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Because all the mainstays of the franchise are here. Why would they care who else they could put in after a low-level mook of a plant that is so common that practically nobody has ever subconsciously thought of their existence?
Yeah, cuz Richter and King K. Rool were definitely a household name.
I never said Nintendo doesn't pick promotional picks. They do. What I'm saying is that they've also picked characters that aren't. If you can argue Nintendo will do a promotional pick again because they've done it in the past, then the flip side is that I can also argue that Nintendo can also pick characters that don't necessarily boost them in a huge way. I'm saying that the idea of Nintendo doing another promotional pick isn't enough to put Geno out of the running at all because they've also done non promotional picks. Hopefully that clarifies what I meant
Key word being specifically. Meaning that they do cater the general audience, just not with every single pick. If Nintendo was concerned about whether or not every character was recognizable to the general public, then why go for Banjo over Steve? Why choose Terry? And Joker? Those are not picks that I would describe as "general audience picks". And as long as that's the case, then there isn't exactly any major roadblocks for Geno getting in
It's practically not worth even looking at anything tomorrow. If it drops before midnight that's one thing, but dropping on 4/1, it's like, why bother.
KING BOO CONFIRMED
I know Spirit events are for tie in promotional purposes primarily, but I would love to get spirit events for old first party games whose spirits aren't in yet out of nowhere. Like Nintendo just out of the blue announces a spirit event for Metroid Prime Hunters or something.
Alternatively, Waluigi... just to further the poor guy's underdog status, while simultaneously throwing him a bone and making him playable.
I can't express in words how excited I was when I heard about the 3d Mario "Allstars" coming to the switch. At first I was super skeptical but the fact that Venturebeat came out and confirmed it makes me really think this is real.
I assume you're saying that Geno isn't a main character, which is incorrect. There is a distinct difference between main character(s) and protagonists. Geno has a primary focus in the game alongside Mallow, Peach, and Bowser and is integral to the events, therefore he is a main character. Mario is the protagonist, who is the driving force of the plot. Hell, with context of his backstory, mission and ending you could even go as far as to say Geno could be a protagonist.
I know that all along. I’m not trying to say Geno isn’t a main character. All I meant was that Mario is obviously the biggest face of the game. And technically, Geno is not actually a protagonist but more of a dueteragonist.
Alright you had me here.
But you lost me here. Whether he was known by everyone or not, he was absolutely one of the biggest names in Smash for nearly a decade, second only to Rid.
Huh, figures. As I said, not a very good troll. 3/10
Not overly shocked, whole thing seemed kinda fishy to me to begin with. Never payed too much attention to this one because meh, but having things like revealing Nintendo's entire E3 2020 lineup in Flipnote always felt suspicious. Oh well, time to go back to screeching at each other in the dark.
Lol. I fell right into that one.
- Paper Mario 3 rumors; SMRPG was the spiritual predecessor of Paper Mario. Geno could low-key be used to advertise for the game.
Can I ask why we're calling this supposed Paper Mario Switch game 'Paper Mario 3'? Isn't it, like.. six, at this point? If it's a case of something like disowning the later titles, I'd think Super should still count, since it has the same character art style (for the characters from Mario's universe, anyway) and the same sort of tone and storytelling as the first two. The first three work well as a trilogy, thematically, too - with an increasing threat level every game (Kingdom, Planet, Universe+)
Gotta admit, first time in awhile I've actually gotten baited by something like this. Now that I really think about it the idea of a new Mystery Dungeon being announced 3 months after the remake released was a dead giveaway for this being fake but whatever. Atleast I can be content with the fact that Source Gaming, Sabi, and even Gamexplain all got Bamboozled to an extent.
Thanks so much, Polarthief!
They're very related. Paper Mario for N64 was originally going to be SMRPG2. And even besides that SMRPG was the start of the Mario RPG series of titles that continued with Paper Mario and later Mario & Luigi which did have a Geno cameo. So obviously Nintendo sees them all as related to a certain degree.
Huh.... I.... I did not expect that
They don't have to say they "never happened". I don't understand the mentality that because sticker star and color splash were the most recent entries therefore everything has to stick to the same trajectory. Considering the reception to those games outside of Japan I think it's perfectly reasonable for them to have gone back to the drawing board to try and do something more like the first two Paper Mario games. The difference between Vivian and Geno is that lots of people want Geno in Smash including Sakurai himself. As a sidenote: I keep seeing people on Twitter bringing up Vivian as a character that would "make more sense" than Geno in Smash and like... Really? They've both only had one appearance (not counting Geno's M&L cameo) and yet Geno has way more fan demand to get into Smash than Vivian. I just don't really see it. They could use Paper Mario but tbh having a new PM game alongside Geno in Smash would be a celebration of two different iterations of Mario RPGs and Mario in general rather than just a promotion for the new PM game.
If the Mario remasters stuff is fake..........oh boy.
