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They might not find it worth it from a business perspective.
I'd love to see RPG characters in general to get a bigger presence in the spin off games! we have a lot of fun and unique characters to work with! all the paper mario partners, Fawful, etc.
PsychoIncarnate
was talking about working on some Geno fan art. I didn't look ahead to see if he finished it, but I hope we will find out next week!
I have no idea if I did, but I know I wasn't very good at drawing Geno back then.So, I decided to dig into the old Brawl Geno thread. Basically, I wanted to see what they were discussing leading up to the game. Yesterday(Monday, 7/9/18) was 151 days from release. So, I went to 151 days before Brawl's release to see what they were talking about.
From the week of Sept. 2 - Sept. 8, 2007, Geno fans were discussing Geno's competition from the Mario side of things. Namely, Bowser Jr. being a potential better option. However, some anti-Geno people even brought up Shy Guy, stating he was more relevant to the Mario series. Intersting...
Another thing that was discussed in a minor way was how to pronounce "Geno." Soft 'g' or hard 'g'. As in, "Jee-no" or "Ghee-no." Most everyone seemed to pronounce his name like "Jee-no."
Minor thing brought up that not many people commented on was Geno's height. Would he be shorter or taller than Mario? Thoughts? Personally, I think he would be slightly taller that Mario.
Also, people who had recently played through SMRPG were discussing how much Geno actually spoke. Most people think he is a silent character, but he actually speaks quite a bit. I would say Mallow probably speaks more than him, but other than that, he speaks a lot. And most of the time, it is meaningful plot points that he brings up.
And, lastly, our very own
I think I am going to try and do this every Monday. Mainly to see where they were in their thoughts of the character and to give us some other things to talk about in this thread. Like height, Geno's role in SMRPG, etc.
Oh well. I just figured it would be fun to take a look back and see what the old Geno fans were dealing with then. I guess I could look at the Sm4sh Thread as well.
I agree on looking back at these past threads. Good way to reinvigorate literal decade old discussions. As for what I think on the topics, Geno's competition is less on the Mario side and more on the Square side, but even that is not too major. I think everyone pronounces it like Jee-no, and they said it like that for the mii costume, so that is dead and buried. I think he is either the same size or larger than Mario. When it comes to his speaking role, he talked quite a bit, and quite a bit was needed exposition if I recall. Was the old thread trying to figure out whether he would speak in game or just be completely silent?
It was basically just a discussion on whether he spoke at all during the old game. Most people didn't realize that he spoke in SMRPG. And, those who did know, didn't realize how often he spoke in the game. It wasn't really a discussion on whether he should speak in Smash or not,
I don't think Geno would be kept secret though given his demand. He's likely one of the remaining newcomer reveals to keep the game's hype alive until it does come out. Most secret characters in Smash that aren't revealed prior to release in most cases are ones that are added last in the development cycle such as Wolf in Brawl or Bowser Jr. and Duck Hunt in the last game.
PsychoIncarnate
mentioned 3rd party characters never really got a CGI movie style reveal. Megaman did. However, Since Sakurai personally WANTS Geno in and knows that he knows he is in demand for it I see a delicious reveal on the horizon for Geno. I just dont know how it would all begin. Does Geno's doll appear out of nowhere? Do we see a starlike light coming down from the skies? oooooooo its exciting just thinking about it lol. I know Sakurai won't let us down. He gave Ridley a beautiful reveal trailer. such detail and loved it. every second. jejej
Thank God for that. It would be so cool if Geno gets announced soon. Once Geno gets announced the tension will be over and I feel like I could relax lol. I'm preordering the game and his amiibo asap. *sigh I hope he gets announced soon*
Will both have Smash related stuff?
My exact words were "The only 3rd party character that got a fully animated trailer was Mega Man. NONE of the others. "As
Maybe despite all of Capcom's... faults, they are surprisingly loose on what you can use Megaman for. I mean, they allowed him to be impaled in the Ridley trailer, and robot or not, it is surprising that a company would allow one of their biggest icons be impaled by another company's villain.
...And unfortunetly if I would have to guess which company is the exact opposite of that, it would probably be Square Enix.
Yes they are
It seems both Sonic and Cloud have been hit with "Similar skin syndrome" because of their parent company's. All of their skins are very close to each other, likely to keep the same iconic appearance. Nintendo and Sega may be on very friendly terms, but Sega has a titanium grip on their icon. I think Bayonetta is not as much a victim of this due to Nintendo saving her series from it's death, so Nintendo has a lot more control of how they can use her, at least I think.
LOL the thought of Geno and Bayonetta in a CGI trailer lol. That would be sooo wicked. jejejejej
That video is basically the gist of Geno evidence and I liked some of the extra evidence you can see on the board. It was kinda insightful as I have not really looked into those old Brawl polls.
He missed the part of 2 third parties per company concept
Okay that was actually a lot of fun and well put!
It definitely helps his chances that Sakurai's comments were made not long before Ultimate's roster was finalized in 2015. Geno may have had perfect timing in this case.
The holy trinity is reborn!
what has been the usual timeline for updates? to me it's felt like it's always been fairly late in the day but I don't check that often.
The holy trinity of Ridley, K.Rool, and Geno is the franchise wide speculation. The undisputed icons of Smash speculation and breaking perceived limits. Ridley for his constant presence in Smash and one of Nintendo's villainous icons while being held back by gameplay, K.Rool for his huge popularity as an underused series villain who fights against relevancy, and Geno as the pinnacle of cult classics and a representative of Mario RPG's who fights against legal barricades and the view of one off's. That is how I see them at least.
