"Leak" proven false.
Apparently, there is a credible leak that just revealed the full roster of the game.
I don't know what was leaked specifically, but I do know a lot of prominent people in the Smash community are treating it like it's real, and that was enough for me to turn up my spoiler blockers and go into hiding. (Not before being spoiled, as seen below.)
Here is a reddit post that discusses it if you don't care about spoilers.
(Also please do not post any specific spoilers in the thread. If you guys want to discuss it, please use the spoiler tab.)
UPDATE:
Here's basically what happened (No Spoilers):
A disgruntled employee of a French marketing firm posted a Snapchat video of a promotional wristband for Ultimate which featured the supposedly complete "Everyone is Here" art with previously unseen characters. As well as the complete background to the image, which hasn't been released anywhere else.
Someone took a screenshot of the video and posted it to a french gaming forum and eventually it made it's way to 4chan where it spread.
Whoever took the screenshot did a poor job of censoring the employee's name and his LinkedIn page was found which confirms he does work for the firm and the firm specifically mentions Namco Bandai as a partner.
Also, previously unseen promotional renders of the Grinch for the new film can be seen in the background of the leak, showing that these photos were taken at the firm and that they do handle unreleased materials.
As for the additional characters it shows...
[POTENTIAL SPOILERS]
Apparently, there is a credible leak that just revealed the full roster of the game.
I don't know what was leaked specifically, but I do know a lot of prominent people in the Smash community are treating it like it's real, and that was enough for me to turn up my spoiler blockers and go into hiding. (Not before being spoiled, as seen below.)
Here is a reddit post that discusses it if you don't care about spoilers.
(Also please do not post any specific spoilers in the thread. If you guys want to discuss it, please use the spoiler tab.)
UPDATE:
Here's basically what happened (No Spoilers):
A disgruntled employee of a French marketing firm posted a Snapchat video of a promotional wristband for Ultimate which featured the supposedly complete "Everyone is Here" art with previously unseen characters. As well as the complete background to the image, which hasn't been released anywhere else.
Someone took a screenshot of the video and posted it to a french gaming forum and eventually it made it's way to 4chan where it spread.
Whoever took the screenshot did a poor job of censoring the employee's name and his LinkedIn page was found which confirms he does work for the firm and the firm specifically mentions Namco Bandai as a partner.
Also, previously unseen promotional renders of the Grinch for the new film can be seen in the background of the leak, showing that these photos were taken at the firm and that they do handle unreleased materials.
As for the additional characters it shows...
[POTENTIAL SPOILERS]
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