Sceptile4Smash
Smash Ace
I actually fell for that too. I thought K.rool was a shoe in since 90% of fan polls had him on top or high in the polls.I agree, the only practical use of polls is to determine player preference of a fraction of a dedicated community. Ironically, even if we were able to actually have every single person who voted on the ballot vote on a poll, there would still be a discrepancy between the results. That also does not account for any liberties that Nintendo or Sakurai may have needed/wanted to take in the first place. Basically, polls are good fun; however, that is about it.
I would hate to say it, but I fell for the skewed picture of King K. Rool for quite some time. I was fairly convinced he would be the undisputed champion of the ballot. Fortunately, I have come to terms with the notion that I was just adhering to a perceived truth. It is definitely not healthy speculation.
Not to mention, Etika's straw poll got hacked once so polls aren't very accurate.
I know for sure K.rool is in top 5 in the official ballot but I'm not sure about #1.