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I'm not sure which sounds more disheartening: Sakurai trying and failing to get him, or Sakurai not caring as much about Geno as we thought and having no intention of giving him a spot to begin with.
Or he could have just lost interest in adding geno
The worst of both worlds then.
I am pretty sure it has something to do with square, just remember Sakurai made a whole special announcement just for the Geno mii costume reveal during sm4sh let’s not forget he did listen to fans and did indeed add the big three
and this shows that Geno was still on the table.
This is what makes me so upset about him not being in. It really feels like the possibility was very much their. If square was as chill as Microsoft is with their ips and could let a character like geno be playable while also having in a bigger character like cloud or hero then that would have been the best outcome for everybody I think. Geno fans get what they want while square can still be happy with their big ips being in the game. But as of right now geno fans did not get what they want, only square (and anybody who wanted these characters). It's just a so close yet so far situation.
I won't know specifics but this makes sense as it won't require much updating. It isn't like Ultimate will be getting many additional updates in the long haul.
I honestly don't think he has been seriously considered for a while. We know Sakurai wanted him in Brawl, but I don't think it was because he was seriously all that attached to Geno himself as much of liking to use weird and obscure characters with cool moveset potential. Geno really only has his fanbase going for him in terms of importance; He was a secondary character used mainly for exposition in a 25 year old game. He also has to compete with the single most competetive cast for a release. Not counting Wario and Donkey Kong Characters, he has to compete with Kamek, Toad, Waluigi, E Gadd, King Boo, the Paper Mario Cast, and tons of other characters his only advantage is his fanbase. He also has to compete with Squares line up of possible character, quite possibly the single strongest line up of RPG characters in gaming. All 4 of the SE characters chosen are big names, and I wouldn't be surprised if Terra or a DQ Character is also considered before him in the future. Sakurai's priorities very well may have shifted, after all the only fighters from the Forbidden 7 to even get added to smash are the ones from melee, not any of the new ideas. Dixie Kong, Plusle and Minun, and Tetra/Toon Zelda were all ideas that got even further then Geno but have yet to reemerge.
I don't, not because I wouldn't get it in a heartbeat, but because I have a patched Switch.
I don't play Smash anymore. The main reason I was following the game in first place was to see if Geno got in. That's it. Smash just so happens to be the one of the few games that Geno has, or at least had, a good chance to finally reappear in.
