Its not so much a change of tone in the drama surrounding this game as a change of sorts in my tolerance for it. For a while it was fun to view the banter, but with the onslaught of these leaks, I feel that some of the fun in speculation has been needlessly taken away. I believe their legitimacy is still up to debate, due to certain telltale signs in the images, but most big-name sonic communities (of which we are not one... that big) accept them as fact with the naysayers just making idiots of themselves.
I won't mind the drama if it accompanies something worth talking about, but I feel that with these leaks I'm just not finding the discussion worthy of my attention. Fanbase isn't any more broken than it was before they were leaked but I've had my fill for now.