Sir Ilpalazzo
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We don't know the exact verbiage he gave Gematsu; "Animal Crossing Guy" was how Gematsu wrote it on GAF. Really, how else would one understand who he was talking about. If you just said "Villager," nobody would understand.
Mind you, even guessing the AC protag in the first place is crazy: The prevailing wisdom prior to the Direct was that AC protags were off the table, as per Sakurai's past comments that it wouldn't seem appropriate to include them. So no one was even guessing Villager/AC Guy in the first place.
And again, the most telling aspect: Wii Fit Trainer.
No, I don't disagree with any of that. I'm only saying that as far as we can tell, the Villager's proper name wasn't leaked. Whether the original source got it right or not is irrelevant because it was wrong in the leak that we got. It's obvious that his information was correct; I was just nitpicking that one detail.