Would you stop giving up on your character? I am tired of seeing people just accepting their franchise's fate when a playable Smash role can bring everything around.
Carry the torch the other franchises have carried and get Banjo playable. At least one of our franchises needs to be revived and if it isn't going to be Golden Sun then it will be Banjo and Kazooie.
Look, I've been
wishing for Banjo & Kazooie for more than 11 years. I've had enough disappointment already. Jeez just realizing I've been hoping for so long is making me feel slightly pathetic. I'm sorry, I can't be all optimist like you guys. But all that wishing for nothing has made very cynical about it.
Banjo & Kazooie are no longer popular. They have a very vocal fanbase, but a small one. Just go to their subreddit to see how unpopulated and sad it is. It's not a franchise that looks financially worthy of investing in anymore. I mean just look at this years E3. The fact that Microsoft decided to reboot BATTLETOADS over B&K means they don't see it as the most valuable Rare IP. Probably due to the bad reception of Nuts & Bolts. Hell, they even didn't do ANYTHING for their 20th birthday. And well, of course I could see Phil Spencer trying to experiment and put Banjo in Smash as DLC, read the sale numbers, and then decide if it's worth investing on a new game. But then Sakurai/Nintendo would have to like that idea too.
I think B&K's community suffers the same biased view as the Geno community. We frequent specialized forums and internet sites where people are already familiar with these characters, and we get the impression that everyone knows and cares about them. But then, when you get out of those and look at the general public, they're not that well known. The 90s kid that played those games still have the nostalgia effect, but they have outgrown the 3D collectathon genre (As an example, just look at how much disappointment Yooka & Laylee caused). And the newer generation, today's kids and teenagers, don't know about Banjo and Geno other than "that old character that was mentioned on leaks", and they don't give a **** about them. You know what kids today like though? Minecraft. So yeah I definitely expect Steve over Banjo & Kazooie.
I'm sorry, this has turned into kind of a personal rant. I'm just passionate and salty, and the Grinch leak plus Papagenos' sources have me kind of frustrated because I'm done getting my hopes up. So I had to let it all out and vent a little.
But hey, if you are happy rooting for them and being hopeful, please go for it. Don't let old grumpy people like me stop you. Although I'd recommend keeping your expectations low.