Super Smash Bros.has long been regarded as a celebration of video games. And although previous entries in the series had focused on Nintendo characters, making the series feel more like a celebration of Nintendo,Super Smash Bros. Brawlchanged that forever with theintroduction of third party characters.
With a whopping 77 character roster,Super Smash Bros. Ultimatehas been the entry to make many fans' dreams come true for both Nintendo and third-party dream picks alike, with additions such as the long awaited Ridley, Banjo-Kazooie, King K. Rool, and most recently,Minecraft’s Steve and Alex. And while the game has brought players a plethora of long awaited characters, it seems that fans thinkone character who has long been rumoredto appear in the series may finally be getting its chance to smash with the rest of them.
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Fans ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatehave begun speculating that Geno from the 1996 SNES titleSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Starsmay be joining the game’s roster soon as the its next DLC fighter.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Japanese Twitter account made a tweet yesterday announcing a new in-game tournament focusing around the some of the game’s mushroom-themed items.
While a tournament focusing on mushrooms may not seem like a big deal, especially since they are heavily associated with one of Nintendo’s biggest series,Super Mario Bros., it is the translation of the tweet that has had fansspeculating about Geno’s potential inclusion.When directly translated, fans found that the tournament event is titled “Beware of Mushrooms.” This was particularly alarming to fans ofSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, as the game contains a popular music track titled “Beware of the Forest’s Mushrooms,” which also happens to be heavily associated with the character Geno.
It’s worth mentioning that back in the days ofSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, some fans of the game datamined unused music tracks and found “Beware of the Forest’s Mushrooms” in the game files, perhaps contributing to the fact that series creator Masahiro Sakurai has stated thatGeno was considered for that entry in the series.Despite Geno appearing inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DSin the form of a Mii costume, the character has only appeared inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateas a Spirit so far. Some even speculate that Geno may return as what fans have been calling a “deluxe Mii costume,” being a Mii costume that looks almost exactly like the character and includes a music track, such as the Sans and Cuphead Mii costumes. While series creator Masahiro Sakurai has been known to reference other video game series in manySuper Smash Bros.games, it is still unclear whether this was an intentional reference, a hint for fans, or purely coincidence.
With The Game Awards taking place this Thursday and this new in-game tournament taking place the day after, fans speculate that this may be the perfect event to tie-in with Geno’s potential announcement at The Game Awards. Although some fans were speculating thatDoom’s Doomguy could be revealedforSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateat The Game Awards since the date lines up with the anniversary of the originalDoomgame, it seems that only time will tell if any characters are revealed for the game at all during the highly anticipated awards show.
