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Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#44651: May 24th 2014 at 11:34:48 PM

Hm, one of the pictures has player 2 using a Metroid character. It appears the icon two spaces to the right of Samus is the one player 2 chose. The one directly to the right of her would obviously be ZSS. The ending letter of that character is Y.

Smells fake to me.

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#44652: May 24th 2014 at 11:50:14 PM

I don't get why people make fake leaks. Just for attention? Because they're typically jossed in no more than a few months.

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#44653: May 24th 2014 at 11:50:54 PM

If you want real proof that it's fake, look at the second shot. Player 1 has chosen Marth, but the screens below the roster display Player 1's Marth selection adjacent to Player 3. Pray tell, where did Player 2's slot go?

Talk about stupidity.

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#44654: May 24th 2014 at 11:56:11 PM

There's also that the space to the left of Pit is inconsistent on being locked and unlocked
The person who posted the images claimed they were from two different demos. One for public and one for tourneys. Presumably the latter would be at the Invitational and has Mac, Mega Man, and Ridley in addition to the oones in the normal demo. It's not really inconsistent going by what they said, but still just weird and kind of dumb.

[up]Look at the other images. The others are all 3. That'd be the computer level most likely.

[up][up]Leaks create discussion and you can watch people debate over it. Photoshopping things is fun. There are lots of reasons.

Not saying it's true by the way, just basically saying stuff I've heard elsewhere.

edited 24th May '14 11:57:12 PM by Swasfewses

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Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#44655: May 24th 2014 at 11:57:38 PM

Speculation so far seems to point that the big 3's are the computer levels, not which player it is. Another picture has multiple 3's, so it's possible. It seems like it's been analyzed for hours, and no one has definitively proved it fake, so we may be looking at another Palutena.

Personally, I'll give it a day for it to settle down, but until then I'll default to fake.

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#44656: May 25th 2014 at 12:13:34 AM

Also, the Metroid crest isn't angled the same as the rest of the screen in the ——Y pic (before someone says it's just C/right stick dickery, the Metroid crest isn't angled like the Smash Bros. crests either, and even the 3s look kinda inconsistent with each other.)

EDIT:Though it doesn't disprove anything, there's also the subtle fact that it seems like Zero Suit is locked (assuming it's not like that cause beta, though.)

edited 25th May '14 12:17:01 AM by TechPowah

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#44657: May 25th 2014 at 12:16:07 AM

I guess that's possible.

Still calling fake though.

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#44658: May 25th 2014 at 12:22:30 AM

Ah, the good old "Can't Hold the Camera Still for 3 Bloody Seconds" Syndrome.

edited 25th May '14 12:23:03 AM by Elbruno

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#44659: May 25th 2014 at 7:16:59 AM

We are getting down to the wire, so it is proportionately more likely for leaked images to be real at this point, especially a claim of the demo.

FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#44660: May 25th 2014 at 7:54:54 AM

The post/image is gone now, unfortunately, but the "leaker" previously stated that Ridley was playable and had an image showing not Ridley, but the very lower right corner of his icon, showing only a "Y" and something blue. How convenient that the one character who lacks any art on the official site is the one character he doesn't feel the need to take a picture of...

EDIT: The image is still up.

edited 25th May '14 7:57:15 AM by FawfulCrump

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#44661: May 25th 2014 at 8:13:54 AM

Images of a screen taken at an angle were another of Kotaku's surefire signs that something is fake. For some reason, only fakers actually take pictures that way.

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#44662: May 25th 2014 at 8:16:14 AM

THAT'S it? The Y next to Pit who could be flipping anyone?

It could be real for all I know, but considering you're basically leaking it anyway how much more of a penalty will you get for aiming your camera slightly higher and to the left? That could be Roy and I'd believe you.

edited 25th May '14 8:17:42 AM by edvedd

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Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#44663: May 25th 2014 at 8:46:55 AM

The positioning of that box suggests that it's a Metroid character, which would obviously be Ridley. Nevertheless, it is odd how the leaker managed to get a picture that heavily suggests, but doesn't confirm Ridley. As always, he's the biggest point of contention.

Nevertheless, from what I know, nothing has definitively been proven still. The biggest actual things against this is Wii Fit Trainer's capitalization (made moot by Brawl Game & Watch) and Ridley's box being off by a pixel. The whole thing is plausible, though it's far from certain.

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#44664: May 25th 2014 at 8:52:17 AM

I guess. But still, saying it's Ridley while taking a photo that barely suggests that it is hardly convincing. Unless he's trying to make like Sakurai and string people along, albeit at the cost of shooting his own credibility in the foot.

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#44665: May 25th 2014 at 8:57:15 AM

A newbie mistake in most "leaks" claiming to be of the JP version is to have Ice Climbers name spelled like that instead of the correct name Ice Climber.

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#44666: May 25th 2014 at 9:01:28 AM

Reasons it might be fake:

Ridley's box one pixel off
Wii Fit Trainer's capitalization
4Chan

Reasons it might be real:

4Chan (anybody could have posted the third image)

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FawfulCrump Since: Dec, 2010
#44667: May 25th 2014 at 9:21:00 AM

[up][up][up][up][up]Yeah, the Ridley mention is probably the most damning evidence that it's fake, not that it'd be particularly likely otherwise.

Sound Since: Aug, 2013
#44668: May 25th 2014 at 1:29:17 PM

[up][up] Adding on to those, someone on smashboards (first post here) pointed out the C in Little Mac's name is different from everyone else's.

Edit: Sorry, just realized that thread was in a group board. If you have the images, you can see it for yourself.

edited 25th May '14 1:31:15 PM by Sound

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#44670: May 25th 2014 at 7:47:36 PM

What Ridley is that supposed to be?

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#44671: May 25th 2014 at 7:52:33 PM

While that spot itself could actually be Ridley, the image itself was blatantly fake. It's clearly photoshopped anyway.

Among all those roster pictures, some of them were from different people. The first two ever shown were from one person and didn't have any consistent problems with their design. Wii Fit Trainer was not on there as is, so the spelling issues didn't come up yet. Some question why Bowser is locked, but it's likely the demo version or he was made an unlockable character(some Villains do have this status in the games anyway, so it's not hard to believe). The last bit people questioned was seeing a 3 in the 4th character selection. This is hard to say; One thing to note is that Sakurai already started making differences to team battles. Maybe you just choose a number(1-3) and that's what team you're on. So seeing a 3 there is your team number. Another is the computer level, which always start at 3 anyway.

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#44672: May 25th 2014 at 7:52:55 PM

Other M, perhaps?

Funnily i don't remember what his "full" form looked like in that game, instead remembering Choogle and El Pollo Loco.

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#44673: May 25th 2014 at 7:54:47 PM

That is definitely fake. The style Ridley has there is way too far removed from the style of the game.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#44674: May 25th 2014 at 8:03:56 PM

Ogodei: Nope. This is Other M Ridley. Here's Super, Prime, and Brawl's interpretations. I've never seen Ridley look like that before.

edit: I guess that head sort of looks like Other M but the proportions and the color are really off.

edited 25th May '14 8:09:46 PM by Kostya


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