I wonder if it Sakurai's "not even Nintendo knows it" comment is basically saying "I see you talking leaks on my Twitter, look what you did now you morons"
If your answers lead to peace, you'll win a neat-o peace pin and they're not available in stores, you know! But if they don't, I'll take you down! And no pin
Your friend does something wrong, however instead of asking for a second chance, they asked confusingly they don't know why it is bad but is willing to make up for it, but they want an explanation and to explain their confusion, will you let them? (Extra info, they don't have too great of a history of lying.)