KOS-MOS reveal at the TGA 2019 incident

This article documents Vergeben's and Sabi's disconfirmation list coupled with a prediction of Jon Cartwright from GameXplain and a fake leak that led to this very embarassing chapter of Smash speculation history.

### **History**

After the release of Terry Bogard the Smash fans were very thirsty to know who the last character of the first Fighters Pass would be because many wanted informations about the way post-FP1 DLC would be handled and expected this news to come coupled with the next reveal. Because The Game Awards 2019 were drawing near and the previous year set a precedent about a hyped up character reveal many thought the originally last character of the game would follow suit. As the secret about this character was very tight-lipped among leakers' and insiders' sources, the approach to leak this character was handled differently and instead of saying who the character would be it was instead said who the character **wouldn't** be.

The continuously disconfirmations of the current flavour-of-the-day frontrunner led to a constant shift of focus among the Smash speculation scene. It started with the commonly accepted frontrunner Ryu Hayabusa getting thrown out of the race, followed by the board's local shoo-in Crash Bandicoot since pre-release, then Geno and Doomguy also actively putting the final nail in the coffin of the Cacomallow Leak, Dante (which made Phoenix Wright seem more likely), Lloyd and finally after a lot of confusion KOS-MOS stood out as a weird relict because one of Vergeben's sources made contradicting statements about her.

On December 7th 2019 Jon Cartwright from GameXplain ranted about leakers Sabi and Vergeben and their disconfirmation game[1][2] and even accused Vergeben of piggybacking his information including a prediction about a Star Fox Grand Prix that wasn't even an actual leak.[3] One day later a GameXplain video was uploaded where Jon predicted KOS-MOS would be shown as a Smash reveal at the TGA.[4] Coupled with his obvious dislike for leakers this was most likely done to lure other leakers into piggybacking onto that information and taking it as a genuine leak. The SmashFAQs users Dinah713, Pegeta, Vegeta1000, Rosencroitz, EagleHunter and PacificFun took it as a real leak and convinced themselves (and also tried to convince the board in a very toxic manner[5]) that KOS-MOS would indeed be revealed at the TGAs. This also led to another older 4chan rumor resurfacing which also claimed KOS-MOS would be the final Fighters Pass character. Dinah713, alongside fellow KOS-MOS devotee Blackink, also began spreading a theory around this time that a Xenoblade 2-branded figurine of KOS-MOS being released was further proof she was getting into Smash. Jon also mockingly asked whether GameFAQs is ok because they believed it.[6] Dinah713 also made a topic about a KOS-MOS mod getting taken down with a Mario Kart Tour copyright claim as evidence fot her reveal.[7] Following the TGAs and no reveal happening a lot of the board's local KOS-MOS supporters calmed down and disappeared after the apparent defeat.[8][9][10]

In January a new short lived frontrunner would arise with Arle Nadja because of a dumb theory that Daisy in a picture along all the other DLC characters would be a stand-in for Arle. After Nintendo announced the last FP1 character would be shown in a few days the focus mostly shifted to numerous other characters as the Devil May Cry Twitter account announced a presentation with news to look out would happen soon which fell on the same day as the Smash reveal and led many to assume it couldn't coincide that way unless Dante would actually get revealed as a DLC character. Minutes before the presentation Vergeben would finally claim that KOS-MOS was not the next character, which resulted in a mental breakdown in the topic for KOS-MOS' loudest supporter Dinah713.[11]

### **List of Disconfirmations**

* Ryu Hayabusa [V/S]
* Crash Bandicoot [S]
* Tracer [S]
* Scorpion [V]
* Geno [V/S]
* Doomguy [V/S]
* Arthur from Ghosts 'n Goblins [S][12]
* Gordon Freeman [V]
* Dante [S]
* All characters from Nippon Ichi [V]
* All characters from Nihon Falcom [V][13]
* All characters from Ubisoft [V][14]
* All characters from the "Tales Of" Series [S][15][16]
* All characters from Bandai Namco [V][17]
* All characters from Level 5 [V][18]
* All characters from Bandai Namco and Capcom [NOA Ambassador][19]
* Many companies including Nintendo which was a mix-up he cleared up one day later [V][20]
* Sega's Arle Nadja from Puyo Puyo, Sega's Sakura from Sakura Wars, Activision's Crash Bandicoot, Blizzard's Tracer from Overwatch, Reimu Hakurei from ZUN / Team Shanghai Alice's Touhou Project and Kat from Sony's Gravity Rush [V][21]
* Sora, Sol Badguy, Ragna, Billy and Jimmy Lee from Double Dragon, Dante, Phoenix Wright, Amaterasu, Monster Hunter, Sam Porter Bridges, Geralt of Rivia, Monokuma and Kratos [V][22]
* All characters from Bandai Namco except KOS-MOS [V][23]
* Reiji Arisu and Xiaomu from Project X Zone and Morrigan from Darkstalkers [V][24]
* KOS-MOS [V][25]

### **Gallery**

The List of Disconfirmations prior to Vergeben's huge list that got later corrected
### **See Also**

* Vergeben, did the leaker give anymore last minute info on the next fighter?, an article covering the climactic thread in this arc where Vergeben finally disconfirmed KOS-MOS, causing Dinah713 to go completely insane.