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beorc Ridley and Ridley from hither and yon Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: I know
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#39101: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:10:40 PM

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

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paperbritt Since: Apr, 2013
#39102: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:12:57 PM

@ 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

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#39103: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:13:44 PM

That rumor (not the one above me) is awful even by rumor standards. Next!

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Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#39104: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:17:24 PM

Anyway, the reason Adam wouldn't work is that Ridley would take priority as a newcomer and he would be based off an unpopular character from an unpopular game.

Kamek is a completely legitimate choice, seeing how he's the Big Bad of the Yoshi's Island games.

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#39105: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:19:10 PM

in Japan he isn't even a separate character from the magikoopas.

That's not accurate. He's always been a specific character, it's just his name is the same as his species in Japan. Same as Bowser.

Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#39106: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:26:47 PM

[up] 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

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kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#39107: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:28:28 PM

Jack Frost is Atlus's mascot. He's not just a generic SMT enemy. It's no different from using Slime to rep DQ if Square got a slot.

Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#39108: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:28:48 PM

To 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.

Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#39109: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:33:14 PM

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.

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#39110: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:35:35 PM

We haven't had Diddy's Down B confirmed, to be fair. And Sakurai didn't show off any transformations all at once excluding a technical one in Pokemon Trainer. It might still be possible. I'm doubting it, but the leak hasn't be disconfirmed either.

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Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#39111: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:36:46 PM

Wouldn't this pic imply it's unchanged from Brawl?

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#39112: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:40:37 PM

A newcomer who's never full body has never been seen?

The body Master Hand and Crazy Hand belong to? tongue

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#39113: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:40:46 PM

No. Sakurai didn't outright say in a Miiverse post it was his Banana. That could still be the Item. Just like Phantom could be an Assist Trophy. Even if it shows up on a character page, without a label of what it is, there's no way to tell.

We really don't know as of now.

Shadow?
beorc Ridley and Ridley from hither and yon Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: I know
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#39114: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:44:27 PM

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

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Otherarrow Since: Jul, 2010
#39115: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:48:26 PM

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?

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#39116: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:48:39 PM

Yeah. Basically, evidence is king.

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Nap1100 Since: Mar, 2012
#39117: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:50:03 PM

I think the only one with any credibility so far is the Palutena one.

beorc Ridley and Ridley from hither and yon Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: I know
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#39118: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:51:12 PM

[up][up][up]A major case for Smash Bros. specifically, or in general? For the former, I don't know; for the latter, yeah. As for why people believe them...I dunno, 'cause they get bored waiting for new characters to be revealed, I guess.

edited 30th Mar '14 6:51:56 PM by beorc

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Otherarrow Since: Jul, 2010
#39119: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:52:15 PM

Both I guess.

I dunno, I see stuff like this all the time and it never turns out to be true.

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ConstipatedWaffle For The Most Ridley-culous Cause from The Edge Of Insanity Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#39120: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:57:10 PM

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

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Midna Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they) from way down south in the land of the traitors (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Blorbonmyoji (he/she/they)
#39121: Mar 30th 2014 at 6:59:20 PM

Evidently 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?

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#39122: Mar 30th 2014 at 7:01:34 PM

Well, duh. We all know Rosalina is in.

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Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#39123: Mar 30th 2014 at 7:04:28 PM

The 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.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#39124: Mar 30th 2014 at 7:07:22 PM

Are there really that many people on here that actually believe any rumors flat out? Most of us discuss them because we have nothing better to do and we're saying whether or not we think they could be legit. Very few of us seem to just believe them flat out.

edited 30th Mar '14 7:07:32 PM by Kostya

beorc Ridley and Ridley from hither and yon Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: I know
Ridley and Ridley
#39125: Mar 30th 2014 at 7:07:49 PM

But if it says "TROLL FAKE TROLL" that's how you know they're real because no one would suspect that someone who admits they're lying is telling the truth!

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