List of Rumors

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Like many other games, the Super Smash Bros. series has had various rumors spread about it, usually through the Internet, and sometimes magazines. Most of the time, these will be about playable characters, though occasionally, a different sort of rumor will pop up.

Pit, Meowth, Mew, and Sigurd as unused characters in Super Smash Bros.

An old rumor states that Pit from Kid Icarus, Meowth and Mew from Pokemon, and Sigurd from Fire Emblem were considered to be playable characters in Super Smash Bros. but were ultimately cut during development. For a long time, this rumor was considered true, due to the fact the internet wasn't advanced yet. However, there isn't any evidence supporting this rumor, as Meowth and Mew weren't considered to be in Super Smash Bros. along with Sigurd and Pit. Mew's clone, Mewtwo was planned to be in Super Smash Bros. as a fighter, but was removed during development, but was later added into Super Smash Bros. Melee as a fighter. Although Sigurd wasn't considered to be in Super Smash Bros., Marth was considered to be in Super Smash Bros. Pit would later appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a fighter, while Meowth would later become a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and would soon become a Poke Ball in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Master Hand and Metal Mario as playable characters in Super Smash Bros.

Videos all over YouTube have claimed to unlock Master Hand in Super Smash Bros. via spinning the control stick 30 times on the select screen. The only way to play as Master Hand is through a cheat device, such as an Action Replay. The same goes for Metal Mario, only by spinning the control stick 4 times, or occasionally 10. Multiple other rumors of other characters have appeared; the most well known of these are Raichu and Wigglytuff from Pokemon, though these rumors are less recurrent.

Master Hand can be played as via the Name Entry glitch, but he isn't technically "unlocked".

Toad in Super Smash Bros. Melee

A rumor featured Toad as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee. The rumor stated that Toad could be unlocked as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee after obtaining a perfect score during the credits mini-game (played after completing Classic Mode, Adventure Mode or All-Star Mode). There are also several fake screenshots depicting Toad in various in-game scenarios, propagating the rumor. The method has been disproved by the same methods as the Sonic and Tails rumor; additionally, the screenshots of Toad were made by taking images from Toad when he was running around the Mushroom Kingdom of the Adventure Mode of the game.

"Proof" of Toad appearing, as taken from the original site where the hoax was posted.

Rare characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Based on responses from fan questions confirming that Banjo & Kazooie from the Banjo-Kazooie games and James Bond from GoldenEye 007 would not be appearing in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a popular rumor manifested, claiming that these characters were actually planned for inclusion but ultimately cut because Masahiro Sakurai could not secure the rights from Rare (and, in the latter case, Eon Productions, the holders of James Bond's film rights, which Rare secured to produce GoldenEye 007). However, Masahiro Sakurai only said that the characters would be difficult to include, not that he had planned to include them. It is worth noting that there were going to be trophies of characters from Rare games, but because the possibility of playable characters was not mentioned in this statement, the chances of this rumor being true are slim.

Banjo & Kazooie would later be playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in the Fighters Pass Volume 1 DLC.

Saki Amamiya in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Another rumor states that Saki Amamiya from the Nintendo 64 game Sin and Punishment was going to be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, but as removed all together due to unknown circumstances. There isn't any evidence to back up this claim, as there's no other bits and pieces of vital information, surrounding Saki Amamiya's removal from Super Smash Bros. Melee. Saki Amamiya would eventually become an assist trophy in both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4.

Wolf, Ridley, and Samurai Goroh from the opening cinematic of Super Smash Bros. Melee as cut characters

Wolf, Ridley, and Samurai Goroh appeared in the opening cinematic of Super Smash Bros. Melee, but never appeared in-game. This lead to some people speculating that Wolf, Ridley, and Samurai Goroh were considered, planned, or scrapped as playable characters. Though they weren't any of those.

Wolf would later make it into both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a fighter before being modded into Super Smash Bros. Melee via the Akaneia Build mod, whereas Ridley was considered to be playable in both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4, before becoming a boss in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a stage boss on Pyrosphere in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Samurai Goroh would become an assist trophy in later games, starting with Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Sonic and Tails in Super Smash Bros. Melee

EGM's "proof" of Sonic and Tails appearing in Melee

An April Fools joke pulled by video game themed "Electronic Gaming Monthly" said that Sonic and Tails could be unlocked after defeating 20 or more enemies in Cruel Melee; upon completing Classic Mode with either of them, it also claimed that the player would get a "special surprise". Multiple pieces of evidence debunk the myth; the method doesn't work, there is no data for the duo in the game, All-Star Mode makes no accommodations for the two, and if all trophies are collected, the getting trophies by completing Classic Mode with either would result in more trophies, making it impossible. EGM would later confess to making the joke, but as a prize for people who did get more than 20 KOs in Cruel Melee, they rewarded copies of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, which was Sonic's first game on a Nintendo system.

Sonic would become a playable character starting in Super Smash Bros. Brawl before later being modded into Super Smash Bros. Melee through both the Beyond Melee and Akaneia Build mods, and Tails shows up as a cameo in the Green Hill Zone stage background in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He also appears as both a sticker and a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and a trophy and Mii costume in Super Smash Bros. 4, and a spirit and Mii costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Character faces appearing in The Subspace Emissary map

A rumor states that at the beginning of The Subspace Emissary when Meta Knight's Halberd appears, various faces show when the ghastly clouds form. People have speculated this to be four major bosses throughout the game. This seems to be coincidence at best, much like Rorschach inkblot tests. Many people believe the four "faces" resemble Ganondorf, Master Hand, Bowser, and Ridley. As it were, all four characters were villains during the game, two being bosses.

Ridley, Bowser Jr., and Toon Link in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

At one point shortly after Super Smash Bros. Brawl's announcement, a rumor began floating around that Ridley, Wind Waker/Cel Shaded Link (Toon Link), and Bowser Jr. would be playable characters. There was also the rumor of Young Link, Ice Climbers, and Mr. Game & Watch being dropped. The alleged source was a radio interview with Masahiro Sakurai. This was proven to be mostly false, with the exception of Toon Link replacing Young Link, Ridley appearing as a boss, and Bowser Jr. appearing as a sticker and a trophy, though Bowser Jr. would later appear as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4, while Ridley would later appear as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

No "clone" characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Another rumor stated that Masahiro Sakurai claimed "clones" will not be in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. That would mean Dr. Mario, Roy, Pichu, Ganondorf, Falco, Young Link, and (to a lesser extent) Luigi would be removed or redesigned for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Despite initially being doubted, this has been proven mostly true. The majority of clone type characters have been differentiated compared to the level of similarity in Super Smash Bros. Melee, while others have been dropped entirely. The only character who was not a clone that was removed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl was Mewtwo.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl being the last game

Masahiro Sakurai has said that several things along the lines of that he was making Super Smash Bros. Brawl like it was the last game, or that this would be his last game; additionally, some advertisements had the tagline of "One brawl to end them all!". This has led several to believe that this is the last Super Smash Bros. game. However, Masahiro Sakurai has also said that Super Smash Bros. Melee would've been his last game, and that did not come true. It is also very likely that whether or not Masahiro Sakurai will be working on another game, Nintendo will most likely continue the Super Smash Bros. series regardless, due to its success.

At E3 2011, Sakurai confirmed the release of Super Smash Bros. 4. In 2018, yet another installment, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, would be revealed.

Other third-party characters for Super Smash Bros. Brawl

One example of a purported character roster screen.

Masahiro Sakurai said that, after Sonic the Hedgehog and Solid Snake, there might be a third third-party character. This lead many people to believe that it was certain that a third-party would be in there. The two most popularly rumored characters were Mega Man, from his own self-titled series, and Geno, from Super Mario RPG. Some even believed that Geno was partially programmed into the game but cut out due to Square Enix not giving consent. A file for the song, Geno's Forest from Super Mario RPG, have been found in the coding, meaning that that song was conceived as being included at some point during the game's development, and may support this theory. The Mega Man rumor was disproved when former Capcom member Keiji Inafune said that he would like to see Mega Man in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but Nintendo hadn't asked him or Capcom. It was also said that another Capcom character, Leon Kennedy, from Resident Evil, was in, due to his voice actor being listed on IMDb for a short time on the Super Smash Bros. Brawl page. However, this proved not to be the case, and that voice actor was either not performing for the game, or just voiced another character. Another rumored third-party character named Bomberman was originally going to be in the game but Hudson Soft didn't want him to be in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for unknown reasons. Another rumored third-party brawler was another character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, such as Tails, Knuckles, or Shadow (who turned out to be an assist trophy). A fifth rumor is that Pac-Man was in the game. This was exposed during in an interview with Masahiro Sakurai that it was Shigeru Miyamoto's request to put him in, but Masahiro Sakurai rejected it as he thinks Pac-Man's design was far-fetched at the time. On the other hand, Mega Man was confirmed for Super Smash Bros. 4, realizing Inafune's wishes as well as Pac-Man.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl leaked images

Before Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out, multiple images were found that resembled character screens filled with many of the most wanted characters. However, just like other hoaxes, some of the character icons were copies of art from previous games (which Super Smash Bros. has never done), and so were confirmed as edited images.

Pichu returning in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Pichu, wearing the goggle costume that would later return in Brawl.

Pikachu in Super Smash Bros. Brawl has the same wall jump as Pichu from Super Smash Bros. Melee. Other factors, such as Pikachu in Super Smash Bros. Brawl being able to wear Pichu's goggles from Super Smash Bros. Melee (as a recolor) and the fact that Pikachu can only learn Volt Tackle as Pichu, contributed to a rumor that Pikachu in Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the evolved form of Pichu from Super Smash Bros. Melee. However, this is unconfirmed.

Tekken in Super Smash Bros. 4

Since the announcement of Bandai Namco developing the next Super Smash Bros. game, there had been rumors of many Bandai Namco characters, particularly those from the Tekken series, being playable characters in it. This never turned out to be true, however there is a downloadable Mii costume of Heihachi Mishima from Tekken. It wouldn't be until the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate that Tekken would get its own playable character with the addition of Kazuya Mishima in the Fighters Pass Volume 2 DLC.

Super Smash Bros. Memories

A rumor stated that Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS would reference the past of Nintendo and have classic, retro characters like Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Mach Rider, and Stanley the Bugman among many others; on the other hand, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would feature modern Nintendo characters. Both games have the same characters.

Gematsu leak

The "Gematsu leak" started at E3 2013. A user speculated that Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Little Mac, Villager (called "Animal Crossing Guy"), Pac-Man, and the Miis were going to be revealed as playable characters. It turned out that Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, and Villager were revealed, with Little Mac after Rosalina & Luma's reveal.

The user then followed up stating that Palutena, Chrom, Shulk, and the Chorus Kids (Called Chorus Men in this leak) were going to be revealed as fighters with Pac-Man and the Miis still going to show up. It has been shown that the Miis (actually called Mii Fighters) and Palutena were revealed at the Digital Event, while Pac-Man was revealed at the Super Smash Bros. Roundtable. Shulk was later revealed by Nintendo as a playable character.

Chrom was confirmed to not be playable in Super Smash Bros. 4 but instead Robin and Lucina would be playable characters, and the Chorus Kids never ended up being players characters.

Rayman DLC leak for Super Smash Bros. 4

On February 14, 2015, multiple pictures taken of Ubisoft's Rayman supposedly in Super Smash Bros. 4 were posted onto 4chan by an anonymous user. The images were of Rayman's CSS icon, his render, his character unlock splash art, and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U's main menu with a new sub menu for a shop. Several hours later, video footage of Rayman's icon in the CSS being highlighted was posted onto YouTube, but it was later taken down by the uploader. Mewtwo can also be seen above Rayman on the CSS. The video footage and photos seemingly have no errors, are of reasonably high quality, and the two characters have renders that have not been seen in any official material; Rayman's render seems to be based on his pose on the cover of the original Rayman, mirrored. A similarly updated CSS from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has also surfaced. However, on February 15, 2015, the original creator of the Rayman artwork confessed that the leakage was really a fake. Since then, Artsy Omni is doing his Smashified series to this day.

Roy and Ryu data leak in Super Smash Bros. 4

On April 15th, 2015, upon the release of version 1.0.6 of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Reddit user shinyquagsire23 reported discovering files added in the patch which seemingly implicate unannounced DLC fighters. These include, among other things, a victory fanfare "snd_bgm_Z83_F_Roy_3DS" for Roy, which is a duplicate of the existing Fire Emblem Victory Theme, suggesting he would also return as DLC in the same way Mewtwo did. In addition, the victory fanfare "snd_bgm_Z81_F_Ryu_3DS" and "snd_bgm_SF01_SF2_Ryu_3DS" are apparently named in reference to Ryu from Capcom's famous Street Fighter series of fighting games; the files are claimed to contain the the victory theme and Ryu's theme, respectively, from Street Fighter II. The files' existence was corroborated the same day in a tweet by the official Twitter of The Cutting Room Floor, a wiki that specializes in unused video game content.

The same post also claims to have discovered music files, one of which is the remix used for the Dream Land stage in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee. A second Kirby theme, the Forest Stage theme from Kirby Air Ride, was also listed. The presence of the Dream Land remix and another forest-themed track would seem to suggest the possibility of that stage being future DLC as well. A piece of corroborating evidence for this is also found in Classic Mode following the 1.0.6 update, as Kirby characters will sometimes be fought on Battlefield instead of the existing Dream Land stage, with Battlefield presumably being used as an error handler for an expected but not present Kirby stage.

Four days later, following the discovery of these files, shinyquagsire23 reported finding more hidden files in the game. An image of the character data was released. Five unused character slots after Mewtwo are named "Mario", presumably as a placeholder for additional DLC characters. Additionally, shinyquagsire23 reported discovering changes to stage data table. The number of inaccessible stage slots had, according to the article, increased from 4 to 14; this includes the slots for omega forms, meaning there is space for up to 7 more stages and their omegas. The discovery of these files suggests there are more stages planned for DLC beyond Dream Land.

Videos of portions of the stream were uploaded to YouTube but have since been taken down by Nintendo of America on copyright claims, similar to how they took down videos after the ESRB leak. All videos talking about the leak on major YouTube channels were also taken down, including those on Etika World Network and GameXplain.

Roy, Ryu, Dream Land (64), and all other elements implicated as DLC were formally announced and released on June 14th, 2015. Notably, Ryu's victory theme was replaced with a remix as opposed to the direct rip from Street Fighter II present in the 1.0.6 data (most likely just a placeholder); also, the Forest Stage track that was found in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS would end up only being used for Dream Land (64) in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, as Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS ended up using Ice Cream Island as its alternate track instead.

Pichu and Ice Climbers "leak" in Super Smash Bros. 4

For a short period of time, an image was spreading around the Super Smash Bros. community. It was quickly debunked after it was shown that the renders were from a DeviantArt artist. The Ice Climbers render were mirrored from the original render and Pichu's render was slightly edited from the mouth. Masahiro Sakurai previously stated that the Ice Climbers did not return due to technical limitations to the Nintendo 3DS. Both characters would return in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Shovel Knight DLC for Super Smash Bros. 4

In late August 2015, Tamaki, an employee from Unseen64, reported that a "reputable source" had informed him of a forthcoming announcement of a Shovel Knight amiibo, and by extension an appearance of the character himself in Super Smash Bros. 4 which would be compatible with said amiibo, and retailers would be giving out download codes of said character. Yacht Club Games, the developers of Shovel Knight, did indeed reveal a Shovel Knight amiibo at PAX Prime 2015, but said amiibo was announced only as having compatibility with the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of Shovel Knight.

It has appeared that Nintendo put the Shovel Knight amiibo on the Super Smash Bros. 4 compatibility page. A screen capture has surfaced on Twitter. Nintendo later took this information off of the official site.

However, the next day on SmashBoards, Tamaki stated that Shovel Knight was still on the way according to his source and was expected to come around the end of October or the beginning of November. The rumor was ultimately debunked following the final DLC announcements on December 15, 2015, where Shovel Knight failed to make an appearance of any kind.

Shovel Knight would then later appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an assist trophy.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch

On January 28, 2016, Dr. Serkan Toto, CEO for Japan-based consultant firm Kantan Games, Inc. and lead writer for a blog on the Japanese mobile game industry, tweeted that Bandai Namco had been working on several titles for Nintendo's then-unofficially announced console, the Nintendo Switch (codenamed NX). One of these titles was reportedly intended to be a Super Smash Bros. game as a launch title. A few minutes later, he added that his source was unclear on whether or not it would be a completely new game in the series or simply a port of Super Smash Bros. 4, though he still defended the veracity of the source. On March 8, 2018, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was teased for release in 2018, then at E3 2018, the game was revealed and scheduled for release on December 7, 2018.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Vergeben leak

In May 2018, a user by the name of Vergeben posted a thread on GameFAQs claiming he had a reliable source telling him part of the roster of the new Super Smash Bros. specifically, that Ridley and Simon Belmont from Castlevania would be newcomers, with Ridley being announced at E3 2018, while the Ice Climbers, who were in Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl but did not return in Super Smash Bros. 4 would be returning to the series. Additionally, he claimed that, while the new game would be a full-fledged sequel with some reused elements, the entire roster from Super Smash Bros. 4 would return with no cuts. Later, in a comment on a Reddit post, Vergeben claimed that Solid Snake would be returning from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He also claimed that some form of representation from the Microsoft-owned indie game franchise, Minecraft, would appear in the new entry. At the time that this rumor started, Vergeben had already made for himself a reputation for having a roughly equal amount of leaks proven correct as leaks proven incorrect, leading to a debate on the thread which group this rumor would fall into. Some argued that the majority of Vergeben's "true" leaks were not hard to predict, such as popular characters being added to Dragon Ball FighterZ and Bandai Namco developing Metroid Prime 4, which had been rumored by other parties prior to Vergeben stepping in, and that many of his flawed leaks such as the roster selection of Season 3 of Street Fighter V makes him overall untrustworthy and too gullible as a source of info. Others argued that there were enough of these "true" leaks to make it hard to doubt whether Vergeben has some reliable sources, even if not all of his rumors originate from them.

In June 2018, Vergeben had come out and claimed that Simon's inclusion in the next game was down to a specific set of circumstances regarding Konami preparing to announce a new Castlevania game at E3 2018, alongside a compilation title. The information regarding the Castlevania titles was seen as more likely after E3 floor plans revealed that Konami were planning to showcase a new Action/Adventure title and a compilation title for the Nintendo Switch. However, another user, Stealth, had already made this claim a week prior to Vergeben's statement, suggesting that the main reason the Simon Belmont rumor gained traction was based off of Konami's current titles in development and Masahiro Sakurai having been in contact with several third-party reps including Konami to renegotiate and negotiate third-party representatives. Furthermore, in regards to Ridley's inclusion, one of the ResetEra staff members had already predated Vergeben's leak suggesting Ridley would be playable as far back since before the game's announcement, which has led to some people speculating that Vergeben most likely received information from a similar source, but that Simon Belmont's inclusion is only personal speculation, when it's possible that Masahiro Sakurai could've instead been in touch with Konami to renegotiate the inclusion of Solid Snake, or perhaps another Konami representative like Bomberman. The lack of cuts, the return of Solid Snake and the Ice Climbers were confirmed at Nintendo’s E3 2018 Direct, leaving only Simon Belmont and the Minecraft representation yet to be confirmed. In response to a GameFAQs post asking about Simon Belmont, Vergeben replied “Just be patient. There’s still things to be revealed before release” suggesting that Simon Belmont would be revealed at a later time. He later claimed on Reddit that there were at least “half a dozen newcomers” left to be revealed but didn’t know who any of them were outside of Simon Belmont. A user by the name DasVergeben appeared on SmashBoards, claiming Simon Belmont, Lip, Captain Rainbow, and Excitebiker were all to appear. The appearance of another Vergeben account then appeared claiming all stages were to return and that there would be no Subspace Emissary. After the appearance of a third account, all three were banned, and the moderators proved the illegitimacy of those users. However, DasVergeben would later state on Reddit that he was not involved with making any of the posts on SmashBoards.

In July 2018, Vergeben made another post titled "Disregard ALL people claiming leaks that don't have these two characters". In the post he went on to state that Isabelle from Animal Crossing would join the roster as well as his previously statement that Simon Belmont would also appear.

In August 2018, Vergeben made a post a couple days before a Nintendo Direct stating that a new Pokemon from Generation VII would join the roster. He also went on to state that the Pokemon joining would not be Mimikyu, Decidueye, or Lycanroc. Several days later, a new Nintendo Direct had revealed Simon Belmont as a new character and also revealed Mimikyu as a Poke Ball, supporting both of his claims about the two characters. Vergeben also made a post stating that Ken from Street Fighter would also join the roster as Ryu's echo fighter. He also stated that a new Square Enix representation would come to the roster. He also defended himself against users stating he had copying off of the NeoGAF leak which he quickly contradicted by claiming the NeoGAF leak said there would be no new Pokemon rep.

In September 2018, Isabelle was officially revealed at the end of a Nintendo Direct. Vergeben made another post regarding his source which stated that the new Generation VII Pokémon was Incineroar. He also addressed the Box Theory which theorized that the two remained characters of the main roster were Incineroar and Ken.

In October 2018, Vergeben made a post contradicting "The Grinch/Banner Leak", stating that Isaac would not be playable and would instead be an assist trophy.

In November 2018, the final Nintendo Direct of the said year came, revealing Ken and Incineroar, the last remaining fighters of the main roster. Vergeben also made several posts during the month. He was confident in the 5 DLC characters to be revealed and that the Minecraft and Square Enix content would include it. He also stated in the post that the first DLC character would be the Square Enix rep. Vergeben addressed the user Senjougahara__Hitagi, which claimed that Steve was the playable Minecraft character. Hitagi also stated that a Granblue Fantasy newcomer would come as a DLC, mostly pointing to Katalina. Hitagi later took back the claim of Katalina, as they stated that the agreement was not relating to Super Smash Bros. Hitagi also later claimed that they had given up trying to find any DLC fighters, as it had become too difficult to find real information rather than dummy files. They also started to doubt the possibility of a Square Enix rep. Later that month, another user by the name of Ryce stated that Vergeben may have been misled by the claim of Minecraft content, as the claim of Steve being playable was earlier before there were any official DLC announcements or plans. Vergeben replied stating that Ryce's claim still didn't contradict Steve being DLC.

In December 2018, Joker was officially revealed as the first DLC fighter. This marks Vergeben's first false claim as he had stated that the first DLC character revealed would be Square Enix related. Vergeben also made a post related to DLC, involving the use of a Dragon Quest character, possibly Slime, Erdrick, or Luminary.

External links

• Sonic & Tails Hoax picture
• Toad rumor on Detstar
• The Master Hand Rumor
• Zelda Informer's "Super Smash Bros. Memories" - New Page
• Original "leak" of Ness in SSB4
• Smash Boards "leak" of Ness and Jigglypuff in SSB4
• http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=98033180&postcount=1
• https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/653035171482963968/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
• http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/apparent_confirmation_emerges_of_shovel_knight_for_super_smash_bros_denied_in_vain_by_yacht_club_games
• http://www.idigitaltimes.com/smash-bros-shovel-knight-dlc-new-shovel-knight-leak-suggests-smash-bros-inclusion-481453