Within 48 hours of the leak hitting Reddit and Twitter, the original 4chan thread was deleted, and all Imgur mirrors containing the screenshots were hit with DMCA takedowns. This was the first confirmation that the leak was . If it were fake, Level-5 would have likely ignored it.
It never came.
This article dives deep into the origins, the evidence, and the ramifications of the biggest leak in Inazuma Eleven history. To understand the leak, one must understand the project originally titled Inazuma Eleven Ares . inazuma eleven victory road ares leak
For now, the official Inazuma Eleven Victory Road is slated for a worldwide release. Whether it incorporates the ghost of Ares or buries it completely remains to be seen. But one thing is certain: the leak has proven that the spirit of Ares is still alive in the code, waiting for someone to kick that final, phantom goal. Within 48 hours of the leak hitting Reddit
The user provided screenshots of a debug menu for a game titled Inazuma Eleven Ares 1.02 . The UI was completely different from the Victory Road we saw in the 2023 trailers. It featured the original "Ares" character art style—sharper, more angular, and less chibi than Victory Road . It never came
Level-5 delayed the project repeatedly, citing quality concerns. By 2020, Ares was dead. In its place rose Inazuma Eleven: Great Road of Heroes (later simplified to Victory Road ). This new project scrapped the Ares battle system, rebuilt the graphics in Unity, and promised a chronicle mode featuring over 4,500 characters from the franchise’s history.