: that geno talk was long. as someone born in 1995, had no idea what geno even looked like until speculation for smash 4 started.
there are a few things to conaider with him
1. dont use the mii costumes as solid evidence of his chnaces here is a list o fcharatcers that got mii costumes BEFORE geno: megaman x, proto man, zero, issabelle, inkling,jacky, akira, heihachi, black knight, king k, lloyd irving, viridi, toad, rathalos. geno was wave 5. that means he was not a priority he was down the list.
2. the interview i keep seeing used about sakurai contains a qualifying statement: "when talking about older characters..." This could be nothing or it could actually have a real impact on chances depends on sakurais approach to using older characters. And dont tell me about patterns sakurai doesnt care about patterns only who he wants.
3. consider square. Uness im gravely mistaken geno inclusion would require square to allow. I'm not sure geno would be the charatcer square would want ot push when there are SEVERAL more relevant characters that they'd rather push.dont not counter me be saying you hate advertisement in smash in the form of characters roy is still a fan favorite and his use was blatantly worse than any other characters use as advertisement in series history.
4. the other elephant in the room with geno is if he isnt in the base roster i doubt he'd be DLC. the DLC for ultimate will be about shock value:ryu, bayonetta, and cloud level of shock. it will be when smash steals the internet for a week. dont see how geno fits that kind of qualification.
5. "cult following"- the
admiration that is
felt by a particular group. ok look when you say something has cult following it implies smaller following. The room has a cult following. movie was seen as awful. thats not to say Geno is awful but these groups tend to see themselves as larger than they actually are just the nature of human psychology. But it does say something to me that this character wasn't used in any way by nintendo for years. i mess with my friends that are king k supporters and ask where he was when tropical freeze got released twice or why his restriction was to a mario baseball game. Geno was not only not present he wasn't referenced. no throwaway lines in Odessey, sunshine, galaxy, 3d world, a sports game, a party game, mario kart, ect. To me that's not a good look to his popularity.
at this point the only characters i'm actively rooting for are viridi, ashley, sephiroth, shantae, and chun-li. im not against anyone except possibly waluigi (i'd need to think about it). but if you want geno go for it but dont overestimate his chances. I think some of the people that were arguing agianst his inclusion weren't saying he's disrespectful rather they were saying it would be solely on fan appeal and they aren't sure that's right especially if he jumps ahead of certain other characters who posess the relevance AND the fanbase.
