Huh, so I guess enough has happened for me to make another appearance after being MIA for a few months. I don't mean for my disappearances to be this long but... this is quite a year.
So, Steve. Good 'ol Minecraft. I understand in the past there was quite the talk about him. That is to say, rumours leaked him and nothing came of it, and a lot were against him. Now that he's finally surfaced from the deep, deep cave he was mining in, my response... I don't really care. By that I mean, I don't hate his appearance in game, don't love it, it just is what it is. I do enjoy Minecraft, and considering the mix of characters Smash has seen over the years, I don't really see him as uncanny, but I've never invested myself in supporting him. He is the indie character if one was to be chosen.
Another thing on my mind, I recall an interview once where Sakurai is talking about characters people have asked for in the past, and finding requests for 'waddle dee' as uninteresting. While at first this sorta concerned me, I now realize this likely stems from the requests before Melee, where Bandana Dee didn't really have a following yet. Hopefully this doesn't reflect his views on Bandana Dee.
Finally, Kirby Fighters 2. I haven't played it yet, hope to at some point, but I will say, I hope this isn't the Kirby game that's been in development. I hear there's Kirby 3D code in the game, giving some hope for a bigger project that Bandana Dee can use for a Smash invite, but the game releasing to such little build up is concerning, especially for a character tie in Smash.