Today we have some news to share with you about Game Freak, whose latest game Pokemon Sword and Shield is launching next Friday.

During the 277th episode of WayPoint Radio, WayPoint’s Austin Walker made a very interesting claim about what’s going on at Game Freak. He told the audience that the morale of Game Freak employees is at an “all time low”, though he didn’t elaborate the reason why.

If what Walker said was true, this would mean that employees at the studio are aware of the backlash of cutting Pokemon. However, it’s unclear whether employees at Game Freak had expected the backlash to happen before the decision was announced in June.

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.