"Leaked" Unused Pokemon Gen 4 Different Gender Sprites

[Interdimensional Observer]

http://lavacutcontent.com/gen-4-beta-sprites-leak/

On 4Chan, a link, now removed, was posted just yesterday. It brought a person to a website containing hundreds of Pokemon battle sprites between Gen 3 and 4 in quality. The assumption has been made that these were Gen 4 beta sprites.

What is special about these, is that there are a lot of visible gender differences that Gen 4 ultimately lacked. 

To provide some pictures of these possibly false sprites:

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And there are supposed to be a lot more. Although the "leak" was quickly taken down, people have downloaded the sprites and should soon compile them all at single site for all to access.

 

Is this leak real as the article suggests it could be?

[Zapp Branniglenn]

I couldn't speak to the authenticity of these sprites, but I imagine making these small alterations would be pretty easy for any artist. On the other hand, having seen existing gender differences of existing pokemon, you gotta kinda expect it'd be incredibly small alternations like these.

And as a chimecho fan, I reject the yellow tail. If you want a yellow tail, go get his puke green shiny form.

[Landmaster]

I've seen some of these before so I'm going with fanmades~