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Caveat of "anything could happen" aside, I don't think anyone would argue that it wouldn't be most logical to reveal Dixie and Cranky in relatively close proximity to the Tropical Freeze release date if they were in the game. But them potentially not being revealed wouldn't rule out a DK series newcomer, period, if that newcomer were K. Rool or, for a longshot, an arcade character.
I get what you're saying. I'm just trying to keep morale up should we not got any DK reveals.
That is honestly the biggest thing he has going against him. I cannot fathom why they let K. Rool die like that, it doesn't really make sense. However, that isn't relevant. I have been on the fence about K. Rool as I wasn't entirely adamant about either side, but after some contemplation, I am just going to start speculating against his inclusion. It pains me as I am a huge K. Rool fan, I just don't see him having a decent shot, especially when comparing him to Dixie.
If K. Rool is indeed not playable, it will be entirely due to the fact that Nintendo wants the Kremlings to stay dead. They have their reasons for loathing them, but if it even seeps over to Sakurai then there's nothing that can be done. The hatred is just too pure and too powerful.
I just can't envision Sakurai speaking to the team that develops Donkey Kong and adding K. Rool. This blatant hatred would most likely correlate to a more negative response in regards to adding K. Rool (as the DK team doesn't want to use the Kremlings, or whatever). Dixie is the more ideal candidate. I mean, Dixie would still have some staggeringly good credentials if K. Rool wasn't sentenced to death. Trust me, I truly do hope I am wrong on this one, but it doesn't seem logical to speculate for him when he has nothing really going for him aside from his popularity. Popularity isn't the most relevant attribute of a character added to Smash, especially when it seems apparent that the Japanese fan-base isn't too receptive to him either.
Except K. Rool has the potential to be an incredibly unique character with a nearly unlimited moveset potential. There isn't much to differentiate Dixie from Diddy besides her hair copter. Hell, even in DKCTF, they give her a wacky Gumball Gun just like Diddy's Peanut Popgun. I don't see how she would be worthy of inclusion as her own character instead of tacked on to Diddy in a combo.
I don't either, but it might be the ease of development that gives her the edge to be honest. I would prefer King K. Rool, I actually hate the notion that Dixie might be playable. It really depends on whether or not Sakurai actually talks with the Donkey Kong team. Hopefully he disregards their opinion if he does, as you stated, the hair is really the only difference.
K. Rool does have the most important factor: Moveset potential. Dixie simply doesn't. Dixie is doomed to be a last minute addition or nothing else, which means she won't be in the race against K. Rool since she's in a different league.
Hopefully this notion prevails in the end.
You might mistake him for Ridley in Japan, who I'm fairly certain they aren't too thrilled about.
A lot of people seem to want Kredits, but I don't think it would work well. Either Blast-O-Matic or dropping giant cannonballs like DKC would be fine, I guess.
Perhaps, but with Rosalina being playable in 3D World, who's to say that we'll get a surprise for Tropical Freeze as well?
I think we got our surprise with Cranky. It's possible, just not overly likely.
Basically this. It's fallacious to presuppose that there is "blatant hatred" for the Kremlings within Nintendo that would inhibit any developer from using them ever again when their absence could also mean indifference, a desire to take gameplay in a different direction, or even a desire to save them for later. Did Nintendo "blatantly hate" Ganondorf when he didn't appear in the Zelda games he didn't appear in? Or Diddy in Jungle Beat? Or did Capcom "blatantly hate" Mega Man?
Way to come in there and squash the notion of Kremling hate.
Doubt it. I can easily see Dixie as an unlockable character, so if she isn't revealed at that point, I don't think people should worry about her chances.
I see your point, I'm just speculating under the mentality that unlockable characters will be shown off if they have ties to new releases. Hence five Mario characters being revealed within six months.
That's what I was thinking. The direct and the game's launch is in the same month. My question is, which comes first?
Yeah, definitely the former. Thankfully, I really doubt that we'll get the Diddy/ Dixie duo.
Whilst I do agree, I believe it is apparent that they do not wish to continue using the character. I do not literally presume that Nintendo blatantly hates the Kremlins, I was merely matching my diction with the other person. I think this passive approach and indifference is precisely what alludes to him not appearing again. I imagine it to be similar in the hypothetical scenario. Imagine the Mario developers cutting Bowser and the Koopa's one day, they do not really appear in anything relevant and they want to take the series in a different direction. It isn't hatred, but it certainly isn't willingness to put the characters in the game at that point. I do admit that I am not too well-versed with Donkey Kong lore, I was under the impression that K. Rool was buried. for a while now. I am not sure how significant his most recent appearances are. It isn't even about them "hating" the Kremlings. It is more about Dixie being the more ideal choice on all fronts in comparison to a character that they are not properly utilizing.
Yes, I agree with this sentiment. That is exactly how I feel, but at the same time; it isn't like Sakurai didn't already have intent to add Dixie Kong in the first place. Her prevalence and relevance might come into play once you factor in how easy she would be to develop in comparison (assuming she plays similar to Diddy, that is).
Until K. Rool hypothetically does not become playable in this game, I don't equate Retro's preference to design their own enemies to match their own platforming game design to there existing a blanket Nintendo policy to shelve the characters permanently (and even then, it could still just be Sakurai). I also don't equate existing in a new game to being the more ideal Smash character; being in a new game doesn't make a character inherently more appealing, more unique, or even more marketable. Rosalina happened to pass that bar independently of appearing in 3D World, which I know you don't agree with, but when looking at all the other lamearse Mario candidates, none of whom stood out at all, her inclusion makes a ton of sense.
Don't you mean "in his SNES days"? At least to me he used to look much more threatening back then, whereas now he just comes off as silly.
