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Just as a note, 7/11s in Japan are proper stores, especially compared to western Gas Station locations. You'll find a large variety of items in them, including Video Games. (In some locations)

The Grinch Leak was the best fake ever even to this day, it’s going to be 3 Year Anniversary of that leak and now it all comes full circle with this supposed Kingdom Hearts Music Leak getting people discussing Sora everywhere.

The moment the grinch leak was seemingly confirmed with Ken and then instantly deconfirmed with Incineroar was insanely cool and one of my favourite moments of the Ultimate buildup

The funniest part about all of these leaks is that basically nobody seemed to cared about them until official reveals and, well, that's understandable, I can t count how many fake leaks one has ever encountered.

That guy who Leaked everything from Brawl scares me, my man went back in time

24:00 Packun definitely means Piranha Plant because in Super Mario Land, the guidebook calls him Pakkun Flower, only for that game.

Mario is getting rusty as a plumber.

I don't know what's funnier about the Ganondorf in Smash 4 thing: the fact that they took down the video and reuploaded it, or the fact that Smash fans caught Ganondorf in a tiny circle

One key thing about the Roy/Ryu leak was that the entire update, the classic mode videos, and soon all 3 characters and stages, were completely playable just one day before the characters were revealed and released. It was a huge day for smash fans and I can imagine the shock of the entire DLC team.

Even with all the Smash leaks that have happened throughout the years, I'm just glad we won't have people on 4chan or Reddit claiming that they know who the next DLC Fighter is for Smash Ultimate anymore... until the next Smash game comes out whenever that is.

Leaks are definitely unfun. But it’s so hard to avoid them and you sometimes can’t.. resist feeling sceptical

12:17 ✅ blurry footage ✅ new smash characters fighting ❌ thumbs up Ken from street fighter Sorry but I just can’t accept that Shulk and Ganondorf will be in Smash 4 3ds

OH MY GOD THE SONIC DODGE WAS CLEAN 3:16

Don't forget that Lucina's and Robin's trailer also both deconfirmed Chrom, who was also 'leaked' to join the cast, but *more importantly* it was the also the confirmation that Captain Falcon was coming back. Most of the returning cast had already been announced, and we were Falcon-less until this beautiful reveal

Small fix: Sakurai's POTD for Smash 4 Wii U & 3DS was on Miiverse, not Twitter.

Leaks are fun to look back into honestly, a shout out to my favorite leak is the 4chan post that literally just dropped a gif of King k rool dancing with Simon on a cliff as the gif foreground not long before their reveal. It's so specific and the gif is so good

Vergeben actually addressed the Master Chief discrepancy. Apparently one of his oldest sources (that he has since cut ties with) was giving him spotty information that was more often wrong than not. Here's the snippet on Master Chief: "On the topic of Smash DLC, I reserve my right to not comment on that at the moment anyway. Clearly Master Chief was not the next character and it was Kazuya. The source that I split with was certain it was him after I checked with them who it was. I couldn't get back with my main source in time and they actually never wound up hearing who it was anyway. So I hedged my bets and lost. That's on me. I should have remained silent."

The pic-of-the-day during Smash 4's development cycle was on Miiverse, not Twitter. Also, Pakkun is the Japanese name for Piranha Plant, so it's not that much of a stretch.

I remember when Roy and Ryu's Classic Mode endings got leaked days before their reveal. That fucking sucked. XD

Another leak you should post in a future update of this video is the Disney leak. Apparently a post on 4chan back in July stated that the team at Sora Ltd. had finalized a deal with Disney to use some of their music for an upcoming project, which would be revealed later in the fall. While this doesn’t necessarily point to Sora, the post did drop a date for the supposed reveal. Once Nintendo revealed their September direct, a lot of people dismissed this leak because the post said October 5 was the presentation date. Well, once the direct revealed that a Smash-specific presentation will have its own date, that being October 5th, I can assume so many people collectively shat their pants. A partnership with Disney can only mean one thing…

I would like to add that people didn't just retroactively associate Joker with jack because it sounds similar. But also because Jack Frost is an enemy in the Persona en Shin Megami Tensei series and is pretty much Atlas's mascot

Smash fans: Dante/Shantae/Lloyd for Smash would be cool! Vergeben: My track record for leaks is almost perfect Kazuya Mishima: *Pathetic*

Never forget that people thought that shulk was just a photoshopped little Mac

There is one missed leak. Several months before the Sans mii costume was released, Nintendo took down a fan made Megalovania x Ultimate remix off KZfaq.

Everyone latches on to Vergeben's leaks, but he said for months was that Steve would be in the base game, then said it would just be a stage, then said Minecraft would be involved "somehow," then said he would be early DLC, and then said he'd be in Fighters Pass 2, and everyone said "OH MY GOD HE DID IT AGAIN, HOW DOES HE DO IT?!!" He either had unreliable sources, or guessed, and everyone ate it up. He got plenty right, but was also so consistently incorrect that I don't know why he's still considered "THE" main source for Smash leaks.

23:55 So Packun was Piranha Plant (roughly the Japanese name of it), Jack was Joker (Jack Frost being the mascot of Megami Tensei, Persona being a sub-series of that), and Brave probably the 'brave heroes'. The current leak is Sora, which we'll soon see whether or not it's actually true. I'm about 50/50 right now.

Will that Sora 4chan leak join the ranks of this video? Or just be another Grinch Leak that everybody hyped up about? Find all about it in 5 days!

Here when Sora has been confirmed for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate. Anyone else?

It made me so sad seeing Terry not getting as much hype as he should have got during the time. Terry is one of the coolest, most iconic fighting game characters and I’m shocked more people don’t know the character at least. Your missing out on some of the best fighting games, best characters, and best music ever in videogames if you haven’t checked out KOF and Fatal Fury. He is still the best DLC character and I will stand by that. He got the most love from the devs.

So like, if Master Chief was said to be the fifth character of pass 2, what if he was pushed back to be the sixth?

let's be honest. who thought Smash Ultimate wasn't going to introduce a Fire Emblem character? like come on. it's a norm at this point

This was a brilliant video, easily digestible and told really well. I’ve subscribed, looking forward to more of your content!

I genounily enjoy leaks, I think the feeling is so amazing when the leak turns out to be totally bogus or actually spot on. But granted im someone who doesnt mind getting spoiled in the first place so i understand contrary view points

Sora got leaked and we all laughed... we all laughed.

That last leak really needs to be a reality check for some people out there, it's easy when they are millions of people predicting wild rosters to have one predict everything accurately, it doesn't make it true in any way though.

ok ik people always say "omg you deserve more subs" or something like that, but man you make such entertaining and well made content

Might as well add Sora to that list

Well that was a suprise, at 16:55 that’s me in the background. I was at E3 that year and I still have all of the goods I got at the booths. Especially the stuff from the Smash booth; I have a flag/towel I can’t decide which due to the material, a pin, and most importantly I have a Smash medal. I even still have that shirt I was wearing which I bought upstairs at a booth which sold them, I got it in the wrong size and it felt uncomfortable but it’s a little too late to be complaining about that. I remember E3 that year so vividly, I even won the raffle the SEGA booth was holding for the SEGA Genesis collection, which I still have by the way since they gave it to me for free. I have the Persona bag and a few other misc items, but I mainly went there for Smash. I played the demos of DBZF and another game but I can’t remember it all that well since it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. But I definitely remember the Smash fighter items in those cases, like Yoshi’s egg, DK’s tie, Mario’s hat, Peach’s crown, etc. Oh and for reference, the person standing next to me is my dad since he came with me, I would have gone myself but I was just barely 18 and I doubt I could have handled myself well out there all by myself. Even if I live in Cali, it’s still quite a ways away from where I live to LA. Anyway that just gave me a spook, I didn’t realize that someone took my picture. I just thought I should comment on it, since it felt strange. Honestly 2018 really doesn’t feel like it was all that long ago. But yet when you think about it, it has been 3 years or so... Time sure flies huh. I doubt the me from back then could ever have imagined that I’d be in the situation I’m in now. Let alone all of what’s happened in between then and now. If nothing else all of this has taught me just how important the people, placed, and things you take for granted are. Especially since I’ve lost so much since then, while certainly I’ve gained a lot too, it’s still a bit haunting seeing something that feels so close yet so far away. An experience that you lived which you would give anything to live again, but you can’t... Sorry for the somber mood, just a little emotional seeing that y’know. A lot these emotions I can’t quite describe, but I feel them all the same. Anyway I can’t wait for Sora, he seems fun to play. Hopefully my computer is done being fixed before he comes out, I have a few things planned now that the final roster has been revealed and I can’t do them without it. Anyway have a nice day, and thank you for showing me something I hadn’t seen in a long time, it was a pleasant surprise.

I’d like to add that Ryu’s Classic Mode ending reel was leaked the day before his reveal, ruining that surprise further than it already was. I don’t recall if Roy’s ending was leaked too it might’ve been but not sure.

I dont know if this is mandela effect or just dumb luck being correct, but I saw like years ago after Joker's reveal a leak of Icons including Steve's Icon. Idk why I cant find the leak since

Whenever a character is leaked I start hoping that character DOESN'T get announced because if they do there's just no surprise, especially with there only being one character left. People are so impatient that they'll ruin the fun for everyone including themselves just to know who the character is.

Some things that you missed: Palutena was leaked in January 2014. People claim it was fake, but it was very clearly real. There were background elements of Battlefield that had not been seen yet that matched up with the ones in the final game. Roy and Ryu weren't just leaked in April, but completely playable with hacked games the day prior to the E3 Smash Presentation.

To be fair, Bowser Jr. and Duck Hunts’s trailers were revealed after 3DS’s releases

Welp time to add sora

23:37 Packun Flower is the term for piranha plant in Japanese

I'm so glad you talked about the Ninka Kiwi leak from Smashboards. Nobody remembers it, especially since it was completely overshadowed by the ESRB one, however I remember it vividly, it came way before that and from a credible user in the old thread devoted to discuss and deconfirm fake leaks. Also, at first it only stated that Bowser Jr was in a car of some sort, only after he corrected the info with the koopa clown car, so I remember people speculating it was a go kart from Mario Kart ahah. Also I remember it describing Duck Hunt as a trio of the dog, the duck and the hunter offscreen and people were trying to understand what did that mean. Also I remember it deconfirmed popular characters like Ridley and Mewtwo. To be honest, as much as I loved the idea of Duck Hunt, I really wished it was fake but alas 😂

I’m just beyond glad that Pyra&mythra (my most wanted) wasn’t leaked, and I got to appreciate the surprise.

It's funny, I'm a big Smash fan and I've usually been up to date with new information coming out, but not leaks. The only leak that I ever heard about as it was happening was the fake Grinch leak, due to how big it got. Aside from that, I always avoid spoiling myself with leaks.

To be fair with Duck Hunt and Bowser Jr., their reveal trailers also came out after the 3DS version was released, so their trailers were always going to be met with less excitement.

I'm surprised the Switch advertisement which showed the Stage Builder menu option before its release isn't here

THE GRINCH LEAK DEFINITELY CAME FROM SOME ALTERNATE EARTH!

I like the Disney Music guy leak who said that Nintendo asked for permission to use their music for a presentation in October 5th 2 months before it was announced

Gonna need to update this video considering the sora leaks 👀

Thanks for censoring the thumbnail. I wouldn't want to have been spoiled about Terry Bogard coming to smash back on November 6th

Another upside to the SNK copyright leaking is that SNK fans had an opportunity to speculate which character it would be, that's extra buzz for the game.

i must have lucked the hell out. when SSB4 and SSBU were all the buzz online, I didn't hear anything about any of the major leaks. i never even heard about the ESRB or Ryu leaks until many years later. maybe I just knew when to hide under a rock when that stuff came around I guess lol

I remember watching the cutscenes for smash bros for Wii U over and over again. Little Mac was by far my favorite. I still use him to this day

The snk leak was to me ICONIC

Great video

Surprise you didn't know this. Verge said he had to cut off his source who said about Chief since the source had been wrong for over a year. He doesn't believe in Chief since before he even posted about it there was plenty of other people saying Chief hours before he did reported by PapaGeno which btw PapaGeno did got a source about Banjo in Oct 2018 which was interesting. Cool video. Can't wait to see the last fighter

The biggest Leak of all was Nathaniel Bandy’s Smash Bros 3DS Trigger Video

Great video and channel

I still remember when I saw that leak that revealed all the songs coming to smash ultimate

Before Smash Ult, there was a leak that Luigi wouldn’t be in Smash, but was proven wrong

Man, what a trip to memory lane from Brawl to Ultimate's leak heh

24:00 "packun" is not a stretch for Piranha Plant, it's a romanization lf ots Japanese name, Pakkun Flower.

don't forget there was a leak about sora a few days before the smash reveal from an employee at disney's music studio which was cooperating with nintendo in a big event.

2:19 I was gasping about everything he revealed lmao wow

Could we also agree that even though Ultimate is an awesome game, it had the worst kept secrets? They should've made the codename for the characters more discreet and include trustworthy play testers who won't spill the beans ahead of announcements.

15:25 I think ganondor was an easteregg so then Sakurai can twitet about him and everyone would go back and search for him on every image/video. But someone took it down because they tougth it was unintentional

I still remember avoiding all of the Smash 4 and Ultimate leaks, even more so with the ESRB leak. It truly was a miracle how I avoided them. ^^;

Okay but the Smash Ultimate gameplay B Roll had some sick plays in it

I love that I saw a add in português when there was the phone scrolling scene

Oh man I remember the time when I thought Marth was gonna be cut from Brawl. He was my Melee main and because his game was old and outdated, I thought he was outta there. I had these same thoughts with Smash 4 lol

You know sometimes when I see leaks online I have a feeling that they are real but then saikuri sees them and then changes the characters just for punishment for us

Maybe Verbens information changed? Thinking about it, he said that initially, Minecraft was going to be involved as DLC in "some way" What I was thinking, is maybe whenever it came time to pick a rep, they went with Steve instead of Master Chief?

IIRC several leaks which turned out to be otherwise accurate strongly implied that Hero was going to be the first character for FP1, but they changed it with Joker not too long before his announcement.

I remember the sprout leaked image. I was so depressed seeing Isaac was only an assist trophy

Master Chef is confirmed false as of today lol. Sora is in Smash now

I remember wayyy before terry was announced people found a pony tail model in the game around the time joker came out and people thought it was a joker echo

Hm... no mention of the old Melee leak? I vividly recall before Melee was even released as all we had were teaser images for the then-upcoming game... we eventually got the full roster image floating around the internet, presumably due to Japan getting the game first before it was translated and localized for the west. Everyone I knew back in high school all asked "who the heck is Martha and Roy?" ...As for Hayter knowing about Jigglypuff in advance, don't forget he also recorded Codec calls between other Metal Gear characters talking about each character in the roster he was facing against, all of which are still intact in Smash Bros Ultimate. So he absolutely knew about the whole roster and let it slip about Jigglypuff, likely not knowing she wasn't publicly confirmed and revealed yet by Nintendo.

I like leaks honestly, I like the speculation. You never really know if it’s real or not, so it’s always exciting whenever the new character is revealed. It’s like being a kid and wondering whether you’ll get the toys you asked for. As long as people don’t expect the leaks to be real, then it’s all fun for me.

Remember the title of shulks trailer “looks like we don’t have a choice”

What I hate about leaks is the fact that it gives false hope to many people and when the leaked character wasn’t the character picked, people will get upset

im just going so when the sora in smash leak video lol

great video

The mexico leak happened in my city, because the person that sells games got the supplies early but after the noise reached many parts he made his bussines facebook group private so no one could join and make more noise and got really really mad with all the fuzz because well the situation could put him in a very risky position

I’m pretty sure BJ and Duck Hunt’s trailers dropped after 3DS version dropped, so it wasn’t the leak that dulled those reveals, it was the fact that people were already playing them lmao

I was pretty much never spoiled on any of these leaks. Not even Roy and Ryu. I did actually predict the “Everyone is Here” bit about Ultimate. In a roleplay with another person.

Mate the duck hunt dog is one of the best selling games of all time

(24:00) The Japanese name for Piranha Plant is Packun.

was waiting for the Sora music leak that came true, but this was made in sept 30

It was really funny when vergeben said it was cheif for E3 and it was Kazuya tbh. People say he predicted Minecraft but he said multiple times over it was for base game and of course it wasn't it was a couple years later.

Side note, the Noatesty leaker is NoA Testy, as in Nintendo of America Tester probably

4:53 bowser mains: 😰

Some leaks were leaks but most leaks are just recess speculation and when the person is right by luck then they pop off like crazy

bro forgot the infamous grinch leak, that shit was legendary. biggest troll ever

Side note about Duck Hunt/Bowser Jr. getting spoiled by the leak being true and their reveals not generating hype: Their reveals wouldn't have generated hype regardless of if the leak happened or not. Smash 4 for the 3DS was released before the characters were 'officially' revealed. They were actually both officially revealed in a 51(?) facts about Smash Wii U presentation.(Mewtwo was announced as DLC thru this as well) So anyone in the know of Smash 3DS knew the whole roster prior to the reveals of these two characters.

I cant believe you didn't even mention the grinch leak