My guess is that he knew Shulk was in, but no one outside of Sakurai and very few knew in what order the newcomers would be revealed. Not even Monolith, who, by retweeting Sakurai's announcement of the trailer, probably gave the leaker confidence, got cocky, and thought he could cement this credibility by betting on what was thought as obvious.
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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U POTD Thread 17: Smash 3DS Discussion @ OT PLS
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My guess is that he knew Shulk was in, but no one outside of Sakurai and very few knew in what order the newcomers would be revealed. Not even Monolith, who, by retweeting Sakurai's announcement of the trailer, probably gave the leaker confidence, got cocky, and thought he could cement this credibility by betting on what was thought as obvious.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
It'll happen the moment after you go to sleep, don't worry.
but it's afternoon in my timezone!
Yeah, but it's still really curious. Most likely he either had outdated info, had info that changed after he reported it, or had partially right info and speculated on some things. But I'd still like to know exactly what happened with that stuff. It's intriguing to me.
KLatin Scelus
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Creepy.
foxuzamaki
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The best thing about that reveal is that I know there was a group of people who wanted or atleast thought that robin was a possibility, and at the time we were thinking 3 FE characters at the MAX they were often shut down or ignored by everybody, but Sakurai was probably looking over suggestions one day and actually said "why not"
PreyingShark
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There are people who don't live in the US? :O
The roster was finalized sometime in 2012 so at most he'd be looking at Japanese suggestions since nobody overseas had the game.
DICKS AHOY
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I'm going with either outdated considering Chrom was ditched in favor of Robin really early on and no RH-rep (yet a RH rep in Smash Run with a Famitsu quote that insinuates only playable franchises got enemies) or since he apparently worked at Namco may have been a marketting person going off second-hand information. Duck Hunt/Bowser Jr. they were oblivious about since they're 'secret' until after release, Lucina/Dr. Mario we know were originally alts and it's not too much of a stretch to assume the same about Dark Pit hence they'd know nothing about and Chrom's presence in the CGI trailer and even Robin's victory scene could've confused somebody on the outside with a limited look on the game what his status was.
It's also worth noting they said character DLC was definitely happening in the same email they said Lucas was probably going to get cut.
This is the day when SmashGAF murdered Gematsu lol.
This was me! I was really rooting for Robin, thinking a magic-based moveset would be awesome for the game, not to mention that with both Villager and WFT having double gender options, I took that as more points on his/her favor. When the second Gematsu leak came to light, I thought it true on light of how accurate the first had been, and was disappointed that Sakurai had seemingly gone for the safest route possible and put Chrom instead. Maaan, what a freaking amazing reveal that was.
Not only that, but I had imagined the Levin Sword could make a good Fire Emblem item...lo and behold, Robin has it!
I think this video sums it up nicely
except the ending where he claims Falcon will never be good again
theprodigy
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and the resulting salt over 4 Fire Emblem characters was glorious xD
OricWindstar
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We also got this badass fan art piece from the trailer, so a lot of good came from that day:
I personally think that either it was outdated information or it was someone in the art department who didn't really get to play the game much. So his info was a combination of correct info, guesses from working on art assets, and info from other people working on the game.
Something worth noting about the Chorus Men trophy: it's programmed so that the chorus men always face the player and that the instructor never faces the player. You can rotate it all you want, but you will never see the other side of either of them.
Reset Bomb Forest isn't quite an apocalypse, but it does feature the extermination of millions as a background event.
for that short while we even thought it was 5
I want to take this somewhere and get a poster made.
tonyh24613
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I never notice that there's an extended version of 3DS box art.
Professor Beef
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Maybe it's just the demo, but I don't think you can choose your win pose anymore.
Dagobert Duck
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So Pic of the day is late? Or is it somekind of holiday in Japan again?
DICKS AHOY
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How did you do that in the previous games?Maybe it's just the demo, but I don't think you can choose your win pose anymore.
theprodigy
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This counts as being late right?
I think many thought it was 3 at that time, because many are still arguing whether Lucina was her own character or just a Marth alt lol.
I never notice that there's an extended version of 3DS box art.
Heeey, nice find! Compliments the extended version of the Wii U box art nicely. Odd that they'd only put Pac for third parties, tho!
KLatin Scelus
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Ahhh, okay. Completely forgot about that.
The pikmin stages didn't seem to be apocalyptic at a glance, but Reset Bomb Forest does have a feel of "It's the Apocalypse!" to me.
I never notice that there's an extended version of 3DS box art.
Zelda <3. Fox isn't on the Wii U's extended cover.
That's kinda sad.Professor Beef
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Hold A (or B, I forget), X, or Y before the results screen.
InvincibleAgent
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So Pic of the day is late? Or is it somekind of holiday in Japan again?
Sakurai's too busy playing as Palutena.
It's never late. It always arrives when it intends to.So Pic of the day is late? Or is it somekind of holiday in Japan again?
Maybe it's just the demo, but I don't think you can choose your win pose anymore.
I have the full game and I haven't figured out how to choose them if it's possible. :/ Looking like it's out. Shame since I'd love to be able to choose Duck Hunt's win pose everytime.
Dagobert Duck
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Wait really? I never knew...
KelpPlankton
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Hold down the taunt direction that correlates to the winpose.
It's been working for me in the demo so I don't know what this person's talking about.
theprodigy
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That's an interesting avatar you have there...
InvincibleAgent
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Maybe you missed it, but your avatar inspired Palutena's inclusion in mine...
foxuzamaki
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Well thats what I mean, it would be the same no matter the country not even counting the importers.
Huh, that might be why. Been doing it the Melee way instead of the Brawl way.
foxuzamaki
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That Brown Guy
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Maybe it's just the demo, but I don't think you can choose your win pose anymore.
I'm sure I could get Megaman to do his beam in celebration when I held B. This is in the demo btw.
I try to start his down taunt as the countdown reaches 1 then hold B so it looks like he beams out of the battle and into the celebration screen.
This is fucking amazing.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Last time it was fashionably late we got menus..
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I wonder how Wii U Duck Hunt looks like
InvincibleAgent
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Probably like the render.
Hhhnnnggggg
KLatin Scelus
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theprodigy
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late?
menu hype!
menu hype!
Professor Beef
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Ah, looks like that works. Seems like you have to do it kinda early too.
solomon
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Remember when gaf used to get hyped for the late potd, now all we get are menus and sometimes a treat on fridays
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