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Amazon is Amazon. Honestly, I still see it going high up at retail. A game being rare actually means the opposite; it didn't have many copies printed in the first place. RtDL is far more expensive than Epic Yarn and yet it hasn't sold as much.
Considering he's a longstanding and respected member of NeoGAF and runs a credible, albeit small, gaming website; I find it hard to believe he'd fabricate information about a game just for the lulz -- something which would cost him his NeoGAF membership I might add.
I've made this argument before but aside from Wii Fit Trainer and now "Marshall", everyone else in the leaks has seemed pretty likely from the get-go and I think that's one of the reasons why so many people are disappointed with it. Of the ones talked about, Palutena and Little Mac seem to be the only ones that aren't highly controversial and that most people were in agreement with while everyone else has basically been an argument waiting to happen since Day One.
i meant what if he is both Sal and the tipster and already has the information and is just feeding us when appropriate but that pretty much answers my question haha.
Yes, which in the end makes Sal's character predictions really lucky, lol.
I don't think this is the truth behind the Sal leak, however I do believe that the Palutena leak may very well have been intentional. I'm pretty sure Sakurai plans out Pic of the Day post like a week in advance (or at least a day or two in advance most likely), which means either the universe was perfectly aligned to create a crazy coincidence or he knew that picture of Palutena was going to leak when he put those Palutena-related pictures on Miiverse that week. Not to mention the facts that the pictures' first apparent appearance on the Internet were some anonymous person asking where they came from (which makes no sense if he's the original uploader of them) and that leaks like that do not happen with Nintendo games that far in advance, especially not Smash Bros.
If they don't get in, it won't be because Miis are included as characters, it will be because Sakurai did not feel that they were worthy of inclusion/development time.
That would be pretty damn epic: Sakurai noted, "I included Greninja because I thought about how well Ninja Turtles went over and decided that SSB4 needs Ninja Frogs!" Then, Greninja is revealed and these forums explode...
... if the tipster is at nintendo, and Sal is the tipster, they wouldn't be predictions. If leaking is being used as a marketing scheme, nintendo could have X amount of "sleeper cell" accounts on cites functioning as normal people until activated as a leaker. lol I like the idea of them being really lucky predictions, but I'm trying to suggest more of a conspiracy route. haha. Like half the people in this discussion could just be nintendo personnel making sure the conversation goes exactly the way they want it to.
you never known who's on the other side of the internet 
There's a point in probability where something goes from being "very lucky" to "mathematically impossible". I'm not going to break down the statistics of the likelihood of 'guessing' five characters out of the now eleven given. Wii Fit Trainer alone is about as close to an impossible to guess choice as their is, let alone with two other less than likely characters.
That's another thing. GAF is very reliable on leaks. If you fake a leak on say, /v/ or gamefaqs, no one will care. GAF will, however, be off with your head for god knows how long - I'd say even more than Something Awful would be, and probably more than any website on the board. If it was a new poster to GAF that had the ability to post on alternative accounts, that'd be one thing, but a member who's been respected a while is already enough to trust that if he was to get wrong information it wouldn't be because he somehow came up with marshal for "The lulz"
yh I called ppl sheep( my definition is blindly following someone no matter what they do) and he called us annoying and whiny so why am I the one getting the warning? the answer is because I am the one with the unpopular opinion. I am not playing the role of a victim I was pushed into it, there is definitely a double standard here. The other members you keep pointing to are on the same level as me and have no right to "put me in line" nor do I have to comply to them. It's ridiculous that I am considered out of line because I am expressing my distaste for the choices the director is making. I responded to people who quoted me challenging my opinion and I have the right to respond to them. Also Sharing my opinion is considered shoving my idea down ppl throat? If so why is it diffrent when the other members try to shove that the roster is fine down mine?
I...I HAVE CONTROL OVER EVERYTHING
I actually looked into some of the guys past posts on NeoGaf and noticed that he had anouther thread detailing directs for 2013. A mod said he would ban him if they ended up as fake...... He still has his account.
I wouldn't say GAF is very reliable. There has been false info spread throughout the forum before (and subsequent bannings), so it is more that there are reliable users who have a reputation for being more 'in the know' than others. Lupinko and CBOAT are two users that come to mind right off the bat. Because there are so many people on the website affiliated with the game industry, there's the whole six degrees of separation rule in place, and sometimes things slip through the cracks.
Iunno, I'd say it is. I won't say everything that comes out of their mouth is the truth and nothing but the truth, but I will say that they've got plenty of credibility and they've been right on a numorous number of occasions on crazy things - How about the metroid prime trilogy for one? It's hard to ignore how many things they got, especially when close to release. Compared to every other website out there, I'd still rank it high up.
I tried that first but he has pms turned off apparently, and the roster thing is being discussed because a leak is making this likely the final roster so in a way were on topic.
It would be kind of dumb not to do that in this day in age. If money isn't an issue hiring a few people to post on message boards or have staff work in shifts just makes sense. We're on here constantly telling the world what we want why not have someone at Nintendo read it? They couldn't make big changes like characters and stages, but little changes (Like DKs roll attack) could easily be influenced by internet chatter. Using these accounts to influence our discussions isn't a bad idea either. ("IMO Ridley isn't out of the running yet guys. I bet they have some secrets" or "Guys, I really think Ridley is out. We shouldn't get our hopes up) I'm not saying they are that extensive with it, but I could easily see it happening. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it was happening to an extent. Hell if I ran a company that's what I would do regardless of the product. I'd hire some dude to talk about how friggin awesome Charmin Ultra is on several open forum.... if the tipster is at nintendo, and Sal is the tipster, they wouldn't be predictions. If leaking is being used as a marketing scheme, nintendo could have X amount of "sleeper cell" accounts on cites functioning as normal people until activated as a leaker. lol I like the idea of them being really lucky predictions, but I'm trying to suggest more of a conspiracy route. haha. Like half the people in this discussion could just be nintendo personnel making sure the conversation goes exactly the way they want it to.
Soviet Prince, I'll be sending you a PM.
You're missing the point entirely. You keep insisting that I'm against you and that I'm being completely unfair but I feel this further proves my point. I'm sorry to break it to you but there is no grand conspiracy. The world isn't out to get you. You have complained not only in this thread but several others in the past week and I have taken notice. There was even one that you started that was ultimately locked because it got out of hand. Many of us here know how you feel because, quite frankly, you haven't let up on it for the past week. It's hardly esoteric.
You haven't missed a thing. The only relevant leak there is the Sal one which has been discussed ad nauseam. It came out a few hours before the Direct and we don't know anything else about it.
Probably because Greninja and the removal of transformations dissuaded most leakers from bringing anything to the table, for better or worse. Plus, it's so close to release/E3 that fake leaks have probably slowed down big time.
Nope, we have like 11 leaks and one goofy leak still alive.Guys, you can question the second batch legitimacy all you want, but honestly don't even bother with the first. It shows denial.
@IsmaR didn't every leak die except sal and maybe the mk8 one
I'd absolutely rather talk about possibly legitimate leaks than whatever nonsense somebody pulled off 4chan or made up in this thread that gets debunked in 10 seconds.
Just going to throw out a few tidbits that came to mind:
BKupa666 basically took the words out of my mouth, I don't think the world is out to get me or a conspiracy I think there just a lot of bias going around. It seems to be alright to praise the roster but if something neg comes is posted then that user is called a troll and not taken seriously. I also agree with BK's statement on the brawl roster being completely different then this one. Brawl had great additions and it made since why some big wanted newcomers were passed over I mean with characters like diddy, wario, dedede, meta knight, pokemon trainer, ect there was not room to fit all of them. This game is a different story almost all the highly demanded characters or all stars as some people call it are already in, the only two left is ridely and k rool. I know there some characters that are wanted but look around read some threads and tell me that there are on the same level of popularity as them two. On a buisness standpoint does ignoring there inclusion a good buisness move?
He's posted in this thread a couple of times to discredit some one posing as him.
What has he had to say about Sm4sh so far? If anything at all.
Jury's still out. Seems pretty legit if you read the posts.
