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if i recall, this was part of the reason some people believed it before the videos were dropped. someone more knowledgeable on what happened then might have to fill the blanks in for me though.
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The 4chan thread was eventually closed, prompting a leaker with the account name of MasterLinkX to start a thread on [[GameFAQs]], with three more images. The first featured a battle between {{SSB4|Charizard}}, {{SSB4|Lucina}}, and leaked characters {{SSB4|Ganondorf}} and {{SSB4|Shulk}} on {{SSBB|Yoshi's Island}}. The second showed another shot of Shulk's render on the victory screen, and the third was a shot of the top screen from the same moment, showing a clearer angle on Shulk's model and one of his [[victory pose]]s. As the debate continued, more and more perceived errors were found in the images; combined with MasterLinkX admitting that he had photoshopped the images to halt the leak's spread, general consensus became that the leak was a very elaborate hoax. | The 4chan thread was eventually closed, prompting a leaker with the account name of MasterLinkX to start a thread on [[GameFAQs]], with three more images. The first featured a battle between {{SSB4|Charizard}}, {{SSB4|Lucina}}, and leaked characters {{SSB4|Ganondorf}} and {{SSB4|Shulk}} on {{SSBB|Yoshi's Island}}. The second showed another shot of Shulk's render on the victory screen, and the third was a shot of the top screen from the same moment, showing a clearer angle on Shulk's model and one of his [[victory pose]]s. As the debate continued, more and more perceived errors were found in the images; combined with MasterLinkX admitting that he had photoshopped the images to halt the leak's spread, general consensus became that the leak was a very elaborate hoax. | ||
In spite of this all, however, a small portion of the community held onto it being true, particularly in how it had completely aligned with the then-unconfirmed and disbelieved {{H2|Leak|Ninka/Vaanrose leak}}, the only other source to suggest most of the characters depicted in the ESRB leak. The Ninka/vaanrose leak itself only garnered attention two weeks prior to the first screenshots being posted, some time after the reveal of Robin, one of the characters claimed by the leak. Oobservers noted that the many similarities between their implications would be improbable if they were false, and with the Ninka/vaanrose leak already suspected to have been partially confirmed in its claims, the belief among these few became that the ESRB leak was at the very least partially true. | |||
==Video leaks== | ==Video leaks== | ||
As the leak started to lose popularity, believed to have been disproven by a large portion of the community, a YouTube user by the name of Izat True posted multiple low-quality videos of the previously-pictured battle between Charizard, Lucina, Ganondorf, and Shulk on Yoshi's Island, as well as {{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}}, {{SSB4|Bowser}}, {{SSB4|Kirby}}, and {{SSB4|Pikachu}} battling on {{SSB4|Battlefield}}. However, later that day, Nintendo of America removed all of the videos for copyright reasons; many took this as confirmation that the leak was real, as copyright takedowns on rumors are traditionally done only in the event of an actual leak. Later that day, another set of screenshots was uploaded to imgur, featuring various menus, Classic Mode screenshots, and trophies. | As the leak started to lose popularity, believed to have been disproven by a large portion of the community, a YouTube user by the name of Izat True posted multiple low-quality videos of the previously-pictured battle between Charizard, Lucina, Ganondorf, and Shulk on Yoshi's Island, as well as {{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}}, {{SSB4|Bowser}}, {{SSB4|Kirby}}, and {{SSB4|Pikachu}} battling on {{SSB4|Battlefield}}. However, later that day, Nintendo of America removed all of the videos for copyright reasons; many took this as confirmation that the leak was real, as copyright takedowns on rumors are traditionally done only in the event of an actual leak. Later that day, another set of screenshots was uploaded to imgur, featuring various menus, Classic Mode screenshots, and trophies. | ||