@ Midna whose post has changed but I wrote this rant so fuck it I'm leaving it up!
1. The sick kid schtick. So a terminally ill child in (presumably) america got a hold of an incredibly hard to get a hold of Japanese company and they decide to believe him and let him play a game they're keeping an incredibly tight lid on? Yeah I call copious amounts of bullshit.
2. It's so incredibly vague, practically all of it could work. It reminds me of that "leak" that said Ashley would be an assist trophy. Gee, a popular character from a not very popular series got a cameo? you sure stretched your thought muscles there! Congratulations!
3. The Yoshi series has no characters besides Yoshi himself that could serve as fighters. Arguably, maybe Kamek, but he's just Bowser's lacky, and in Japan he isn't even a separate character from the magikoopas.
edited 30th Mar '14 6:14:59 PM by paperbritt
That rumor (not the one above me) is awful even by rumor standards. Next!
What is a fandom? A miserable little pile of flame wars! 3DS FC: 0387-9377-7408 PSN ID: Raven King Sage
Bowser is Koopa in Japan, but what we call Koopa Troopas they call Nokonoko, so no, he's not named after his species.
That Transformations rumor's come up before on Smashboards. As leaks go it's more convincing than some others (barring the "I knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy who is a translator at Nintendo" part), and it has some interesting ideas, but that Jack Frost part strikes me as wish fulfillment more than anything. Like why a generic mook when you could have a SMT protagonist.
I really don't think we're getting more than three third parties. Snake, Sonic, and Mega Man are neat, and I could understand if Pac-Man's in the game, but Sakurai's got to be careful who he adds or it'll cheapen the whole "Nintendo All-Stars" part.
edited 30th Mar '14 6:30:34 PM by Midna
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSTo be fair Jack Frost is the Atlus mascot, so it's not completely without basis. But I'd put someone like Flynn above him if Mega Ten were to get any representation.
Evidence for it being fake: it mentions Diddy and Dixie being a tag team. Diddy remains a solo character in this installment, and I'm fairly certain if his moveset received such an extreme redo Ninty wouldn't wait so long to showcase it. "Character transformations aren't ready yet" is kind of a cheap excuse.
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSWouldn't this pic
◊ imply it's unchanged from Brawl?
I suppose we haven't seen Diddy's Side-B yet, so it could be that he would use Side-B to transform or that the Banana Peel has been changed to his Side-B. I don't think it's especially compelling evidence to say that it's false, but like I said, there's not really any evidence to point to it being true compared to other leaks either, so who knows.
The convenient thing about leaks like this is that they can be squashed by a single newcomer reveal. So I guess there's nothing to do but wait.
edited 30th Mar '14 6:44:46 PM by beorc
Welcome to th:|Forgive me for being that guy but why do folks believe these "leaks" anyway? Has there been a major case where one turned out to be legit?
Don't PM me. We don't like being PMed.Both I guess.
I dunno, I see stuff like this all the time and it never turns out to be true.
Don't PM me. We don't like being PMed.I know they had a lot of leaks very early on into Pokemon XY's development and one was about 90% accurate, so it's always possible that these guys are legit.
I wouldn't even bother dwelling on this rumor if it weren't for the whole full-body thing. Who makes that up? I still don't really believe it, but something that weird makes me wonder...
edited 30th Mar '14 6:57:26 PM by ConstipatedWaffle
"And kung fu is a terrible way to run a company" - alliteratorEvidently a screen that leaked Hawlucha had people clamoring to find some evidence - any evidence - that it was faked somehow, some fan's looney-if-incredibly-awesome Fakemon creation. But we all know it wasn't.
Sounds familiar, maybe? Maybe sheds some light on a certain goddess?
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSThe internet, as I've found over the years, is filled with very gullible people. As long as a leak doesn't have "TROLL FAKE TROLL" spray-painted all over it it's bound to catch at least someone.
I like to follow many rules, this being one: If your evidence/proof is basically you saying "take my word for it", you've just admitted to spewing bullshit.

I like this rumor.
...Not that there's any reason to think it's true or anything, but it has a roster that I'd be happy with.
edited 30th Mar '14 6:11:10 PM by beorc
Welcome to th:|