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

[AugustusB]

The video has been retired?

Nah it's still up. Judging by the other videos, not a lot of people watch Gamestop videos.

 

[vivala]

Has anyone made a Geno pog emote btw? I feel like that would be fitting right about now

 

[Will]

The video has been retired?

Video is still up lol

What do you mean by that?

If video is down that equates to a dead lock confirm or something like that.

 

[JarBear]

If this is a real “accidental leak” I’ll be laughing during the reveal.

 

[EarlTamm]

Nah it's still up. Judging by the other videos, not a lot of people watch Gamestop videos.

Yeah, it's not even above a thousand views right now. That's probably gonna change very soon though.

 

[Malo Mart]

Current thread mood:

 

[Let Geno Smash]

Guys there are 200 people watching ths

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

This is all very interesting. That wording is beyond terrible, so it's really hard to say either way. Was Geno's spirit even specifically shown off for Ultimate? I don't recall that happening so I don't see how she could be referring to the spirit at all. Regardless I really don't think there was a positive reception to the spirit. There may have been a positive reception to the Sm4sh Mii costume but I was not around for speculation then. It would be very strange to refer to positive receptions to something that hasn't happened but it could be hinting costume or playable Geno for Smash. I'm not going to lie when I first heard about this even I thought this was it, this could really be the straw of evidence that broke the camel's back now after thinking about it for 5 minutes I think it's just stupid wording and means nothing. Still...fun to think about and Geno's chances are great.

 

[CannonStreak]

Video is still up lol


If video is down that equates to a dead lock confirm or something like that.

I knew that. I was just wondering if the video was really retired, which does not seem to be the case.

 

[Deleted member]

Retrogamermax sorry about your uncle my best to you and your family please stay strong.

Hope everything’s okay on your end too Sigran101 all the best whatever you are dealing with.

Far as this is concerned This women Pamela Horton alluded to Geno being in Smash? but it could just be the spirit or something.

Don’t know if it’s anything but man exciting news regardless.

 

[AceAttorney9000]

If it was just a poor choice of words on their part, they're likely referring to the Smash 4 Mii costume... but then that begs the question: Why didn't they show footage of the Mii costume itself? They instead showed footage of Geno's Spirit in Ultimate, which doesn't make sense with the wording because, as far as I know, there was barely any reaction to the Spirit, unlike the Mii costume that essentially reinvigorated the Geno fanbase anew.

Current thread mood:

Geno's making his mad dash for Fighters Pass 2... just like Banjo did for Fighters Pass 1.

 

[Shaboba]

Current thread mood:

I think this should be the unofficial theme song for the Geno thread for the past several months and roughly for the next week or so

 

[Will]

If this is a real “accidental leak” I’ll be laughing during the reveal.

But that begs the question. Why did she use it in the past tense? The only plausible thing I can see from this is that, if true, this was recorded pre-E3 cancellation when they somehow knew about Geno, and then put on the backburner until recently.

 

[Franco Geno]

I thought we were over the "Mii Costume could be coming back" bulls***, it's not gonna happen he's either getting upgraded to playable or staying as a spirit

 

[CannonStreak]

So, when the person in that video said "Everyone freaked out when Geno was announced for Smash", maybe she meant that she saw it and there were others who saw it as well before the Covid-19 thing? Could be wrong.

 

[Malo Mart]

I think this should be the unofficial theme song for the Geno thread for the past several months and roughly for the next week or so

You're not wrong. The flood gates of Geno hype have been burst wide open long ago.

 

[JarBear]

It’s so weird, the explanation I have for not showing the revealed fighter is why would Nintendo give them that segment at all if it’s going to be revealed? They kinda would have to use old footage.

 

[PatPrime]

Hey guys what'd I mi-
Oh...

Huh, well I'm not gonna go crazy or cling on to what showed up but man this is sure going to raise spirits (heh) at a time that is VERY needed.

 

[Spatulo]

But that begs the question. Why did she use it in the past tense? The only plausible thing I can see from this is that, if true, this was recorded pre-E3 cancellation when they somehow knew about Geno, and then put on the backburner until recently.

PRECISELY, my dear boy. Her choice of words imply that the video was intended to come out AFTER a Geno reveal, presumably E3 or something of the like. Which begs the question, where is it?

 

[MrJudd]

I think we will hit 3000 pages at this point: the closer and closer we get to this event, the more we talk about what's happ-
[looks at GameStop video]
Okay, I must be seeing things...
[Looks at all of the Youtube comment section mentioning the exact same thing]
Well, at least I'm not the only one... It's time!

Honestly, this reminds me that I need to work back again on my post about how it's time to bring back Mario RPG. Hopefully I finish it before Geno / another Mario RPG is revealed in the 20th.

PS: Hope you're doing well, Sigran101 ! Best wishes!

 

[Plank08]

GENOS GONNA BE A SMASHER

 

[TTF]

So I just heard some bad news. My parents were out shopping earlier and they got a call from my aunt that my uncle just died. Covid took him. I wish this damn virus would disappear.

I'm so sorry. Condolences, love, thoughts and prayers to you, your family and loved ones.

 

[Will]

PRECISELY, my dear boy. Her choice of words imply that the video was intended to come out AFTER a Geno reveal, presumably E3 or something of the like. Which begs the question, where is it?

*Doctor Who opening theme*​

 

[Andwooooo]

Video is still up lol


If video is down that equates to a dead lock confirm or something like that.

Hence why it's silly to think they'd take it down.

The video has >1000 views right now and it's two days old, which is *really* sad for a YouTube channel with almost 100k subscribers, but I digress. They could easily unlist the video instead since so few people have seen it. Streisand effect won't bother it too much unless I get off my butt and make my own video on it.

*If* they decide to take action, it should be *after* the official reveal (if there is to be an actual reveal and we're not just circlejerking around a fake leak) so they don't draw any attention to their whoopsie-doodle.

 

[waterhasataste]

If it was just a poor choice of words on their part, they're likely referring to the Smash 4 Mii costume... but then that begs the question: Why didn't they show footage of the Mii costume itself? They instead showed footage of Geno's Spirit in Ultimate, which doesn't make sense with the wording because, as far as I know, there was barely any reaction to the Spirit, unlike the Mii costume that essentially reinvigorated the Geno fanbase anew.

Geno's making his mad dash for Fighters Pass 2... just like Banjo did for Fighters Pass 1.

It could've been the person who edited the video. I don't know how things work so this is all speculation. But maybe the editor they had for this specific video isn't well versed in Smash and used the Spirit battle footage, thinking that's what she was referring too

 

[Will]

It could've been the person who edited the video. I don't know how things work so this is all speculation. But maybe the editor they had for this specific video isn't well versed in Smash and used the Spirit battle footage, thinking that's what she was referring too

Do we even know when this was recorded? Sounds weird to record something and then not use it for months but hey, I'm not GameStop's official YouTube channel so I don't know jack ****.

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

So, when the person in that video said "Everyone freaked out when Geno was announced for Smash", maybe she meant that she saw it and there were others who saw it as well before the Covid-19 thing? Could be wrong.

I suppose this is plausible. I'm not at all familiar with how these kinds of things work. How many people would be shown this and I'm what kind of setting? Especially now during the pandemic I can't imagine they'd really be able to see people's reactions because they wouldn't be able to be around that many other people though I guess it could have been virtually. Still seems odd but this is a good talking point worth considering.

 

[Andwooooo]

Pam Horton is an industry insider--she would've gotten the details to this reveal a few weeks before it was officially revealed. And she would know better than to say "when Geno was revealed for Smash" instead of "when the Geno Mii Costume was revealed for Smash". The former is just *too* confusing for the general audience. That just opens her and GameStop up to way too many questions. No, I fully believe she was talking about Geno as a fighter.

 

[Malo Mart]

New PapaGenos video! Poor guy couldn't even make a video on the flimsy Ryza leak without it being overshadowed by the next big thing in speculation.

 

[vivala]

Do we even know when this was recorded? Sounds weird to record something and then not use it for months but hey, I'm not GameStop's official YouTube channel so I don't know jack ****.

Tiffany Treadmore, who's leaked dates in the past, was expecting something on the 6th and 14th of this month iirc, so maybe the direct was supposed to be then and then got delayed to the 20th? Or it's nothing lol

 

[waterhasataste]

Do we even know when this was recorded? Sounds weird to record something and then not use it for months but hey, I'm not GameStop's official YouTube channel so I don't know jack ****.

It probably was recorded recently if I had to guess. Like you said, I don't think they'd have something recorded that far in advance

 

[TTF]

So guys, don't get too excited because this could easily just be a case of GameStop using a poor choice of words and really bad research on their part. I know the phrase is old at this point but: "Take it with a grain of salt" ... BUT GameStop may have made an oopsie

In one of their game overviews (Those videos they usually play in-store on those little TVs) for Origami King. They spoke about Mario RPG and how it led to Paper Mario as a series... and she says those magic words: "Everyone freaked out when Geno was announced for Smash!"

Since Covid messed everything up, its entirely possible that Geno was supposed to have been revealed by now and these being recorded in advanced with information that was supposed to go out at a certain time and yeah you see where I'm going

But again, the more likely explanation is that they just took the spirit inclusion to mean something more than it was and they just flubbed their research and used poor wording

Still.. it sure is something when even GameStop is talking about our boi

 

[Andwooooo]

It probably was recorded recently if I had to guess. I don't think they'd have something recorded that far in advance

It was *absolutely* recorded pretty recently. They were using this video to promote Paper Mario; they wouldn't have gotten a preview built that far in advance. I'm betting we were supposed to get the Direct either on the 7th or 14th, where Geno was to be unvailed.

 

[Will]

Tiffany Treadmore, who's leaked dates in the past, was expecting something on the 6th and 14th of this month iirc, so maybe the direct was supposed to be then and then got delayed to the 20th? Or it's nothing lol

It probably was recorded recently if I had to guess. Like you said, I don't think they'd have something recorded that far in advance

That's why the past tense wording is so significant in all of this, I'm just putting it up to poor wording IMO. It could still be Geno next despite all this, but it'd be one hell of a coincidence.

 

[SpiritOfRuin]

Man now people are making really good points in favor of it being real and I don't know what to believe anymore lol. And I need to sleep people stop making things so crazy exciting here!

 

[Let Geno Smash]

I will sleep, maybe when i awake tomorrow we will hace 183892739282828382 pages

 

[TheShiningAbsol]

I thought we were over the "Mii Costume could be coming back" bulls***, it's not gonna happen he's either getting upgraded to playable or staying as a spirit

i know it's different but i couldn't resist

 

[Andwooooo]

So sad for GameStop that they (potentially) slipped out a MAJOR leak and they couldn't even get 2 dollars in ad revenue from the video because barely anyone watched their video...

 

[Franauts]

What happened? I've been playing some DKC for a couple of hours and now suddenly there is something with Gamestop?

 

[Fenriraga]

GUYS WHAT IS GOING OOOOOONNNN

THERE IS NO WAY... RIGHT?

OH MY GOD IS IT THE 20TH YET WE REALLY NEED THAT DIRECT