Yeah. I can understand that people like him, I mean, he has finger guns, arm guns, turns into a cannon gun thing, hes pretty damn cool. But I feel bad for them, because despite Geno's popularity (which would normally ensure at least an assist trophy or sticker) he is doomed to never being able to enter the game because We Can't Have Nice Things-Enix. It's worse than what Ridley had to face, because Ridley had an actual chance to get in. Geno, being mercilessly locked away in Squeenix's torture dungeon vault, will never see the light of day again.
But I'm tangentiating. It's weird that there was such a strong rivalry, I wonder how that hatred came into existence, and why.