Episode 3: History of Smash Bros. Rumors and Leaks

History of Smash Bros. Rumors and Leaks is the 3rd episode of Scott The Woz. The video was uploaded on January 29, 2017, by Scott Wozniak on Scott The Woz.

Description
Being one of the most popular franchises ever conceived, Super Smash Bros. has loads of hype behind it whenever a new game is announced. Because of this, leaks and rumors are a plenty in the world of Smash, so it's high time to take a look back at most major ones in each entry of the franchise.

Characters

 * Scott Wozniak
 * Leaky Steve
 * Dick Vitale

Credits

 * Scott Wozniak as Scott Wozniak, Leaky Steve
 * Sources from Source Gaming

Plot
WIP

Scott Wozniak decides to take a look at various leaks and rumors involved with the Super Smash Bros. series. He then introduces his game/talk show, Critique That Leak, where he takes various fake leaks and judges them.

Later on, he invites Leaky Steve onto the show to ask him about the process of creating leaks. Leaky Steve refuses to answer and instead shows Scott Wozniak a picture of his foot, Scott Wozniak is questioned by this.

Near the end of the episode, Leaky Steve sends Scott Wozniak an image that claims that Dick Vitale will be joining the Super Smash Bros. roster.

Music

 * Breakout - 3D Dot Game Heroes
 * Character Select - Super Smash Bros.
 * Target Stage - Super Smash Bros. Melee
 * Battlefield (Version 2) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Trophy Rush - Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U
 * Happy Happy Game Show - Kevin MacLeod

End Cards

 * Let's Make a Smash Bros. Game!
 * Most Wanted Nintendo Switch Games
 * Microconsoles

Transcript
Scott Wozniak: ''Hey all, Scott here. The Smash Brothers series has been the victim of countless leaks and rumors, as it's one of the most popular franchises ever constructed. With this popularity comes a thick stack of lame photoshopped farce. So, I thought it would be fun to take a look at most leaks and rumors involved with the franchise. So get ready to enter that realm of incompetency, cause we're going to look at some garbage!''

[Footage of Smash 64.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Starting off humbly with Super Smash Brothers on the Nintendo 64. There weren't many rumors floating violently around for this one, mainly due to the modern internet being in its infancy at the time, and this title being the first of the franchise. There are mainly two rumors associated with the game. The first being that various CPU controlled characters in the game were playable. These characters being Master Hand, the Fighting Polygons, Giant Donkey Kong, and Metal Mario. These characters cannot be played without the aid of hacking, thus this rumor was significantly busted.''

Scott Wozniak: ''There were also murmurings about characters originally planned to make their playable Smash Brothers debut in this game. Peach, Wario, Meowth, Pit, Bowser, King Dedede, and Mewtwo were all rumored to be planned for Smash 64. However, Bowser, Dedede, and Mewtwo are the only characters that were officially planned for the game. Bowser and Dedede actually had a fair amount of work done on them, but they were scrapped possibly due to time constraints. With Mewtwo, it's actually unknown if any work was done on him at all.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Meowth was rumored to have been scrapped in favor of Jigglypuff, but there was never any evidence suggesting Meowth was even planned for the game. Sigurd from Fire Emblem was also rumored to have been planned but this is a pretty baseless rumor, no factual evidence of this actually exists. However, Marth was considered for Smash 64, but it was not fully realized due to time constraints. The rumor of Pit being planned also came with a little dollop of insider info that he was scrapped due to the complications with animating his wings. However, Push Dustin from Source Gaming makes a great point that this would have easily been brought up by Sakurai when Pit was revealed for Brawl.''

[Cut to him at desk.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Hello everybody, and welcome to Critique That Leak, the first show since Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader to exploit pre-teens, but this time in their Photoshop skills. Critique That Leak is brought to you by Concrete Matter. Nothing better to start your day off with Concrete Matter. Well, let's critique some leaks!''

[Cut to a different angle of the same scene, with a giant square in the upper right hand corner of the screen showing whatever leak is being critiqued, right now its a fake Rayman leak.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Welcome back! Our first leak here is the notorious Rayman DLC leak, this was released around February 2015, and nobody really debunked this when it came out, in fact, Ubisoft even said they were gonna make a statement about this, because a bunch of outlets started coming out to them and saying like "Hey is this real?" "Do you have anything to comment on this?" Ubisoft was originally gonna make a statement on that, then the person behind the leak came out and said "I did this. This is fake," and that was Artsy Omni of Smashified, and this was actually a promotional stunt to advertise his YouTube show, Smashified, in which he and other artists take beloved and very anticipated characters for Smash Brothers and, you know, makes them in a Smash 4-esque style, to basically show what their render would look like in Smash Brothers. So overall, I don't really have anything to critique about this leak, it was so well done that nobody was really able to debunk it until it was debunked by the leaker himself. So, I'm pretty okay with this, no critique for this leak.''

[Now the picture is replaced with a fake Bandana Waddle Dee leak.]

Scott Wozniak: No!

[A fake fighter select screen leak.]

Scott Wozniak: DOUBLE NO!

[A fake Smash 64 Classic Mode styled leak.]

Scott Wozniak: I'm actually quite a big fan of this leak, this is basically showing that as DLC, a CLASSIC Classic Mode was gonna come, which basically mimicked the entirety of Smash 64's Classic Mode, uh, I like it.

[Another fake fighter select screen leak.]

Scott Wozniak: I didn't know the E3 demo for Smash Brothers was supposed to be a mess.

[A blurry 3DS menu with a "demo for the DLC" for Smash 3DS.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Woah, hold on there buddy! There's a DEMO for the DLC?! Dude, you're gonna get SLAUGHTERED out there! This is some HIGH-CLASS information! What are you doing leaking this!''

[Footage of Super Smash Bros. Melee in the background.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Moving abruptly over to Melee, this is where rumors really start to crank up a bit. One of the biggest rumors pertaining to Melee is Sonic and Tails being unlockable fighters. This rumor was brought to us by Electronic Gaming Monthly, and it is said that if one would frighteningly defeat 20 enemies in Cruel Melee, they would be treated to a fight with Sonic and Tails and winning would obviously unlock them. Many believed this report by EGM to be true, however, EGM was notorious for their April Fools pranks, and this was merely another one of them. Alas, Sonic was close to being featured in Melee, but due to time constraints, it failed to happen.''

Scott Wozniak: geocities.com reported that Toad was an unlockable after achieving a perfect score in the Credits Minigame, completing Adventure Mode afterwards, while defeating all the Yoshis in the Mushroom Kingdom section, however, this was easily disproven, all of the screenshots GeoCities provided were edits of the Toad model from Adventure Mode.

Scott Wozniak: ''Some speculated that 3 characters prominently featured in Melee's opening cinematic were considered, planned or scrapped as playable characters. However, Ridley, Wolf, and Samurai Goroh were actually never any of these.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Wario was heavily considered for Melee, so much so that Sakurai has stated that if he could've made one more character for Melee, it would've been Wario. However, many have misquote him here and have reported Sakurai saying Wario was a clone of Mario, but deciding against this as Wario deserved better, there's actually no evidence of him ever saying this.''

[Back to Critique That Leak, with a fake leak of the fighter select screen.]

Scott Wozniak: Meta Knight's render is basically the same as Brawls, leak harder next time.

[A fake leak of Ice Climbers on a Wii U Gamepad.]

Scott Wozniak: Got a pic of the Ice Climbers in action here, but why'd they take a picture of the Gamepad, there's probably like a really nice TV in this room too, and they decide to take a picture of the Gamepad.

[I actually have no idea what this next fake leak is supposed to be so...]

Scott Wozniak: I got nothing.

[A fake picture of Ridley on the fighter select screen.]

Scott Wozniak: S**t!

[A obviously fake leak of Tails.]

Scott Wozniak: This is beautiful.

[Another fake fighter select leak.]

Scott Wozniak: ''You know, this all looks pretty good until you realize Ness is Lucas from Brawl and that is Diddy Kong's render from Tropical Freeze. I'm sorry.''

[Goku leak, Scott just stares at the camera saying absolutely nothing.]

[A fake fighter select screen leak alongside gameplay.]

Scott Wozniak: This is a bit of a neat leak, because this was actually released after Mewtwo was announced as DLC, but before Lucas was announced as DLC, so it's kind of interesting to see that the leaker kind of did predict 2 of the first DLC characters for Smash Bros. 4. However, here's the thing, I believe some pretty crazy stuff, but THAT is just preposterous!

[Footage of Brawl in the background.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Brawl is not only much more riddled with speculation and rumors but leaks now as well, with the internet being a more prominent entity during the development of the game. During a supposed radio interview with Sakurai, it was revealed that Ridley, a cel-shaded link, à la Windwaker and Bowser Jr. were playable characters, while Young Link, the Ice Climbers and Mr. Game and Watch were all cut from the roster. This was just wrong. Also nowadays this would've been debunked immediately. Masahiro Sakurai is the grand minister of secrets, and actually takes pride in the surprise and celebration of new Smash characters, it just wouldn't make any sense for him to reveal 3 big newcomers over a radio show, especially when the Smash Dojo was up and running, a blog in which Sakurai would reveal new elements and characters for Brawl.''

Scott Wozniak: ''At the Whobby Game Festival in Japan, it was reported that a playable demo of Brawl housed unrevealed assist trophies of Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy, Duster from Mother 3 and Monty Mole from Mole Mania. These rumors were shot down however, as many others who played the demo did not see these assist trophies, and evidence of these characters in Brawls code is nowhere to be found.''

Scott Wozniak: ''After Snake was revealed for Brawl, Sakurai said there was a possibility that 1 or 2 more third-party characters could appear, this cranked up speculation after Sonic was revealed, as there was still a potential one other third-party. Many thought of Capcom's Mega Man as the final third-party rep, however, Snake and Sonic were the only outsiders in Brawl.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Before DLC became a prominent feature in the series with Smash 4, it was heavily rumored to be in Brawl, a fake website popped up mimicking a Nintendo press release, the "Wii Want More" service was detailed, stating that 4 new characters and 2 new stages were on their way to Brawl, alongside new content for Mario Kart Wii, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The new content was going to drop on May 13th, 2008, it was fake. Due to the Wii's incredibly minuscule storage capacity and rough online, DLC for Brawl was considered by never came to fruition.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Apparently Brawl was the last Smash game, what unfortune! With taglines claiming "One Brawl to end them all," and Sakurai reportedly saying "Brawl was the last game," many had a hardy dose of right to believe Brawl was the swansong of the franchise. Alas, the tagline was simply referring to how grandiose Brawl was, basically saying "This game is so big it could be the final one!" and Sakurai actually said he was making Brawl as if it was the last game, packing in as much content and fan service as humanly possible.''

[Clip of Scott walking into his bathroom, and in the toilet was a piece of paper that said "LEAKS", and water was leaking.]

Scott Wozniak: S**t!

[A screenshot of the GameFAQs thread he is talking about.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Most major leaks for Brawl weren't treated as legitimate by many at all when they first appeared, most users who posted potential information about Brawl were generally shunned for being stupid, dumb, stupid and wrong. ChaosZero was a GameFAQs user who had insider info about Brawl on October of 2007, his leak included the return of Falco, Ganondorf, Captain Falcon, Ness and Sheik, the inclusion of Wolf, Lucario and Sonic, Mewtwo getting axed, the Dragoon as an item, Stage Builder and Final Destination returning.''

[Another screenshot of the Smash Boards thread he is talking about.]

Scott Wozniak: ''NyassaNya held notoriety for being obsessed with Peach on Smash Boards. However, he did have information pertaining to Brawl before it was released. He stated that Brawl would have 35 characters, if one would count characters with transformations as 1 character each. Olimar and Toon Link being included. Mr. Game and Watch, Ness and Captain Falcon returning. The exclusion of the much desired Ridley and Mega Man as playable characters. The game being delayed and released on a dual layer disc. And the date Sonic would be revealed on. Nobody believed him with a user even editing his post claiming he was lying and locking the thread.''

[Footage of a cutscene of the Subspace Emissary.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Shadow Zaur was able to test Brawl and revealed some information via Smash Boards, being the inclusion of R.O.B, and the return of Marth, Ness and Captain Falcon. However, most did not believe this information due to R.O.B already being revealed as an enemy in The Subspace Emissary.''

[Screenshot of a old promotional video for Brawl.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Lucario, Jigglypuff and Ness were accidentally prematurely shown in a promotional video for Brawl on January 21st, 2008. Stickers are highlighted showing compatibility with said characters, confirming them to be playable. However the video was taken down shortly after it was posted.''

[Back to Critique That Leak, with a fake leak for Little Mac.]

Scott Wozniak: I'm so sad.

[A fake leak for Nester.]

Scott Wozniak: This is actually an April Fools prank, that is Nester, a character that originated from Nintendo Power Magazine, so surely, this can't take a critique.

[Another fake leak for the fighter select screen.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Jesus, man. What's up with that background? It looks like you got the tools from Micheals to make that thing.''

[A fake leak for Wolf.]

Scott Wozniak: ''I dig the GameCube style polygonal model their sporting here. Not bad.''

[A fake leak with Mewtwo, Ice Climbers, and Wolf alongside a "mystery character."]

Scott Wozniak: ''Ooh, a mystery character! Too bad the other characters look like garbage!''

[A fake leak with Ice Climbers and Pichu.]

Scott Wozniak: ''I like this one. This one's good. This one's actually really good. I like this one.''

[A fake leak for Ridley.]

Scott Wozniak: ''WATCH OUT MARIO! HE'S BEHIND YOU!''

[A fake leak for Mewtwo.]

Scott Wozniak: ''This was apparently going to be Mewtwo in the Subspace Emissary in Brawl, and this looks better than most of the Smash 4 leaks today. This was made in Brawl's era!''

[Another fake leak for Mewtwo.]

Scott Wozniak: Why?

[A fake leak for Sonic and Pac-Man.]

Scott Wozniak: ''This was before Sonic and Pac-Man were announced for Smash Brothers. 4, and get this, I've seen worse.''

[A fake leak for Chibi-Robo, Mewtwo, Dixie Kong and Professor E. Gadd.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Come on man. These are literally trophies from the game, but I will give extra points for Chibi-Robo in there.''

[Another fake fighter select screen, while Scott just stares at the camera.]

[A fake leak for Falco.]

Scott Wozniak: This one ain't half bad.

[A fake leak for King K. Rool.]

Scott Wozniak: I love angles.

[A fake video leak for the Chorus Kids.]

Scott Wozniak: Wanna see a tragedy unfold in 12 seconds.

[He plays the video and smiles at the camera.]

[A fake leak for an Adventure Mode and fighter select screen.]

Scott Wozniak: You see, the Adventure Mode button is garish enough to fit into Smash 4's hodgepodge of a menu system, but that character select screen needs to go away and think about what it's done.

[A fake leak for a arcade fighter styled character select screen.]

Scott Wozniak: ''This leak is actually supposed to mimic what Smash 4 would be like if it was an arcade game. And I actually liked this one, it looks very clean and it looks very professional. I dig.''

[A fake leak for Great Bay returning and a Dr. Mario stage.]

Scott Wozniak: Wow, I'm gonna have to call the real patrol on this one, because this is too real.

[Footage of Smash 4 and screenshots of the two rumors he is talking about.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Smash 4 is really when we get down to the nit-riddled-grit. Announced in 2011, Smash 4 definitely had the most rumors and leaks of any Smash game, no question. One of the first major rumors was Super Smash Bros. Universe. Posted on 4chan, the document details tripping being removed and more third party representatives, and reveals the title to be Super Smash Bros. Universe with both English and Japanese logos. However Sakurai made it clear that Smash 4 would not start development until the completion of Kid Icarus: Uprising, which was around 6 months away at the time of this "leak."''

Scott Wozniak: ''Super Smash Bros. Memories! It's a 3DS game with a focus on retro characters, playable characters include Pac-Man, Mach Rider, Stanley the Bug Man and Dig Dug. The Wii U's title was not disclosed, however it should be more focused on modern characters, thanks Zelda Informer! This rumor circulated in early 2012 and I hate to break it to you guys, but it's more of a probability than a possibility this was fake.''

Scott Wozniak: ''On December 12th, 2012, a supposed Namco employee going by the username Halibuton claimed the next Smash game would be revealed via Nintendo Direct on Brawl's fifth birthday, January 31st, 2013. Newcomers set to be revealed were Takamaru, King K. Rool, Little Mac, Shulk, Ridley, Dillon, Ghirahim, a Platinum Games character, possibly being Wonder Red, and a Debu, possibly a character from a rumored Yoshi game, potentially being Yoshi's Woolly World. Stages were also planned to be revealed. These being Starship Mario from Super Mario Galaxy 2, Giant Chasm from Pokemon Black Version 2 and White Version 2, Pushmo Park from Pushmo, and Cookie Country from Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Of course, the date of the speculated direct came and went, meaning Halibuton faded into the realm of irrelevancy.''

Scott Wozniak: ''One of the most well known potential leaks in Smash Brothers history was the Gematsu leak. I say potential because we still don't know if the leaker behind this was partially right or just had some luck encrusted guesses. E3 2013 rolls around and before the Nintendo Direct premirered, Gematsu got a tip that the characters of Villager, Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Pac-Man, Little Mac, and the Miis were to be playable in Smash 4. The first three were then subsequently revealed as playable characters, and while Villager and Mega Man were somewhat safe guesses, nobody ever expected Wii Fit Trainer, giving this leak a thick honk in supply of credibility. By February of 2014, all the new characters with the exception of Rosalina and Luma were correctly predicted by the Gematsu leaker.''

Scott Wozniak: ''When the Smash Brothers Direct in April 2014 was approaching, Gematsu received yet another tip from the leaker stating that Pac-Man and the Miis were still a go, and were to be revealed later. While confirming the existence of Chrom, The Chorus Kids, Palutena, Shulk, and a Pokemon from X and Y as playable characters. At the tail end of the Smash Direct, Greninja, a Pokemon from X and Y, was revealed. E3 2014 comes, and Miis, Palutena, and Pac-Man come alongside it. At this point, almost everybody believed the Gematsu leak.''

Scott Wozniak: ''In July 2014, Sakurai reveals plans to introduce a new challenger trailer via livestream. Many believed the trailer was to be Shulk, with Monolith Soft re-tweeting the announcement of the livestream, and the Gematsu leaker sending an email stating "I only know what has been done, not what or when they will be made available. Sakurai may change his mind, and he does all the time. Shulk will not be changed." However, not only was the leaker wrong about Shulk, the leaker was wrong about Chrom. The trailer showcased the new Fire Emblem reps, being Robin and Lucina, with Chrom only being a part of Robin's Final Smash. Gematsu never got any word from the leaker since and it is still unknown if they actually had insider information for some of the leak, or just made everything up.''

Scott Wozniak: ''In early 2014, a few pictures were shared online which showcased 3DS screenshots of Palutena and Mario on Battlefield. At the time, nobody really debunked the supposed leak, Sakurai even shared a statue of Palutena as his Miiverse pick of the day, suggesting that Sakurai knew about the picture. Later that June, Palutena was officially confirmed as a character in Smash 4. However, her model differed slightly from the leak. In the end, it turned out the initial leak was just a well done hoax.''

Scott Wozniak: ''A few months before Super Smash Brothers for Wii U launched, a rumor was floating around fourms typically coined as the Tower of Smash leak. This detailed the functionality of linking the 3DS version to the Wii U version, and gaining additional playable characters, being Ridley, Chorus Men, Dixie Kong, Mewtwo, and Impa. The rumor stated that all characters and stages would be unlocked from the start. The leaker returned later with a full stage list. This added some credibility to the leaker as a few stages were revealed that correlated with the leak.''

Scott Wozniak: ''With the 3DS offering Smash Run as its exclusive mode, this rumor detailed the Wii U's mode being Tower of Smash. The Tower of Smash was supposed to be a 100 level gauntlet, in which the player was to go through 100 levels of the tower, playing a match on each floor with different rule sets. This was a relatively believable rumor, however, it was dismissed after some discovered a screenshot of the Wii U character select screen, showing some characters that have yet to be unlocked, such as Falco or Mr. Game and Watch.''

[Cut to him continuously pressing the flush switch on his toilet, since there was still the piece of paper with "LEAKS" on it in there.]

[Cut to Scott back at the Critique That Leak setup.]

Scott Wozniak: ''Hey! Based on my indecision on whether to make this a game show or a talk show, we have a caller. You're on the air!''

[Cut to a phone call with Leaky Steve, which shows that no picture is available from his side.]

Leaky Steve: ''Hey Scott! Long time caller, first time listener.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Leaky Steve?! Our leaker on the field? What are you doing here?''

Leaky Steve: I can't help myself man, I'm gonna start leaking if I can't help myself man- OH NO HERE I GO AGAIN!

Scott Wozniak: Wait a minute, Leaky Steve, are you sending us an exclusive leak?

Leaky Steve: Sure am!

Scott Wozniak: Now I trust you with every potential leak, Leaky Steve, but I think you are gonna have to prove yourself to our loyal audience.

Leaky Steve: ''Alright, fine. Just in case you guys don't trust me, here's a picture of my foot to prove that I'm real!''

[A really blurry and low definition picture of a foot is shown.]

Scott Wozniak: Is this how all leakers take pictures?

Leaky Steve: I better scram, I've shown too much, but I'll send you that leak eventually!

[Screenshots of the actual real leak he is talking about.]

Scott Wozniak: ''August of 2014, THAT leak happened, the biggest leak in Smash Brothers history! On August 19th, a user posted a picture going through every Smash Brothers character to date, alongside new ones, with X's over the ones that were to be cut from Smash 4. The only exception was Mewtwo, who had a question mark over his picture.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Then, Mr. Motherf**king Leaker swoops in, and just vomits this garbage out! The entire character select screen, stage select, the menus, everything was revealed. Now I remember when this leak came out and I personally didn't buy it at first. I thought to myself that people can do amazing things and with 3D modelling becoming more and more doable by your average Joes. Some people can perfectly recreate Nintendo's style. Of course this train of thought was just a waste of energy.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Many attempted to disprove the leak, pointing out inconsistencies, such as the thicker lining down here. However this was more-so adding credibility to the leaks, as that's just a thing the 3DS character select screen does. The placement of the clones and Yoshi were questioned. Many thought Shulk was simply an edited Little Mac. Some believed Wario's right pupil was missing, these inconsistencies were either false or just another reason to ride on Masahiro Sakurai's wild ride, "That Character Placement Still Irks Me!"''

Scott Wozniak: ''A scan from Famitsu was later released showcasing the Tomadachi Life stage which was correlated heavily with the picture of the stage shown on the leak, revealing angles of the apartment that weren't seen before. About a week later from the original leak, a video was posted online showing Shulk, Bowser. Jr, Ganondorf, Charizard and Lucina all in action. While some were grasping onto the hope that this was just an impressive Brawl hack, most had come to the conclusion that the leak was real.''

Scott Wozniak: ''On top of this, a solid 12 gallons worth of screenshots were unloaded onto the Internet, showing trophies, menus, and so much more of the game! Interestingly, a trophy of Tharja from Fire Emblem Awakening was shown in the leak. This trophy doesn't appear in the final game, due to the suggestive nature of Tharja as a character, the trophy may have been removed to avoid rating complications.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Finally, on August 29th, Shulk was revealed at the beginning of a Japanese Nintendo Direct, sporting the exact same render as the leak. This entire ordeal stemmed from a video Nintendo sent to the ESRB to rate the game, and oh boy oh boy, this was a doozy.''

Scott Wozniak: ''During a Smash 3DS intro video posted on Nintendo's Japanese YouTube page on August 29th, Ganondorf was accidentally revealed in an off-screen indicator. This video was removed and later reuploaded with the scene edited.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Before the Smash Brothers 50 Fact Extravaganza video was livestreamed, amazon.com leaked multiple new features contained in the Wii U version of Smash 4. These features included the all new Stage Builder, Master and Crazy orders, and Smash Tour.''

Scott Wozniak: ''Around the time Mewtwo was released as DLC, dataminers discovered the victory and stage themes for Roy from Fire Emblem and Ryu from Street Fighter within the update data. This lead to speculation on whether this was just thrown in there for a few laughs and chuckles, or are these characters actually going to be DLC?''

Scott Wozniak: ''Well, before E3 2015 was about to kick off, Nintendo scheduled a Smash Brothers livestream in which Masahiro Sakurai would reveal new content coming to the game. A mere day before the livestream commenced, an update was put out for Smash Brothers too early, and dataminers were able to look through it. Within the file, they were able to find Classic Mode victory cinematics for both Roy and Ryu, confirming their place as DLC characters. People were then able to hack the game to play as these characters before their announcement, alongside playing on DLC stages such as Dream Land 64 and Suzaku Castle. This spoiled almost the entirety of the livestream as this was the majority of the content revealed. The update was then released directly after the stream.''

[Cut back to Scott, now back to his regular desk.]

Scott Wozniak: ''That should do it for today, of course, I didn't cover every single Smash Brothers leak and rumor ever conceived, but I mainly wanted to focus on the major ones, and a few of the smaller ones here and there. So, I think we covered that pretty well. Of course, if you remember a specific Smash Brothers leak or rumor back in the day, please leave a comment down yonder, and while I wait for said comment, Leaky Steve ended up sending me this big Smash Brothers leak, so I gotta check it out!''

[He opens the folded piece of paper with a black and white image of Dick Vitale on it, with text that says "DICK VITALE" "HE MADE THE CUT!" "NEXT SMASH BROS!!"]

Scott Wozniak: NO WAY!

[Outro.]

Trivia

 * Scott Wozniak sent the video to Source Gaming as he had used the group as a source for the episode.
 * The episode was posted on r/smashbros by the Scott The Woz Reddit account.
 * This is the oldest episode to be referenced in MONOPOLY®: Scott The Woz Edition.