I just saw someone on Twitter convinced that because Sakurai was lying about the ballot vote, the Sora reveal was actually a fakeout, and Crash Bandicoot is getting in instead of Sora.
When someone asked the obvious question about why would Sakurai do a 40 minute presentation for a fake character (nevermind both that such a presentation would also require that character to be fully implemented so it can be, well, presented like it is in these presentations, as well as all the licensing that would be required to do that... for no reason), this individual simply said "Wouldn't he, though?"
...no, he actually wouldn't.