In 1996, the world’s greatest Pokémon debuted, and Eevee has only gotten better over the years. The normal-type Pokémon is nothing short of adorable, and when Generation I reviewed Eevee, fans were convinced. From anime to video games, Pokémon knew that Eevee was a success and that success was due to its evolutions. To date, a total of eight adorable evolutions of Eevee have been launched. Fans have been begging for a new evolution for years, and a new leak reveals that said evolution for Eevee was scrapped behind the scenes.

He report appeared this week Game Freak, the developer of the Pokémon games, suffered a major leak. Netizens discovered a 40 GB folder containing unseen assets and documents about Pokémon, and they supposedly come from Game Freak. It didn’t take long for fans to analyze the information, and it was there that a document appeared detailing the evolution of the Flying type removed from Eevee.

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Eevee’s flying-type evolution was scrapped for Generation VII

“After we were told that the design was similar to a fan-created design, it was decided that the (Pokémon) design costs would be too high,” the document reads. “Unless there is a game where Flying Eevee is the main character, or if they have a high value in the game, then it is not worth the high cost. We could make that decision (someday), but that is not the case at the moment. “We’ll put it on hold until we can determine the importance of this new Pokémon.”

According to the leak, the original design of the Flying-type Eevee still exists, but was never digitized. The artwork is located in the Game Freak office, so it is unknown what they look like. If this leak is accurate, Game Freak originally wanted to bring the Eevee evolution to life in Generation VII, but the Pokémon was removed due to a cost analysis.

If the Flying-type Eevee evolution had debuted, well, the fandom would be better off for it. In Generation VI, the world saw Pokémon bring the Fairy-type evolution of Eevee to the screen. Sylveon made a splash with their arrival and to date, they are the latest evolution to join the Eevee line. Before Sylveon, Leafeon and Glaceon were introduced in Generation IV. As you can see, it’s been a hot minute since Eevee was given a new evolution.

Will we ever get a new Eevee evolution in Pokémon?

As you can imagine, this latest Pokémon report has fans in an uproar. The fandom has been begging Game Freak for a new evolution of Eevee since Generation VI closed, and they could have gotten that addition in Generation VII. Now we are facing the cannon of Generation X and we have not yet received said update. Given how popular the Eevee line is, the choice to remove a Flying-type evolution is difficult to understand, but Game Freak was confident in their choice to rein the character back.

Fortunately, the canceled debut didn’t close the door on Eevee as a whole. The document suggests that Game Freak is open to a flying-type Eevee, but its current design needed an overhaul. It’s entirely possible that the evolution will appear in the future, and of course, there are other Eevee evolutions to explore. From Rock type to Dragon type, there are tons of types that Eevee has yet to adopt. But given this latest leak, it looks like a Flying-type Eevee could join the Pokedex next.

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