Warning Received
Today, a leak was posted that seems to corroborate a previous leak claiming that each character now has eight costumes. Here's the leak:
If this image was faked, the leaker did a very good job of changing the position of the clouds and manipulating perspective slightly so as to differentiate the images. Note, some of the clouds remain static, suggesting a photoshop was possible.
Another thing that suggests that the second image is a photoshop is the use of similar color values for each alternate costume. A comparison between the two Samus shots show that the brown Dark Suit turns into the dark Dark Samus suit (confusing names, I know). Note that the light pink suit turns into the white suit. The colors change, but the values for each suit stay the same.
This leak also claims to have confirmed different Villager costumes. This appears to be a unique render, which lends credibility to the leak. Note how all the images have the "Wii U" tag in the top left, similar to the real images released by Sakurai. This could easily be added by copying it from an existing image, though.
Overall, I'd have to lean toward the fake side with this leak, though we'll know for sure it's true once the game is released in Japan.
If this it to be believed, then we have to do our best to verify the authenticity of the images that were leaked."Pic of the day. Until now, you were only able to choose from four, or sometimes five or six colors for each character. This time, though, all characters have eight colors to choose from! The first four color schemes for Samus are based off her Varia Suit, Fusion Suit, Gravity Suit from Super Metroid, and the Dark Suit."
The leaker included another picture and a comment: "…And here she is in the color schemes of the Gravity Suit from Metroid Prime, Green Samus (a regular in the Smash series), the Light Suit, and Dark Samus. A total of eight colors."
A third and final picture was included with the comment: "You can choose between four male and four female Villagers to play with. The designs for their faces and clothes are different. And here are the four Villagers we haven't shown you yet."
If this image was faked, the leaker did a very good job of changing the position of the clouds and manipulating perspective slightly so as to differentiate the images. Note, some of the clouds remain static, suggesting a photoshop was possible.
Another thing that suggests that the second image is a photoshop is the use of similar color values for each alternate costume. A comparison between the two Samus shots show that the brown Dark Suit turns into the dark Dark Samus suit (confusing names, I know). Note that the light pink suit turns into the white suit. The colors change, but the values for each suit stay the same.
This leak also claims to have confirmed different Villager costumes. This appears to be a unique render, which lends credibility to the leak. Note how all the images have the "Wii U" tag in the top left, similar to the real images released by Sakurai. This could easily be added by copying it from an existing image, though.
Overall, I'd have to lean toward the fake side with this leak, though we'll know for sure it's true once the game is released in Japan.
