How did they figure out Malamar's evolution?

Question

Did gamefreak say it, did a hacker found it or did someone randomly put a 3ds upside-down?

Comments

The evolution makes sense after you know it, since Malamar looks like an upside-down Inkay.
Someone maybe thinked about that and try it out :)

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But what if they didn't know Malamar at all and thought Inkay doesn't evolve.

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yeah thats true '-'

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maybe after the game was released or after some days, game freak or another pokemon sites post the all new pokemons and yeah ...

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And how did the pokemon sites figure it out, that is my question.

Answer 1

Along with other new evolution methods such as:

• Pancham -> Pangoro
• Eevee -> Sylveon
• Sligoo -> Goodra

They were all revealed by Gamefreak prior to the release of the games.
I couldn't really find a site where it specifically said they confirmed it but I found someone saying something that pretty much confirms it.

>Do we actually know you need to hold it upside down, or is Game Freak just laughing at us?

Source of the quote above.
Hope I helped.

Comments

you do need to hold the 3ds upside down I thought it evolved at 32 so I waited till level 32 to turn it upside down

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Besides, there's always someone out there who will dig through all the code of a new game to hack all the secrets. that's how we found enternal flo'ette after all.