The King is Back! King Dedede that is!

[Misto-Roboto]

<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/entry_banner.jpg" alt="Challenger Approaches!" align="middle" border="0" height="120" width="479" /></p>
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<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/kingdedede.jpg" alt="King Dedede" align="middle" border="0" height="375" width="396" /><!--more--></p>
<p align="center">Hailing from almost every Kirby game in existence he finally made his way into Super Smash Bros: Brawl!</p>
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<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/kingdedede_071025a-l.jpg" alt="his royal servants bring him forth!" align="middle" border="0" height="329" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">This will most likely will be his intro.</p>
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<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/kingdedede_071025b-l.jpg" alt="The Halberd is a perfect catch for the king!" align="middle" border="0" height="329" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">Who thinks DeDeDe might be involved as a part of this Halberd take over?</p>
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<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/kingdedede_071025c-l.jpg" alt="It's Hammer Time!" align="middle" border="0" height="329" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">It’s Hammer Time!</p>
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<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/kingdedede_071025d-l.jpg" alt="I guess Masahiro figured they were long overdue." align="middle" border="0" height="329" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">The whole Kirby gang is here to Brawl!</p>

[Tony_]

Word cannot truly describe how epic this is. Really.

[BigRick]

When I saw this I was like AWESOME!!!

It's great to see that we have another heavyweight!

[Desert Eagle]

Can't wait for his special moves and FS ^^

[dark_templar_99]

I never liked king dedede. So many people wanted him, but i really didn't want him in brawl. Looking forward to seeing what his moveset is, but i still dont like him.

I'm glad all the people who wanted him got their wish come true.

[Weed]

Sweet, not unexpected (as a character..thought it was a bit early after Sonic, though), but still frickin sweet.

Edit: I think Sakurai reads these boards. Religiously.

[tennisthehilife]

Yay King Dedede Confirmed!!! <-- Great addition to Brawl!

(Nice! a Kirby Hat!)

[Noypi_GjD]

This is intense, I hope his moveset is not too similar to Ice Climbers.

[Desert Eagle]

Why don't you like him? There aer sooo many reasons to like him.

1. Hes a penguin
2. With a giant hammer.

[Lightsaberboy]

so the ice climbers aren't the only ones with hammers anymore...

was he the main villian for kirby? he looks too cute and cuddly to be an evil guy.

[MetalMetaKnight]

Edit: ^^^^^ yes, he is cute and cuddly but he is infact evil

Yes, penguins with giant hammers are allways nice to you, they rock.

[Desert Eagle]

Go ahead. Hug the giant penguin with the giant hammer.

I'd prefer to hug kirby.

[vesperview]

He looks amazing just as I imagined.

[Danon]

Now we just need Ridley...and my wishlist is complete.

[SSP]

so the ice climbers aren't the only ones with hammers anymore...

was he the main villian for kirby? he looks too cute and cuddly to be an evil guy.

He's not the main bad guy in every game, but the guy can be surprisingly evil if you played the older games.

[Rx-]

I think he definatly deserves a spot in Brawl, especially considering this game might be the last. I'm just hoping he will not be in the bottom 25% of characters in terms of rapeage.

[MetalMetaKnight]

Wow, Sakurai, im glad you delayed the game, give us more characters!

[yoshj77]

I never liked king dedede. So many people wanted him, but i really didn't want him in brawl. Looking forward to seeing what his moveset is, but i still dont like him.

I'm glad all the people who wanted him got their wish come true.
Same here.

[Maricalistaro]

Now all I need is some K. Rool and some Ganondorf. Villian ffa is most deffinately win.

[Homelessvagrant]

whoa this can't be right. I could've almost sworn the King was unlockable. I don't understand why would the kirby series start out with all 3 of it's characters? We still haven't even gotten Falcon yet...

Now i don't know what is going on (unlockable or not). Nice job Sakurai, you got me.

[Zeela12]

Woot D3

Finally confirmed! now the whole Kirby roster is complete! (at least to the extent that people won't have sleepless nights about it)

[Kirby knight]

^_________________________________________________ _________^ omg this is the best week ever, aww how adorable is the kirby hat. ^_________^ <3 King Dedede

-Knight

[quithas]

This is awesome Im glad King Dedede is in. Im tired of Bowser just being the bad guy now we have a never bad guy hell yeah. I swear it is getting harder and harder to wait for this game. Im hoping theres gonna be alot of good characters to use in this game. There were 25 I think in Melee Im hoping for 50 in this one that would be cool.

[No-Really-I-Suck]

Now all we need is Geno and Megaman and this game will have the power to kill

[PsychoIncarnate]

My favorite villain ever is in Brawl!!!

I can't believe people actually doubted him!!!!

Yes!

Now just you Geno, and it's perfect!!!

[Rose Monkey]

*fapfapfap*

[Tonic_Sonic]

this is the best update to DATE! seriously! i didnt even like Dedede and didnt want or expect him to be in the game. just a few hours ago before the release i was saying how lame of a character dedede would make, but this TOTALLY changed my mind.

he looks AWESOME! sakurai is a freaking genius! SSBB will be the game of the freaking decade!

[Rose Monkey]

My favorite villain ever is in Brawl!!!

I can't believe people actually doubted him!!!!

Yes!

Now just you Geno, and it's perfect!!!

Geno and Megaman!

Also Ridley would be a great touch. :D

[skyone]

http://i20.tinypic.com/qy8ehz.jpg

Da-da-da-da-d*** straight.

[Blackadder]

Now all I need is some K. Rool and some Ganondorf. Villian ffa is most deffinately win.

I just want Ganon again. I've been coming to grow used to the fact that he will very likely have sword of a new moveset in Brawl, but ehh.

But as for Dedede.
I would've never been able to guess this revelation for today. I honestly never gave the guy any real consideration..

He was always just there, in the back of my mind.
But now, he's in. And I honestly thing he looks pretty awesome. Good job Sakurai!

[PsychoIncarnate]

Geno and Megaman!

Also Ridley would be a great touch. :D

...But of course!

[spikehappy07]

I always knew Dedede would make it in, ever since SSB64. Anyways, I think his FS will be where he turns dark and his belly begins to have a eye/mouth theen starts blasting people with it. BTW anyone know what I'm talkin about?

[quithas]

I know this is off topic but I did mention this before this could very well be the last Smash Brothers Game Rx also just mentioned it aswell. What if this is the last Smash game what would you guys do?? Im asking because it seems like Mr. Sakurai is pulling out all the stops and making this game as massive as it could be. Sorry to ask this here but I dont know how to post in the boards.

[Yomon]

Dedede! Yay.

I wasn't really going crazy to have him in the game. But it's nice to see him in, especially since he fits in well and adds to the heavy characters (which was lacking in Melee).

It's kind of weird, but all the hype for him on the Smash Boards made this update not as exciting as it could've been. But maybe because I'm not a huge Dedede fan.

I like him mostly because he's a penguin. Penguins are cute. <_<

[Dither]

Well, we seem to be getting quite a few characters from that poll.

Next newcomer is Ridley, I can feel it. (Geno is still a bit soon for a "semi" third party)

[poncho_mcshoe]

To quote 'History of the World, Part I':

"It's good to be the king."

[Drclaw411]

King Dedede being confirmed is really good. Kirby is such an underrated series, and the perfect three are now in Brawl.

[Flatfeet]

When I first pictured Dedede in Brawl, I thought he'd be too similar to Kirby. After a while I realised that I was silly for thinking that, and now I'm highly pleased that he's in Brawl. :D

[Sparkchu]

This was a surprise for me.

Metaknight AND Dedede?!

[Dogenzaka]

I'm veeeeeerry happy about this update.

But because Waddledees are carrying his throne, It probably rules out the possibility of WaddleDee being a playable character. maybe they'll be AT's.