Thats a opinion, not a fact my friend. By no means is Geno anywhere near the "rep" status of S/E.
So who do we get, a Final Fantasy or a Dragon Quest Character=??? NONE OF THEM, because there are so many "main characters" in those series. Kingdom Hearts is too Disney involved, and would be a mess in the Subspace Emissary. Put in a good old fashioned Mario character-Geno-with his magic, built in over a dozen guns, spirt powers, and super human strength.
Plus the rumors of a SMRPG sequel boost his chances I suppose...
QFT.
Corax! *salutes*
On what system? Wii or DS?
@Black Light, if Sakurai's journal entries say that Geno is a likely candidate to be a playable character on Brawl don't convince you than I don't know what will.
Sakurai said TWICE HE THINKS GENO WOULD BE A GOOD CHARACTER IN BRAWL! Guns+magic+super human strenght+spirits+dolls=win. No denying that.
. . .Im sorry, I don't want to sound rude but I have no idea what you are talking about.
Being highly wanted for brawl (in online forums) means that he is somehow a better rep for S/E than anyone else? He reps S/E (a huge 3rd party company) better than any other character because he was only in a Mario game with a small cameo in another Mario game?
Sorry, I don't get it.
Maybe you don't get this: Sakurai likes Geno. Old school gamers love Geno. Play SMRPG, and you will love Geno. If Geno wasn't Square-Enix owned he'd be in every Mario RPG to date. Hell, Paper Mario was originally going to be called "Super Mario RPG 2" because it was a follow up to SMRPG, but Square Enix didn't want Nintendo to take their copyright title. In other words-Geno could have been in every Mario RPG to date if he was owned by Nintendo.
I never noticed this thrwead until now. The OP has the worst
logic I've ever seen for characters.
LOL. I though the same thing!

This thread is a collection of failed posts getting pwned by awsome members.
Riddle me this Mach. If Geno (which he is by the way) is important to the Mario franchise, then why....why has it taken so so soooo very long for him to get into some sort of gaming title other than SMRPG and some other game I haven't even heard of? Man, I feel like pimp slapping the whole lot of SE jerks and Nintendo lazya$$es for not getting this paperwork/ business legal rights stuff done and out of the way!!
*cough*Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*cough*. Let's speak hypothetically. If Mega Man is in Brawl (nothing outside of Nintendo, Sakurai, the final game, or the dojo confirms or deconfirms anything), then there could be another 3rd party character. If Mega Man isn't in the game, then it is obvious THERE WILL BE NO THIRD PARTY CHARACTERS PAST THE TWO CONFIRMED IN BRAWL! Yes, if Sakurai is too lazy to get the biggest gaming icon not in Brawl already, why the hell would he go for a character who's popularity is none next to the blue bomber=??? On the same hand, if Mega Man is confirmed, Geno is the next logical "wtf" step. If one is in Brawl, I have a feeling the other will. I almost see it as two sides of the same coin.
You're missing the point. This game is (or was) suppose to be a NINTENDO character only game.
Sakurai broke that rule already twice adding Sonic and Snake. But at least both those characters shared a history with Nintendo. What has Cloud or Sora done for Nintendo? What interesting history have they shared with Nintendo? None. The only thing that could be said for both is that they were in a GBA game. And that is not enough. I'm sorry to say that this isn't my opinion, this is fact.
You honestly don't think the game will sell enough with Sonic and Snake in already? This isn't an advertisement game. It's true that adding a character like Sora or Cloud will probably double, even triple, SSBB's sales. But I say once again, this is a Nintendo character only game and most of us seem to be forgetting that.
Being that Geno was created by SE for the sole purpose of being in Mario game, he is, realisticly, the only SE character capable of being in Smash at this point. I'm sorry to say, that is a fact. I don't know what you have against Geno. IMO he would do a good job of representing SE and imo, one of the best SE characters out there along with Chrono, Sora and Cloud.
That's all I have to say about that.
We can make Cloud (main character of one game in a 13 game series), Crono (who only appeared in ONE GAME in the Chrono Series), Sora (stars only 3 of the 5 Kingdom Hearts games) assist trophies. Simply put-the Final Fantasy series has too many big name big main characters. Kingdom Hearts is becoming the same-with Roxas starring the next game, three unknowns starring the other upcoming game, and Sora starring the 3 that are already out. Dragon Quest is the same. The Chrono series is the same.
TOO MANY MAIN CHARACTERS! With SMRPG, there was one main character-and that was Geno. Any othe Square-Enix choice will spark a HUGGGGGEEEE debate.
Look. What I'm trying to say is Geno is popular, but it's not logical popularity. He's a god**** wood-man with a spherical head, with a torn blue cape and a hat with a butterfly's nose on it. I don't see how anyone can possibly want to play as him. And there's no chance of him being redesigned to look cool. They can improve his graphics for sure, but make him look purely realistic? We all know the answer.
You are a failure, and the pure hatred is uncalled for. HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED F***ING SUPER MARIO RPG=??? Everyone who plays it loves it. Geno is a magic spirit who posses a doll. He has super human strength, masterful magic power, TONS of guns built into his body (like super machine guns), and he could have like 5 diffrent movesets. He's the perfect Mario character addition to Brawl-along with Bowser Jr. (we can have both).
They can make anyone look realistic. GENO IS cool, but you are a troll, a failure, and a moron. ANYONE CAN FIT IN, THIS IS F***ING SMASH BROS! Let's RECAP ON THE SMASH BROS. ROSTER!
We got a red overall wearing plumber who can spin around, a green overall wearing plumber who can turn himself into a human missle, a gown wearing doctor with a fake PH.D and a stetoscope, a princess with a overpowered spinning move who throws turnips, a turtle-like king with spikes who shoot flames out of his mouth and is over 50 feet tall (in SMS). We got a ape who likes to beat up plumbers, a chimp with a guitar, two guns, and a jetpack. We got a green dinosaur who throws eggs (and is a male), and carries people on his back. We got a bounty hunter racer with a crazy knee (all a bagillion of them), a powerful fist and foot, and is actually Chuck Norris in disguise.
We got a 8 1/2 foot tall man with a sword who captures princesses and kills stuff with his fist and down kick. We got a 12-year old boy in a man skirt showing off his legs, a man in a tunic who brings farries with him, a princess with magic powers and abilities, who can turn into her alter-ego, a he/she/it/that/thing/what/potato/tomato/transvestite/alien/cow brain. We got a bounty hunter who weighs 120 pounds and wears 1,000 pounds of armor, and can fight in just a layer of clothing (hello!). We got 6 inch puffball that steals people's powers, a knight with wings who swings his sword at mach speed, and a giant puffball with a hammer who crushes foes with his army and his swallow abilities.
We got a psychic boy with a hat, bat, slingshot, and yo-yo. We have another psychic boy with a Elvis haristyle, stick, and a snake condom thingy. We got a pair of eskimos who fight together by using ice powers. We got a space bird who talks and has futurist weapons and special powers, and a space fox who talks with special powers and futurist weapons. We have a small wanna be baby yellow rat that is suicidal, a yellow rat that wears hats and has electric powers, a puffball who sings and kills things by sleeping, a wimp who hides behind a small fragile turtle, mutated plant, and fire breathing and flying dinosaur dragon thingy. and the strongest genetic clone ever, that in reality SUCKS!
We got a 2D stick figure who fights with buckets, food, random hammers, and other odd random crap, a blue-haired one hand sword wielding tiarra wearing man, a two-hand sword wielding blue harid overpowered guy who in reality SUCKS, and a red-haired swords men who wields a one-hand sword, wears a headband, and well...stabs stuff! We got a angel with a bow and a two-handed odd unique sword, a gut who farts and uses farts to fly, and transforms into a Nazi, a mercenary who kills stuff and makes Chuck Norris look like Micheal Jackson (and he's got back!

), and a blue hedgehog who runs fast and runs over everybody.
Welcome everybody and weclome all-THIS IS SUPER SMASH BROTHERSSSSSSS!!! *kicks random Geno-Hater into a pit*
Tell me how Pichu, Ness, Captain Falcon (yes, even that), Mr. Game and Watch, the Ice Climbers, Young Link, Shiek, Zelda, Peach, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and a scared Pokémon Trainer sound tough and smash worthy before they arrived in smash=??? Nuff' said, AND I WIN! Seriously, play the game, and then talk. You fail, and you are a troll by all extremes. It's one thing not to like a character, but honestly, KNOW WHAT YOU ARE INSULTING! Play Super Mario RPG half way through or something, and then you can talk.
Also, Smash Bros. is what you want to make of it. Smash has a random collection of characters in it's roster from many diverse games, series, and genres. Smash has no absolute genre. It is a fighting game. It is a strategy game (mindgames). It is a action game. It is a adventure game. It is a shooter. It is a sword fighting game. It is a flying simulator. It is a speed-based game. It is a party game. It is a sports game (scoring stye=lives and KOs). It is a stealth game (crawling; Snake). It is a RPG (Pokémon). It is a action-RPG. Hell, it's a MMORPG as far as I care.
*ends long post* Thank you the ability to copy and past!
So Geno in Braw fits. Hell, even random characters like Kraid could fit. Never say a character couldn't fit in smash-because Sakurai IS BEGGING TO PROVE YOU WRONG!
Sakurai did so with Ness (a virtually unknown character), Captain Falcon (no one knew him, and all you see of him in F-Zero on the SNES is his F-Zero racer), Fox (never leaves his Arwing and Tank), Falco (same), the Ice Climbers, Mr. Game and Watch, Dr. Mario, Roy (his game wasn't even out yet), Marth (no one outside of Japan knew who he was), Jigglypuff (all it does is slaps and sings in the games), the Pokémon Trainer (he hides behind his Pokémon like a wimp=win), and Solid Snake (c'mon, he stabs and kills his enemies; before his announcement, thinking of him in Brawl was dumb, and "he wouldn't fit" was the blatent excuse-and was OWNED!).
So therefore I win, by account of my awsomeness.

Better luck trolling next time!

And Geno rocks, and will most likely be in Brawl (if Mega Man is in).
Mega Man + Wind Waker Young Link + Geno = my life is complete. Brawl would then become the perfect fighting game in my opionion. Mega Man and Geno are the two most logical third party character choices out there. Sure Rayman (B class 3rd party character with no real for Brawl movement), Bomberman (his series DOESN'T SELL), Simon Belmont (there is no main character in Castlevania), Pac-man (is dead), and others *could* be intresting, but these two are the most likely.
Mega Man for more nastalia to add to Snake and Sonic. We'd have the three most reconizable, well-known, and popular third party characters in existence in one video game with tons of Nintendo All-Stars. Geno for the plot twist of the Mario series, and for all those "wtf" reactions. And because it seems Sakurai likes him.
Question 1: Why else would Sakurai mention he likes the idea of Geno in Brawl twice=more then any othe character.
Question 2: Why would Sakurai say "1-2 more 3rd party charactesr (after Snake), maybe?"=???
Anwser 1: Sakurai likes Geno and SMRPG. If he wants to add Geno, he can add Geno. Square-Enix has good relations.
Answer 2: The one was Sonic, indefinitely. The other was undoubtfully Mega Man. He read the Geno 4 votes results AFTER saying this comment. Mega Man is either in Brawl or not, obvously. Sakurai could have gone and gotten Mega Man in, but he could have not, thus disappointing most smash fans. However, that whole comment thing by Mega Man's "Father" means nothing. When you have more (believable) Mega Man rumors and more numerous then Sonic did, you know he's a shoe-in. Plus, I can mark one instance that totally counters that statement Mega Man's father made.
Anyways, I'm on a tangent. Anyways, Mega Man and Geno are
DEFINITELY the two most likely third party characters to be playable in Brawl in my opinion. Only two or three other choices seem better then Geno, but no one after Mega Man is really THAT big. So a cult classic popular 3rd party Mario character is the next best option IMO!

But hey...you never do know!

But there is no need for all this Geno hate, when you don't even know the character from their original game(s)=ignorance! >_<