A user claimed to have accessed an internal Level-5 build of Ares for Nintendo Switch. Leaked content included:

They walked back to Inazuma City under a rain-wet sky, tired and laughing. The Victory Road had been a test and a mirror: it amplified talents, revealed fears, and demanded they play for something beyond trophies. Arion thought of the plaque and felt a warmth he hadn’t expected — a simple truth: winning the road didn’t change who they were, but it showed them they could be more together.

The Inazuma Eleven Victory Road Ares Leak is a fascinating case study in video game archaeology. It represents a "what if" moment for the franchise—a darker, perhaps more ambitious take that died so Victory Road could run.

The leak has caused a civil war within the Inazuma Eleven fanbase.