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Many character selection screens for ''Melee'' also made the rounds, though these screens were less credible due to the ability to quickly distribute images on the Internet being unfeasible during ''Melee's'' release; by then, all the unlockables had been well-known. Some of these fake rosters, however, were merely made as jokes, including [http://web.archive.org/web/20070322232951/http://www.geocities.com/dewluigi2002/biggie.jpg a particularly famous image featuring over 108 characters and eight player slots]. The inability to easily customize the character roster for the original game has prevented fake rosters from appearing, as there are no empty spaces, and the game was released before the Internet was widespread.
Many character selection screens for ''Melee'' also made the rounds, though these screens were less credible due to the ability to quickly distribute images on the Internet being unfeasible during ''Melee's'' release; by then, all the unlockables had been well-known. Some of these fake rosters, however, were merely made as jokes, including [http://web.archive.org/web/20070322232951/http://www.geocities.com/dewluigi2002/biggie.jpg a particularly famous image featuring over 108 characters and eight player slots]. The inability to easily customize the character roster for the original game has prevented fake rosters from appearing, as there are no empty spaces, and the game was released before the Internet was widespread.
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While extremely common, fake character rosters are relatively easy to debunk. For any unrevealed character, they use character images that are either unofficial, such as fanart, or by taking official art from other games. For example, in the image to the right, Luigi's image is a mirrored version of [[mariowiki:File:Luigi Artwork - Super Mario 64 DS.png|his official artwork]] from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64 DS}}''. Furthermore, hoaxers have sometimes made various oversights while creating faked character rosters. Prior to ''Super Smash Bros. 4''{{'}}s release, for instance, images featuring [[Chrom]] from ''Fire Emblem: Awakening'' became common, with most incorrectly using the American romanization of his name ("Chrom") instead of his Japanese romanization ("Krom")
. An infamous character select screen leaked to the imageboard {{s|wikipedia|4chan}} also featured an oversight involving the [[name]] of the player; the name displayed, "ESRB0083", was supposed to imply that an employee of the {{s|wikipedia|Entertainment Software Rating Board}} had leaked the information. In reality, employees of the organization review games via analysis of video footage of the game submitted by developers, not by playing the games themselves
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While extremely common, fake character rosters are relatively easy to debunk. For any unrevealed character, they use character images that are either unofficial, such as fanart, or by taking official art from other games. For example, in the image to the right, Luigi's image is a mirrored version of [[mariowiki:File:Luigi Artwork - Super Mario 64 DS.png|his official artwork]] from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 64 DS}}''. Furthermore, hoaxers have sometimes made various oversights while creating faked character rosters. Prior to ''Super Smash Bros. 4''{{'}}s release, for instance, images featuring [[Chrom]] from ''Fire Emblem: Awakening'' became common, with most incorrectly using the American romanization of his name ("Chrom") instead of his Japanese romanization ("Krom").
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This led to new speculation that Rayman was in ''Smash 4'' as a playable character, rather than just the [[:File:SSB4 Rayman Trophy.jpg|trophy depicting him]]. However, it is also speculated it may have been an honest slip-up (with confusion stemming from the common suffix of "Man"). A couple days after the leak, Nintendo of Canada would later clarify that Matt Ryan was referring to the previously seen Rayman trophy.<ref>http://mynintendonews.com/2014/08/03/nintendo-canada-confirms-rayman-wont-be-playable-in-smash-bros-but-will-appear-as-a-trophy/</ref> However, like with the Reuben Langdon slipup above, some observers think it may have been a false confirmation to cover up an inadvertent leak.
This led to new speculation that Rayman was in ''Smash 4'' as a playable character, rather than just the [[:File:SSB4 Rayman Trophy.jpg|trophy depicting him]]. However, it is also speculated it may have been an honest slip-up (with confusion stemming from the common suffix of "Man"). A couple days after the leak, Nintendo of Canada would later clarify that Matt Ryan was referring to the previously seen Rayman trophy.<ref>http://mynintendonews.com/2014/08/03/nintendo-canada-confirms-rayman-wont-be-playable-in-smash-bros-but-will-appear-as-a-trophy/</ref> However, like with the Reuben Langdon slipup above, some observers think it may have been a false confirmation to cover up an inadvertent leak.
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===Ninka/Vaanrose and Unknown renders "leak"===
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On August 19, 2014, a user created a thread on 4chan's /v/ imageboard with a photo containing the character icons of all previous Smash characters and revealed newcomers, asking who people think will get cut. Later on, a different user created another thread, with the aforementioned user's [http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img661/5742/TrAoFh.png photo], but modified with never-before-seen character icons on most of the unannounced veterans, including [[Dr. Mario]], who was cut in ''Brawl'', along with never before seen icons of new characters that haven't been announced, who were Shulk from ''Xenoblade Chronicles'', Bowser Jr. from the ''Super Mario'' franchise, Dark Pit from ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'', and the Dog from ''Duck Hunt''. In addition to this, there was a red X over the veterans without the icons, signifying they have been cut. These cut veterans were [[Squirtle]], [[Ivysaur]], [[Lucas]], [[Wolf]], the [[Ice Climbers]], and [[Snake]]. Curiously, while Mewtwo did not have a new character icon, it had a ? over it instead of a red X, leaving its status unknown.
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Later in the thread, a second leaker, with the name of "Motherfucking Leaker", posted two [http://i.imgur.com/XKMN6Gm.png new] [http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img537/6329/HBvyFt.jpg images], one showing a nearly full view of the Duck Hunt Dog's render, showing it will fight alongside a duck, and the other showing the character select screen containing all the characters implicated in the OP image. A third different leaker would [http://i.imgur.com/1eQgH0G.jpg then] [http://i.imgur.com/YB78GuN.jpg post] [http://i.imgur.com/jnuunNe.png five] [http://i.imgur.com/gunDk9L.jpg more] [http://i.imgur.com/zcwddWT.png images], which showed fuller renders of Shulk, Dr. Mario, and Bowser Jr. (which revealed him being inside his miniature Koopa Clown Car), a customisation menu where the player can select either the characters within the game or Miis, and a stage select screen, showing off many stages that have not been announced. After these images were posted in the thread, the "Motherfucking Leaker" would then post a list claiming the following characters to be DLC: Lucas, Wolf, the Ice Climbers, Snake, and the Chorus Men implicated by the [[Gematsu leaks]]. However, the leaker would later admit on Smashboards that he made the DLC list up to catch "copycat leaks" and "to have a little fun", but maintained his leaked images were completely real.
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After the 4chan thread was closed, a fourth leaker, with the name of MasterLinkX, posted [http://i.imgur.com/9mo9tZu.png three] [http://i.imgur.com/T4qj6fg.png new] [http://i.imgur.com/0S95LX7.png images] on [[GameFAQs]], which depicted an ingame shot of a team battle with Shulk and Lucina against Ganondorf and Charizard on {{SSBB|Yoshi's Island}}, and the result screen, depicting one of Shulk's victory poses, and a fuller and much clearer shot of Ganondorf's new render.
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The supposed source of the images is unknown, as the leakers never disclosed where exactly the images are supposedly from. However they are believed to come from footage that was sent to the ESRB for review in order to decide the game's rating, as P1's username in the images was "ESRB0083", and the lack of a gap between the top and bottom screen images shows they are not being displayed on an actual 3DS unit.
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Interestingly, these images are consistent with a prior prominent leak on [[Smashboards]], known as the "Ninka/Vaanrose leak". Prior to E3 2014, a Smashboards user by the name of Ninka Kiwi posted that he knew a friend who was playtesting ''Smash 4'', though he did not divulge any specific information, other than {{SSB4|Mario}} and {{SSB4|Charizard}} having new [[palette swap]]s, with Mario in particular having a new blue costume (which later turned out to be correct). Later on in July, Ninka would come forward with new information, which included the following; Lucas, Wolf, the Ice Climbers, and Snake being cut, while Shulk, Dr. Mario, Dark Pit, Bowser Jr. in the Koopa Clown Car (with all seven {{s|mariowiki|Koopalings}} as alts), and the Duck Hunt Dog being new characters. While being initially disbelieved and seen as too outlandish, a friend of Ninka who gave him the information, named Shun, contacted a Smashboard user by the name of Neo Zero, who revealed to him that he got the information he revealed to Ninka from his own friend, and revealed that his friend recreated and posted two of the [http://i.imgur.com/vs3UPDc.jpg new] [http://i.imgur.com/2ekzmPt.jpg palettes] on imgur, before E3 2014. While this was going on, an apparently completely independent source posted a leaked newcomer list on 4chan (containing Shulk, Chorus Men, [[Mewtwo]], [[Ridley]], [[Dixie Kong]], Duck Hunt Dog, and Bowser Jr.), containing the two characters unique to the, at the time, completely disbelieved Ninka leak. In addition to this, a person in the Smash community known as Vaanrose, came forward to Neo Zero that he knew a friend who knew someone who worked at Nintendo of America's offices in Redmond, Washington, who disclosed to him that {{SSB4|Robin}}, Bowser Jr., and the Duck Hunt Dog were playable. With the screenshot proof of prior knowledge of the new palettes, and these new independent sources backing up a completely disbelieved leak, the people involved publicised this additional information legitimising the leak in a [http://smashboards.com/threads/the-ninka-vaanrose-leak-discussion-theory.362684/ thread on Smashboards].
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Since the screenshots were first posted, they have spread to several websites and been the subject of much debate. Many have claimed the images to be falsified, citing the questionable placement of characters such as [[Yoshi]], Dr. Mario, Dark Pit, and Lucina on the character select screen, the lack of separation between returning and new stages on the stage select screen, the similarity of Shulk's face in his render to that of [[Little Mac]] in a previous screenshot (suggesting it was used as a base for a photoshopping attempt), and other similar inconsistencies. Those who believe the images to be genuine have pointed out the presence of obscure UI details consistent with those seen in the E3 demo (including a rare graphical glitch on the bottom screen character renders), the inability to source the renders used on the character select screen, the presence of details that were only very recently revealed at the time (such as [[Meta Knight]]'s new render, which was less than a week old, and [[Brinstar]], which had only been shown half a day prior), and the stage select icon for [[Tomodachi Life]] featuring an apartment design that was not present in any past screenshots but appeared at a different angle in an image from Famitsu magazine that came out the day after the leak. Despite heavy debate and analysis by both sides, no one has been able to definitively prove the images to be real or fake, leaving their legitimacy inconclusive as of now. A thread detailing the arguments against the leak, and their counters, is being [http://smashboards.com/threads/potential-roster-stage-leak-thread.364914/ maintained on Smashboards].
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Another point of debate is if the screenshots, if real, depict the entire playable character and stage roster. The seemingly strange placement of certain characters and stages, the conspicuous empty space on both, the lack of heavily implicated characters such as Mewtwo and the Chorus Men, the seeming over-saturation of past stages, and the question mark over Mewtwo in the original leak image lead many people to believe that there are more characters and stages that were not unlocked at the time the screenshots were taken. To compound the confusion, the leakers never stated if it was the full roster or not, with one of them, MasterLinkX, flatout stating on Smashboards that it was not, and the Smashboards mods investigating the leak being unable to come up with a conclusive answer. However, other observers who believe the leak have maintained that it is likely to be the final roster, citing that the character placement is sensible and complete looking, and that MasterLinkX cannot be trusted, as he refuses to give more information, while also having admitted that he attempted to sabotage his leaked images to create doubt in the leak and halt their spread (such as by photoshopping "disabled" in one of his screenshots to read as "disablad").
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