It's ridiculous how people seem to just give up so easily based on things that haven't even come from an official source lol.
The point of a leak is to rouse people up, and that's what's happening here. Why can't people just wait until it's officially confirmed that he's not in? I mean, we only have to wait a few more weeks until the game is released, it's really NOT THAT LONG. The leaks don't bother me in the slightest, nor do they persuade my beliefs of Mewtwo returning back into this game in any way. Instead of just taking on board and believing stuff before it's even confirmed, I'm just looking at it in the sense of this:
- Mewtwo was PLANNED for every game so far. (People seem to forget that!)
- Mewtwo is still relevant to the franchise. Wasn't he the poster-boy for the 6th Gen? Geez, they even introduced us to a female Mewtwo, despite Mewtwo's been around since 1998. That's saying something big about Mewtwo's relevancy to the franchise. Why have two Mewtwo's instead of one? Probably because they wanted to introduce a new generation of kids to the character that weren't even born when Mewtwo came onto the scene.
It's starting to get tiring for me coming on here and seeing the disappointment from people over these 'leaks.' Even if the leaks are real, nothing had been confirmed yet. There's been NO word of Mewtwo apart from what random people on the internet say. Anybody can make up a leak and it would coincidentally be true to what we've seen so far. But the point is that nothing we've seen of Mewtwo has come from an 'official' source. Why would Sakurai just ditch Mewtwo again when he's well aware of the uproar that was caused among Mewtwo fans when Mewtwo wasn't included in Brawl? Look at Project M. They put them back in the game themselves, doing the job that Nintendo couldn't. I'm fairly sure the company would have noticed that big rub in the face.
Mewtwo will be back. Just believing all these fake pictures, speculations and leaks will only just deter peoples hopes. They shouldn't matter because they're not confirmed yet! Until we hear it from Sakurai himself, the leaks shouldn't be making people panic. It's not over until it's officially over.
If it turns out, after four or so more months, that Mewtwo isn't in the game when we finally get it, I won't be purchasing the game. Not because i'm a stickler (I'd still play Smash 4) but because I couldn't face the disappointment of being so hyped for 3 or so years then being let down again BUT I can't see Sakurai doing that to us.
Remember, Sakurai always finds a way to surprise us when we least expect it. It will probably be the same for Mewtwo!