You Appear to Be Leaking, Super Smash Bros.

And Shulk just got confirmed today...and he looks just like the leak version too!

@substance_d said:

@timeleap said:

@deadeyemccoy said:

@timeshero said:

Ten.

Out of.

Fucking.

Ten.

Is that Sakurai's real account or some parody account? I've been following it for a while and assumed it was real.

If you guys want a summary of the leaks, check TinyCartridge's post.

They're just photoshops.

Where are you Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!

Sorry.

@timeleap said:

@deadeyemccoy said:

@timeshero said:

Ten.

Out of.

Fucking.

Ten.

Is that Sakurai's real account or some parody account? I've been following it for a while and assumed it was real.

If you guys want a summary of the leaks, check TinyCartridge's post.

@hailinel: Good point, but you need to get your DEFCON order straightened out.

@deadeyemccoy said:

@timeshero said:

Ten.
Out of.
Fucking.
Ten.

It's possible. Though in that case, he shouldn't have let whoever uploaded them even have access to them.

@hailinel: Is it possible the Nintendo insider didn't leak it himself, but had the videos on a work laptop or something, and his punk ass kid thought it would be cool to put them on YouTube? That was how all those early Xbox One videos leaked, more or less.

DEFCON 5, 1, whatever. :P

So everything was normal and Nintendo weren't stressing out from Brawl leaks? That's cool of them.

Nintendo doesn't like it when you rain on its marketing parade, it seems. I'd rather just have it all out there, every time theres a new smash game, the hype train gets beaten like a dead mule for months.

It was in Brawl but it had none of this trends and match history business. Makes it much more interesting than just betting on whichever character is "better".

@fawkes said:

Smash bros salty bets?

I'm pretty sure this was in Brawl, me and my friends playing Dairantō Smash Brothers X bet on a Samus match once. Someone said "oh but it is not Zero Suit Samus" and I replied "No, but she has Zero Suit Potential". Anyway that Samus was really good and it was fun to watch (it was one-on-one) and the player did some neat tricks.

I'm glad this is returning.

I hope the move customizations at least help me come closer to a Ganondorf with a unique moveset. Since Sakurai clearly doesn't want to rock the boat on that.

All the spoilers.

It's not about the console it's on. It's about the rarity and perceived quality of the title.

Yeah was able to get a copy in store relatively recently. Way more than a Wii game should be right now but not outrageously marked up.

Okay, guess I was wrong. Yeah - sorry USA (and Canada and Southern America), I guess you're just stuck with the shitty online prices. Though I do hear they appear for reasonable prices in store at Gamestops sometimes.

The North American release was very limited and restricted as a Gamestop exclusive. It's likely not going to come down in price any time soon.

Wiis are region locked. Unless you have homebrew channel you are SOL on Xenoblade.

If you're not in Europe... it might actually be cheaper importing from Europe.

So is there any way to get your hands on Xenoblade Chronicles at a reasonable price? $100 on Amazon, Jesus.

Is Jigglypuff announced yet? I hate that pink goofball!

Desktop link here.

Ex-Nintendo insider, you mean.

Whoever it is, they're going to be sorry that they leaked the info like this when it's all over. A coworker of mine that happened to be testing at NOA when Brawl was being tested said that the atmosphere was like DEFCON 5 when info leaked for that game. This latest leak makes it sound like Nintendo just went nuclear on the leaker.

Which makes me wonder about the guy. If you work at Nintendo and are in a position to be handling material intended for the ESRB, you have to be aware of the consequences of leaking said information (termination and in all likelihood a lawsuit for blatant violation of the NDA). Leaking information like this is just putting your career at risk, at the very minimum. And there's no benefit to be gained because you're just leaking information that will become common public knowledge in due time. It's the equivalent of shitting on the CEO's desk while typing "FIRST". I cannot fathom a more ridiculous way to get yourself fired from a video game company.

More interesting news. Seems like the leaks have been from a Nintendo insider.

http://gonintendo.com/m/?id=235857

On mobile, someone hyper link it please.

DUCK HUNT DOG!

DUCK HUNT DOG!

Basically. If it works well it might just be the most addictive thing ever.

Do you even know what the word rumor means?

Smash bros salty bets?

I'm kinda disappointed that Dr. Mario and Dark Pit are their own character instead of a palette swap for Mario and Pit. Especially since it's looking like Ice Climbers wont return, which is a shame.

4chan, same with this stuff. They said that Lucas, Wolf, Snake, Ice Climbers and Chorus Men would be DLC.

Oh...that'd be cool? Where did that even come from? Sound like a killer assist character.

Yeah, at some point you need to decide if you're gonna adhere so strictly to only reporting traditional "news" that you become irrelevant when put up against millions of Youtubers who have no such "ethics."

Where's King K. Rool, dammit.

He addressed that in the article: This seems pretty damn real, or the most elaborate hoax in the history of leaked video games.

Not sure what I was looking at but it said Thetarhythm. I mean, I guess Thetarhythm would maybe make sense given the guest characters but it seemed weird to have non Final Fantasy characters from a Final Fantasy inspired game. The fact that they are not from Thetarhythm makes way more sense.

It's actual gameplay of unannounced characters. There is also an entire imgur album of other stuff. There's no way it isn't real.

You're reporting rumours as news now?

Already been addressed, it's the videos they sent to the ESRB.

So the ESRB plays games now, or.

Rhythm Heaven not Theatrhythm. Theatrhythm only has Final Fantasy characters.

@dan_citi: Says they're something from Thetarhythm.

Whups. There goes the article.

At least this really confirms that it's not some sort of elaborate hoax.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand the leaked videos are down by Nintendo.

I bet it's NOA because very little has leaked out of ESRB in the past except what they put on their website.