[RUMOUR] King K. Rool being added to Smash?

[Luma Party]

So here we have a collection of rumours.
Here we have supposed "leaked images" of the next Nintendo Direct, be warned, they look more real than others.

Now, we have this tweet here from DK Vine.

DK Vine @dkvine
Apparently Nintendo has just trademarked King K. Rool's name. Omen of an upcoming Smash DLC announcement?
1:01 PM - 26 Jul 2015
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What they meant was this.
On Nintendo's online Virtual Console listing for DK: Jungle Climber, King K. Rool's name has TM next to it, something we haven't seen.
This could mean a variety of things.
K. Rool may be part of the next Donkey Kong game, he could be part of that reported Diddy Kong Racing 2, he could be the most popular character on the Smash Ballot, or Nintendo just feels like trademarking him.

 

[Geoman]

Yea I heard etika talk about this and K rool might be in smash
Why else would they put a TM for jungle climber and not Country

 

[SirYoshi211]

Oh yeah I've seen this. The trademark could mean a lot of things and this makes me think K Rool will be added as a Smash Bros fighter. Just because I've seen so many others vote for him and support him nearly everywhere. I'd be fine with his inclusion, he has potential to be an interesting and fun fighter. Though him returning to the DK series would be great as I liked him in the DK games. Of course they could just be trademarking him but it probably means something DK related after that Diddy Kong trademark.

 

[anthonysea]

My reaction if this is true.

Spoiler

I have a really dark sense of humor, btw.

 

[Vipsoccermaster]

Just because a character is trademarked doesn't mean we'll see it in Smash or any other game. It's just trademarked. It doesn't prove anything. It's just there.

 

[H-J Kaabii]

I thought this was debunked yesterday

 

[Geoman]

I thought this was debunked yesterday

So is this fake? I thought we didn't know yet

 

[deadlyximpulse]

OMG I hope this is true, I know I was one of the people who voted for him in the smash ballot.
Plus it wouldnt make sense not to add him since smash lack villain characters.

 

[RafalRib]

The polygons are too visible on K.Rool on the ND pics

Maybe it's just of the zoomed in thingy

 

[Bowser498]

It would be nice to add him to the roster; we need more DK Reps!

 

[RafalRib]

THE RUMOR WAS TRUE!!!! We're getting K.Rool July 31st.....As a mii costume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6tTZnApK0

 

[Luma Party]

I've officially lost hope in Nintendo's DLC releasing.
Why the hell won't they just put him in the game?
They see people vote Inkling and K. Rool, what do they do?
They put ugly Mii Costumes in.
I'm not spending $2 to get a costume on both versions.

 

[MarioComix]

I think it's interesting to note that the K. Rool costume is based on his classic look from the original DKC trilogy, namely his giant crown, stubby tail, and golden belly. What does this mean?

First of all, if K. Rool wasn't being considered as a playable character, it would be so easy for Sakurai to just look at K. Rool's latest design (Jungle Climber/King of Swing designs) and make a costume based on that. The most obvious cue there is that the costume would lack a tail.

Instead, imagine if Sakurai was doing research on K. Rool's abilities to make him playable by looking at the original DKC trilogy. By the same token, he could be basing his Smash Bros. K. Rool on this classic design as well.

Finally, because all artwork and sprites of K. Rool's old design are all rather outdated, creating a costume based on that look would be far more difficult than creating a costume based on his modern appearance.