Social King K. Rool's Kremling Kutthroats: This...Is Our Finest Hour!

[Cyberfire]

K. Rool looks amazing in action, helps that the dude playing him really seemed to know what he was doing

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I was so hoping it would be K Rool in English after I heard the "King Cruel"

Just like the Dee Dee Dee Day Day Day situation

 

[ZTurtle]

Seeing footage of K. Rool just put this big goofy grin on my face. His Victory animation, his unique victory theme, that SICK kill where he launched Snake into the Kannonball, it's all just so good!

 

[Aeon Lupin]

That cannon ball kill was just too sick.

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

That cannon ball kill was just too sick.

Definitely - now 's own feels even more useless in comparison, I mean K.Rool at least can set them up so versatively, hahah.

 

[SupriceSupplies]

I also like that we got a better listen to Gangplank Galleon and how the trailer part and the website parts of the song are connected. I really like it!

 

[MasterOfKnees]

The way they animated him is perfect, he's so lively and quirky in pretty much all of his movements. His N-Air is also hilarious.

 

[MainJPW]

His N-Air is also hilarious.

Multiple times throughout the video he reminded me of Dedede with the way he inflates.

And look at his tail stub.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Not going to lie, when I saw this.

I was like:

"PLEASE STOP, THIS MAN HAVE A FAMILY"

Also, here is a gif of his victory animation.

 

[Jetsurge]

Multiple times throughout the video he reminded me of Dedede with the way he inflates.

And look at his tail stub.

It looks like K. Rool is dabbing where you froze the video

 

[Putuk]

K. Rools moveset reminds me faintly of Dedede, though, it's probably just the near identical nAir.
Still, I think he'll feel very intuitive to play for me. I love heavy characters so much. Nimble combo characters just don't cut the mustard.

 

[Gobliiin]

Glad we got some footage and that it was already here for us to talk about. Looks amazing only had a quick look on my phone but it's looking like he could be heavier than bowser. Wasn't moving an inch until well over 100% and against another heavy character.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I'm certainly glad he actually got his own victory theme. They pulled out all the stops for Rool.

 

[KirbyMonadoBoy]

Oy Kutthroats!

Also 'D.

Here we go, moveset analysis:

- Backthrow (0:12) - 11,5% damage, that's a lot!

- Side-B (0:15) - The returning crown deals a bit more than 6% damage. After 15 seconds the crown despawns and then reappears on KKR's head again.

- Back-Air (0:18) – Startup seems a little bit slow, but the hitbox is big and the damage output is really good, 20% damage!

- Neutral-B (0:30) – The canon can be angled diagonally. The canonball itself is quite slow and thus can lead to some insane combos: At 0:33 the canonball in the far distance deals 18% damage, more than twice as much as at 0:31. Maybe the damage of the canonball is dependent on how long it was already flying in the air (the longer in the air, the more damage). Furthermore the pirate hat appears while using the cannon and thus is not an alternative skin.

- Forward-Air (0:33) - The Forward-air looks similar to Bowsers Back-Air . It deals around 15% damage. If interrupted, the Forward-Air only deals 10% (0:47). The knockback seem to be quite good, Forward-Air might be a good kill option at higher percents.

- Pivot-Grab (0:44) - The Pivot-Grab range ist huge, just look at this, that's so great!

- Up-Throw (0:45) – KKR's Upthrow is insane, 16,8% (!) damage – this might be one of the strongest throws in the game. Furthermore it has similar properties to the Up-Throws of Kirby, Metaknight and Glurak Charizard, although the knockback doesn't look quite as strong. Nevertheless, on stages with high platforms like Town & City or Duckhunt this throw might be a kill option.

- Neutral-Air (0:48) – Neutral-Air looks very similar to Dedede's Nair, thats great: Fast, not a lot of landing lag and good for combos. Hopefull this will also be an option to escape if being comboed.

- Jab (0:59) - KKR's Jab is quite slow, and consists only of two punches – but I guess the damage will be very good (unfortunately we can't tell from the video).

- Ultrasmash (1:25) - The Ultrasmash deals 45% damage and is definitely one of the better Ultrasmashes in the game (+ the Donkey Kong 64 throwback is great)!

- New victory jingle (1:39) - King K. Rool gets his own victory-music: the first 12 notes of his Gang-Plank Galleon musictrack.

 

[Strider_Bond00J]

K. Rool looks like a lot of fun from that new gameplay trailer, especially with the neat stuff you could do with the Cannonballs. Also nice they gave him his own little victory jingle to set him apart from the Kongs. Either way, looking forward to playing as him.

 

[AwesomeCauliflower68]

If you told me at the start of the year that K. Rool was in Smash and he has a direct reference to Donkey Kong Land for the Gameboy in his moveset, I would have called you krazy.

This is amazing. Seeing him fully in action really made me feel like it was the direct all over again. Just when I thought it was normal that he was in Smash i'm doubting myself that this is even real.

 

[Jetsurge]

- Up-Throw (0:45) – KKR's Upthrow is insane, 16,8% (!) damage – this might be one of the strongest throws in the game. Furthermore it has similar properties to the Up-Throws of Kirby, Metaknight and Glurak, although the knockback doesn't look quite as strong. Nevertheless, on stages with high platforms like Town & City or Duckhunt this throw might be a kill option.

Reminds me of Zard's seismic toss up throw. Hopefully it can kill like Zard's.

 

[-crump-]

Ah man, he looks amazing. I’m glad we got some gameplay footage, but the more I see, the harder the wait becomes...

I NEED THIS GAME NOW ARGHH

 

[G-Guy]

Wow, i am blown away by K Rool. The fact that the crown acts like an items is very interesting, maybe allowing for some z drop shenanigans.
Blunderbuss is still hard to decipher, it’s not clear if you have to commit to the sucking or not.

Maybe some Crown-to-Suck combos are a fun and hype possibility.

Bair looks absolutely devastating, but slow. Opponents really need to watch out for it off stage I assume.

Also, did we see the up or down air? Was hard to tell for me, but perhaps we have a stomp (spike pls!?) on him, too...

So yeah, seems like the website wasn’t kidding by calling him a versatile fighter. I mean you never really know what K Rool can go for, next

 

[THE 6r]

This. Was. Beautiful. This was exactly what I had in mind for the character to look, feel, and play like.

 

[Untouch]

The only problem with this footage is that we never saw him recover, so we still don't know if upB has a hitbox or can be acted out of.

 

[Raxxel]

Best part is that there are still aspects of the moveset to be seen, we haven't seen all that the king has to offer yet.

 

[KirbyMonadoBoy]

Reminds me of Zard's seismic toss up throw. Hopefully it can kill like Zard's.

Yeah! In my post I wrote "Glurak" (the German name of Charizard), I forgot that his english name is different, ooops^^

 

[SmashKeks]

Oy Kutthroats!

Also 'D.

Ohhhhhhhh, this has me really excited to play this guy. Neutral air looks good with nice range and being seemingly easy to throw out. I like the confirmation that K. Rool's crown is an item, though I'm curious to know if K. Rool just puts it back on when he grabs it or if he is indeed allowed to z drop his own crown. The vacuum after the canon ball makes the vaccum seemingly less viable, though I like that the cannonball can be angled, and it seems like a fast projectile. K. Rool's up air whiffed, but I'm curious what the framedata on that looks like.

 

[Untouch]

Also confirmation that that laughing animation isn't his dair but is his entrance animation.

 

[Sirfishe]

You know how relieving it is to even hear the announcer say King K. Rools name on screen? The hype is killing me!!!!!!!! Plus he moves a lot faster than I excepted. Just by looking at his moves, his crown throw is going to be very useful. People will shield or spot dodge and you can easily go in for a grab or attack right after they spot dodge. I need this game!

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[TMNTSSB4]

Not going to lie, when I saw this.

I was like:

"PLEASE STOP, THIS MAN HAVE A FAMILY"

Also, here is a gif of his victory animation.

K Rool took Snake away from his family and made sure he’d never be heard of again...and that point is perfect

 

[Xzsmmc]

Beautiful. He's so quick despite his girth.

I cannot wait for this game.

 

[Dee Dude]

Guys, is it weird that I can’t stop watching his reveal trailer over and over again?

Btw, loving that gameplay footage at last.

 

[Paint_B]

He looks beautiful in play. Very characteristic and not boring to watch (like Bayonetta, cough cough.)

He looks balanced with his size and fast speed, nice projectiles and range. And his throws are just amazing.

Can't wait to learn the way of the Croc.

 

[SuperiorYoshi87]

NoJ sharing game play for K. Rool makes me smile they know what we want to see... the GG fanfare is beautiful so much love went into the King. I cant wait to play him, I finally get my slot 2 main I've been waiting for since Smash 64.. Yoshi, K. Rool, and hopefully if I'm really lucky Banjo to round out my 3.

K. Rool looks really fast.. I know Ult. Is faster but K. Rool just seems REALLY fast. I'm not complaining I'm just excited.

 

[mynameisBlade]

He looks amazing!!! Can't wait to play this game.... (sucks when he is KO'd he doesn't make the "OOF" sound) Damn. Was hoping he'd get that like Megaman got his unique death animation. K. Rools would have just been a sound, but I still am psyched.

 

[spoilerowl]

Aaaand with that, it has officially sunk in for me that King K. Rool is in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Seeing an actual gameplay match seemed to solidify it for good.

Also he looks incredibly good for a heavyweight, I look forward to seeing what kind of setups people can make out of the cannonball and crown attacks, and seeing what's left of his moveset.

 

[Diem]

What the hell with that cannonball combo, man. That's a combo most projectile characters could only dream of. Yet here comes King K. Rool with only two projectiles and one of them happens to be one of the best in the game.

 

[mynameisBlade]

Do you guys think this is what we will get instead of Sakurai explaining his move set?..

 

[Fenriraga]

Man, from his reveal I thought K. Rool's projectile game looked like it would be really weak, but this certainly helped prove me wrong.

Comboing into the Blunderbuss ball, using the crown as a means to cover Snake's getup from ledge, that's some pretty good stuff.

 

[Handy Man]

I found an updated version of the Gangplank Galleon remix, utilizing the new music from the gameplay footage uploaded today:

 

[SuperNintendoKid]

YO THE CANNONBALL COMBOS THO!

He seems really fast and strong with really good projectile game! his biggest weakness seems to follow the footsteps of melee Bowser however, not many escape options, being incredibly large (he looks to be even larger than ridley) and being really heavy at the same time, thus a huge punching bag. nevertheless i am maining this guy!

 

[DarkFalcon]

He looks awesome, but one thing I've noticed is I haven't seen him cancel his blunderbuss after firing the cannonball. If he can't cancel the sucking animation that'd be pretty rough. And I haven't seen the cannonball be shot at any other angle after he sucks it in.

 

[RetroMetalSonic]

Dang, K. Rool is looking pretty darn good for a heavyweight type character. He looks really fun to play as. So far out of the entire playable cast he's seems to be the most likely to end up as one of my mains.

Oh boy, imagine team matches with K. Rool. That Blunderbuss could lead into some great moments...