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K. Rool's Kremling Kutthroats: PM BKupa666 for an Invite to the New K. Rool Thread

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@Shortiecanbrawl Here's the Cranky interview. Says that Retro designers talked with Miyamoto about which characters to use, he made his suggestions (like Cranky), then Retro decided to build everything else up from scratch.
 

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As I scrolled down this page, I kept saving the icons thinking they'd be the last. But then someone comes along with an even better K. Rool. :laugh:

Great work guys!
 

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I really like the new image! Great job!

Also honestly, the kremlings were great. Maybe not always the most memorable but
please tell me someoe in here saw the final boss f DKC:TF. Please.
I did see the final boss and man, talk about a disappointing and boring fight.
 
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@Shortiecanbrawl Here's the Cranky interview. Says that Retro designers talked with Miyamoto about which characters to use, he made his suggestions (like Cranky), then Retro decided to build everything else up from scratch.
I still think it's Miyamoto who is keeping the Kremlings out of DKC. I have trouble trusting the man after what happened to Sticker Star.
 
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Okay, one last one. I gave him a slight scaly texture.

That's impressive! If it was a part of some leak, I might believe it while still have some doubts in my mind. Still, amazing job with editing that image!

Now… prepare to cringe… this came from NOA's Twitter:
 

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That was also on their Facebook. I left a comment saying "No, but King K. Rool does"

Also that artwork is the best K. Rool fanart I've seen in a long time.
 

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A comparison:

This both makes me cry and makes me incredibly happy. This just looks so right, this K. Rool is just perfect. We need the King back, we need him in Smash.
 

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Unless they go with the awful Paon design...

I would be fine with something like that if we got his golden belly back.

Also a little of fridge brilliance with the golden belly, but in real life crocodiles have tough hides but soft under bellies. So to have an anthropomorphic crocodile basically patch up that weakness with a metal is actually a pretty clever way of fixing an achilles' heel. So to see him with that feature gone after DK64, it makes him look more exposed.
 
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I like the Paon design. Not as much as the Rare design, but the original has its problems too. Preferably, I'd like Smash's K. Rool to be a compromise between both.
I don't like it because I much prefer his belly being golden and his skin being scaly. If it wasn't for that, I'd be okay with the design...but those changes make him look like generic Mario character #7 to me.
 
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I'd be fine with a cross of the designs, like Habanero said, I mostly want the golden belly back, and also his tail.
 

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The Paon design isn't necessarily awful, it's just less good. However, I do expect K. Rool's appearance to mostly resemble his Rare design, since that's the design he had in the actual core games, where as the Paon design has only been featured in spin-off games afaik.
 
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I don't like it because I much prefer his belly being golden and his skin being scaly. If it wasn't for that, I'd be okay with the design...but those changes make him look like generic Mario character #7 to me.
I agree in that the lack of scales is my main gripe with the design. It's much too smooth and has lost the grittier aspects of his Rare look, which of course leads to him resembling a Mario character. To be fair, that's the direction the DK series has been taking for about a decade now, so K. Rool isn't the only one affected, but he's probably taken the biggest hit, since his design was more "Rare-like" than most of the Kongs'.

I do like the claws, muscle definition, and goofy expression though. Aside from the lack of scales, the more rounded snout and tiny crown are my other dislikes. I never really cared one way or the other about the golden belly armor. I don't really care if they ever bring it back or not. Whether or not they do, I'd like his gut to become darker, since the current color is too fleshy and human-like for my tastes.
 
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I have no problem with the Nintendo's design for K. Rool, and kinda like it. But, is just that this incarnation that way didn't do anything great to be remembered... but the things can change if he appears in Smash4, even with the "paon" design, will be the greatest return of all!
 
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A comparison:

This both makes me cry and makes me incredibly happy. This just looks so right, this K. Rool is just perfect. We need the King back, we need him in Smash.
Simply perfect, and I've already convinced a friend to use that image in an upcoming project for K. Rool. I can't imagine the hype if the Kremling Kommander gets in, it'll be electric!
 

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To be fair, the I would be ecstatic if K. Rool got in even with his Paon design. I just would much prefer a design like the one we worked on here.
 

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A comparison:

This both makes me cry and makes me incredibly happy. This just looks so right, this K. Rool is just perfect. We need the King back, we need him in Smash.
Has it been stressed enough how great this is? I don't think so, it's just that great.
 

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A comparison:

This both makes me cry and makes me incredibly happy. This just looks so right, this K. Rool is just perfect. We need the King back, we need him in Smash.
I don't think I can say anything else that hasn't been said in summing up how great that render looks for King K. Rool, great job guys, he looks fantastic!
 

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A comparison:

This both makes me cry and makes me incredibly happy. This just looks so right, this K. Rool is just perfect. We need the King back, we need him in Smash.
That's just perfect. I honestly believe that's what he could look like on the Wii U version.
 
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Why is the cape under his chest plate?

EDIT: Ah, that's the way it is in his DKC1 renders. They changed it in his later designs. It looks pretty jarring, though.
 
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