K. Rool will always be important in Nintendo's and Donkey's history, like Mr. Game & Watch. No matter the time, he'll be there.
Man, you guys are optimistic. For me, KKR is dead and buried six feet under the ground. If he really is such an important character for the DK-Series and Nintendo in general, than he would be in. But he isn't. He's not. For me KKR died, when Rareware died. I see it like that. KKR is for me more an Rareware-Character like Banjo, Conker, Taj the elephant or Kameo than a Nintendo-Character like Mario, Link, Kirby or Pit. He has more this Rareware-Touch on him than the Touch and the Feeling of a Nintendo-Character. So their for I can accept he refusal way better.
See him as a dead Rare-Character and not as an Nintendo-All-Stars. Than you can see the king is way far away to be called an Nintendo-All-Star. Just like Rareware he means nothing this days anymore. Even in the current states of Nintendo-Cast their are a ton of other characters who are much, much more
valuable than him and have more the right for playable characters then the king himself.
- Dr. Luigi has better chances, as a clone of Dr. Mario.
- Medusa has better chances and is more important for Smash, than him.
- The Babies in Mario, who we can see as characters for the Yoshi-Series, are more important than K. Rool their also appear more than him.
- Hawchula is more important and more valuable than him.
- Misty from Pokémon, even if she is not a fighter, has better chances to be a playable character, than him.
- Those two new protagonist from Splatoon are now more important for Nintendo than K. Rool ever was.
- Lana, from Hyrule Warriors, has actually also much better chances, than him.
- Chrom is more important, than him.
- That guy from Harmoknight is more of an Nintendo-All-Star than.
KKR is also an All-Star but not an Nintendo-All-Star, he a killed off Rareware All-Star. Give it up guys. He's dead. Dead like Rareware. Trust me guys. If you can accept his dead that you feel so much better.
At least you could enjoy the kings great legacy in the DKC-Trilogy and DK64.