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The leak was fully proven false in multiple ways in the 1.11.18 Smash Bros. Direct. The final newcomers for the base game were revealed to be {{SSBU|Ken}} and {{SSBU|Incineroar}}, and the 5 post-launch DLC characters were stated to be completely new characters, instead of Echo Fighters. Additionally, several of the rumored playable characters were revealed as Assist Trophies instead, namely [[Isaac]], [[Sablé Prince]], [[Skull Kid]], and [[Shadow]]. | The leak was fully proven false in multiple ways in the 1.11.18 Smash Bros. Direct. The final newcomers for the base game were revealed to be {{SSBU|Ken}} and {{SSBU|Incineroar}}, and the 5 post-launch DLC characters were stated to be completely new characters, instead of Echo Fighters. Additionally, several of the rumored playable characters were revealed as Assist Trophies instead, namely [[Isaac]], [[Sablé Prince]], [[Skull Kid]], and [[Shadow]]. | ||
===Richter/Gardevoir/Gothitelle leak=== | |||
On July 1st, 2018, an alleged leak was posted on 4chan<ref>https://boards.fireden.net/v/thread/422689663/</ref>, claiming to be from someone working at CEO who got a hold of the code for the demo. The leaker claims that the following character's names were present: | |||
*"Rihita", [[Richter]]'s Japanese name. | |||
*"Sirnight", [[Gardevoir]]'s Japanese name. | |||
*"Gothiruselle", Gothitelle's Japanese name listed under in the same manner that Lucina's name was listed under Marth, leading them to believe that Gothitelle is an Echo Fighter of Gardevoir. | |||
*"Mario2" was listed as a separate character which the leaker believed could be Paper Mario or ''Super Mario 64'' Mario. | |||
*"Kruru", referring to [[King K. Rool]]. | |||
*"DakuS", likely referring to [[Dark Samus]]. This name is inconsisent with Dark Samus' internal name in ''SSB4'', "darksamus". | |||
The August Direct revealed that {{SSBU|Richter}}, {{SSBU|King K. Rool}} and {{SSBU|Dark Samus}} are all playable fighters, but it is unknown if this is simply a successful guess. {{SSBU|Simon}} was also revealed, disproving the claim that only Richter would be playable. It is worth noting that both ''Brawl'' and ''Smash 4'' use official romanizations of a character's Japanese name (Example: Rufure = Reflet, the Japanese name for ''Robin''), not the actual Japanese pronunciation. Even the Japanese website has official romanizations for characters like Lizardon (''Charizard''), Reflet (''Robin''), and even Richter. | |||
With the November 1st Smash Direct revealing the full base roster, this rumor was proven false. One of its characters, Gardevoir, would return as a Poke Ball Pokemon in the game. | |||
===amiibo Unlock rumor=== | ===amiibo Unlock rumor=== | ||
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Before the leak was debunked by the creator, many images were created under the guise of being by the original poster. The most popular of these fakes would be the image primarily shared throughout Twitter, in which the question mark was swapped with a fake render of Lloyd Irving from ''Tales of Symphonia''. This edit was mentioned by the creator of the original fake renders on Twitter following the confession, noting that it was not created by them.<ref>https://twitter.com/LepyPepy/status/1036087194010742784</ref> | Before the leak was debunked by the creator, many images were created under the guise of being by the original poster. The most popular of these fakes would be the image primarily shared throughout Twitter, in which the question mark was swapped with a fake render of Lloyd Irving from ''Tales of Symphonia''. This edit was mentioned by the creator of the original fake renders on Twitter following the confession, noting that it was not created by them.<ref>https://twitter.com/LepyPepy/status/1036087194010742784</ref> | ||
===LaPailleDor Leaks=== | |||
[[File:Jeuxvideo.com ssbu leak.jpg|thumb]] | |||
On July 12th, 2018, a jeuxvideo.com user named LaPailleDor made a thread stating that {{SSBU|Chrom}}, {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}, {{SSBU|Richter}}, and {{SSBU|Simon}} are all playable fighters and [[Dracula]] was a boss and the introduction of [[Stage Morph]] which were all later revealed in the August direct. The remaining info stated: | |||
*Ken from ''Street Fighter'', Isaac from ''Golden Sun'', and Black Shadow from ''[[F-Zero]]'' are all playable fighters. | |||
*Giygas from ''[[EarthBound]]'' is a boss. | |||
*Event mode is confirmed coming back with Bosses. | |||
Later, Smashboards user tehponycorn asked LampeDyanmo, pokemontrololo, and Baxel if they were involved with this thread. LampeDyanmo replied that he posted in the thread<ref>https://smashboards.com/threads/smash-ultimate-discussion.434391/page-3817#post-22372257</ref>, Baxel replied that he cannot say anything about the thread<ref>https://smashboards.com/threads/smash-ultimate-discussion.434391/post-22372511</ref>, and pokemontrololo replied that he made a post in a leak thread<ref>https://smashboards.com/threads/smash-ultimate-discussion.434391/page-3818#post-22372342</ref>. This makes the posts of LampeDyanmo and pokemontrololo the only evidence of this leak to be true. | |||
Even later, Smashboards user Dukeofdeath5 contacted jeuxvideo.com moderator KirikRung, who alleged that the thread was real but was an "organized fake" and that LaPailleDor posted "random characters"<ref>https://smashboards.com/threads/smash-ultimate-discussion.434391/post-22372406</ref>. While it is unknown what he or she meant by this, posts on jeuxvideo.com can only be edited within 10 minutes of the original posting time, which dismisses the possibility that LaPailleDor edited his post with correct information a month after it was made. He could still have done it with an external tool such as Inspect Element or Photoshop. | |||
On September 22nd, 2018, LaPailleDor made a [https://boards.fireden.net/v/thread/432571184 thread] on 4chan, proving his identity and claiming that the mod lied about the leak being fake. He went on to state: | |||
*[[Skull Kid]], [[Medusa]] from ''Kid Icarus'', [[Ayumi Tachibana]] from ''Famicom Detective Club'', Ninten from ''EarthBound Beginnings'', and Reimu Hakurei from ''Touhou Project'' are all playable fighters. | |||
*0² (albeit referred as "Zero-Two") from ''[[Kirby (universe)|Kirby]]'' and [[Kyurem]] from ''[[Pokémon (universe)|Pokémon]]'' are both bosses. | |||
*There is a new version of [[Poké Floats]] with more Pokémon. | |||
*The ability to change the design of the two Battlefields and Final Destination stages to the designs from ''Smash 64'', ''Melee'', ''Brawl'', ''for 3DS/Wii U'', and ''Ultimate'' has been added. | |||
Out of the information not already revealed in the 8.8 Smash Direct, only Ken as an Echo Fighter would be confirmed, with the rest of the information all being proven false. | |||
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It was later revealed from early copies of ''Ultimate'' that the Codec Conversations from ''Brawl'' return, but that there are no unique Codec Conversations for characters (re-)introduced in ''Smash 4'' or ''Ultimate''. This is in line with Hayter's previous statements that he had not recorded any new voice lines for the game. | It was later revealed from early copies of ''Ultimate'' that the Codec Conversations from ''Brawl'' return, but that there are no unique Codec Conversations for characters (re-)introduced in ''Smash 4'' or ''Ultimate''. This is in line with Hayter's previous statements that he had not recorded any new voice lines for the game. | ||
===Nintenderos Placeholder Rumor=== | |||
A user on Nintenderos found image URLs on the [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site|''Ultimate'' website]], in which he noticed that universes with only one character had the regular URL, while universes with more than one character both the regular and an additional one with "black" at the end; the difference between these images is that the "black" variants generally have darker text. The images are related to particular pages on the website: the regular versions are used when sorting all fighters by series, while the black variants are used on individual character pages under the "More Fighters From This Series" section. Universes that currently have only one character, namely {{uv|F-Zero}}, {{uv|R.O.B.}}, {{uv|Wii Fit}}, and {{uv|Pac-Man}}, also have black variants, implying that those universes would have newcomers, however whether the URLs are placeholders for upcoming characters or simply leftovers is unknown.<ref>https://www.nintenderos.com/foro-nintendo/topic/filtracion-propia-de-smash-bros-no-entrar-si-no-quereis-spoilers-es-en-serio/</ref> | |||
It should be noted that this rule is not uniform: {{uv|Kirby}} and {{uv|Kid Icarus}} both have only one URL, despite each having more than one character. Additionally, shortly after the rumor surfaced, {{SSBU|Isabelle}} was announced as the second playable representative of the {{uv|Animal Crossing}} series, which was not listed as one of the universes with a different URL. | |||
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[[File:SSBUJapanesePlaylistUpdate.png|150px|thumb|The date which the Japanese playlist was updated. The image is dated October 2nd, 2018.]] | [[File:SSBUJapanesePlaylistUpdate.png|150px|thumb|The date which the Japanese playlist was updated. The image is dated October 2nd, 2018.]] | ||
On September 30th, 2018, the Japanese playlist of fighter exhibition video trailers was updated once, then updated again later that day, suggesting that one or more videos exhibiting possible new fighters were added to the playlist and then later removed. Similar events had happened in the past: the playlist was updated on July 29th, 2018 (prior to the ''Ultimate''-centered Direct) and again on August 27th, 2018 (prior to the Nintendo Direct that was planned for September 6th and later delayed to September 13th due to an earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan). Seeing as both the ''Ultimate''-centered direct and the September 13th direct were announced 9 days after the playlist was updated, the updates on the 30th suggested that another direct was to be announced on October 9th, 2018. However, nothing was announced that day. | On September 30th, 2018, the Japanese playlist of fighter exhibition video trailers was updated once, then updated again later that day, suggesting that one or more videos exhibiting possible new fighters were added to the playlist and then later removed. Similar events had happened in the past: the playlist was updated on July 29th, 2018 (prior to the ''Ultimate''-centered Direct) and again on August 27th, 2018 (prior to the Nintendo Direct that was planned for September 6th and later delayed to September 13th due to an earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan). Seeing as both the ''Ultimate''-centered direct and the September 13th direct were announced 9 days after the playlist was updated, the updates on the 30th suggested that another direct was to be announced on October 9th, 2018. However, nothing was announced that day. | ||
===Nintendo Event at Arcade MTL=== | |||
On October 16th, 2018, the Facebook page for the Montreal-based "barcade", Arcade MTL, posted a countdown page depicting a Nintendo Switch event for a secret game that not even the bar's owners were allowed to know about. Some fans speculated that this might be a viewing party set-up for a possible upcoming ''Smash Bros.'' Direct coming on October 18th. However, it was confirmed the following day to be a demo for ''Ultimate''. | |||
===Banner hoax=== | ===Banner hoax=== | ||