I said it in the geno boards but I think it needs repeating, I never really felt any geno leaks were truly real, based on verge’s comments about how harsh and swift the punishment would be for the square employee who leaked him. No one would truly risk their job with that. If the leak was actually real, we’d have known by now, square and Nintendo would be doing some very quick damage control.
This doesn’t hurt geno’s chances though, he’s got way to much going for him this time. Another reason I don’t see brought up too much, is also because virtually everyone already expects him in, including big name game sites like game xplain. This helps because even if he doesn’t make base, he’ll most certainly make dlc, nintendo has noticed, don’t think for a minute they don’t pay attention to what fans online say. I guarantee there’s been guests here that are possible Nintendo employees seeing what things even hardcore smash players are discussing.
Ign, gamefaqs, srk, Smashboards, Nintendo does pop in to see what kinds of things are being discussed. Geno like Ridley and k.rool, has been speculated on and hoped for, for years. Trust me, nintendo has noticed.