the items are but you can just put the item on them and trade them over.
if you get both games you can use both
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while nintendo cant legally do anything to the leakers (assuming none of them have advanced review copies) they probably were able to just get people to stop by scaring them/paying them off.
in a way im glad. i didnt see anything post the 1st gym and even what was leaked was small