the past is the past, plenty of us got duped, we could all point fingers and hold grudges, but c'mon, let's not, it's all good now, well, it's all hopeful now anyway. Things are looking up again for our friendly bear and bird, but we shouldn't let it get to our heads too much, things have a way of crashing and burning in Smash speculation. And not to sound too disparaging, but it's not like we've ever gotten a western created franchise character on the roster before, and Smash tends to focus on Japan, let alone anime specific type characters... eep. But hey, we got plenty to be hopeful about! These "leaks" coming in, the Cuphead announcement, the weird Rare content in the code, the fact that it appears the DLC characters are ones that've never been in the series before, and so much else to give us hope.