So looking at Resetera's topic on this, someone found that Verge is not the first person with "repute" to mention that Simon Belmont was going to be in Smash.
Stealth_ beat him to the punch here, 19 days before Verge's initial leak. Proof?
This is Verge's Initial leak:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/234547-super-smash-bros-for-nintendo-switch/76614511
Date is 5/16/18
Stealth_'s tweet talking about Simon Belmont?
https://twitter.com/Stealth___/status/990018281930199040
Dated: 4/27/18
As a reminder, Stealth_ has a fair number of followers, and he even uses that as proof towards his credibility. I mention that because it suggests a lot of people see what Stealth_ has to say, and remember, he's gotten enough notoriety that other big Youtubers (like Roger's Base) treat him as something special and meaningful.
It's also worth noting that Stealth_ is full of ****, as anyone can tell you, and begs the question WHY he has a "positive" reputation in many circles. Yes, he's full of crap, but there's plenty of people who still think he's legit for some reason, hence "repute".
So why is this important? Because this is not the only time Stealth_ said something before Verge that didn't get substantiated, that Verge "leaked" as well.
And fittingly enough, it was ANOTHER Castlevania related leak, namely Stealth_ tweeted that there's talks of a Castlevania Compilation in the works before Verge said anything about it. I don't know the sources of these, but I definitely remember looking this up, and the first time Verge said this was predated by Stealth_.
Verge had one other Castlevania leak which was a re-release of Castlevania Rebirth on the Switch, except THIS was rumored all the way back in January, long before Verge said anything.
IOWs, Verge has not a single piece of information pertaining to Castlevania that originated from him, and 2 of the sources are from Stealth_.
I hate being someone who draws attention to Verge, but I feel like this is something that has to be drawn attention to, in some capacity, and I didn't want to make a whole topic, but couldn't think of a proper way to do this without feeling forced so went **** it, here you go.
What do I take from this?
I think the theory brought up by the MvCI Subreddit that Verge is merely someone who hears about Industry Gossip 2nd hand and treats everything he hears as a leak has further evidence. With someone like Stealth_ claiming to have insiders and being a big name (even though he's time and time again shown to be full of crap), and "rumors" that people heard about not coming true, and things he's gotten wrong, yet having SOME Things right, it only makes sense that he's compiling a lot of industry gossip he hears, but doesn't recognize the difference between "gossip" and "actual leaked info."
So anyone who says "Simon Belmont was original to him", this is something to keep in the back of your mind. Yes, there have been a handful of other (not a lot granted) fake leaks that had Simon on them before him, but here we have someone who Verge has had info match up before with in the past, and someone who is really good at faking **** to the unknown.