Geno (♥♪!?): Return of the Starsend Savior

[Ovaltine]

Im fairly new and I don't post often at all, but Ive been keeping up with a lot of whats been going on, I'm an old school SMRPG player on Snes and have been in support of Geno since melee. I also have done a lot of Geno art in the past. One excuse designers might make in this smash bros is Geno needs to be expressive since that's what Sakurai is going for this time around. Geno may be a Doll but expressions is something he can make as we've seen in the game. I did a few sketches with some rare free time I have to show some doodles of him making a few that I remember from the game. (If the link works, I hope)

Do what you want with it I hope it helps in any kind of way, GO GENO!

https://imgur.com/v2T1hja

YES!! The biggest argument I see against Geno is how he has no personality and isn't expressive, and while I argue that the writing for him could have been better, I see the 'expressive' argument and think, "Did we play the same game?" Geno is VERY expressive. His mouth canonically contorts in ways a normal puppet mouth couldn't, and his angry sprite even seems to show Geno with teeth. It's probably star spirit magic that makes him that much more like A Real Boy™. (cue the Pinocchio music) He laughs, he gets huffy, he gets shocked, he gets openly sad, he gets plain angry, he smiles and hops for joy when his possession of the Geno doll works... and so on. He's so full of life, and people just seem to ignore that.

I feel Geno can be extremely expressive. In his character sheet that I'm slowly, but surely making head-way on, I plan on making a huge expression sheet to show just how versatile he can be. I'm glad to see someone else who gets it —and a FELLOW K. ROOL FRIEND, no less!! Excellent taste.

 

[UberMadman]

YES!! The biggest argument I see against Geno is how he has no personality and isn't expressive, and while I argue that the writing for him could have been better, I see the 'expressive' argument and think, "Did we play the same game?" Geno is VERY expressive. His mouth canonically contorts in ways a normal puppet mouth couldn't, and his angry sprite even seems to show Geno with teeth. It's probably star spirit magic that makes him that much more like A Real Boy™. (cue the Pinocchio music) He laughs, he gets huffy, he gets shocked, he gets openly sad, he gets plain angry, he smiles and hops for joy when his possession of the Geno doll works... and so on. He's so full of life, and people just seem to ignore that.

I feel Geno can be extremely expressive. In his character sheet that I'm slowly, but surely making head-way on, I plan on making a huge expression sheet to show just how versatile he can be. I'm glad to see someone else who gets it —and a FELLOW K. ROOL FRIEND, no less!! Excellent taste.

Just a reminder to everyone that this is an actual sprite animation from the game, not a fan creation:

Spoiler: Big gif embed

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I got DQ11 just now. Good news for Square, I had to get the display copy because the rest were sold

 

[MisterMike]

I got DQ11 just now. Good news for Square, I had to get the display copy because the rest were sold

Neat. Is it any different from the normal release?

 

[GenoToto]

YES!! The biggest argument I see against Geno is how he has no personality and isn't expressive, and while I argue that the writing for him could have been better, I see the 'expressive' argument and think, "Did we play the same game?" Geno is VERY expressive. His mouth canonically contorts in ways a normal puppet mouth couldn't, and his angry sprite even seems to show Geno with teeth. It's probably star spirit magic that makes him that much more like A Real Boy™. (cue the Pinocchio music) He laughs, he gets huffy, he gets shocked, he gets openly sad, he gets plain angry, he smiles and hops for joy when his possession of the Geno doll works... and so on. He's so full of life, and people just seem to ignore that.

I feel Geno can be extremely expressive. In his character sheet that I'm slowly, but surely making head-way on, I plan on making a huge expression sheet to show just how versatile he can be. I'm glad to see someone else who gets it —and a FELLOW K. ROOL FRIEND, no less!! Excellent taste.

I feel like the 'lack of expressiveness' argument is absolutely baseless, considering that the developers have found ways to make a character like R.O.B. feel expressive and alive, a character who is absolutely mechanical in every way, moreso than something like a puppet would be.

And, I mean. Mr. Game & Watch is in, a character that still manages to be expressive and animated despite literally just being his own faceless two-dimensional limited-movements-per-frame self, so I mean. If anyone says "Geno has no expression and therefore cannot be in the game", they are literally saying the art division for a video game doesn't know how to give inanimate objects life. Which, for a lot of them, is literally their job.

 

[Ovaltine]

I feel like the 'lack of expressiveness' argument is absolutely baseless, considering that the developers have found ways to make a character like R.O.B. feel expressive and alive, a character who is absolutely mechanical in every way, moreso than something like a puppet would be.

And, I mean. Mr. Game & Watch is in, a character that still manages to be expressive and animated despite literally just being his own faceless two-dimensional limited-movements-per-frame self, so I mean. If anyone says "Geno has no expression and therefore cannot be in the game", they are literally saying the art division for a video game doesn't know how to give inanimate objects life. Which, for a lot of them, is literally their job.

Honestly, they can give life to any character. The only character I was skeptical of was Steve, but I've seen some people show how it could work, and they aren't even professionals. Steve can work, G&W worked, and R.O.B. worked, so, I mean... why not Geno?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

A little off topic, but Minecraft is getting an exciting Nether update

 

[GenoToto]

A little off topic, but Minecraft is getting an exciting Nether update

I gotta say, though I don't touch the game as much as I used to, I am thrilled that the game continuously gets updated in this manner. A forest in the Nether? I didn't think I'd ever see them do that before.

I really should get back into it sometime, apparently they really reworked some of the underwater content for the game since I'd last gave it a serious look.

 

[TheCJBrine]

The personality/life argument is really just an entitled jerk’s way of desperately trying to turn their dissatisfaction or hatred into fact, and trying to force it on others despite it all just being a game. Even if a character literally has none, it really shouldn’t matter.

Geno has clear personality, R.O.B. had none, and Mr. G&W only had one expression until they turned him into an amalgamation of different Game & Watch characters and not just their moves. Originally, before Melee, Mr. G&W himself didn’t even exist, it was just the multiple different G&W characters including multiple citizens that share his standard look. Even Steve actually had some things even before they announced they’re adding emotes to the game (I mean, if a bit of narrative is enough, there’s Steve and Alex seeming to say something to each other/nod at each other before flying off with their elytra in an official animation, and of course the Village & Pillage trailer showing Alex happy in a village before preparing to fight the pillagers and save the villagers; and there’s the Lego Club magazine issue I’ve mentioned. Heck, you can say Steve and Alex just spawned in a world and now they have to survive or have fun building, that’s a short narrative that can imply many things in itself). And if people argue body language for G&W...their argument against other characters just falls apart completely.

I bet the same people would’ve complained about Villager if he wasn’t already in even though he has emotes and stuff. I just wish people would stop with this.

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

 

[ivanlerma]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

Do i have to answer all of them?

 

[Deleted member]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

First:
Pt 1: FF Record Keeper
Pt 2: Fortune Street

Second:
Pt 1: MK9/ Mario Sports Mix 2
Pt 2: Time Travel

Third:
Pt 1: Pauline
Pt 2: also Pauline

 

[Shadow__Myth]

Has anyone here ever been to the Gamefaqs Smash Ultimate board? Everyone there has an extreme hatred towards Geno for some reason. You can't even mention his name without getting called out by people. It's really depressing seeing a character that's brought so much joy into my life be trashed by so many people.

 

[StarLight42]

Has anyone here ever been to the Gamefaqs Smash Ultimate board? Everyone there has an extreme hatred towards Geno for some reason. You can't even mention his name without getting called out by people. It's really depressing seeing a character that's brought so much joy into my life be trashed by so many people.

Twitter and 4chan can be pretty bad aswell.

If you want genuine Geno discussion, you come here

 

[Ovaltine]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

First:
1) Dynasty Warriors. So... uh, basically, Mario Warriors lol. That'd make me want to actually play a Warriors title.
2) FORTUNE STREET, BABY!

Second:
1) A sequel to Odyssey with Geno as player 2 or a playable character aside from Mario. They're both able to possess objects, and I can see Geno being able to possess people like Cappy. Instead of throwing his hat, Geno just flings a portion of his own spirit to 'seek out' a body while he still uses the doll. Boom. It'd be SICK.
2) I wouldn't. Just bring Strikers back.

Third:
1) Mallow
2) Pauline

Has anyone here ever been to the Gamefaqs Smash Ultimate board? Everyone there has an extreme hatred towards Geno for some reason. You can't even mention his name without getting called out by people. It's really depressing seeing a character that's brought so much joy into my life be trashed by so many people.

Honestly, don't bother with them. Most of them are either very young kids who don't know how to behave better or older folk who never grew up out of their Pull-ups. It's... just not worth it.

Twitter and 4chan can be pretty bad aswell.

If you want genuine Geno discussion, you come here

4chan's its own whole can of worms and it comes with the territory. Twitter's not so bad, as long as you're careful and don't engage directly with the Smash community, instead just with fellow Geno fans. I've been able to avoid a lot of the Geno heat despite ranting about how stupid the Smash community can be about him. It's a wonder how I haven't been heckled yet with some of the bold things I've said about the toxicity of Smash's fan base and what I think of the manchildren with attitude (especially in terms of how I think of them as men, being a woman myself, won't go into detail here because it's pretty damn bad stuff that I spew when I get angry lmao).

 

[ivanlerma]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

forget it, after looking at what a few others have i think i get the idea.

First
Pt 1: Mushroom Warriors, basically Dynasty Warriors but with Mario Characters, Geno, Mallow, and some more RPG Mario Characters could be playable.
Pt 2: Mario Kart

Second
Pt 1: a Mario & Luigi Game, he won't be able to help the bros on their adventure, but he will for a mission by him where he can assist them and be playable in.
Pt 2: i don't know

Third
Pt 1: Fawful
Pt 2: Paper Mario

 

[ctt4lfecw]

Has anyone here ever been to the Gamefaqs Smash Ultimate board? Everyone there has an extreme hatred towards Geno for some reason. You can't even mention his name without getting called out by people. It's really depressing seeing a character that's brought so much joy into my life be trashed by so many people.

They can't swallow how beloved he is by his fans. And they're very jealous that he's been endorsed by Sakurai like he has. Plus Gamefaqs users is general are just toxic and miserable people. And what their opinions are will not steer Sakurai one way or the other about what he does with his game.

 

[Just a random scrub]

Has anyone here ever been to the Gamefaqs Smash Ultimate board? Everyone there has an extreme hatred towards Geno for some reason. You can't even mention his name without getting called out by people. It's really depressing seeing a character that's brought so much joy into my life be trashed by so many people.

GameFaqs is a horrid place in general, take it from someone who had an account there for a a few months, stay far away.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Has anyone here ever been to the Gamefaqs Smash Ultimate board? Everyone there has an extreme hatred towards Geno for some reason. You can't even mention his name without getting called out by people. It's really depressing seeing a character that's brought so much joy into my life be trashed by so many people.

Ironic. They consider him a character that's irrelevant when Gamefaqs itself is irrelevant

 

[Vector Victor]

Ironic. They consider him a character that's irrelevant when Gamefaqs itself is irrelevant

The real irony is how they are adamant that Geno is forgotten and irrelevant, and their hatred obsession for him by making countless threads about him ends up making him well-known to others and keeps him fresh in their minds.

They are ultimately the best advertising for Geno, and that ticks them off.

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

Do i have to answer all of them?

Of course not. It's not like someone is holding a gun to you *sound of gun cocking

 

[CannonStreak]

The real irony is how they are adamant that Geno is forgotten and irrelevant, and their hatred obsession for him by making countless threads about him ends up making him well-known to others and keeps him fresh in their minds.

They are ultimately the best advertising for Geno, and that ticks them off.

GameFAQs sucks. Why listen to those from a site that only mostly hates things for nothing? Plus, if that is what they are doing with Geno, they surely are idiots. No offense to anyone who happens to go there, of course.

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

To answer my very own questions:
1a. Battleblock Theater. Basically all the characters from SMRPG could be new heads for your prisoner and the stage creation could get overhauled with Mario Maker stuff.
1b. Path of Exile. Dungeon crawling needs more possessed puppet gun mages if you ask me.

2a. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle 2 which is a game I want regardless. Also, I miss Strikers as well that would probably be second or third. Mario Kart is up there too.
2b. I would like a MOBA style game in the vein of Heroes of the Storm in that it also has objectives and different maps and generally shorter games. Bring all the Mario characters together in that game and then expand to other prominent Nintendo franchises from there to become another big Nintendo crossover game. I'd love this with Pokemon more, but Mario actually has a ton of characters I love albeit most of them are generic enemies.

3a. Mallow or Fawful
3b. Captain Toad and Toadette Ice Climbers style duo fighter

 

[TheCJBrine]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

First:

1. I’m not sure; Minecraft, Banjo-Kazooie, Kirby or Zelda
2. Minecraft because I got an idea for a “Beware the Nether’s Mushrooms” in my head thanks to what they showed off today, as well as Geno, Steve, and Alex together fighting Piglins in the red forest; I’d like the other games I listed too, though

Second:

1. A new Mario & Luigi game or Paper Mario
2. Mushroom Kingdom Warriors

Third:

1. Mallow
2. Toad

 

[ivanlerma]

Of course not. It's not like someone is holding a gun to you *sound of gun cocking

h'eh don't worry, iv'e already got over my fears.

 

[YsDisciple]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

First:
Pt 1: Kirby (specifically the main story-line, post- Milky Way Wishes)
Pt 2: A Final Fantasy Tactics game (he would be a nice unique character-mage type)

Second:
Pt 1: Mario & Luigi hands down. That series's aesthetic fits really well with Geno.
Pt 2: Mushroom Kingdom Tactics. Yes, that's right; a Super Mario strategy game where you set up, and strengthen your units for each campaign, while recruiting new unique allies in order to stop Bowser's conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom, and neighboring lands.

Third:
Pt 1: Kamek (why is he still a stage prop? )
Pt 2: again, Kamek (really; Bowser Jr.'s waiting for his chocolate milk)

 

[ivanlerma]

Pt 2: Mushroom Kingdom Tactics. Yes, that's right; a Super Mario strategy game where you set up, and strengthen your units for each campaign, while recruiting new unique allies in order to stop Bowser's conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom, and neighboring lands.

Hmm? is this similar to Fire Emblem?

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

A lot of people often complain about the amount of representation that Mario gets in Smash, but look at all these different answers and it's no wonder. Mario has such an enjoyable cast of heroes, villains, civilians, and of course...dinosaurs. There are still so many characters from Mario that would be great additions to Smash.
Edit: also Mushroom Kingdom Tactics sounds quite amazing

 

[LipeCau]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

1.1 - I'm going to cheat this one and say the Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ app for Switch.
1.2 - Animal Crossing, as a doll decoration item.
2.1 - All your examples would be awesome, specially Rabbids, but I'd love Mario RPG 2.
2.2 - There aren't many types of games missing for Mario, maybe a shooter of some kind.
3.1 - Toad, as Mario Echo, except that his Down special would be replaced by Bowser's/Yoshi's. A Mario Maker representative complete with alts that are Toadette, Capt. Toad, Chief Toadette and blue, green, purple and yellow recolors.
3.2 - Waluigi, I guess.

 

[Zinith]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

1.1: Zelda. Link was in the game after all...
1.2: Any Square property I guess? I unno which one though...
2.1: Get him in Mario Kart first. That seems to be the entry point for characters being mainstays...
2.2: What HASN'T Mario been yet?
3.1: Does Yoshi reps count? Boshi
3.2: Poochy

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

1.1: Zelda. Link was in the game after all...
1.2: Any Square property I guess? I unno which one though...
2.1: Get him in Mario Kart first. That seems to be the entry point for characters being mainstays...
2.2: What HASN'T Mario been yet?
3.1: Does Yoshi reps count? Boshi
3.2: Poochy

Yoshi reps count as long as no one calls the Mario police. As for what Mario hasn't been yet it's actually a wider pool than I'm seeing in answers so far (although I'm certainly not a resident expert on the subject and maybe some of what I'm about to list has been done before) some of these others and myself have said: Hyrule warriors style, more dedicated shooter, more dedicated strategy/more dedicated rpg, MOBA, hack n slash, dungeon crawler, survival horror, Monster Hunter style, creature collector/breeder, MMO, who knows? Let your imaginations about. I won't judge...verbally at least. Feel free to correct me if some of these have been (canonically) covered by Mario to a reasonable extent.
Edit: btw I don't think Luigi's Mansion counts as survival horror lol

 

[Glitch-EGamer]

So here's a few fun questions to hopefully promote discussion and steer conversation back to Geno.

First:
Pt 1: you have the ability to have SMRPG crossover with any game that is not Smash; what game would you have SMRPG crossover with?
Pt 2: basically same thing as pt 1 except in this instance only Geno crosses over to another game; which game would you choose to have just Geno be a part of?

Second:
Pt 1: you have the ability to put Geno in any new Mario game (new Odyssey, Mario+ Rabbids Kingdom, Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, etc); which game would you chose to have Geno join?
Pt 2: you have the ability to create a brand new kind of Mario spin off game and of course Geno can be in it; what kind of new game style would you bring to the Mario universe?

Third:
Pt 1: you can add any Mario character except Geno to Smash; who do you add?
Pt 2: you can add any Mario character except a SMRPG character to Smash; who do you add?

1p1: Not in Smash? Oh, well, that'd be Owlboy. Owlboy has this sort of setting that I feel fits a game like SMRPG. Besides, Ovaltine 's Geno reminds me of Otus. They'd look great together.
1p2: I'd like to see Geno in Owlboy, as previously stated. However, an alternative would be something like Legend of Zelda. I like the though that Geno is sort of like Fi from Skyward Sword but with personality beyond the amount she has.
(Seriously though, I'd love to see Geno chatting with Fi and Otus in a little picture. I may have to do it myself, lol)

2p1: Mario and Luigi. Perhaps if they actually do those games justice again, Geno would be great. Imagine him doing team attacks with Mario and Luigi. It'd be so cool!
2p2: Super Mario: Mushroom Kingdom- an almost Metroidvania-style version of the 2.5D platformers to make me have an actual reason to play them. Geno would play kind of Samus would, I imagine.

3p1: That's going to have to be Mallow.
3p2: Fawful + Cackletta as a dual character, much like Banjo & Kazooie.


Also, little off topic, I drew a picture of Nightmare today! It's different than normal, as it's actually digital this time instead of pencil! Please let me know what you think!

 

[3DSNinja]

1a. Kirby.
1b. Kingdom Hearts, only because he would be an absolute badass. Plus it sounds cool
2a. Mario Strikers
2b. I would say a Metroidvania set in a haunted mansion ala Castlevania starting Luigi facing off against some Eldritch horror. Geno would be the Alucard equivalent, who you can switch to at any time and would have a different control scheme. Daisy would also be the third character, and they would all play differently. Luigi would use a sword along with his hammer, whereas Geno would be the primary ranges character with lots of projectiles, but low survivability, and Daisy would be a mage with a healing ability as well and she would be the best one at ranking hits, but would be the weakest attacker. It would also have lots of Sequence Breaks and unique upgrades.
Also when you best the game you unlock, "Mario", mode, which would play like a traditional Castlevania title with tough as nails platforming. Mario's party would be him, Peach, and Bowser.
Then once you best it with Mario you unlock Waluigi mode which would be the hardest campaign by far, with no character swaps or other characters and he would have weak weaponry. But once you beat it with him you unlock a Boss Rush, a randomizer, and New Game + on all campaings, which when you best those you would get the true ending.
That was long.
3a. Paper Mario, full stop.
3b. Oh, Waluigi for sure.

 

[Sour Supreme]

A little off topic, but Minecraft is getting an exciting Nether update

Thank god Mojang is still doing Minecon. It must be the ad revenue from all of the Cringe Compilations.

 

[Glitch-EGamer]

Thank god Mojang is still doing Minecon. It must be the ad revenue from all of the Cringe Compilations.

*click* This is going in my cringle compilation.

 

[Ze Diglett]

Also, little off topic, I drew a picture of Nightmare today! It's different than normal, as it's actually digital this time instead of pencil! Please let me know what you think!

Nice! Nightmare's actually one of my favorite Kirby villains (he practically coined the trend of world-threatening, eldritch Kirby bosses, for Pete's sake) and I'm stoked to see him get any recognition at all these days. Man gets such a raw deal for being the first non-Dedede final boss in the series; even his cousin, Parallel Nightmare (who serves basically the exact same purpose as vanilla Nightmare to the point that I question why they bothered making them separate characters) got cucked pretty hard in Super Kirby Clash⁠—anyone who's finished that game will know exactly what I'm talking about.

 

[Glitch-EGamer]

Nice! Nightmare's actually one of my favorite Kirby villains (he practically coined the trend of world-threatening, eldritch Kirby bosses, for Pete's sake) and I'm stoked to see him get any recognition at all these days. Man gets such a raw deal for being the first non-Dedede final boss in the series; even his cousin, Parallel Nightmare (who serves basically the exact same purpose as vanilla Nightmare to the point that I question why they bothered making them separate characters) got cucked pretty hard in Super Kirby Clash⁠—anyone who's finished that game will know exactly what I'm talking about.

I know! Atleast P!Nightmare has persistence... Nightmare and Drawcia don't get nearly as much fan service as the other villains...

or Necrodeus...

 

[I_DON'T_KNOW_YOU!]

I got DQ11 just now. Good news for Square, I had to get the display copy because the rest were sold

You got screwed. You could have gotten a brand new/sealed copy for $49.94 from Walmart, Amazon, or Best Buy (via price match).

 

[YsDisciple]

Hmm? is this similar to Fire Emblem?

I was thinking more along the lines of Tactics Ogre.

Spoiler: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together

 

[Sour Supreme]

I haven't played any Dragon Quest games since Sentinels of The Starry Skies for DS. 11 is looking quite nice, though. Maybe Hero planted the seed somewhere in my subconcious.

You got screwed. You could have gotten a brand new/sealed copy for $49.94 from Walmart, Amazon, or Best Buy (via price match).

I'm assuming he just means he got the copy that was in the display case. Which means he likely paid a fair price and circumvented Jeff Bezos' slimey paws.