Recent content by Mccdbz5

How is that ridiculous? Kid Icarus is a small franchise that has as many playable characters as it does games...if there's no bias there, then I don't know what is. A franchise like F-Zero could easily have three, four characters if that's the case. Kid Icarus as a franchise has sold less than 3...

Exactly, but some people here like to ignore these facts it seems. Donkey Kong is still a popular franchise in Japan. I would venture to say it's more popular here in North America and Europe, but still very popular. I think Japan wanted King K. Rool just as much as we did. So the whole...

I agree with that. I just think it's silly to say DK isn't a big franchise because Nintendo doesn't know what to do with it. There's clearly a big interest in the series among many consumers. And I'm sorry you've been led to that assumption. I'm not trying to bemoan Fire Emblem. I even...

I agree with this, but that's why I mentioned earlier that it would feel odd if Donkey Kong had as much content as Mario or Pokémon, due to the scale of those franchises. I just think it's not a stretch for it to be closer to Zelda's level, given how iconic the brand is and the level of success...

Decent platforming games? Oh come on, what are we doing here? Returns and especially Tropical Freeze are considered some of the best platformers of all time. "Decent" is a gross understatement. The rest of the main-line series is also highly regarded. It's not the franchise's fault that Nintendo...

My only point is that just because they're from the same universe doesn't mean that one is a spin-off of the other. And saying Mario and DK would not exist without the other is absolutely ludicrous. So there's no way the Mario franchise or the Donkey Kong franchise would've become what they are...

Well first off, I'm incredibly grateful for King K. Rool's inclusion. And they designed him with a lot of care. And I agree, as I stated above, that while I think it's long overdue, I also said better late than never. I'm just looking at things with context. While I appreciate that King K. Rool...

But being part of the same universe doesn't make it a spin-off...so is Batman a spin-off of Superman? They exist in the same universe and there's plenty of instances in which both of those characters interact with each other. Yet, they're two completely separate franchises that could exist...

I agree. I do agree that Wario has become its own series. I guess for me personally, I feel like Wario was initially created with the purpose of being considered a Mario character. He wears a nearly identical outfit as the other characters, his lore describes relationships with the Mario...

We got King K. Rool because of the ballot...not sure how the addition of the character validates anything. Had it not been for the ballot, he wouldn't have been included. Who said I was satisfied with Wario Land's lack of content? All I'm arguing is that the Donkey Kong Country series is not a...

What are you talking about? Donkey Kong has literally never appeared in a core Mario game other than the original Donkey Kong, if you even consider that a core Mario game. Yoshi and Wario actually make appearances in core Mario games, and there's so many elements in Yoshi and Wario games that...

I definitely appreciated Jungle Hijinx in Smash 4. It was nice to see them implement a unique mechanic for a DK stage. And while I loved that stage, I would've preferred that they make a stage based off of something other than a jungle, especially since there's way more in the DKC games than...

That's definitely a possibility. My thought behind this was that I felt it was odd that Diddy Kong wasn't even considered in the first place, which I believe the Rare fallout didn't happen until 2001, which was the year Melee came out, so they would've already had their characters planned. I...

To preface what I'm about to say, this isn't coming from a place of hate, but more of frustration. And this is just my personal opinion. Not saying this is by any means how he actually feels. What I feel is just based on my observations over time. So now that that's out of the way, I wanted to...

Haha, no worries! I definitely would like to see this thread more active. Honestly, I'm shocked more people don't want him in. He's such an interesting character to me with such a unique moveset potential. Plus, it would be nice to see someone get labeled as another Yoshi rep.