- Dedede is amazing and we need a game with his backstory.
- This bullet exists only to emphasize on the above bullet pertaining to a Dedede backstory game.
I love Dedede to pieces, and heartily approve of this idea.
Wait, Dedede has a backstory?
Some (though it really isn't much), plus an unmissable fact about him.
1: He declared himself the king, but going by his boxing ring and habit for riding Wheelies (and some of the things he got totally wrong before Kirby taught him a lesson he never forgot, and they ended up pals
), his behaviour tends to be unbecoming of royalty.
2: He's the only penguin like him on a planet inhabited primarily by puffballs and similar species who are all half his size, and he hangs out mainly with Waddle Dees (the head of his royal guard being one that ought to be very familiar to anyone in this thread
).
Also Kirby being the biggest thread to his world?
He may be the most powerful being, but he wouldn't do anything stupid XD
He unsealed Nightmare after Dedede did the smart thing by trapping it in the Fountain of Dreams in order to protect Popstar, without giving any chances for explanations before letting the thing out. I'd say that's pretty stupid.
I'm pretty sure they've stated the anime isn't canon either.
Yep. I believe it was Sakurai himself who stated that it was intended from the beginning to be an entirely separate continuity. This, of course, explains why most of the cast are totally out-of-character.
My biggest gripe is how Dedede is the polar opposite of his game appearances (he's my favourite Nintendo character, this was always going to be an issue
). Anime Dedede is antagonistic, dim, and short-sighted, whilst game Dedede learned his lesson, made good, and became friends with Kirby by the end of the second game, is pretty smart, and has clearly generally got a grasp on the bigger picture when things are going on that affect his kingdom.