still be a good Pokemon to use. Time will tell on that as well. This Pokemon just may have the most accurate name I've seen a Pokemon have. It looks like a cross between a Fletching and a bumblebee IMO. I could see this Pokemon being a flying/bug type or flying/electric. Either way, it is really cute. This one is probably my second favorite out of the bunch. I love the spaceship look it has. It gives me a Metroid or Starfox vibe. So these are the seven new Pokemon revealed today. Which one is your favorite and least favorite?
