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Is he aware of your unbridled love for geno?
It's a Geno private Discord, I think
Twas’ a mistake. Idk how to delete one of them since i’m not a smashboards regular. I’m only back because of resurfaced hype for Geno
7 of the 10 of us are big Geno fans, 1 guy just loves everything Square Enix, and the other 2 are okay with him. Aside from Banjo, I want to say he's probably the only character that most of us openly support for Smash. Beyond that, I think half of them are pulling for Crash but it's surprisingly not a discussion that we spend a lot of time on.
Well, how many people do you know that were absolutely certain that Banjo was coming aside from insiders like Shinobi and those working on it? In that sense, you could still say that Banjo was unexpected.
Do these image leaks he makes have a set time to when they are released in tandem to when the thing will be announced? Should we expect something of this “Starling” soon?
Of course, but with fan-favorites like Ridley and K. Rool making it in, Banjo was highly speculated before and even after the Grinch leak
StarLight42
Usually about a week and a half to three weeks. For reference, he originally dropped the hint on July 14th but didn't tell us it was a hint until yesterday. I brought up the possibility that he was trolling us and I think that upset him (which makes me feel awful) because he immediately came in and said he wouldn't jerk us around like that.
I sincerely hope they wouldn't jerk us around like that after the backlash from last time
Remember, optimism is contagious but so is pessimism. How you choose to present yourself can affect others
I highly doubt they would do that. Would they categorize it as Mii Costumes greatest hits!? We gotta stay positive gang. NOW this feels like the Banjo Thread. We get an ounce of hope, but one bad thought brings us down.
Ovaltine
you know I would not attack. This is not an attack on you, girl. I am glad you brought it up, because who knows,maybe it could. I don't want you to think I ever would. We cool!
Could be worse, the Tails fans saw the Mii costume for him come back again when Joker's stuff got shown off, so they'll be stuck waiting for Smash 6 before he can get another chance.
I sort of doubt that will be the case just due to how much backlash that situation got. Isaac fans apparently called into Nintendo and complained about Isaac and Shadow also had backlash I don't know how much but those two had a ton of backlash.
Uh, yeah anything “can” happen. But that is a super unlikely scenario. Just doesn’t make sense with the way DLC is being released.
I mean, I sincerely doubt they'd do that, too, but I had to get that out while it was stuck in my head. It'd be a really awful blow, so I don't think they'd do that, but it was a little, "Huh, but what if...?" moment.
Pretty interesting he chooses to confirm the Starling as a hint to something on the day Geno’s mii costume was very noticeably absent from the presentation and then tops it off saying he wouldn’t jerk you guys around like that.
Glad someone else has been keeping track of this stuff. I've been working on a timeline for our journey that starts all the way back in 1999, and you bring up some good dates to add. I'll probably end up sending it to you all here when it's said and done.
Not jumping down your throat, I'm pointing out how good the thread has been the last couple of days
The group's actually kind of split. About half think it's Smash related and the other half are thinking Pokemon. I doubt it's Pokemon based on the timing and the fact that he seems really unhappy with the direction that Sword and Shield is going. He shared a seemingly random post from 4chan one day and commented something akin to "I wish more of this stupid game would leak." It was basically a sprawling list of Pokemon claims but we all kind of ignored it because I think everyone is either meh or projectile vomiting when it comes to Sword and Shield.
Looking back on my post, it certainly looks like a jab. I hope you know I would not ever make that my intent. My apologies for making it seem that way.
Oof, okay, I misinterpreted what you were saying, but now I think I get it. Sorry for the mix-up!
Oh, nah, my dude, you're good.
It's more like this is something I've been feeling for a while in the thread, and I guess something about this time made my irritation kinda spill out.
I hope he’s not jerking us around with the Geno speculation then, Lol
I have to agree with him that Sword and Shield is a raging dumpster fire. Aside from the lies and laziness on the part of Gamefreak, they literally killed everything I loved about the pokemon games and replaced it with completely uninspired garbage. No more triple battles, no more Mega evolutions, the breaking up of my teams that I had been refining for over a decade, and for WHAT? A lazy "supersizing" mechanic that deletes some of the best strategy from the game? You know that stall tactics like Endure/Protect/Endure etc. to wait out the dynamaxing is going to become mainstream and kill the momentum of the battles. Then top it all off with 3DS graphics that apparently were too taxing for them to fit in all the animations. Honestly, I couldn't have screwed up the franchise any worse if I'd tried.
What's the benefit of staying positive for this? Everything is already made and decided on so it's not like being optimistic is going to change anything. A lot Banjo fans gave up hope when that 5ch leak was going around and only gain hope when a ResetEra admin said Banjo was in. Despite majority of the time they spent being pessimistic they still got their characters in regardless. It just doesn't matter if you remain optimistic or pessimistic, in fact you're more likely to get hurt if you're only optimistic and don't take in the consideration that it might not happen.
I dunno, maybe it's less boring than being pessimistic about it? If I'm wrong, then so what? I'm a well adjusted adult that can handle not being right about video game speculation.
They’re referring to the Starling leaker, not Sakurai’s team itself
Oh, if that's the case my bad.
It's interesting hearing that someone with an in at Nintendo would come out and name drop Bayo, KH and Shantae as things he despises. I am not sure how much stock I can put into him openly saying he doesn't like 'X Franchise'
As someone who spent a freakish amount of time on the Banjo thread, I have to disagree. There were bouts of pessimism, sure, but we largely spent our time theory-crafting. Of course, we had an embarassing amount of evidence pointing to Banjo in the months before his announcement, which Geno doesn't have, but still.
Realism is one thing, but... I'm sorry, do you, like... ever post anything that isn't laced with pessimism? Like, even... once? I really don't mean this as an attack on your character, but I'm kinda baffled. If people are going to feel optimistic, they have the right to, and if they're going to feel low about his chances, the same applies. Of course we know it won't change anything. That isn't the point. It's the same both ways, too, in that relentless pessimism won't change Geno's fate. Stances aren't the problem, but how they're handled, aaaaaand...
EricTheGamerman
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GoodGrief741
bring up points and reasoning behind more pessimistic takes, but it's handled in terms of looking realistically at things. Pointless pessimism like this, basically amounting to, "What's the point? Nothing matters," is being a downer for no reason. I'm guilty of doing this before, too, but I'm doing my best to make strides, to consider everyone else in the thread and how my posts affect them. Realism is one thing; criticizing people for 'staying positive' because 'the future refuses to change' is another. If people are going to hold onto hope, I say let them. Endless posting with a bunch of moping isn't adding anything to the thread, instead taking away.
It's literally irrelevant, people are just grasping at straws.
I think one can be realistic and optimistic at the same time. Geno’s enduring support really has helped keep SMRPG alive after twenty long years of inertia from Square’s part. Geno may not make it into Ultimate, but group projects like Operation Starfall and individual efforts and excitement keep Geno in the overall discourse. Hell, somebody asked Phil Spencer directly on twitter about Banjo and here we are. All those little hints like Yo’ster Isle and Megasmilax, they’re small, but it’s Nintendo saying, “We haven’t forgotten.”
