Thanks for the guide to doing this. Now that Nintendo fans are hope gonna be more cautious, I will try to find another space without much overlap where I can apply your masterful techniques! Like Xbox, or the MCU! (Joking! BUT seriously this is a great expose that I hope will educate people!)
This is genuinely HYSETERICAL. I had tons of people tweeting at me after the Direct saying "Did you know this one small account got everything right about today's showcase" and before I could even look it up, this was in my sub box. Well done, LOLOLOL
As a prominent director at Nintendo. I can confirm that this is 100% legit. (And yes we tried to freeze Jon and prevent this video from being uploaded in the best quality)
@@gunnadahun Yeah. This could've either been a well-accepted success (which it's turning out to be) or possibly undercut GVG because Jon just admitted to misleading thousands.
I heard of WaddleDeeKnows faking leaks from the gameleaks subreddit earlier, but I would never have guessed it was Jon Gamexplain Nintendo Life Good Vibes Gaming all along. Top 10 anime plot twists
If even a few people come away from this knowing that accounts like SamusHunter, LeakyPandy, and that one with the Detective Pikachu pic are full of bs, then you've done good Jon. Good on you.
@@johnhoftb they used to be super accurate before Nintendo went after them and their latest was claiming a new Mario Kart Crossover-focused game was in development, which turned out to be SUPER wrong
There are people on Gamefaqs that claimed it was still legit even after you admitted it was fake, claiming, "oh he's only faking it because he doesn't want to draw suspicion from the Nintendo Ninjas." And then even after this video was released, there is someone still claiming it was legit for the same reasons. Good job Jon! You were apparently so convincing that people will still bat that this account was real even after it's been outed (by the faker himself even) as a fake even with the mountain of evidence that supported that conclusion.
This is/was a genius idea. Perfectly executed. Great job man. Truly. This channel is going to boom because of stuff like this. You have a solid perspective
I kind of wish I knew who these official news outlets who reported on you were, but I respect that you didn't call anyone out, didn't want to make anyone look like the fool.
Even when he didn’t call them out, they’re still putting up their clown make up. It’s like a tree still making noise when no one is around to hear it when it falls.
This is amazing. I heard so many people talking about the legitimacy of this account, only for the curtain to be pulled back in this video. Awesome work, John
I love that you're tweeting with the Waddle Dee Knows account again, in a time when (as of posting) people are starving for a Nintendo Direct, because now everyone's in on the joke.
yeah exactly. it sucks with games, but with basically anything at all, people are SO QUICK to believe literally anything online because someone on twitter or tik tok simply says something. So many people are perpetually online and don't think twice about if something is real or not.
This was such a fascinating video, really showed how easy it is to be an 'insider' on the internet
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11:25 If that would have happened, "Encanto published by Nintendo and developed by Bandai Namco" would have been one of the biggest pieces of lost media that never existed.
This is on the same level as Artsy Omni's Rayman Smash "leak" when it comes to teaching people not to trust everything just because it looks legit at first glance. It was a neat experiment and really got me thinking. Well done!
This was very clever but getting Melia and Nia exactly spot on is scarily accurate. I know the Fanbyte leak happened but I don't remember them specifying those characters. Bravo on the guesses hahaha
**slow clap** this was just brilliant. I'm actually glad you called out that one news outlet, gaming "journalist" need this sort of kick in the pants to do better.
@@Adrian-wh3mk you'd have to scrub Jon's Twitter, I don't think he called them out here in the video, only referenced that he did so on Twitter and sorta regrets it. But I agree, I'd rather not follow a "news" outlet that doesn't check sources.
I absolutely love this as an illustration of why we take Information Literacy at school. Why it matters. Plus, appreciate the relative restraint shown. What Waddle Dee Knows: "check your sources, verify what you hear before passing it on."
This is amazing! I don't follow anything on Twitter or most of gaming news outside a few places, so I wasn't aware of this. It's hilarious how easy you were able to do it. Oh, and I'm so happy to see GVG getting more diverse content!
Hilarious and clever. I've known about that method of "leaking" stuff before but it's good to have someone actually show how it's done and just how easy it is so it can spread around more. Keep up the good work!
gamers put way too much trust in these "insiders". love this experiment to showcase that. Also its true that if you call out a larger account then it will just be buried
ive always been against leaker culture since the best game reveals are the ones you dont really expect (dread and smash bros ultimate as a whole as an example) so im glad they’re starting to get called out now lmao
Especially the cases for some leaks within fandoms that are either fake or partially untrue to stir people up if it's cool (easy to do for a mob of people) and doesn't come true...like pokemon's fandom in recent years.
Oh my gosh I love this story and adding to my favorites. When a casual attempt to troll goes semi-viral. Still the best part was Jon laughing about it and going apple red. I couldn’t help but smile along too.
I hear that Gravity Rush 2 pleasure quarter theme :) I’d love to see a video on those games! This video was so inventive and insightful, and I’m excited to see more great content from you guys!
Jon, you sly, magnificent bastard. I think I only caught wind of this Twitter channel in very brief passing, but as someone who doesn't actively use Twitter, that's still pretty impressive. And it goes to show how easy it is to fake a bunch of predictions and appear credible by manipulating the posting date of messages (by hiding them for a time) along with other tricks like you did. By default I disbelieve "leaks", and this just reinforces that notion for me. And uhh, boy, I imagine that's a lot of fuel for people to clown on the news outlets that reported on this as being true...
I appreciate your optimism about improving the state of both the general public's gullibility and the games journalism field. This could be just like how the Rayman Leak killed all that Smash leak BS. Remember that? Yeah, me neither.
A) I absolutely love this. B) This reminds me so much of when ArtsyOmni made his “Rayman in Smash leak”, and how it finally started to make most people (except all the shmucks who then turned around and believe ‘the Grinch leak’, lol) much more hesitant to believe grainy pictures of a screen, showing unannounced things in games.
This exact type of fake account has been a plague on game speculation for a couple years now. Outlets fall for it and ruin discussion elsewhere after almost every Direct. Hopefully this video gains enough traction to stop them for good.
I'm just gonna come right out and say it - this account could have fooled me if I'd heard about it. I don't make a habit of following insider accounts or anything like that, but I'd never considered the possibility of guessing a whole bunch of stuff while private, then deleting incorrect guesses before going public. So thank you for shedding light on that practice!
There's a channel here on RUclips that uses basically the same trick to "predict" celebrity deaths. It's even easier 'cause you can make individual videos private, and then just un-private the ones that actually happen.
I would love to see Jon doing stuff like this often, and always do it as "Waddle Dee Knows" - not als Jon from GVG. Like a series of investigative journalism. Waddle Dee is back.
Jon this was amazing lmao You did something I always wanted to try out but never did due to the fear of it actually semi-blowing like you say "people just wanna hear what they want " 😭😂
Jon you’re a mad lad and I hope this will be a learning experience for that journalist and other outlets. If you can’t verify the source, you should not report on it!!!
Awesome video. I've learned over the years not to trust every single baseless rumour, but I still learned a thing or two from this video about how easy it is to gain traction
Well done, sir! Great job! I hope this will make people more sensitive about leaks. I have been following Papa Genos for years so I know how easily leaks can be made.
I was on 4chan thread about this, and I love how the Discussion eventually went off topic about whatever Encanto or Coco was the better Mexican Disney movie / who was the hottest character
my favorite part is the one is your prediction about Valve games being quote tweeted by Tyler from VNN (known for constantly taking other people's leaks and data minings and pretending he has inside knowledge about Valve lol)
I did the same thing during Mortal Kombat 9's release. People kept citing IMDB as credible leak sources, so I went on there and added "Peter North" (the porn star) as playing Taven, just to show how easy it is to edit. And people actually made threads on it
This was so fascinating to watch and hear just how these accounts can come up with this stuff. We have these fake rumors all the time, and it's incredible how within a day you were able to expose it all for what it is. Don't feel bad, Jon, I think this experiment will do more good than anything!
Masterfully done, Jon! A video like this was definitely needed in light of how many people worship the mighty "insiders" in game/movie speculation circles. Excited to see what else is in the pipeline
I used to do that on Facebook. I'd make two posts saying _____ is gonna win the football game. Then, after it happens, I'd delete the incorrect info and make the correct info public. Nobody ever caught on.
What I find funny about these ‘insider’ accounts is they’ll literally post something generic like “Nintendo will talk about dlc” and then they’d also say “potentially Metroid prime and potentially Alan Wake” etc and people will still reply “you nailed it”
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First upload had a rendering issue, sorry for the reupload folks - WaddleDeeKnows
Thanks for the guide to doing this. Now that Nintendo fans are hope gonna be more cautious, I will try to find another space without much overlap where I can apply your masterful techniques! Like Xbox, or the MCU!
(Joking! BUT seriously this is a great expose that I hope will educate people!)
Luckily WaddleDeeKnows knows about rendering issues, good job!
Waddle Dee Knows ... How to Trick You
If you do this again in a year with the same account I bet you the video game Journalist fall for it again.
Do you know when Metroid Prime 4 is going to come out?
This is genuinely HYSETERICAL. I had tons of people tweeting at me after the Direct saying "Did you know this one small account got everything right about today's showcase" and before I could even look it up, this was in my sub box. Well done, LOLOLOL
As a prominent director at Nintendo. I can confirm that this is 100% legit.
(And yes we tried to freeze Jon and prevent this video from being uploaded in the best quality)
And before you ask
Yes... even the cereal facts!
Zang, how could you
Where is the Encanto game Shigeru?
@@shigerumiyamoto9612 can I have Among Us amibo
Give us a new F-Zero finally, Shiggi!
Wow, I can't believe Jon faked his own death in order to trick us into thinking he worked at Nintendo.
The absolute dedication of this man is insane
I love that you did this lmao
Agreed
Hey Bandy
Lol
this is amazing
You're amazing!
It is amazing
This is journalism. Getting into enemy territory and exposing everything at risk to yourself. Bravo.
Risk?
@@gunnadahun Yeah. This could've either been a well-accepted success (which it's turning out to be) or possibly undercut GVG because Jon just admitted to misleading thousands.
Congrats, you’ve stated exactly what modern day Journalist don’t do
How in the world is this in any way journalism
@@JayminStation it's investigative journalism, which is very scarce in gaming outlets nowadays. I found this fascinating as well
I actually never though about how easy it is to fake that stuff. Thank you for bringing this for my attention, you're a legend! :)
Amazing video and definitely a good point with accounts like these! Also, I'll be following this account now, need some more Miyamoto cereal facts.
I heard of WaddleDeeKnows faking leaks from the gameleaks subreddit earlier, but I would never have guessed it was Jon Gamexplain Nintendo Life Good Vibes Gaming all along. Top 10 anime plot twists
I can't believe you would deceive people like that. Unforgivable.
Ahh I see what you did there Mr Omni
The first thing Waddle Dee Knows reminded me of was your Rayman leak, lmao
Omg it's the Rayman smash 4 leak guy WOW
How did Jon return to GVG and IMMEDIATELY cook up such an incredible scheme to come back with
I would guess he wanted to this a while ago, but probably didn’t want to do it while working for Nintendo Life, since it’s a gaming news site.
@@torsteing1317 yeah he must feel a bit more creatively free now, being able to talk about a wider range of topics
If even a few people come away from this knowing that accounts like SamusHunter, LeakyPandy, and that one with the Detective Pikachu pic are full of bs, then you've done good Jon. Good on you.
Those three are the worst fr…
No idea how SamusHunter is still grifting, they've been around and lying for YEARS, and yet some Muppets still listen. MADNESS!
Does LeakyPandy even leak anymore? I mainly just follow for the takes.
SamusHunter, NateTheHate, and Markomaro misfire so much that you’d think it’d be obvious to people that they just guess/speculate stuff but. Nope.
@@johnhoftb they used to be super accurate before Nintendo went after them and their latest was claiming a new Mario Kart Crossover-focused game was in development, which turned out to be SUPER wrong
the fact that waddledeeknows was jon is so funny
Is Jon waddledeeknows or is waddledeeknows Jon? That's the real question
Forreal
69th like.
@@simpsons703 We have to ask a Nintendo insider for that.
Plot Twist: Jon is a substitute Waddle Dee in a human suit.
There are people on Gamefaqs that claimed it was still legit even after you admitted it was fake, claiming, "oh he's only faking it because he doesn't want to draw suspicion from the Nintendo Ninjas." And then even after this video was released, there is someone still claiming it was legit for the same reasons. Good job Jon! You were apparently so convincing that people will still bat that this account was real even after it's been outed (by the faker himself even) as a fake even with the mountain of evidence that supported that conclusion.
He isn't gonna shag you Kev
This is/was a genius idea. Perfectly executed. Great job man. Truly. This channel is going to boom because of stuff like this. You have a solid perspective
I kind of wish I knew who these official news outlets who reported on you were, but I respect that you didn't call anyone out, didn't want to make anyone look like the fool.
VGC did
Even when he didn’t call them out, they’re still putting up their clown make up. It’s like a tree still making noise when no one is around to hear it when it falls.
Jon is such a great addition to this channel, this kind of content is just what gvg needs, no wonder you reached 75.000 :-)
congratulations!
The Jon effect!
This is amazing. I heard so many people talking about the legitimacy of this account, only for the curtain to be pulled back in this video. Awesome work, John
I love that you're tweeting with the Waddle Dee Knows account again, in a time when (as of posting) people are starving for a Nintendo Direct, because now everyone's in on the joke.
Sadly, this extends beyond the gaming industry. Fake news/reporting is still on the rise, thanks for bringing light to such a critical topic.
yeah exactly. it sucks with games, but with basically anything at all, people are SO QUICK to believe literally anything online because someone on twitter or tik tok simply says something. So many people are perpetually online and don't think twice about if something is real or not.
This was such a fascinating video, really showed how easy it is to be an 'insider' on the internet
11:25 If that would have happened, "Encanto published by Nintendo and developed by Bandai Namco" would have been one of the biggest pieces of lost media that never existed.
This is on the same level as Artsy Omni's Rayman Smash "leak" when it comes to teaching people not to trust everything just because it looks legit at first glance. It was a neat experiment and really got me thinking. Well done!
This is brilliant, Jon!! Thank you for exposing how easy this is to do.
This was very clever but getting Melia and Nia exactly spot on is scarily accurate. I know the Fanbyte leak happened but I don't remember them specifying those characters. Bravo on the guesses hahaha
**slow clap** this was just brilliant. I'm actually glad you called out that one news outlet, gaming "journalist" need this sort of kick in the pants to do better.
Which outlet? Wanna know who doesn’t check sources
@@Adrian-wh3mk you'd have to scrub Jon's Twitter, I don't think he called them out here in the video, only referenced that he did so on Twitter and sorta regrets it.
But I agree, I'd rather not follow a "news" outlet that doesn't check sources.
I absolutely love this as an illustration of why we take Information Literacy at school. Why it matters. Plus, appreciate the relative restraint shown. What Waddle Dee Knows: "check your sources, verify what you hear before passing it on."
I think my favorite part is people calling out the GameFAQs account and that just straight-up *not working*. Waddle Dee will soon know all.
I’m a simple man, I see Jon I watch
Even on a reupload.
I like him featuring in the thumbnails makes it more personal. Would like to see the other 3 boys do the same in their videos
Same
@@louigovi tbh I just like it so I know who's gonna be the person doing the video. It does make it more personal and many watch for specific people
This is amazing! I don't follow anything on Twitter or most of gaming news outside a few places, so I wasn't aware of this. It's hilarious how easy you were able to do it.
Oh, and I'm so happy to see GVG getting more diverse content!
There’s something incredibly wholesome about Jon giggling to himself
A fascinating tale only possible with our Internet in the 21st century. Looking forward to more of your unique content here at GVG Jon!
Hilarious and clever. I've known about that method of "leaking" stuff before but it's good to have someone actually show how it's done and just how easy it is so it can spread around more.
Keep up the good work!
Jon already bringing amazing content to the channel. This was crazy btw.
Meanwhile, a Nintendo lawyer is interrogating a chained up employee in their hidden basement for the identity of the leaker.
gamers put way too much trust in these "insiders". love this experiment to showcase that. Also its true that if you call out a larger account then it will just be buried
ive always been against leaker culture since the best game reveals are the ones you dont really expect (dread and smash bros ultimate as a whole as an example) so im glad they’re starting to get called out now lmao
lmao same
Especially the cases for some leaks within fandoms that are either fake or partially untrue to stir people up if it's cool (easy to do for a mob of people) and doesn't come true...like pokemon's fandom in recent years.
I love leaks but hate the leaker culture as 99% of the time it’s just someone fueling their ego
John being a fake leaker had more things right than a true quote on quote „Leaker“
Oh my gosh I love this story and adding to my favorites. When a casual attempt to troll goes semi-viral. Still the best part was Jon laughing about it and going apple red. I couldn’t help but smile along too.
I hear that Gravity Rush 2 pleasure quarter theme :)
I’d love to see a video on those games!
This video was so inventive and insightful, and I’m excited to see more great content from you guys!
This is like the 2022 version of the ssb4 Rayman leaks, and judging by what happened with the Grinch leak, people won't learn from it.
Sadly... Your right.
Jon, you sly, magnificent bastard. I think I only caught wind of this Twitter channel in very brief passing, but as someone who doesn't actively use Twitter, that's still pretty impressive. And it goes to show how easy it is to fake a bunch of predictions and appear credible by manipulating the posting date of messages (by hiding them for a time) along with other tricks like you did.
By default I disbelieve "leaks", and this just reinforces that notion for me.
And uhh, boy, I imagine that's a lot of fuel for people to clown on the news outlets that reported on this as being true...
What a legend!
Love you man...
I appreciate your optimism about improving the state of both the general public's gullibility and the games journalism field. This could be just like how the Rayman Leak killed all that Smash leak BS. Remember that?
Yeah, me neither.
Waddle Dee Remembers
A) I absolutely love this.
B) This reminds me so much of when ArtsyOmni made his “Rayman in Smash leak”, and how it finally started to make most people (except all the shmucks who then turned around and believe ‘the Grinch leak’, lol) much more hesitant to believe grainy pictures of a screen, showing unannounced things in games.
Your honor, he was merely doing a mild amount of trolling.
LOL the Samus Hunter approach! Hilarious.
I love you John. Glad to see you again so soon after your nintendo life departure.
This is such a unique experiment. Great content Jon!
This exact type of fake account has been a plague on game speculation for a couple years now. Outlets fall for it and ruin discussion elsewhere after almost every Direct. Hopefully this video gains enough traction to stop them for good.
I'm just gonna come right out and say it - this account could have fooled me if I'd heard about it. I don't make a habit of following insider accounts or anything like that, but I'd never considered the possibility of guessing a whole bunch of stuff while private, then deleting incorrect guesses before going public. So thank you for shedding light on that practice!
There's a channel here on RUclips that uses basically the same trick to "predict" celebrity deaths. It's even easier 'cause you can make individual videos private, and then just un-private the ones that actually happen.
I would love to see Jon doing stuff like this often, and always do it as "Waddle Dee Knows" - not als Jon from GVG. Like a series of investigative journalism. Waddle Dee is back.
Jon this was amazing lmao
You did something I always wanted to try out but never did due to the fear of it actually semi-blowing like you say "people just wanna hear what they want " 😭😂
Everyone says: Anyone can make a fake leak.
Jon: Anyone can be a fake leaker.
That laugh at the start was adorable. I'm laughing with him, not against him.
This makes superbutterbuns' song even more accurate
"Gaming journalism is bad"
Now every time people pressure to cover a rumor just bring up Waddle Dee Knows!
Waddle Dee Knows the Switch Pro will be announced aaaaanyday now.
I love the idea of using WDKs as shorthand for sandbagging baseless rumors.
@@TevorTheThird Heck, Waddle Dee Knows is way more credible than literally everyone that pushed the Switch Pro rumors.
Jon you’re a mad lad and I hope this will be a learning experience for that journalist and other outlets. If you can’t verify the source, you should not report on it!!!
About time someone did this!
Nice journalism Jon, thanks 👍
This is why we love Jon. Brilliant experiment!
Okay but if we get an Encanto game made by Bandai-Namco in the near future, then clearly you're a prophet.
Awesome video. I've learned over the years not to trust every single baseless rumour, but I still learned a thing or two from this video about how easy it is to gain traction
Well done, sir! Great job! I hope this will make people more sensitive about leaks.
I have been following Papa Genos for years so I know how easily leaks can be made.
You mad lad, Jon. THIS IS AMAZING
This is even more hilarious because Waddle Dee definitely does NOT have a nose!
I was on 4chan thread about this, and I love how the Discussion eventually went off topic about whatever Encanto or Coco was the better Mexican Disney movie / who was the hottest character
Both are good movies but Encanto was better than Coco
Jon making sure to include Gravity Rush OST in every one of his videos. Good man
This is one of the most fascinating videos I’ve seen in a minute. Brilliantly executed.
my favorite part is the one is your prediction about Valve games being quote tweeted by Tyler from VNN (known for constantly taking other people's leaks and data minings and pretending he has inside knowledge about Valve lol)
Jon at GVG producing nothing but bangers. It's like he was never gone!
Kudos to you for doing this. I hope this video will spread like wildfire. 😂
Pretty brilliant. Thanks Jon!
Samus Hunter in a nutshell
I did the same thing during Mortal Kombat 9's release. People kept citing IMDB as credible leak sources, so I went on there and added "Peter North" (the porn star) as playing Taven, just to show how easy it is to edit. And people actually made threads on it
This was so fascinating to watch and hear just how these accounts can come up with this stuff. We have these fake rumors all the time, and it's incredible how within a day you were able to expose it all for what it is. Don't feel bad, Jon, I think this experiment will do more good than anything!
So this is where you are Jon! Got the tip from review tech gamers. Great social experiment!
This video is going to blow up!
-WaddleDeeKnows
Wow I can't believe that was actually Jon yesterday. That's hilarious and amazing
can't believe you'd cosplay Samus Hunter
Fantastic work Jon, looking forward to seeing your new creative projects and videos now that you're free from just talking about Nintendo stuff!
The hero we needed but not the one we deserve. Mad respect Jon.
This is great! Well done!
Masterfully done, Jon! A video like this was definitely needed in light of how many people worship the mighty "insiders" in game/movie speculation circles. Excited to see what else is in the pipeline
I wish I was wearing a whole load of hats, just so that I could take them all off to you.
I love how SamusHunter responded to one of your tweets discussing this video trying to save face.
The insider we didn't know we needed. Should've never stopped lmao
Jon does a little trolling: the video
Lmao at just making the banner the Nintendo HQ pic. You’re brilliant, Job. Never change.
I used to do that on Facebook. I'd make two posts saying _____ is gonna win the football game. Then, after it happens, I'd delete the incorrect info and make the correct info public.
Nobody ever caught on.
A certain Hunter is SWEATING right now
OH MY GOD. This is such a good laugh. Waddle Dee Knows gets my follow lol
Way to get a channel a leg up the grid… Hilarious love it! Well done!
You just clowned the whole Nintendo leaker culture
SamusHunter callout LMAO
Heavily, INCREDIBLY based move Jon. Absolutely love it.
What I find funny about these ‘insider’ accounts is they’ll literally post something generic like “Nintendo will talk about dlc” and then they’d also say “potentially Metroid prime and potentially Alan Wake” etc and people will still reply “you nailed it”
Amazing experiment 😂 I hope this isn't the last we see of WaddleDeeKnows, even its in some self-parody form
Waddle Dee still knows, though.