I dream of a day when monkeys and krocodiles can live in peace.
C'mon, this backbiting and name-calling is insane. What's the point in debating which character would be more "unique" when they both have great potential and their own merits for being considered?
K. Rool has potential because every boss fight with him is totally different and he never tries to use the same tricks or weapons twice. He has a krown, claws, teeth, his gold-plated gut, a blunderbuss that fires kannonballs and toxic gas, he can turn invisible and change his size, he has a pet Klaptrap that eats his enemies, he's a king, a pirate, a mad scientist and a boxer.
Dixie has potential because she developed from "female Diddy with floaty hair" to a very distinctive and creative character over the course of many games, most recently being revived from dormancy because she's very popular with fans and presents great gameplay options. She has prehensile hair, a bubblegum gun, a guitar, a rocket barrel, she can float and fly, you can even justify her borrowing moves from Tiny and having her shrink in size, fire feathers, climb up trees and even call in her Animal Buddies to help out.
Yes, K. Rool can be a Bowser or Dedede clone. Yes, Dixie can be a Diddy clone. But what's the chance of that happening?
They will probably share physical attributes of other characters. That is inevitable if K. Rool is going to be a heavy projectile character and Dixie is going to be a speedy, floaty character. That doesn't mean they're destined to be clones or there's nothing to vindicate them being their own creations. I'd say that Sakurai would have to go out of his way to make the characters clones, because beyond both characters getting it in the vein of Melee Ganondorf, I don't think Sakurai would consider two popular ballot characters without discerning what makes them so interesting and making them the best characters they can be.
I don't know why people feel the need to sell the other fanbase's character short, especially when we're both DKC fans who want to see the series get the love we believe it deserves in Smash. Both fanbases have proved themselves guilty of this in the past. Even so, it's just a vocal minority that makes it seem that way - the vast majority of both fanbases, in my experience, have proven to be very nice and considerate people.
I consider myself more of a K. Rool fan than a Dixie fan, but I'd be happy if either of them got in; I'd be even happier if both made it in. We don't need to debase ourselves in this manner, especially when we've both done our best up to this point to be considerate towards each-other and support our favourite characters without malice or vitriol.
Think about it, guys. This isn't what our fanbases want to be, is it?
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