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I mean, on the one hand, I want K. Rool in at all, so I'd take it over nothing. On the other hand, it would feel unfaithful if it wasn't his King or Kaptain designs, given that most fighters, Retro or otherwise, are given popular, iconic looks. (----> like sexy boi over there) So...50/50 on the idea.
In terms of competitive meta, I think he would be mid to high mid-tier. Heavies generally have it tougher than most in smash, but if they incorporate his blunderbuss well, he can make great use of ranged attacks. Also, I can see K. Rool having decent running speed like in the DKC games. Not to mention, I believe bringing back directional airdodging is going to give all heavies a huge buff by helping their positioning. And don't forget, King K. Rool's strong af and can more than hold his own against a big-ass powerful gorilla.
He was pretty fast in DKC, but those were pre-rendered sprites that technically simply slid along the floor. I'm not sure how that would look in 3D. I do hope that he runs fast though. Not a big fan of slow characters.
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This is pretty much how I am too. Pac-Man and a character from Animal Crossing were two of my most wanteds, but I rarely use either in Smash 4 unless I’m playing super casual.
(In Strong bads voice) "...And THEN we can mod the ever-crappin' CRAP out of him with our Amiibo's until he's the strongest, causing all de'nerdly tournament would-goers to quiver and occasionally meme in fear at de' kings girthly...err....GIRTH-ISHNESS!~"
I don't think the character is irrelevant, even if he hasn't starred in a game in a while.
I mean, that obviously it isn’t helping. If K. Rool hadn’t completely fallen off the map after DKC3, I honestly think he’d be in already. His lack of appearances is definitely his biggest hurdle, and if he doesn’t make it that’s probably the reason.
It seems much less likely now with the confirmation of Sakurai finalizing the roster in 2015 and using the ballot results for Ultimate, which is great news since K. Rool is known by Sakurai himself to be highly requested.
It depends on Sakurai's focus for newcomers with this game. If he is focusing on purely fan favorites like Ridley regardless of relevancy then King K.Rool and heck even Isaac has a good shot to be included. It's possible since this game began development in 2015
(In Strong Bad's voice) "Thanks for the idea, MattedWheats! If K. Rool amiibo are as girthish as you think, then they'd be perfect launching material for my afternoon "give Strong Sad a concussion" practice!"
That's hella depressing, dude, are you alright? If you need someone to talk to, I'm not super active but you can message me.
Hmmmm, not quite the response I expected, but thanks for that. I will keep that in mind. So how do you know mostly hardcores voted on the ballot, anyway?
Most causal players of Nintendo games don't even know about Nintendo directs, back when the ballot was going on in was the only person at my job talking about it and i worked with a bunch of people who played video game's everyone i worked with played Smash Bros and not a single one of them knew about the ballot until I told them... then I got them all to vote for K. Rool ha ha. I talked to people in Gamestop and even some of the employees didn't know about it... the only people around me who knew about it were my local smash players who played semi competitive or played all of the time at my local college. Those were the people talking about the ballot. Hell I've mentioned the ballot even now to people and they have no clue what I'm talking about. Casual votes on the ballot probably amounted to nothing, because again your talking about un organized random votes vs. An entire community across the globe of fans voting one character in.
Well, if you say so. I believe you, even though it seems to be just what you have experienced. Not a bad thing, but I wonder if anyone else has found out the same thing when it comes to casuals?
SuperiorYoshi87
said, casuals aren't going to be watching Nintendo Directs on the regular and probably didn't even know there was a ballot.
Sure my experience doesn't represent the entirety of everyone but when I'm talking to dozens of people per day in my daily routine and maybe 5 of them know what I'm talking about despite a majority of them having a casual interest in Smash I'd like to think that's pretty telling of something..
Ah, good points. I can imagine that some casuals voted for non video game characters like Shrek and Goku, and maybe some non-Nintendo first party characters like any Sony Playstation character. I don't think the casuals took the ballot as seriously as hardcore fans did anyways, did they not? That said, with all the support K. Rool has gotten all over the web, I can see he does have a good chance of making it in. I am not too sure myself, but hey, at least his support is there. I doubt the casuals knew the rules on who could be voted for anyway. I wonder how Sakurai reacted to all the Shrek, Goku and non-video game character votes, anyways?
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