Hey, no problem. Sometimes wires just get crossed in here. And I understand where you're coming from.
I guess from my perspective, I could see Nintendo giving Xenosaga preference or priority simply because it does have a close, direct relation with their own Xenoblade franchise and of course Monolith being an ex-Bandai Namco studio.
Sorry for the super late reply from ages ago, but yeah, I could have phrased some things better in regards to my posts. I have no doubt Monolith Soft would
love to have KOS-MOS in Smash and would absolutely gun for her at every opportunity (to the point where I wonder if they'd actually push for her over a potential Elma or Rex/Pyra given how much they seem to love her). I feel like they would have to be the ones to really initiate that idea and push Sakurai, Bandai-Namco, and Nintendo to make it happen in Smash.
Also, as an unrelated aside, man does it bother me when fellow Geno fans have to rag on
literally every other Square Enix character to try and make him look better. I've had way too many arguments about them over the past little while and now I'm once again having to defend 2B quite a bit as people try to go, "I didn't even know her until Smash speculation" and "She comes from a niche game" from people who just have no self-awareness. Nier Automata sold better than Super Mario RPG for crying out loud and was kind of a big deal in 2017!
I love Geno and I would be happy to see him, but I also love a lot of Square Enix characters and would never see much of an issue of them being picked over Geno, but man do my fellow fans drive me up the wall. Literally all they're talking about now is the Mii costume thing too... and that's just the worst.