I'm a supporter of Adeleine, but I can support Gooey as well. Kirby's Dream Land 3 is my favorite game, and I really want the Dark Matter trilogy to be represented in smash with a newcomer, would it be Adeleine (& Ribbon), Dark Matter Blade or Gooey (or even the animals if they manage to).
I still prefer Adeleine, but count me in as a supporter for Gooey as well.
If he gets in, I hope he uses the animals in his moveset, especially the 3 exclusive to Dream Land 3 (Nago, Pitch and Chuchu).
Some days ago there was that fake leak of Skull Kid and Bandana Dee in a pokè-float like stage. The picture was well made despite being fake.
Anyway, it was a good mock-up of how Bandana Dee would look in Smash, and IMO it only consolidated my opinion of how bland he looks.
Really, near Skull Kid, he felt like an assist trophy, despite having the name, picture and the percentage below. That's because his design is so simple, forgettable and not expressive at all (Ironically, I think that the bandanna contributes at making him even more forgettable design-wise compared to a regular Waddle Dee).
I think that Gooey is the only other character besides Kirby himself who, despite being incredibly simple in design, can still be very iconic, solid, and have a strong personality. The only problem is that his design is very similar to the one of a different character from a different series (Smile from Dragon Quest), but the derpy eyes and the tongue are enough to distinguish him from the Square Enix impostor
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The HAL team did a good job at creating a secondary character who's just as simple as Kirby without being a rip-off of him (or any other character), and who has the same level of expressivity as him; he would work very well as a recurring Player 2 character, and due to his mysterious Dark Matter nature, you can be very creative with him, you can make him change shape, split into clones, change color, become a dark cloud, possess other enemies and character (even if he has never done it so far, but he's still a Dark Matter), even give him copy abilities like Kirby, etc. still staying canon with the lore of the series.
Too bad that they decided to exclude him from the franchise for so long (for even more years than Adeleine to be honest).
In conclusion, I support Gooey but I support Adeleine way more; regardless, add me to the list if you want.
