Geno is an outlier. The Mario RPG remake did well, but he is hardly cemented into the Mario pantheon the way these aforementioned characters are. In this sense I believe people should think of Geno less as a "Mario rep", and treat him like the wildcard anomaly he is. If I were a dedicated Geno supporter, I would be feeling good after the remake. More @Wikipedia
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