Just posted this comment on YouTube. Since I'm a huge K. Rool supporter, thought I'd share.
At this current point DKC is extremely underrepresented in Smash. In Brawl, sure, two reps was okay, but the series has been rebooted, with both games being huge successes. There are only two logical choices for a new character from the series (which it is definitely deserving of).
1. Dixie: I'll give people this, she was brought back in TF, which gives her new found relevancy, something K. Rool doesn't really have...sorta. But we'll get to that soon enough. But other than that, and being female (which Sakurai loves this time around) that"s it. Because the main thing he is looking for, is uniqueness. Dixie could potentially have a moveset revolving her hair (not doubting the genius of Sakurai after he made a WFT moveset), but when compared to K. Rool, who is both a villain (something Smash is extremely lacking) and has extreme moveset potential, she doesn't really compare.
2. King K. Rool: Lets see what K Rool has going for him:
-Being a villain, something Smash is lacking even moreso than females.
-Being important to the series, sure Dixie was important to the past games, but they could have very easily done well without her. K Rool is the main villain. Use this as an analogy, if you had to pick one character to be in Smash 4 (not based on if you use them or not, but based on their importantness to the LoZ franchise) who would it be? Ganondorf or Sheik? Most would answer Ganondorf, because he's the main villain, as opposed to Sheik, who Smash (and TLoZ) could easily do without.
-Moveset potential, real quick, look up all K Rool. boss battles in DK games. Then look up Dixie in playable form in DK games. Which looks to easily have more moveset potential?....exactly.
-Being somewhat referenced in Smash 4, everyone by now knows that the Kritters are enemies in Smash Run. What does this do for K. Rool? Lots actually. Now if the Kremlings were an enemy that commonly appeared in modern DK games, then this wouldn't be a huge deal (probably wouldnt be bringing this up right now). But this is an enemy...no no...race that hasn't been referenced since 2008 in Mario Super Sluggers. (And I don't even know how long since they've appeared in a DK game..) That was brought back suddenly, for "no good reason." Now I don't know if this directly affects KKR's chances, but it definitely helps that his race was magically revived for the occasion..
-Sakurai KNOWS, Sakurai knows about most characters being requested for Smash...if he knows about Waluigi and Ridely, then he knows about K. Rool. Kind of tying in to what I said above, why would he bring them back, if there's no major importance to K. Rool in the game? He revived the race, so why not their heavily requested, unique, villainous, iconic, and hype-building leader?
-And just to add one more point, Sakurai NEEDS hyped characters to announce at E3. Other than Ridley (who's incredibly debatable at this point), Mewtwo (if we're getting 6 Pokemon reps, because Jiggs ain't getting cut), Shulk (which there are mixed opinions about), or mabye Pac-man (see previous), The one major (first party) rep to get many people incredibly hyped would be K Rool.
Welp...on to Smashboards..