Which team are you in, hooman? (NOTE: Vote-changing disabled!)

  • #TeamReal

    Votes: 2,046 67.7%
  • #TeamFake

    Votes: 978 32.3%

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TheFireman

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Dec 22, 2017
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If this is real, it's incredible. Like seriously, takes expectations and blows them out of the fucking water. Instead of starting the game's hype cycle with a Brawl level mass reveal of 5 newcomers, they'd be ending on it.
 

Lukemon

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Oct 27, 2017
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Chorus Kids would be too hype, especially if they exclusively have Negative Edge moves. A Rhythm Heaven stage would be amazing, too.
 

CoL

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Oct 25, 2017
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Sure. People can and should believe what they want. It's just video game rumors and it's just like a month and some change until it's officially, 100% confirmed or not.

But I know some of y'all are going to go "BUT (X) MUST HAVE BEEN CUT BECAUSE LEAKS" based on the blurriest picture in the world where someone had time to stand up and pose a box but no longer than .30 seconds to take a photo and I wanted to just put it out there that, hey, maybe don't get your hearts set on this list.

Maybe it's like the Castlevania (ps4 exclusive) collection?
Details were ommited, plans changed or you got told things that weren't right?

I'm not saying you're wrong this time but people are right with the "this is wrong but I can't tell you why" being used by people in the know regarding this being a bummer.


It's common sense why you can't discuss everything you know about Smash, but can you at least tell us what do you know about without spoiling the actuak details?

ie: Can you tell us if you actually know what the final confirmed roster is (obviously without talking specifics)?? Now that would be helpful.
 

DrArchon

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Oct 25, 2017
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There's a very good chance that Stars was a real project at that time that was later retooled into Let's Go, for what it's worth.
We can speculate on that, but all I know is that insiders and sites were adamant than the upgrade to S/M would be a single game and on Switch.

And then it turned out to be 2 games on the 3DS.
 

Deleted member 2791

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Oct 25, 2017
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A counterpoint is Mario + Rabbids, which leaked out in a way similar to Star Fox GP.

I've been implicated in the whole Mario + Rabbids leak fest and believe me, it was something entirely different from any other kind of leak.

That said Star Fox GP is likely right because I don't think Eurogamer ever got anything wrong about the Switch.
 

Troast

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Oct 31, 2017
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Honestly why would you risk you job if this was fake? Nobody is going to do all this at work, make a wrist band with new characters and everything, unless they had real info.
 

Imran

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Oct 24, 2017
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Maybe it's like the Castlevania (ps4 exclusive) collection?
Details were ommited, plans changed or you got told things that weren't right?

I'm not saying you're wrong this time but people are right with the "this is wrong but I can't tell you why" being used by people in the know regarding this.


It's common sense why you can't discuss everything you know about Smash, but can you at least tell us what do you know about without spoiling the actuak details?

ie: Can you tell us if you actually know what the final confirmed roster is (obviously without talking specifics)?? Now that would be helpful.
I don't know the final roster. I just know it's not this.

Believe that or not!
 

Mark1

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Oct 30, 2017
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If this is real, it's incredible. Like seriously, takes expectations and blows them out of the fucking water. Instead of starting the game's hype cycle with a Brawl level mass reveal of 5 newcomers, they'd be ending on it.
You are actually right. Nintendo could actually do this here.

Either way this game is going to be remembered for decades to cone. What an insane roster we have here regardless.
 

Smash-It Stan

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Oct 25, 2017
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There was substantial evidence that Rhythm Heaven was planned a major role in Smash Wii U via datamine (either a stage and/or character) along with an enemy appearing in Smash Run. Not to mention the Gematsu backing of Chorus Kids back in the Smash 4 days.

Rhythm Heaven is also a million-seller franchise. You think Wonder Red is more likely?!
I think Dixie Kong is more likely than this whole list but no ones mentioning her at all. Idk this also just seems like way too many characters for a game coming in a month and a half. Who would they even add for DLC at this point?

Also what's this gentlemen's agreement between insiders to say its fake and nothing else? Spill the beans already...
 
Jan 8, 2018
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What I read into all the tweets from well-connected Smash people is: "Our sources told us about Incineroar in a test build and we have a hunch this is real but are not sure how to reconcile that with Incineroar not being there."

With a side helping of, shit, can't scream this from the rooftops or else we'll piss off Nintendo and get dis-invited from future events.
 
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ResetGreyWolf

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Oct 27, 2017
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Btw this is a minor thing but a lot of people have been saying that one reason why it might be fake is because of the amount of characters, which is more than most of us (myself included) are/were expecting, but doesn't that just make it seem more real? I mean, it would have been both less work AND more believable to simply add 3 - 4 new characters instead of 7, if this was fake. Just a random thought
 

doragon

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Oct 27, 2017
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-I don't know about Isaac, but Geno is a fan fave everywhere.
-Shadow's popularity means nothing, if he truly is in, uit's because he's the most no brainer echo ever besides the also rumored Ken, so i doubt popularity was a factor in including Shadow.
-Rythm Heaven is a niche series in the west, besides chorus kids only get brought up for reasons you already listed
-Mach Rider has been on Sakurai's head since the days of melee, he said so in an interview.

So you have Banjo-Kazooie, the only character with undoubtable west bias, 2 Echos that are a no brainer, Geno, who is popular everywhere, 2 characters who have had smash buzz for years and Isaac.

again, i see no real west bias.
We'll know the truth very soon, so may we be hyped either way.
 
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Sea lion

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Nov 8, 2017
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The shading on the chorus kids seems carefully created. They're a light and dark grey as to blend better with the lighting of the other characters and not stand out by being pure white and black.

For a blurry image, why would you go to such an effort to have Isaac using earth magic and the conductor being present.

From the little aspects of the art we can gauge, it seems like a lot of thought went in to it for it to just be fake blurry pic leak.
 

RochHoch

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May 22, 2018
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Oh my god, if the leak is fake and we go back to the final direct just being Kenceniroar and maybe one more newcomer after this I'm gonna lose my fucking mind.
 

Kiro

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Oct 27, 2017
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Ottawa, Canada
I'm #TeamImpressed. Either impressed by the amazing roster or impressed by the amazing fake. This is the most excited I've been about a rumour since the switch 3D print leak.
 

caff!!!

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Oct 29, 2017
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The impacts of Smash in Banjo are crazy.

Rare games on the N64 Mini
Xbox Games on Switch through Cloud Streaming
Master Chief in Smash
Goldeneye HD

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GoldenEye on the n64 mini, that PS1 won't see what hit it
 

Skittzo

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Oct 25, 2017
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I don't know the final roster. I just know it's not this.

Believe that or not!

Hm so maybe it's possible that this promotion isn't for the final roster. Or maybe there's a character on the banner that's too blurry to even notice, and has slipped through? Or maybe one of the characters isn't actually who everyone thinks they are?

Or maybe it's fake.
 

CoL

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Oct 25, 2017
271
I don't know the final roster. I just know it's not this.

Believe that or not!

Final question to make everything clearer without actually spoiling anything.


I take from this that you know of characters that will be in the final game but aren't in this poster, hence it can't be a real artwork for the game at release. Correct?
 
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scare_crow

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Oct 28, 2017
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Hm so maybe it's possible that this promotion isn't for the final roster. Or maybe there's a character on the banner that's too blurry to even notice, and has slipped through? Or maybe one of the characters isn't actually who everyone thinks they are?

Or maybe it's fake.
Or maybe these super-reliable insiders should just speak in plain terms about what (if) they know instead of talking about everything so generally and in a roundabout way. I'm over that shit.
 

Phendrift

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Oct 25, 2017
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Hm so maybe it's possible that this promotion isn't for the final roster. Or maybe there's a character on the banner that's too blurry to even notice, and has slipped through? Or maybe one of the characters isn't actually who everyone thinks they are?

Or maybe it's fake.
Yeah, I've wondered about some maybe slipping through
 

qq more

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Oct 25, 2017
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I think Dixie Kong is more likely than this whole list but no ones mentioning her at all. Idk this also just seems like way too many characters for a game coming in a month and a half. Who would they even add for DLC at this point?

Also what's this gentlemen's agreement between insiders to say its fake and nothing else? Spill the beans already...
For the record though, I don't trust this leak either. I was just stating RH makes more sense for inclusion than W101 since the former was a successful series while the former (sadly) bombed hard.
 

HylianSeven

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Oct 25, 2017
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GoldenEye on the n64 mini, that PS1 won't see what hit it
I thought GoldenEye had legal issues well beyond Microsoft, like MGM, etc.

Now if they were to go to the trouble of releasing "A classic game" and calling it a new Perfect Dark game...

Perfect Dark is kind of effectively a GoldenEye sequel.
 
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