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I disagree with the removal of a grand majority of these (aside from the Sephiroth/Kazuya amiibo thing) because it was information accidentally leaked ahead of time, which fits the premise of the page; also for the stages thing, 108 wasn't even the final number with DLC, so it's inaccurate to say that that was what was leaked
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Ganondorf was officially revealed on October 15th, and is one of the few characters to be leaked multiple times by official material. | Ganondorf was officially revealed on October 15th, and is one of the few characters to be leaked multiple times by official material. | ||
====Great Cave Offensive leak==== | |||
On October 5th, 2014, the official Super Smash Bros Facebook page posted a picture recapping the pictures of the day of the past week. Alongside a picture of the Orbital Gate and the 3DS version's title screen, there was also a picture of Kirby and Pikachu riding in a mine cart in a previously unseen stage. The image was captioned as "Kirby's going for a ride in a mine cart. Well, this situation looks familiar. This stage has some rules that are rare in the Smash Bros. series." | |||
The leak was later confirmed as [[The Great Cave Offensive]], and was revealed officially in the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 50-Fact Extravaganza. | |||
====Amazon leak==== | ====Amazon leak==== | ||
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*{{s|wikipedia|Minecraft}} representation would come in some form. {{SSBU|Steve}} would appear as the second character in the Fighters Pass Vol. 2. | *{{s|wikipedia|Minecraft}} representation would come in some form. {{SSBU|Steve}} would appear as the second character in the Fighters Pass Vol. 2. | ||
*Nintendo and {{H2|List of companies with minor representation|Koei Tecmo}} would collaborate on ''Smash'' in some way, in this case with [[Spirit]]s based off of the Koei Tecmo developed ''{{Iw|zeldawiki|Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity}}''. | *Nintendo and {{H2|List of companies with minor representation|Koei Tecmo}} would collaborate on ''Smash'' in some way, in this case with [[Spirit]]s based off of the Koei Tecmo developed ''{{Iw|zeldawiki|Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity}}''. | ||
====7-11 poster leaks==== | |||
A notable recurrence during the post-release of ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' were posters regarding upcoming and recent Nintendo content being placed up at 7-11 stores in Japan and being taken down at specific dates. These posters, which also detailed information on the Fighters Passes, had many fans correctly guess that the characters would be released before the posters were removed: | |||
* On July 24th, 2019, former Source Gaming member PushDustIn posted a photo to Twitter depicting one of the posters in question, which included information on both ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and the {{SSBU|Hero}} in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. While it only stated that the Hero would release in the summer, the poster also said it would be taken down on August 4th. Hero was released on July 30th, five days before the poster was taken down. | |||
* On September 1st, 2019, PushDustIn posted another photo with a 7-11 poster, this time including information on both the then upcoming remake of ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' and {{SSBU|Banjo & Kazooie}} in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. The poster was to be taken down on September 15th, and Banjo & Kazooie would indeed release on September 4th, eleven days before the poster was removed (though interestingly the ''Link's Awakening'' remake released five days after the poster was removed instead of before). | |||
* On September 20th, 2020, {{Sm|Onua}} posted a photo on Twitter depicting yet another poster at a 7-11. This poster included information on the second Fighters Pass and was set to be taken down on October 4th. On September 30th, it was announced that the contents of Challenger Pack 7 would be revealed on October 1st, thereby continuing the trend of the poster leaks. This character was then revealed to be {{SSBU|Steve}}. | |||
<gallery> | |||
Hero7-11.PNG|The poster detailing Hero | |||
Banjo&Kazooie7-11.PNG|The poster detailing Banjo & Kazooie | |||
FightersPassVol2_7-11.jpeg|The poster detailing the second Fighters Pass | |||
</gallery> | |||
====PracticalBrush12 leaks==== | ====PracticalBrush12 leaks==== | ||
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The September 2018 issue of CoroCoro, a Japanese magazine, featured information about ''Ultimate'': though most of it was a retread of what had been in the August 2018 Smash Direct, the magazine stated that the game would have 108 total stages. This was contrary to the aforementioned Direct, which instead stated that the game would feature 103 stages. While this could be assumed as a printing error, many users noticed how this number perfectly matched with the [https://www.ssbwiki.com/File:Stage_Select_Ultimate_Normal.jpg stage selection screen] shown in the Direct, with room for six more spots. | The September 2018 issue of CoroCoro, a Japanese magazine, featured information about ''Ultimate'': though most of it was a retread of what had been in the August 2018 Smash Direct, the magazine stated that the game would have 108 total stages. This was contrary to the aforementioned Direct, which instead stated that the game would feature 103 stages. While this could be assumed as a printing error, many users noticed how this number perfectly matched with the [https://www.ssbwiki.com/File:Stage_Select_Ultimate_Normal.jpg stage selection screen] shown in the Direct, with room for six more spots. | ||
The October issue of CoroCoro dropped the stage count back to 103<ref>https://twitter.com/DartsEnthusiast/status/1053692372322803712</ref>. It is unknown if the September issue's count was a misprint or something that they were not allowed to reveal, although it should be noted that 5 stages were released as DLC for the first Fighters Pass, bringing the stage count to 108 | The October issue of CoroCoro dropped the stage count back to 103<ref>https://twitter.com/DartsEnthusiast/status/1053692372322803712</ref>. It is unknown if the September issue's count was a misprint or something that they were not allowed to reveal, although it should be noted that 5 stages were released as DLC for the first Fighters Pass, bringing the stage count to 108. | ||
====No new Codec Conversations==== | ====No new Codec Conversations==== | ||
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====Banjo & Kazooie leak==== | ====Banjo & Kazooie leak==== | ||
On June 4th, 2019, ResetEra admin shinobi602 made a [https://www.resetera.com/threads/banjo-kazooie-controller-holder-teased-by-exquisite-gaming.120331/page-6#post-21418452 post] a week before E3 2019, stating: 'Been a while since we saw Banjo in anything. Hope we're in for a smashing good time.' The phrase "have a smashing good time" is notable in that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6An9hlEk1s ResetEra admins] had used the phrase to tease upcoming ''Super Smash Bros.'' content in the past. ResetEra has strict policies about users posting rumors, and as shinobi602 was an admin, along with his perfect track record regarding leaks, this lead many people to believe that shinobi602 was teasing an upcoming {{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} reveal at the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct. This leak was eventually supported when {{SSBU|Banjo & Kazooie}} were revealed as a part of the Fighter's Pass for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' at the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct on June 11th, 2019. | On June 4th, 2019, ResetEra admin shinobi602 made a [https://www.resetera.com/threads/banjo-kazooie-controller-holder-teased-by-exquisite-gaming.120331/page-6#post-21418452 post] a week before E3 2019, stating: 'Been a while since we saw Banjo in anything. Hope we're in for a smashing good time.' The phrase "have a smashing good time" is notable in that [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6An9hlEk1s ResetEra admins] had used the phrase to tease upcoming ''Super Smash Bros.'' content in the past. ResetEra has strict policies about users posting rumors, and as shinobi602 was an admin, along with his perfect track record regarding leaks, this lead many people to believe that shinobi602 was teasing an upcoming {{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} reveal at the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct. This leak was eventually supported when {{SSBU|Banjo & Kazooie}} were revealed as a part of the Fighter's Pass for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' at the E3 2019 Nintendo Direct on June 11th, 2019. | ||
====Hero July release date leak==== | |||
On July 16th, 2019, Nintendo uploaded a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldS_kVFyOAI video] under the name "Fan-Favorites & Newest Releases - July" which showed brief clips of ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order'' and ''Fire Emblem: Three Houses'', two upcoming games slated to launch in July, as well as ''Fortnite'', the ninth season of which was currently ongoing, and {{SSBU|Hero}} in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. This led many to believe that Hero would launch sometime in July. Nintendo later renamed the video to "Fan-Favorites & Newest Releases - Summer". | |||
On July 30th, Hero was confirmed to release on that day. | |||
====Dragon Quest spirit board leak==== | ====Dragon Quest spirit board leak==== | ||
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*The group of party members from ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dragon Quest XI}}''. | *The group of party members from ''{{iw|wikipedia|Dragon Quest XI}}''. | ||
Sometime later, Nintendo took down the images. All of the spirits were later confirmed to be in the game, as a part of the ''Dragon Quest'' [[DLC Spirits (mode)|DLC Spirit Board]]. | Sometime later, Nintendo took down the images. All of the spirits were later confirmed to be in the game, as a part of the ''Dragon Quest'' [[DLC Spirits (mode)|DLC Spirit Board]]. | ||
====Nintendo of Europe 4.0.0 release date leak==== | |||
On July 29th, 2019, Nintendo of Europe posted a tweet containing a release date for the then-upcoming 4.0.0 update, being July 31st. The tweet was then taken down, and replaced with a [https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1155777359007682560 tweet] which instead stated "within 7 days". | |||
The following day, Hero was confirmed to release on July 30th in North America (July 31st in Europe due to time zones), the day the presentation for Hero aired. | |||
====Nintendo of Europe site SNK fighter leak==== | ====Nintendo of Europe site SNK fighter leak==== | ||
On September 1st, 2019, a page for the 4th Challenger Pack in the Fighters Pass was created on Nintendo of Europe's website. Within the page, people noticed a mention of a copyright belonging to [[SNK|SNK Corporation]], leading to speculation that the next fighter would be from SNK, with [[Terry Bogard]] being the most prominent guess. People also speculated that the copyright was borrowed from the [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/DLC/SNK-Heroines-New-Character-MissX-1475673.html DLC pages] for ''{{s|wikipedia|SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy}}'' due to having an identical filesize and an incorrect date. However, as the listing lined up perfectly with the other Challenger Pack listings and Nintendo pulled down the page soon after its posting, the SNK copyright was strongly suggested to be a legitimate mistake. Three days later, Terry from {{uv|Fatal Fury}} would be confirmed as the SNK character for the Fighters Pass. | On September 1st, 2019, a page for the 4th Challenger Pack in the Fighters Pass was created on Nintendo of Europe's website. Within the page, people noticed a mention of a copyright belonging to [[SNK|SNK Corporation]], leading to speculation that the next fighter would be from SNK, with [[Terry Bogard]] being the most prominent guess. People also speculated that the copyright was borrowed from the [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/DLC/SNK-Heroines-New-Character-MissX-1475673.html DLC pages] for ''{{s|wikipedia|SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy}}'' due to having an identical filesize and an incorrect date. However, as the listing lined up perfectly with the other Challenger Pack listings and Nintendo pulled down the page soon after its posting, the SNK copyright was strongly suggested to be a legitimate mistake. Three days later, Terry from {{uv|Fatal Fury}} would be confirmed as the SNK character for the Fighters Pass. | ||
====Spirit Board Event SNK copyright==== | |||
[[File:Spirit-Event-SNK-Copyright.PNG|thumb|The SNK Copyright found in the notification of the next spirit board event.]] | |||
On October 30th, 2019, the [https://www-aaaba-lp1-hac.cdn.nintendo.net/en-US/e432a816/index.html notification] for the Spirit Board Event [[Smash by the Sword]] went live. The event ran between November 1st to 4th. Located at the bottom of the notification is the copyright for the SNK Corporation, which was newly added. This led to rumors that {{SSBU|Terry}}'s release date would be near the beginning of November. This speculation was eventually proven correct with Terry's release on November 6th. | |||
====Sora/Disney Music Leak==== | ====Sora/Disney Music Leak==== | ||
On July 30th, 2021, an anonymous 4chan user posted in [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/565604656/#565606781 a thread] that [[Sora]] from {{uv|Kingdom Hearts}} would be revealed on October 5th as the last playable character for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Later that same day, another anonymous user in [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/565589861/#q565642448 a different thread] claimed to be a [[Disney]] Music employee, and mentioned that Nintendo had recently asked for permission to use Disney-owned music in a digital event that was supposedly scheduled for October 5th, drawing the conclusion that Sora would be the last DLC fighter. While they were largely overlooked prior, the posts gained widespread attention after the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, in which the last ''Ultimate'' fighter was announced to be revealed on the date predicted by the post. Sora went on to be revealed in [[Mr. Sakurai Presents#Battling with Sora|the aforementioned presentation]]; notably, [[List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers#Sora|Sora's reveal]] featured [[khwiki:Hikari -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-|music not present in his Challenge Pack]], which would ostensibly require additional licensing agreements, as the second post suggested. | On July 30th, 2021, an anonymous 4chan user posted in [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/565604656/#565606781 a thread] that [[Sora]] from {{uv|Kingdom Hearts}} would be revealed on October 5th as the last playable character for ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. Later that same day, another anonymous user in [https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/565589861/#q565642448 a different thread] claimed to be a [[Disney]] Music employee, and mentioned that Nintendo had recently asked for permission to use Disney-owned music in a digital event that was supposedly scheduled for October 5th, drawing the conclusion that Sora would be the last DLC fighter. While they were largely overlooked prior, the posts gained widespread attention after the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, in which the last ''Ultimate'' fighter was announced to be revealed on the date predicted by the post. Sora went on to be revealed in [[Mr. Sakurai Presents#Battling with Sora|the aforementioned presentation]]; notably, [[List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers#Sora|Sora's reveal]] featured [[khwiki:Hikari -KINGDOM Orchestra Instrumental Version-|music not present in his Challenge Pack]], which would ostensibly require additional licensing agreements, as the second post suggested. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||