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...and what did I just say about not character speculating?you mean, what people speculated? ... well, starting from this scene, released sometime during the Brawl hype, people talked about how Mewtwo, Master Hand and Ridley (I don't remember very well) were in these clouds..
... I mean... it's abstract, and needs some criativity and effort of the person to see this...
but.. now... this, seems something more planned, imo (and maybe 'cause all the joke that turned the Brawl theory in the past);
but yeah, with or without clouds, Pacster still has his chances very high;
How is this relevant to the topic at hand?Don't know if it's been mentioned before but this is interesting
Maybe he had nothing else to give? Doesn't make much sense, though...
I thought it looked like a Mechon thingy from Xenoblade.
That's the #1 question that should be discussed in this thread right now, imo.
That's not the place to discuss this. Go to the character discussion forum or social thread instead.
Or was. People do get fired over leaks... and his information is outdated because they made decisions without his knowledge.
If the tipper was on the Smash team one would think they'd be able to give information more specific than "a Pokemon from X/Y". Sounds like someone who learnt the roster a while ago, or saw a rather preliminary list, and doesn't have continual contact with development.
Come back to Nintendo plz.
I found something: Sakurai says in Picture of the Day: "We didn't introduce ALL of the Assist Trophies in the Smash Bros. Direct. Here's Dillon from Dillon's Rolling Western!! He may rival Sonic in the art of rolling."
That's the main thing keeps me from thinking Miis are totally in this. The Chorus Men are probably wacky enough of an idea (And a rep for an entirely new series) that Sakurai would stick with it, but Miis are something he could backpedal on after he's decided which pokemon he wants. Could have seen them better fit as the new Multi Mii Melee or just reneged on the idea as a whole.
I fail to see how Sakurai saying they have not shown all ATs excludes Miis or Chorus Kids from being ATs.
You're saying the leaker got the info in 2012 or Sal got the info?
Leaker's info was from a preliminary list in 2012. Leaker is either fired around that time for unrelated reasons or simply is not that involved with development to really have an updated list. Sal got the tip a year later for E3 2013, and later still for the Direct.
He say he did not show all AT in ND, maybe counting Dillon he show all AT in the game.
That's a serious stretch in logic. That would mean at least half of Brawl's ATs are cut, which seems kind of terrible.
Yesh!
Ah.
I think Greninja was chosen before the X/Y release, but your point still stands.
the characters in the leak is a part of the leak as a whole
No, it isn't. Asking things like "do you like the roster" is not talking about the leak itself; it's talking of the characters specifically.
I'm pretty sure the starters would've gone through some kind of focus testing before release...
So do you disagree?
Very much so.
Maybe something happened and the leaker got kicked off the team. Maybe they figured out he was the guy who leaked the first batch of info, and he lost his job, but not before he took a bit more info with him. And that bit of info is the second leak we got. It's honestly hard to say. I know a lot of people were debating the fact that he just said "a Pokemon from X/Y," but there are many things to consider. Maybe he doesn't actually work that close and instead only gets info close to time of release. Maybe he doesn't have a major role on the project and instead only get access on rare occasions. I doubt we'll ever know because if we do discover his role, then chances are Sakurai and the team will discover it as well, and he won't have a job in the game industry any longer.
I won't carry on here because this isn't the place for it, but considering how much the starters are and will be used in promotion, considering how large a part of marketing they are, how integral they are to the game, you really don't think they were run through a few focus groups beforehand? It's a pretty common practice... especially when a large part of the appeal for many people hinges on the three lines.
I know you said you wouldn't carry it on here, but I had this edited in to the other post and it seemed relevant to this.
This is pretty much the crux of what I said. I never mentioned a Smash focus group, I was only speaking about GF and Pokemon... not Sakurai. He'd only know the popularity trends in advance if GF told him.
