Senselessbreak
Smash Lord
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K Rool is owned by Nintendo, not Rare and Microsoft.If the creator of King K. Rool didn't know about his inclusion, it easily could be the case where only top management at MS knows, though in a perfect world I think it's only courtesy to let the creators of the characters know when they're being used in all cases. It just seems to be the right thing to do, even if it doesn't happen all the time.
Banjo is owned by Rare and Microsoft not Nintendo.
Sakurai can't get a character in Smash with out legal contracts and the owners consent. So in order for Banjo to get in Smash, Rare has to know about it. Whereas they wouldn't for K Rool since its owned by Nintendo. Look at Kamiya and Platinum games. They had to give consent to use Bayonetta in the game. They didn't just make a deal with Sega and surprise Kamiya when she was revealed.
So regardless Gregg knows 100% the fate of Banjo. The only question is if he shared this info with his brother who no longer works for Rare.