For Hero, multiple posts including the aforementioned 5channel leak suggested that Dragon Quest representation would come in some form, well before Vergeben starting making similar claims himself. On December 8th, he made another post claiming that the final character was not Sora from Kingdom Hearts, Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear, Ragna from BlazBlue, Billy or Jimmy Lee from Double Dragon, Dante from Devil May Cry, Phoenix Wright, Sir Arthur from Ghosts 'n' Goblins, Amaterasu from Okami, the Monster Hunter, Sam Porter Bridges from Death Stranding, Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher, Monokuma from Danganronpa, Kratos from God of War, or Master Chief from Halo.

- GameFAQs, https://www.reddit.com/r/u_Senjougahara__Hitagi/comments/9yzt7h/comment/ea5urmk, https://www.ssbwiki.com/index.php?title=Vergeben_leaks&oldid=1479789. This left Simon Belmont and Minecraft representation Vergeben's only unconfirmed claims. Doubters pointed out that the leak by definition was not infallible due to making a completely wrong assumption, though this argument was dismissed as a fallacy of composition that did not degrade any of Vergeben's other claims. This is supported by a statement by a former Mojang employee saying that discussions surrounding adding Minecraft to Smash started "at least 5 years ago"[1].

But I do have a habit of hearing about things really early.

The comparison may be coming full circle. For Terry, the webpage that first triggered speculation about an SNK fighter came before Vergeben made any claims about an SNK character, even denying allegations about commenting on the matter. It will probably be a while before we even get to see what 12 would even look like.

For Super Smash Bros.

Hitagi initially verified the Steve and Katalina claims, but she later retracted the Katalina claim, saying that the "deal" was not related to Smash. Incineroar, in particular, was largely exclusive to Vergeben: many credited him with popularizing its inclusion, with most other leakers suggesting Decidueye, Mimikyu, Lycanroc, Tapu Koko, or Zeraora as the new Pokémon rep. In spite of this, the fact that no Minecraft content of any kind came in the base game or with any of the waves of DLC accompanying the first Fighters Pass led to the general consensus that Vergeben was wrong about it, as even when Minecraft content came in the future in the form of a playable Steve, Vergeben had made the claim so long ago that it would not be at all relevant to DLC after the first Fighters Pass. At present, the following are the claims made by Vergeben that have been confirmed to be true: At present, there are no claims made by Vergeben that have not yet been confirmed. In several cases, an account would surface claiming to belong to Vergeben, which he would then have to shoot down.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Apparently they do that because of Japanese version dialogue that insinuates he really cares for her and wanted to tell her something (I recall vague aspects of this being left in the localized version. Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. At present, the following are the claims made by Vergeben that have been proven wrong: From SmashWiki, the Super Smash Bros. wiki, fourth GameFAQs thread he posted on August 3, webpage that first triggered speculation about an SNK fighter, If Vergetbean is right, who's it going to be? Those are also color coded based on the color of the orbs too.

The final fighter in Fighters Pass Vol. A day later, he made a thread with a gif of Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury and later claimed that Terry would be a DLC character. Leading up to the release of Ultimate, Vergeben was largely derided for having previously shared supposed leaks for other games that were later proven false. In the same post, Vergeben noted the confusion over his source's uncertainty about it being KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, since they had denied that the character was owned by Bandai Namco: he said this was likely because his source had mistaken KOS-MOS for a Monolith Soft character. On November 24, another insider by the name of Ryce stated that Vergeben was most likely misled about Steve being a DLC character since this claim was first made long before the DLC choices were set in stone. I've talked about there being a new 2D styled Metroid for a while now if you look into my post history on either here or GameFAQs. "Over half a dozen" newcomers would appear in the base game (including Echo Fighters, there were 11). The same Direct also deconfirmed Mimikyu by instead revealing it as a new Poké Ball Pokémon. However, this did not contradict Hitagi's claim of Steve being DLC. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Exactly two months later, on May 16, Vergeben posted another thread on GameFAQs, claiming he had a reliable source with information on the character roster. This correlated with a separate alleged leak originating from 5channel, claiming that Erdrick was the Square Enix rep, and would feature the Luminary as an alternate costume, while the Slime would appear on a Dragon Quest stage. Ultimately, Vergeben has cemented himself as a generally reliable source of information, but he is still prone to mistakes in the event he believes an unreliable source, misunderstands a report, or his sources fall for false information. Vergeben's claim that Joker had been moved up the schedule at the last minute was largely accepted, in particular due to confirmation that Masahiro Sakurai had been requested by Nintendo last minute to prepare a trailer for Joker's reveal, leaving him unable to demonstrate any gameplay. On August 18, Vergeben posted on a thread stating that Ken from Street Fighter would appear in the game as an Echo Fighter of Ryu. Vergeben made a post agreeing with Ryce and stating that he heard that Minecraft would still be represented with a boss battle, despite acknowledging the fact that nobody had found any references to Minecraft in the datamine of the full game. There are still things to be revealed before release”, suggesting that Simon would be revealed at a later date. He also reiterated that Minecraft content of some kind was being added to the game, but that it did not necessarily mean that Steve would be playable. 1 would be a Square Enix rep. Shortly before the presentation that revealed Byleth on January 16, 2020, Vergeben claimed that the final character was not KOS-MOS and reiterated his claims that it was not Dante, Phoenix Wright, Amaterasu, Monster Hunter, Sir Arthur, Morrigan, or Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil. Another camp accused him of stealing information from other leaks, though many of the purported examples were, in fact, copycats of Vergeben.

The first character in Fighters Pass Vol. That sucks. The characters he deconfirmed in this post were Arle Nadja from Puyo Puyo, Sakura from Sakura Wars, Crash Bandicoot, Tracer from Overwatch, Reimu Hakurei from Touhou, and Kat from Gravity Rush. On June 6th, 2019, Vergeben claimed that Banjo & Kazooie had a 99% chance of being part of the Fighters Pass. 1 would not be from. Another funny thing to think about is how I have seen people compare the manga One Piece's story structure & 'vibe' to Dragon Quest.... and now we may get a Dragon Quest that feels kind of like One Piece since it will be about making your dreams come true.... which is a huge connecting aspect of The Strawhat Pirates in One Piece. Terry was later confirmed in a Nintendo Direct on September 4th, 2019. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.

Though his claims for Hero and Terry came to be true, doubt was cast upon them due to several other rumors making similar claims. Yuji Horii has said that Dragon Quest XII's theme will be "Dreams" / "Making your dreams come true" so we have that to look forward to! Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. I've said it for a long time at this point now but MvC4 is in development for next gen. Don't expect it until after SFVI though. Hier sollte eine Beschreibung angezeigt werden, diese Seite lässt dies jedoch nicht zu. But that make me really excited to see what they do with that. Ultimate, Vergeben posted a thread on GameFAQs, claiming that Ridley would be a newcomer and that the new Smash game would be an entirely new game instead of a port of an existing one. MVCI season 2 has a good chance of happening according to prominent leakers and insiders like /u/dasvergeben and u/emezie, so you're gonna eat your words. After Nintendo's E3 2018 presentation, Vergeben claimed on Reddit that there were at least “half a dozen newcomers” left to be revealed, but he didn’t know who any of them were aside from Simon. He made another thread on GameFAQs, which has since been deleted, on July 28, reasserting Simon and adding Isabelle to his claims. During the presentation itself, Vergeben posted that his source had told him it was Byleth shortly before the presentation began and stated that the Mii Fighter costumes would be Altair, Cuphead, a Rabbid hat, and two Mega Man outfits. He had also used the name "Erdrick" instead of "Luminary" like these rumors, despite the Luminary being the default costume for Hero and Vergeben mentioning several times that he kept hearing the name from his sources. I looked into who was doing it a year or so ago, but could never get more than just basic information. Ultimate Direct on August 8. Although most agree that Vergeben must have had at least some legitimate insider information, some deniers continue to insist that Vergeben stole all of his information from other leaks or point to Vergeben's only one complete falsehoods (a Square Enix rep being the first DLC character) as evidence for his claims being fake or even lucky guesses.

Is this the game that will feature Erik and his sister as kids? Four days later, Vergeben made another post on a thread, this time stating that a new third-party fighter owned by Square Enix would appear in the game.

rofl, Press J to jump to the feed. Banjo & Kazooie were confirmed in the E3 2019 Direct along with Erdrick, albeit as a skin for Hero, something Vergeben stated he took great joy in as he was not informed of multiple Dragon Quest skins, and that this also explained why he kept hearing Luminary along with Erdrick.