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Brawl on the official Wii website was posted this video accidentally leaked hidden characters in the game. On January 18, 2008, a promotional video for Super Smash Bros. Screenshot from the video confirming Lucario and Jigglypuff. to be a disconfirmed character after being shown as a Subspace enemy. ShadowXOR was treated like the users above, but his information in particular was treated as absolutely false, since almost everyone believed R.O.B. Marth, Ness, and Captain Falcon returning as playable characters.ShadowXOR was another SmashBoards user who was able to test a build of Brawl firsthand that included yet to be revealed characters. After NyaseNya's info was proven correct, Gimpyfish received major backlash for locking and editing NyaseNya's post.

Even the moderators of SmashBoards treated him as such, with Gimpyfish locking the thread and editing his original post to claim he was a liar. However, like ChaosZero above, he too was treated as a troll giving false information, despite having leaked Sonic's exact reveal date. NyaseNya also leaked Sonic and the exact date he would be revealed on. Mega Man and Ridley not being playable characters despite being heavily speculated.Game & Watch returning as playable characters. Brawl having 35 playable characters (counting Pokémon Trainer, Samus/ Zero Suit Samus, and Zelda/Sheik as a single character each).Despite his reputation however, he obtained legitimate inside information of Brawl, and posted it in a thread on SmashBoards. NyaseNya was a user on SmashBoards with an infamous reputation as a troll obsessed with Peach. However, after the Dragoon item was confirmed, his reputation became more positive, and he earned the nickname "The Dragoon Prophet." Final Destination returning as a stage.ĭespite leaking 100% correct information, ChaosZero was treated as a troll, and was largely derided by GameFAQs users and disbelieved in general.The Dragoon being an item, and how it works.He also leaked Sheik returning as a transformation of Zelda. Falco, Ness, Captain Falcon, and Ganondorf returning as playable characters.Lucario, Wolf, and Sonic being newcomers.Upon Brawl's release in Japan in late January 2008, leaks could then be cross-checked with the actual game actual screenshots and videos of the game provided considerable information to players outside of Japan, most of which had not yet been revealed by the DOJO!!.Īn image showing ChaosZero's leak on GameFAQs, and his interaction with a moderator brushing him off as a troll.ĬhaosZero was a user on GameFAQs that obtained information about Brawl from an unknown source, and posted what he knew on GameFAQs on October 2007. The few legitimate ones originated from both slipups by those directly involved in Brawl and from people who managed to obtain information about the game. 3.3.11 Spirit Board Event SNK CopyrightĪs stated prior, the pre-release period of Brawl began a trend in which posts regarding unrevealed content would overwhelm forums and message boards.3.3.10 Nintendo of Europe site SNK fighter leak.

3.3.9 Nintendo of Europe 4.0.0 release date leak.

3.2.1 Battlefield and E3 2018 Booth leak.

In spite of this, a varying number of real leaks can emerge, though they have been historically met with backlash upon their initial posting, often either for being deemed too outlandish to be true or for "parroting" claims made by other posts. The subsequent large amount of rumors makes it very difficult to pinpoint legitimate leaks before their contents are officially confirmed this is especially a concern with purely textual leaks, as the modes of discourse with these kinds of posts tend to differ very little. However, a large amount of leaks tend to be invariably sketchy, often with radically different contents from what is actually in the game. Brawl, the significantly more developed Internet made them much more common, particularly in pre-release hype. Leaks can either be done intentionally via third-parties for a variety of reasons, such as increasing publicity for a game or for malicious intentions, or unintentionally via oversights in officially released media.ĭue to the lack of a developed infrastructure on the Internet prior to their releases, neither Super Smash Bros. While many measures are taken to prevent leaks, such as enforcing non-disclosure agreements among parties involved in developing the game, games frequently have important information leaked before its formal reveal. The infamous ESRB Leak for Smash 4 which revealed the game's roster and all unannounced characters at the time.Ī leak is a premature revelation of information about a game, especially without prior permission to release such information.