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| In February 2018, game developer and industry insider Emily Rogers also [https://www.resetera.com/threads/it-kind-of-feels-like-nintendo-is-on-cruise-control-a-bit-with-the-switch-now.24216/page-16#post-4753218 claimed] that ''Super Smash Bros.'' was coming to the Nintendo Switch in some capacity, and that it would have brand new content, as well as some reworked content from the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions. However, it is unclear to her if the game will be marketed as a "director's cut" of sorts or a full sequel. Later in March, a Nintendo Direct showed that there is a new game for the Switch with the [[Inkling]]s looking at the ''Smash'' roster and the ''Smash'' symbol. The announcement caused the rumors of the title being a port to lose credibility, as it showed Link in his design from ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''. In addition to that, the trailer shown did not show gameplay for the game and did not show the original release date in its copyright, which would be unusual for a port’s announcement trailer, and the game's title was listed as a tentative title on the game’s website. Furthermore, on March 22, an [[Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018|invitational tournament]] for the game was announced alongside the Splatoon 2 World Championship, and even later it got an original title and tons of new features, making the rumor false. | | In February 2018, game developer and industry insider Emily Rogers also [https://www.resetera.com/threads/it-kind-of-feels-like-nintendo-is-on-cruise-control-a-bit-with-the-switch-now.24216/page-16#post-4753218 claimed] that ''Super Smash Bros.'' was coming to the Nintendo Switch in some capacity, and that it would have brand new content, as well as some reworked content from the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions. However, it is unclear to her if the game will be marketed as a "director's cut" of sorts or a full sequel. Later in March, a Nintendo Direct showed that there is a new game for the Switch with the [[Inkling]]s looking at the ''Smash'' roster and the ''Smash'' symbol. The announcement caused the rumors of the title being a port to lose credibility, as it showed Link in his design from ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''. In addition to that, the trailer shown did not show gameplay for the game and did not show the original release date in its copyright, which would be unusual for a port’s announcement trailer, and the game's title was listed as a tentative title on the game’s website. Furthermore, on March 22, an [[Tournament:Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018|invitational tournament]] for the game was announced alongside the Splatoon 2 World Championship, and even later it got an original title and tons of new features, making the rumor false. |
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| ===Vergeben leaks===
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| On May 16th, 2018, a user known as [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-for-nintendo-switch/76614511 Vergeben] posted a thread on GameFAQs, claiming he had a reliable source with information on the character roster of the then teased but still unrevealed [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]. Specifically, he said that [[Ridley]] and [[Simon Belmont]] would be newcomers and that the entire roster from ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' would return with no cuts, with the [[Ice Climbers]] and [[Snake]] also returning after being cut from SSB4. Vergeben also claimed that the popular Microsoft-owned indie game ''Minecraft'' would be represented in some form.
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| On June 12, 2018, The lack of cuts from SSB4's roster, the return of Snake and the Ice Climbers, and the addition of Ridley were all confirmed during Nintendo’s E3 2018 Direct. This left Simon Belmont and ''Minecraft'' representation Vergeben's only unconfirmed claims. In response to a GameFAQs post asking about Simon, Vergeben [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76694154/903083982 replied] “Just be patient. There’s still things to be revealed before release”, suggesting that Simon would be revealed at a later date. He [https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/8k0li1/comment/e0pemqo later claimed on Reddit] that there were at least “half a dozen newcomers” left to be revealed, but he didn’t know who any of them were aside from Simon.
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| On July 28, 2018, Vergeben made a post on GameFAQs titled [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76848606?utm_source=reddit.com Disregard ALL people claiming leaks that don't have these two characters], which restated his earlier claim that Simon would appear and also added [[Isabelle]] to his list of claims.
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| On August 3, 2018, Vergeben [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76866145/906230784 posted] on a GameFAQs thread where he claimed that a Pokémon from Generation VII would appear as a playable fighter, and that it would not be {{pkmn|Decidueye}}, {{pkmn|Lycanroc}}, or [[Mimikyu]]<ref>[https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76869597/906250185 If Vergetbean is right, who's it going to be? - GameFAQs]</ref>.
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| On August 8, 2018, Simon Belmont was officially revealed as a newcomer in that day's ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' Direct, confirming Vergeben's earlier claims that he would appear. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awl4L0yVdkg] Also in this Direct, [[Mimikyu]] was revealed to appear as a Poké Ball summon, corroborating his claim that a Generation VII Pokémon that is not Mimikyu will be playable.
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| On August 18, 2018, Vergeben made a [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76915219?page=1#13 post] on a thread stating that [[List_of_SSB4_trophies_(Street_Fighter_series)#Ken|Ken]] from Street Fighter would appear in the game<ref>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76928990?page=32#325</ref> as an Echo Fighter of {{SSBU|Ryu}}<ref>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76958482?page=1#15</ref>.
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| On August 22, 2018, Vergeben made another [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76928398?page=9#100 post] on a thread, this time stating that a new third-party fighter owned by Square Enix would appear in the game. This lead some to believe that Vergeben was simply taking info from the NeoGAF Leak, but the next day he [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/76929458#4 claimed] in a thread that he did not know anything about the NeoGAF leak. He also states that the NeoGAF leak contradicts his own information, since it claims there will be no new ''Pokémon'' rep.
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| On September 13, 2018, {{SSBU|Isabelle}} was revealed as a newcomer at the end of that day's Nintendo Direct, confirming Vergeben's claim that she would appear as a playable character.
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| On September 16, 2018, Vergeben made a new [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/77008096 thread] claiming that his reliable sources have finally confirmed to him that Incineroar is the Generation VII Pokémon that will appear as a newcomer. He also addresses the popular "Box Theory", which states that there will only be two more fighters in the base game as the box art for the Special Edition of the game only has room for two more fighters. He states that he knows for certain that Incineroar and Ken will be in the game, and that the source for the Square Enix newcomer had never been wrong in the past. He also claims the game will have post-launch content, which could possibly include the Square Enix newcomer if the Box Theory turns out to be true.
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| On October 31, 2018, Vergeben made a [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-ultimate/77149243?jumpto=224#224 surprising claim] suggesting that Isaac, in contrast to what the [[#Banner leak|banner leak]] was suggesting, was an Assist Trophy instead of being playable.
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| On November 1, 2018, the final Nintendo Direct for Ultimate revealed {{SSBU|Ken}} and {{SSBU|Incineroar}} as the last fighters to be announced for the base game, confirming Vergeben's earlier claims about them. It was also announced in this direct that there would be additional fighters as paid DLC, which could possibly include the Square Enix newcomer.
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| At present, these are the claims made by Vergeben that have not yet been confirmed:
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| *''Minecraft'' will be represented in some form.
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| *A newcomer owned by [[Square Enix]] will appear.
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