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[Gamer @ Heart]

Wait, people on gaf actually 'confirmed' this?

I need names.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

I like the choice of music in the video

lol

The ghost house from SMW was the best part lol

 

[kirby_fox]

You all forgot about the rayman leak, Anything can be faked.

I believed nothing. It was as wishy washy as I believed, and by damn I was validated.

Interesting that I couldn't tell it was computer generated though.

 

[Vibranium]

Okay so what about the second leak, though?

The controller was identical? Another fake?

Another guy 3D printed the fake leak. The 2nd one is also fake because a Nintendo Treehouse person RT'ed the GAF thread for a laugh.

 

[diaspora]

Wait, people on gaf actually 'confirmed' this?

I need names.

Nothing confirmed.

 

[Ashodin]

I'm waiting for perkele37 to post anything on reddit so I can see how he made his fake.

 

[Axass]

Wait, people on gaf actually 'confirmed' this?

I need names.

Shocking Alberto said the pics were "confirmed" by a source of his.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

More people bought that fake than bought a Wii U.

Ice cold.

 

[SalvaPot]

And now when the real thing is revealed, some people are going to claim the fake one was better.

And the cycle of life continues.

 

[Parapraxis]

What a relief!

 

[thefro]

Now I wonder what the GI guys was talking about.

Probably Person #1 told Person #2 about the fake (leaving out some details), then Person #2 tells GI that they hear the NX has no face buttons.

 

[Illucio]

Glad it's fake.

Was on #teamfake from the beginning but still.. The design is awful.

 

[Silent_Ocarina]

Shocking Alberto said the pics were "confirmed" by a source of his.

He claimed the first photo was confirmed to him, I believe. And he only mentioned that after the second set of photos came out along with tweets by McNamara.

 

[Eolz]

Shocking Alberto said the pics were "confirmed" by a source of his.

He never said if it was confirmed to be real or fake though.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Idriss2Dev being unconnected to the second set of pictures doesn't mean anything. It's very easy to take the pictures of the white model, do perspective correction, and use that as a basis for a very similar looking model that would maintain the same general appearance. There are also subtle differences that point to someone adding their own flair.

It helps that Idriss had those files up.

 

[VendettaRed07]

 

[emb]

Nicely crafted hoax. Thanks for the fun times!

(also, phew. Glad that's not the real thing then.)

 

[Clefargle]

Isn't Shockingalberto's insider status questionable or at least inconsistent? I could be wrong but I remember something from a thread last year.....

 

[Sadist]

Team Real was played like a damn fiddle

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Shocking Alberto said the pics were "confirmed" by a source of his.

Confirmed bullshit or confirmed probable?

Someone needs to link a post.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Isn't Shockingalberto's insider status questionable or at least inconsistent? I could be wrong but I remember something from a thread last year.....

I'm curious to see who the other insiders that confirmed this were in that thread and if they had even been vetted

 

[treason]

i knew it was fake . unless the rumor comes from ideaman , i usually assume its fake

 

[Joqu]

Idriss2Dev being unconnected to the second set of pictures doesn't mean anything. It's very easy to take the pictures of the white model, do perspective correction, and use that as a basis for a very similar looking model that would maintain the same general appearance. There are also subtle differences that point to someone adding their own flair.

Yeah. It'd be something else if the situation was reversed but it's the first guy who has come out saying it's a fake so I see no reason to believe anything concerning the second set.

Just thought it'd be nice to share their clarification because there was some confusion regarding this. Their English can be somewhat poor.

That said I still do want to know what the process was behind the second set. 3D print or not they did a really amazing job creating such a convincing looking replica.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Confirmed bullshit or confirmed probable?

Someone needs to link a post.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=199016198&postcount=1244

 

[Kouriozan]

The fake was so good it fooled legit sources too.

 

[Herb Alpert]

Phew...

 

[Axass]

He never said if it was confirmed to be real or fake though.

...

Of course, that's why I said "confirmed", but what would be the point of someone confirming him it was a fake and him being so vague about it? If he knew it was a fake, he'd have just said so.

Hence I'm inclined to believe he said it was real.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

The only people who should be ashamed are the ones that were actually okay with that abomination of a design. It really proves that some fans will eat up anything.

Spoiler

And that gaf was thirsty as fuck for NX news, that they believed this leak (guilty as charged)

 

[aadiboy]

The fact that the leak was a dude from Massive games is true, though, right? I kind of doubt anyone would have the level of foresight to think that Internet detectives would be able to discover his location from the reflection of a tree.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=199016198&postcount=1244

Thank you for this. It feels like a positive confirmation, but the more I reread it, he really doesn't take a stance either way.

You can ready it confirmed BS or real

 

[CockJohnson]

So this can confirm that Rosti and ShockingAlberto aren't insiders and cannot be trusted?

 

[Live Free or Die]

you've been scammed by a kindergartner

 

[Chao]

First "leak" was an obvious fake.

But the second one looked better and these insider geniuses with their "can't tell anything but that's what I've heard" made me doubt. Then some idiot who can't type tried to share some "confidential document" with no formatting and had enough of this.

Controller design still wouldn't make a lot of sense, would be cool if fakers would care to explain how do they think that would work.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

The fact that the leak was a dude from Massive games is true, though, right? I kind of doubt anyone would have the level of foresight to think that Internet detectives would be able to discover his location from the reflection of a tree.

No. The fact that a tree is irrelevant mainly because in the same reflection, you see a pattern shaped roof, but the roof of Massive Entertainment is a straight line.

Also no one's actually confirmed it.

 

[Magnet_Man]

Troll'd so good I ain't even mad.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Confirmed bullshit or confirmed probable?

Someone needs to link a post.

Probable is bullshit. How can you be probable? It either is real or its not. Point blank. Fuck all that guessy game shit

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

The fact that the leak was a dude from Massive games is true, though, right? I kind of doubt anyone would have the level of foresight to think that Internet detectives would be able to discover his location from the reflection of a tree.

The guy behind this reveal has nothing to do with the second set of photos where the tree thing came from

 

[Marvel]

Winning tastes good.

 

[Cramoss]

 

[Nazo]

*audible sigh of relief*

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Thank you for this. It feels like a positive confirmation, but the more I reread it, he really doesn't take a stance either way.

You can ready it confirmed BS or real

Here is his whole thread post history:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/search.php?searchid=13477214

People talk about the NX controller like Nintendo has never leaked controllers before. The gamepad may not have had pictures, but we knew exactly what that thing looked like months before reveal.

He was definitely on #TeamReal.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

#TeamLOL

 

[legacyzero]

Amazing.

 

[Ydelnae]

How many time passed between the first pic (certified fake) appeared and the second set (black controller) started making the rounds?

 

[ArkkAngel007]

Nothing more to say than GG.

 

[wheapon]

This is great. I feel like the hoaxes are the best part of new hardware coming out.

 

[James Scott]

So this can confirm that Rosti and ShockingAlberto aren't insiders and cannot be trusted?

Insiders usually have a couple different sources which could themselves be second hand sources (heard from a guy who heard from a guy).
He was right about Paper Mario Color Splash using cards

 

[SirPenguin]

How many time passed between the first pic (certified fake) appeared and the second set (black controller) started making the rounds?

About 48 hours? A little less, I think

 

[ElTorro]

Anxiety, insomnia, tremors, mild breathing difficulties and mild chest pains. I'm otherwise quite healthy, so I don't suspect other causes. This may seem like a trivial thing to become sick by, but I feared some ugly consequences for these people considering the first indications I received, and I cannot help feeling empathy with the people at Nintendo that have to deal with these things. Might provide a chuckle or two perhaps, but best would be if efforts, internal and external, could be directed towards something worthwhile.

If that is the case, maybe you should refrain from nourishing an insider persona and not post pseudo-encrypted pseudo-insider messages. It makes it seem like you are just looking to generate the very kind of attention that you are rejecting here as harmful.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Troll'd so good I ain't even mad.

Pretty much

That thread was the most fun we've had in a while and distracted me for a little while from the fact that I'm probably going to have to buy a new PS4 every 2 years