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My understanding is that someone from the ESRB decided to show some people, but had no intention of leaking it. Unfortunately, he shouldn't have trusted his friends, and it got out. It has, supposedly, been in circulation for a few weeks before coming out.
Wait, review groups can be as small as three? Okay, so if this is legit, whoever leaked it is ****ed up. If it's true, the names are probably there for Nintendo to track the different groups, so if anything is leaked they'd know who to go to. Also, if this is a legit leak, why wouldn't the person go and censor/block the 3DS name? Wouldn't that make it easier for Nintendo to sue whoever did it?
Either way, I'm sure it's against the rules to show some game stuff to the public.
That's where keeping the sources secret comes into play. These pictures might have never been meant to get out. They might have just been privately shared to a friend, and then a friend of the friend might have broken the trust of the original source and posted these. You can't really assume someone straight from the ESRB released these on their own.
Think of it this way. If I were to leak something fake, and the entire mod team backed it knowing it was fake, then the entire site itself would lose credibility. That's quite a bit of trust to place in something. That's all I'm saying.
Obviously. Someone would definitely be in trouble for this, no matter what.
I figured it was a stupid red herring. Everyone who leaked this says stuff about "I must protect out job security" but why would they post where their job is from in the very leaked pics? It'd be so easy to fool Nintendo's Ninja team by writing ESRB on the leaks to make them investigate them instead of the real culprits.
Most of them don't mind it being real it seems.Here are some interesting perspectives from the our Japanese Smash Brethren on the leak:
http://sourcegaming.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/what-do-japanese-gamers-think-of-the-smash-leak/
One commenter brought up the fact that it was odd how in the CSS, the third parties were arranged, but their stages are presented in the order
If this is real.
I nearly spit out my water from the first comment hahaHere are some interesting perspectives from the our Japanese Smash Brethren on the leak:
http://sourcegaming.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/what-do-japanese-gamers-think-of-the-smash-leak/
One commenter brought up the fact that it was odd how in the CSS, the third parties were arranged
So that's actually because we are looking at a few steps away. For example, anon DOES NOT work at the ESRB, but we do know information about where he IS. And he believes (and would know better than us) that him giving us more information about HOW he got these images would jeopardize his job. He is a source of the leak to the general public, but not the originator of them.
They are a bit more positive than us, eh?Here are some interesting perspectives from the our Japanese Smash Brethren on the leak:
http://sourcegaming.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/what-do-japanese-gamers-think-of-the-smash-leak/
One commenter brought up the fact that it was odd how in the CSS, the third parties were arranged
ya think.
This is a leak. Just take it as practice to add "If this is real" to every sentence of every post.
I guess that's as likely as anything, but I kind of hope it isn't true. That's a really ****ty thing to do. Someone could potentially lose their job over it.
agreed, unfortunately that's the most believable theory for me, that or the leaker from ESRB was extremely careless.
It would just be nice to know why we should trust your sources more than this one. At least as far as the DLC is concerned.
If the whole staff backed it knowing it was fake, then yes I understand that. But that'd be a silly thing to do.
because they feel that their source is believable? How much could they say without giving something about the leaker away xD
Another thing to think about is that it most likely doesn't go directly from the developers to the ESRB, I'm sure there are a few channels (internal and external) in between there. It could've happened anywhere along the way.
That's right. He said he only had the pics not the game or anything. Still. Wouldn't have killed 'im to blur out the ESRB thing? Either way from what we know ESRB doesn't play the games so it still seems like a red herring or just a coincidence nickname. I use the nickname B.K. in a lot of games and get mistaken for BurgerKing. ESRB003 could just be like E.S.R. Boob or some ****. >.<
I'm glad you posted this. I didn't notice the third-party ordering, myself, that is a bit odd. I loved that first comment, and I found it interesting that even to the Japanese the name "Duck Hunt" apparently sounds odd.Here are some interesting perspectives from the our Japanese Smash Brethren on the leak:
http://sourcegaming.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/what-do-japanese-gamers-think-of-the-smash-leak/
One commenter brought up the fact that it was odd how in the CSS, the third parties were arranged
Because apparently the leak was not meant to be leaked. The ESRB worker shared it with his/her friends and they leaked it
[aggresive sigh]
That's fine. At the moment we're just trying to do damage control as people on other sites are saying Smashboards/The Staff are spreading rumors.
Nope, I'd still try and debunk it. Ridley, Bandana Dee, Isaac, Mewtwo, and King K. Rool could be added to it and I'd still think it's fake.
How's Mewtwo not relevant anymore? I'm sure he has 2 Mega Evolutions which make him pretty relevant.
We wouldn't. As not all characters are unlocked and it seems to line up with the Ninka leak and there was a speculation section that said MewTwo and Ridley
Hiss, hiss! Begone with you, spewer of the truth! We don't welcome your kind around here!
Mewtwo was in Pokemon X and Y.
touche'
