Now that we've witnessed the Takamaru bloodbath, more fake leaks have been debunked. I wanted to see some meltdowns around the net but stumbled on a Gamefaqs topic to hold the tide until the next leaks are debunked.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/633202-super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/69737722
Basically:
- "Soft Leaker" said that Monday's pic of the day will shock you all without going into greater detail a few hours before Pic of the Day unveiled. Lo and behold hours later, Takamaru-gate.
- I say "Soft Leaker" because one of the posters caught on to this poster right after Takamaru-gate that doesn't really phrase their past topics as leaks but more like suggestions and questionings and stuff like "It's Probably Not Going to Happen."
- On July 26, soft leaker
created this thread asking proof that Sakurai said he would add in Takamaru if he got another game. Concluded that it seems like a case of fans twisting Sakurai's words. Cue June 28's Takamaru-gate.
- Heavily suggests that while Smash has lost reps in the past, they've never lost franchises. And points out that Snake has so much work and effort done from Brawl that to just cut him for x-reason would be insane. Konami would be insane to not have Snake in a blockbuster. Porting his moveset to another character would be insane because the amount of work done with his voice acting, the music selection, and Shadow Moses Island stage would be for nothing.
- Casually suggests that we might see Green Hill Zone returning in reference to Shadow Moses Island. Confirmed a few days later.
- Infers that there's no way Ubisoft would just waste Rayman copyrights for silly trophies hence the secretly playable part or assist or whatever.
- When we were all expecting Shulk to be revealed on July 14, he casually predicted "It's going to be someone that no one expects, a la WFT/Greninja" days before the reveal. Lo and behold, Robin/Lucina-gate.
- Wario would indeed be the next veteran reveal... as indicated on July 16 when Club Nintendo updated their stuff with a lot of Wario games. I think this was days before eShop had their Wario mania.
- Sceptile and Ghirahim are treated with "lol, no."
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Some kind of Donkey Kong newcomer blind item disguised as an old man's rambling. Randomly posted on July 26... when Comic-Con was happening. OMG this person's part of Treehouse lol.
- Suggests more newcomers than we are led to believe. Robin/Lucina newcomer vid showed that newcomers can be bulked into the same videos so don't fear the low amount of vids left as Sakurai stated.
I dunno, I was bored. Reading up on his stuff, the poster has never phrased anything he says as a "Look at me! I'm a leak! Post stuff and I'll respond just a tiny bit to gain some traction!" and more along the lines of, "Well, just think about it. What purpose would it serve Ubisoft to just have Rayman as a trophy and nothing else?" and never claiming to be a leaker or a messiah in the first place. Just some random user who has spread out all their little bits and pieces over a couple of July weeks disguised as some opinions/ramblings/casual responses.
Sorry for the long post (insomnia side effect!). If it's just some person making some educated guesses, oh well. But that's a proper way to tantalize the public without totally getting Nintendo ninja'd! (until now) Someone's gotta give the goods eventually. Japan Smash 3DS almost here anyhow.