

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.

