My problem isn't this guy's lack of proof, it's his story. There is no way he acquired his list from a stolen CEO demo unit. It's just not possible. I'd be more willing to entertain the possibility that it's legit if it wasn't for that impossibility and several other consistency issues. It's not even the only """"leak"""" to guess Richter either. There was another one that did but they also claimed K. Rool was an assist trophy.
But thats exactly what I'm saying. Humor me for a moment: Say I'm an actual leaker with actual info on Smash. I want to share the info but I can't because I'm scared my employer or my friend's (who gave me the info) employer will find out that I leaked the info. So I make up an dumb excuse for how I found the info, but the info is legit. See where I'm going with this?
It doesn't matter if his story is dumb, only that his info could be right. So far, the leaker has some crazy coincidences going for him:
- Guesses Richter Belmont (not Simon)- The leak IS the first to do so (July 1st, there is nothing before this) and then we find out Richter is in the game. Do note he never said Simon wasn't in, he said he didn't see Simon. Whatever, could be a lucky guess.
- Says Dark Samus and K. Rool- K. Rool is a safe guess, but Dark Samus is not: US made character (the only one ever in a roster) with an already established AT. Little mac was the only character to ever break this trend from Brawl, there is no safe guess here to say it would have happened again. But again, could be a lucky guess.
- Mentions Gardevoir/Gothitelle- This right here would be the dealbreaker. You simply don't guess Gardevoir. Pokemon newcomers generally are from newer generations and are more relevant to the time when they become playable. Not only that, but Gardevoir has been a pokeball pokemon since Brawl. However, and miraculously we have not see Gardevoir as a pokeball pokemon yet.
- Mentions "Mario2"- could be anyone really. Smash 4 DLC were all mario so I have no guesses here.
My point is, this leak has nothing going against it save for people trashing the user for where he got the info. It miraculously dodges dis-confirmations by mentioning Richter, Dark Samus and Gardevoir. People did the same thing to ChaosZero, people are doing the same thing to Loz18.
And trust me, this is coming from someone who is indifferent to Gardevoir/Gothitelle, but isn't dismissing a leak a reason we can't prove.
Judge a leak by its content, not by its source. You never know what's right.