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I never understood why Donkey Kong did not have another character, namely Diddy Kong, in Melee as well. Honestly, I never thought that King K. Rool would make it on the main roster for Smash 4, but once DLC was announced, especially in regard to the poll, I had no doubts that the King K.Rool (I just started playing Donkey Kong 64 and never realized that his name could be pronounced as "cruel") would be playable.I've been lurking this thread for a while now, but have finally decided to post here. So where should I begin?
Well, my favourite video game character is Pac-Man, if you couldn't already tell. I've wanted him in Smash for as long as I can remember, and got even more motivated when I saw Sonic and Snake in Brawl. Once Smash 4 was unveiled, I knew the character I wanted in the most would be Pac-Man, and I was pretty confident after seeing Megaman getting unveiled and hearing about Namco Bandai helping in development. Well, once E3 2014 came, my wish was granted and Pac was in the game, even sporting the exact design/model I wished he had!
After hearing about the DLC functionality with the Mewtwo announcement, I knew I had wanted Lucas back the most as I think he and Wolf were cut unfairly. To my surprise, he was unveiled on the April 1st direct! Yet another character I wanted into the game made the cut, and I was as happy as ever. But it does not stop there, as the Fighter Ballot was announced a few moments later.
One thing I never understood was why good ol' King K. Rool wasn't in Smash. By Melee, DK still only had one rep, which struck me as odd since the other series had gained multiple, but I shook it off. By Brawl, Diddy was added and everything seemed fine. In Smash 4 however, I thought K. Rool was a given choice, and full on expected him to be added. He wasn't, and now DK has two reps when Kid Icarus has three and Fire Emblem has five? Something seems a little wrong here. All the characters I had previously wanted are in, but K. Rool is not. This is why King K. Rool is my number one pick for a Smash DLC newcomer, amongst many other reasons.
So Kutthroats, don't lose hope in your character as I never did in Pac-Man and Lucas. I think the King has a really good chance, and you guys seem to be the biggest support group of any character I have witnessed. Just keep doing what you are doing, and your wish will come true. Wait a second... why do I keep using the word 'your'? I guess I am a Kutthroat now as well!
Melee had an extremely tight development timeframe (13 months) so they couldn't add a lot of characters. There were also problems with Rare at that time as well; they were starting to fall out with Nintendo and Sakurai mentioned that he had considered Banjo-Kazooie but "adult circumstances" prevented it.
Interesting, thank you for the insight. I do not know much about Sakurai's mind-set during the Melee era as that was a time I just played the game without any thought as to who I believed should or should not be in the game.
They'd need to edit the model a little atleast.
Not really an appropriate comparison. More like having Bowser before Luigi.
K. Rool was on Sakurai's Brawl list. I doubt K. Rool was highly requested in Melee, it would've been Diddy Kong by that point. K. Rool was fairly well requested for Brawl, since he was on Sakurai's (admittedly fairly long) list of characters.
Oh yeah, that makes sense, and no one denies it. That's the reason K. Rool's popularity didn't surge too much for Brawl, because we hadn't gotten Diddy yet. There are a number of people who did want him on that point, and he was on Sakurai's list of requested characters. Notably, so was a Diddy and Dixie tag-team, but Dixie didn't make it into the tag-team due to limitations.
I feel sad for people who actually believed this "leak". Why would Sakurai choose this weird angle to reveal him. No one else has this weird of an angle.Yes. It must more closely resemble this masterpiece from before.
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=erH-WHtLRmUI've been lurking this thread for a while now, but have finally decided to post here. So where should I begin?
Well, my favourite video game character is Pac-Man, if you couldn't already tell. I've wanted him in Smash for as long as I can remember, and got even more motivated when I saw Sonic and Snake in Brawl. Once Smash 4 was unveiled, I knew the character I wanted in the most would be Pac-Man, and I was pretty confident after seeing Megaman getting unveiled and hearing about Namco Bandai helping in development. Well, once E3 2014 came, my wish was granted and Pac was in the game, even sporting the exact design/model I wished he had!
After hearing about the DLC functionality with the Mewtwo announcement, I knew I had wanted Lucas back the most as I think he and Wolf were cut unfairly. To my surprise, he was unveiled on the April 1st direct! Yet another character I wanted into the game made the cut, and I was as happy as ever. But it does not stop there, as the Fighter Ballot was announced a few moments later.
One thing I never understood was why good ol' King K. Rool wasn't in Smash. By Melee, DK still only had one rep, which struck me as odd since the other series had gained multiple, but I shook it off. By Brawl, Diddy was added and everything seemed fine. In Smash 4 however, I thought K. Rool was a given choice, and full on expected him to be added. He wasn't, and now DK has two reps when Kid Icarus has three and Fire Emblem has five? Something seems a little wrong here. All the characters I had previously wanted are in, but K. Rool is not. This is why King K. Rool is my number one pick for a Smash DLC newcomer, amongst many other reasons.
So Kutthroats, don't lose hope in your character as I never did in Pac-Man and Lucas. I think the King has a really good chance, and you guys seem to be the biggest support group of any character I have witnessed. Just keep doing what you are doing, and your wish will come true. Wait a second... why do I keep using the word 'your'? I guess I am a Kutthroat now as well!
B-but why would we need Luigi when we can have Bowser instead? I mean, Luigi is yet another human, his abilities are too similar to Mario's, he wouldn't be interesting he'd be a semi-clone at best! Whereas Bowser would add more diversity he's a fire-breathing turtle and would be fully unique with a completely different moveset!
I'd pre-order it immediatley and buy it on the day it comes out.What do you think about a series like this?
I'm not saying that that's the biggest thing to give it away. I'm just saying the angle the picture is shot is super ****ing ugly.
He was requested but, like you said, there were a lot of characters that were more popular back then. He was a still a big contender for Brawl though and it was arguably one of the biggest aside from Ridley and Megaman.
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That sounds like a joke, somehow.Today I heard the stupidest explanation ever on why K. Rool became a Mii costume: some guy said that it's a punishment for all Goku and Shrek requests in the ballot.
If there is one, I'll bring the pizza.
I think many people said that jokingly after the K. Rool Kostume reveal.Today I heard the stupidest explanation ever on why K. Rool became a Mii costume: some guy said that it's a punishment for all Goku and Shrek requests in the ballot.
The guy mentioned that in the 'Who do you not want to see in Smash" thread, so I don't think he was joking.That sounds like a joke, somehow.
When K Rool was announced as a Mii Fighter costume?
He was clearly joking. It's like saying Sakurai didn't add Ridley as a fighter in the game because he was going to be a trophy in the 3DS version; it's stupid, and he was obviously not serious with that comment.
Yes, it could be a joke, but using it as a reasoning why he doesn't want K. Rool is strange. Go take a look to the thread if you don't believe me (that same guy gave a 85% rating to an obscure third-party in the RTC thread some time ago, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was serious).
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I'll just go ahead and admit that I simply hate the PAON design. I hate pretty much everything about it. That is...
- The lack of a tail (Seriously, what the ****?)
- The tiny crown
- The lack of scales and lighter color
- The lack of the golden belly armor
- The changed facial structure (smaller and less bloodshot eye, shorter snout etc.)
- The changed body structure (besides streamlining it a bit from the clunkyish renders)
- The constant smirking
All these changes make him seem less intimidating, less crocodiley and more like a silly generic cartoon villain. The only changes from the Paon design that I don't mind are the gem color (which is an honest improvement) and the clawed hands (which I don't mind either way). Also, I'm absolutely sick of seeing this render used on every single page that mentions K. Rool.
I think Smashified is really the only instance where someone managed to make the Paon design look somewhat okay. Still, couldn't really get excited about the whole thing once I saw what design they were using.
But yeah, I wouldn't worry about them going with the Paon design now that we got the Rare-based Mii costume. And Sakurai is known for going with the older, better designs for characters like Pac-Man and Mega Man, so I'm confident he'll give us the best K. Rool.
