Bulbapedia:Unreleased materials policy
Upcoming games
For upcoming games, only information from officially sanctioned sources should be added to Bulbapedia. Do not add information from "leaks" or from game copies before official release date.
Cancelled games and betas
If a cancelled game or game beta has been not been legally released, editors may only add information from officially released content (including first-party or via media interviews) regarding that product, or by referencing other websites which have published information from verifiable original research on the product.
On a case-by-case basis, the staff may determine that a given product can be directly updated on Bulbapedia by citing original research (without referencing other websites). This decision will generally be made based on the product's relevancy and the scale, notoriety, and recency of the leak. Below is a list of cancelled games or game betas and their status. If a product was denied by staff more than a year ago, any user may request that staff reconsider the decision. (Please use this page's talk page to make requests and allow a week for staff to decide.)
- Spaceworld 1997: unrestricted
- Spaceworld 1999: unrestricted
- GBC Picross: unrestricted
- SwSh beta build: restricted (last decided Oct 2022)
Most information about cancelled games or game betas should be kept on the page dedicated to the product. For example, beta/unreleased stats should not be added to Pokemon pages and beta/unreleased item descriptions should not be added to item pages. However, information that pertains to the development of a Pokemon, item, etc. may be added as trivia if it meets Bulbapedia's general standards.
