I think I've said this story before, but just for a refresher, I'll tell my story on why I want Geno. A long time ago, at a neighbor's house, I played Super Mario RPG for the first time. I didn't know what RPGs were yet at the time and never played a game like it before and I always remembered it for its 3D graphics. I never got very far past the intro, and for many years, I almost forgot about the game's existence. My first proper RPG experience was with Paper Mario years later if one doesn't count the Pokemon games from Generation 1 and the first RPG I actually owned. For years, the Paper Mario games, Thousand Year Door especially, were a source of fun for me, and it was about 2006/2007 I stumbled upon a series of Flash animations on Newgrounds called Smash Kingdom. They gave me a little laugh, and that was how I was technically introduced to Geno proper before the game in question, mainly the Easter egg of how at the time fans wanted him to be in Brawl/any Smash game for over 11 years. It got me curious to track down a copy of Super Mario RPG for myself and eventually I did. I remember playing the game for a long time, and specifically that I beat the game for the first time the night before Brawl released. Playing the game felt like a missing part of my childhood and it gave me a sense of satisfaction/warmth that many modern games for me just don't seem to catch. I remember shortly after that learning Geno wasn't playable in Brawl, I wrote an email to Sakurai stating how I wished Geno would come back/be playable and I got a response saying the email would be forwarded to him. For years, I admit I lost hope and waited in doubt because of Square Enix at the time and how hostile they seemingly were. Flash forward to the DLC cycle for Smash 4, and when the Ballot hit, I regret that I don't remember if I voted for Geno even once. Possibly over whether or not Geno would even make the cut at all. Then Cloud was confirmed, and during the final Smash Direct, a Geno Mii Fighter costume with a splash screen made me wish I voted for Geno more. Smash Ultimate has renewed hope in me, and I want to believe my hopes are not misplaced this time. Super Mario RPG was a major part of a lot of people's childhoods here in America and Japan, and I want Geno in so years of heartbreak and stress can finally fade away. After all, Sakurai did say Geno was perfect for Smash in Nintendo Dream back in 2016, and I want to believe that Sakurai went above and beyond to get him back. If Geno comes back, I'll never ask for a single character ever again in Smash. It's very personal to me.