I just need to correct something here.
The underlined, bolded and italics up above.
Parasol Dees in Smash Run have
no effect on THE Waddle Dee, AKA,
Bandana Waddle Dee. Bandana Dee is different from his species, just like Yoshi and Toad.
and unlike the other two, Bandana Dee has visual evidence of his own identity, unlike Yoshi and Toad. in fact, his name alone states that he wears a bandana, for one thing. there are multiple things to seperate THE characters from Generic Enemy characters. if Yoshis being generic enemy characters in SSB64 and Melee meant that Yoshi was unconfirmed, how the heck is that Yoshi has been in all four (technically five) Smash games to date? (I'm including the unrealeased one because Yoshi has been reconfirmed for them)
overall, Bandana Dee actually has more going for him than Yoshi and Toad combined ever did.
1: has clothing to individualize himself from his generic species.
2: is incredibly important in the stories of two, technically three games. (as much as it pains me to say it, [especially about Yoshi] Yoshi and Toad almost never have any real importance in the main story)
3: is as durable as the main character.
4: better with his weapon of choice than most of his species.
5: is the right-hand man of one of the most important characters in his franchise.
6: was not made solely for the purpose of helping Kirby, or was not given life by Kirby's abilities. (what I mean by this is that he is natural born, and willingly helps Kirby anyway, and isn't spawned by the Helper power Kirby has in Super Star/Ultra.)
I could go on, but overall I just mean that his kind appearing without the bandana do nothing to hurt him. though I think your rating of his chances are fair
I apoligize if any of this seems offensive.