I'm just annoyed that people are still talking about it. It's proven false, everyone should just drop it.
I've been turned off from characters because of theories and conspiracies: Ridley being a prime example.
I don't want the Mewtwo fanbase to get looked down upon for this.
So that's why. I'm just looking out for fanbases that I care about.
Aw, I definitely didn't mean for that speculation to be taken too seriously but the speculation came from a graphic design viewpoint (I minored in graphic design in art college, also one of my hobbies is cryptography/steganography) so please don't lump me in with the Ridley "I see shapes in the clouds" people.
There's a great difference between an educated guess and apophenia.
Not to say that my theory is evidence, but the flier was given out to
intentionally get people speculating, and that's not a theory, that's a marketing strategy; there was at least one graphic designer who worked on the flier who's design was approved by higher ups in their marketing division who were aware of the ideology behind the design, and whether it was his design or somebody else tweaked it, just about every character on that roster was placed in a particular spot for a reason. It's not entirely illogical to assume that they could have included a hint in there, that's part of the marketing strategy, and hints on fliers is probably one of the most cliche concepts
ever. It's possible that they could just be taking cue from Sakurai and used their knowledge of graphic design to troll us, which is fine. It's Smash, it's not supposed to be taken too seriously.
As for the Ridley community, I'm not all that familiar with them, but there are enough sensible people in this thread that I know we're not going to become a conspiracy theory thread.
And I don't mean to add fuel to the fire, but one last thing I want to clear up - I'm confused by the "proven false" comment. If you were referring to how it's proven false because there were no character reveals, I just want to say that I posted the theory about the flier not because I thought there was going to be a character reveal - in fact, by the time I posted it, I knew the event was already over - I posted it because, as I mentioned, the flier was meant to be taken home and speculated upon, seeing as it was given out one day before the last day. Overall, we all know it's very likely Mewtwo will be in the game. Let's just keep the hype going until the game is released and we get the full details!