I do keep forgetting to mention this, but Spawn really does want Banjo-Kazooie in Smash, leak aside. Like, out of all the characters in the Grinch Banner, Banjo is the one he wants the most.
Yeah, I remember him mentioning that in his video. It does concern me the way he's pushing hard against Banjo and Geno--when watching his initial video, he sounded like he was trying to get the point across they weren't in while not outright saying it. I really, really hope if they're not in the base, that they're already being planned for DLC (usually I wouldn't make such a big statement on DLC, except it seems like a lot of insiders are talking about it being this big plan).
I read all of your wonderfully crafted bullet points and the main thing that seems to prevent them from believing the leak is real is “No Incineroar”.
The Chad Ganondorf leak doesn’t help #TeamFake or Spawn Wave. If anything it helps the leak considering a lot of people now believe that is the leak that “ruffled Nintendo’s feathers” that was mentioned a few weeks ago.
I think PapaGenos mentioned his source believed that was the very same leak.
I dunno, as much as I want to believe this leak is true, the 4chan leak is one point I find against the banner. It's one of those 4chan posts I would have never gave the time of day, not only angsty and profanity-laden, but mentions characters not in (how would they know) and just gives the vibe of fake text leak.
That being said, ESRB leak involved Mother****ing Leaker. So, anything's possible at this point.