A noted Nintendo leaker has locked down their social media account after it emerged much of their information comes from information pre-seeded on Nintendo’s web backend.
As reported by Bloomberg (via VGC), although prominent leaker Pyoro said they were “unsure how” their Nintendo of Japan insider “obtained their information”, Pyoro said, “backend theory is a reasonable guess”, suggesting either they or their source works on Nintendo’s website.
Since then, Pyoro – who was unusually taciturn about the recent Nintendo Direct, incorrectly stating that they didn’t expect much to be shown – has locked down their X account after Bloomberg reported on them, speculating how they obtained their insider information.
Pyoro then took umbrage at Bloomberg’s reporting, saying they didn’t think their private DMs were going to be included in the article.
Interestingly, it seems Pyoro’s assertions only come on games that have been added to Nintendo’s backend, but not yet published publicly, especially as, at times, they’ve had access to things about unconfirmed games that weren’t even made available on the eventual Nintendo Direct videos, such as pricing.