# Geno Geno is a star spirit character from the 1996 Super Nintendo game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars who became the face of one of the longest-running fan campaigns to add a third-party fighter to Super Smash Bros. His inclusion push spans nearly two decades of Newgrounds animations, roster polls, mock reveals, and Mii Fighter costume workarounds. ## Overview Geno is a fictional character from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, released in 1996 for the Super Nintendo by Square (later Square Enix)[1]. In the game he is a star spirit sent from Star Road who possesses an otherwise lifeless wooden doll to help Mario defeat the villain Smithy[1]. His true name is a set of unpronounceable symbols (♥♪!?), so he adopts the doll's name for the rest of the story[1]. Outside the game, Geno is best known as the face of one of the longest-running fan campaigns for a third-party Super Smash Bros. addition[2]. The character is also linked to "Rawest Forest," a 2004 fan remix of Super Mario RPG's Forest Maze theme with added lyrics[3]. Players still describe the in-game version as an "overpowered" party member because of his high attack stat[4]. ## How It Spread Fan lobbying for Geno as a Super Smash Bros. fighter picked up during Super Smash Bros. Brawl's development in 2007 and 2008, and in late 2007 Newgrounds animator Araskin500 released a Flash short called "Smash Kingdom" featuring Geno as a Smash candidate, followed by sequels[3]. Director Masahiro Sakurai later confirmed in an interview that the character had actually been considered for Brawl before the licensing situation with Square blocked it[2]. The campaign got a partial payoff when Cloud Strife joined Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as downloadable content, and Nintendo shipped a Geno costume for Mii Fighters in the same update as a nod to campaigners[2]. In Source Gaming's 2018 Mega Smash Poll of more than 2,000 respondents about wanted Ultimate newcomers, Geno placed among the top requested third-party picks[2]. WatchMojo ranked him at #2 in its September 2018 video counting down the most fan-wanted Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Geno? Geno is a character from Super Mario RPG (1996) who is a star spirit inhabiting a wooden doll to help Mario defeat Smithy[1]. ### Where did Geno come from? He first appeared in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars on the Super Nintendo in 1996, developed by Square[1]. ### What does Geno mean? "Geno" is the doll's name, which the star spirit adopts because his real name (♥♪!?) is written as unpronounceable symbols[1]. ### How do you use Geno? Fans mostly use Geno as the mascot of a long-running Super Smash Bros. inclusion campaign, with high placement in fan polls asking about Ultimate newcomers[2]. ### Is Geno still popular? In 2018 Geno placed among the top requested third-party newcomers in Source Gaming's Mega Smash Poll of over 2,000 Smash fans[2]. ## References 1. [https://www.mariowiki.com/Geno]() 2. [https://sourcegaming.info/2018/06/10/mega-smash-poll-switch-results/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/geno]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Geno]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/geno Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library