King K Rool Was Forgotten Again...

The Donkey Kong Country addition to Super Nintendo World was finally revealed in a new Nintendo Direct for Super Nintendo World which is very exciting except for the fact that King K Rool is missing from this theme park.
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[@Nonjola]

It's not just King K. Rool that Nintendo is neglecting. Looking at the merchandise, Nintendo only seems to focus on DK and Diddy.

[@FreeAimDog]

sort of finally, diddy kong had an amazing racing game and it took afew mario karts for him to be added in the roaster, i know your probably thinking why does that matter its mario kart, well it matters to me because they add donkey kong to every mario kart but not diddy which i would contest hes most likely a better racer than donkey kong. wait, dint diddy get added to mario kart 8 deluxe DLC?

[@NojoNortu]

Kong.

[@CobbleBompster]

@@NojoNortu*Combs

[@chazzthehedgehog5495]

they even neglect the Kremlings in Mario Strikers Battle League, despite the fact they appeared in the previous two as the goalies. Heck, In Battle League, Not only did they not bring them back & replace them with Boom-Boom from SMB3, They didn't even bother to add King K Rool as one of the playable characters. What a missed Opportunity!

[@RadicalSharkRS]

Good cause I love diddy

[@inceptional]

It's such a strange thing, because he's a very strong character design. And a model of him would look great in the park.

[@Wario_B]

If I ever go to the Nintendo park, I’m wearing my K. Rool shirt out of spite

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

With a King K. Rool amiibo. Cap of a crown or even a crocodile snout mask from a costume shop. That would work.

[@christheboss9044]

I’ll bring an entire costume

[@rexchan3553]

I’ll blast gang plank galleon, and also only speak in k rool’s voice

[@Godzillaking695]

Same

[@Goober_Cheese]

Wearing my sonic outfit and bringing my steam deck with just sonic games

[@bimmylee1744]

Ironic, seeing as how when DK Island comes to the states, it'll be in Florida, which is infested with Gators

[@maxwellrochette9646]

Right?

[@Ruisu_Skungoid]

Fr bruh I finna dress up as an alligator now💀

[@Faz10do987]

@@Ruisu_Skungoiddress up as king k. Rool

[@Mario87456]

Uh yeah King K Rool is a crocodile a extremely similar yet different animal and we don’t run into alligators all the time you know where I live I have never seen them in the wild not even in my neighborhood.

[@maximumgolem4574]

@@Mario87456damn that’s crazy because there’s a river by my house and I’ve seen big ass alligators and snakes . Shit is scary as fuck

[@PrettyKoolCrocodile]

It saddens me how K. Rool is not acknowledged beyond legacy media like profile pictures and calendars, despite clearly getting fame from his revival through Smash that shows people still care for him to this day. While I get they want it to be Returns focussed, he's an absolute fan favorite that shouldn't be left in the dust, also just Returns huh why just that one and not even Tropical Freeze? I would've loved to meet a K. Rool mascot with a Klaptrap by his side. If he's not in the next DKC, it might be the true end of his mainline relevance again. They literally own the trademarks of the character, it's just a matter of when they'll make good use of them, but until then, we're stuck in a slump era and its sad for this franchise to be in.

[@lasercraft32]

Imagine making an ENTIRE GIFT SHOP and _only_ filling it with Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong merch. Like come one man... You have more than just two characters. :/

[@TheNumber_E]

I think it’s more like Nintendo sees Donkey Kong more like a Mario character than anything nowadays, Donkey Kong hasn’t had a new game in over 10 years. He’s now just a Mario character cause apparently he can’t be relevant without Mario

[@ThisGuyIsACertifiedIdiotHehe]

True that

[@scarletwitch616]

That's exactly what I was thinking too. And it saddens me because DK is my favorite Nintendo character

[@fartinator1]

Sorta how rayman has become nothing but a side character within the rabbids universe (well, until now, all the recent flops have forced them to use him again)

[@smashers6971]

@@TheNumber_E Tbh it’s more how it was in the 2000’s, where Donkey Kong was seen more as a gimmicky character that was strapped to Mario Spin offs and Bongo crontrols, honestly DK’s legacy is better now than it has been since the Rareware buyout. Yea there’s not a new game but it’s clear Nintendo knows how important this franchise is nowadays.

[@maximumgolem4574]

@@smashers6971ngl I think donkey Kong is well overdue for a return to form. I never played the dk country games other than returns but I donwloaded the roms for my little brother and he loves them. The deal is most younger zoomers don’t know about k rool and the old school donkey Kong country characters with me being one. But seeing as ultimate brought back k rool I believe Nintendo sees the demand and after them bringing back Mario and Luigi and Paper Mario anything is possible

[@the3dluxe53]

Keep in mind they’ve probably been working on this park for over a decade. Possibly even before Tropical Freeze came out since that game doesn’t seem to be referenced either. King K. Rool probably wasn’t even a thought in Nintendo’s mind at the time. I still think he might come back in the next game.

[@GreatRaijin]

If theres no tiki/Frederick references, then i think its fine, its nothing personal on K rool in nintendo's part

[@LleytonSPD]

No, they’ve only been working on it for about 5 years max

[@jawad.p]

​@@GreatRaijin i think the main ride is about the tiki tak tribe

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

@@LleytonSPDplanning of the theme park started in 2014

[@LleytonSPD]

@@yggdrasilsaltar “planning” & “started”

[@redpyro5585]

King K. Rool is necessary to Donkey Kong's survival because you can't have it without the main villian

[@orangeslash1667]

Maybe they'll use the Tiki's????

[@bilumination6519]

Kritters being fired from being the strikers goalie was disrespectful to the DK legacy. Kremling being removed from the Dk series entirely is the crime of the century!!!!

[@victzegopterix2]

Boom-Boom just works better ngl. Less random, more iconic, just works better for a Mario game, and fitting big hands.

[@DamnZtar]

@@victzegopterix2boom boom is too generic, kremlings have more personality

[@Trader_Moe]

It doesn't have too much of an effect because nobody plays battle league anyway.

[@victzegopterix2]

@@DamnZtar, this is so wrong. The entirety of Battle leagues has nest to no personality, not Boom-Boom. If Boom-Boom - who as a recurring Boss has by default more personality than a random regular basic krokodilian enemy may I add - were in a Mario Strikerz like the first two, absolutely no one would complain about it "lacking personality" in comparison to the Kremlin, or would complain about it in general apart from some Kremlin supremacists I guess, though sadly that never happened and it doesn't seem like it will.

[@DamnZtar]

@ if there kremlings were in battle league, that would make the game somewhat good

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

What sucks to me is that the only focus we get is on donkey Kong and Diddy. It seems like anytime we bring in any other character that isn't something like funky kong, or cranky, we have to fight tooth and nail just to get acknowledgment. It's as if Nintendo is very upset that they weren't the ones to make donkey Kong the way they were, so they try to reinvent him all the time. Take jungle beat for instance. That took literally everything out of donkey Kong, and they literally said that they could do donkey Kong better. And they didn't. I hate the disrespect that they give to all the characters of donkey kong, including the main villain. Please, just use him. He's a strong character design, and he has just as much mainstay as Bowser does in his own series.

[@TheProfessionalReject]

For real!!! Even DK and Diddy don’t get the representation and respect deserved from Nintendo! We should be seeing DK, Diddy, Dixie, Cranky, Funky, Wrinkly, and Swanky frequently! If they isolate the cast it’s lame as these are all cool characters and if they ever do make a game it would feel out of place to have Wrinkly, Swanky, or Dixie. These characters deserve mention! Now I get that it’s unrealistic to expect all of the Kongs. But if we cut out like Chunky, Lanky, Tiny, or any other small roles aren’t those 7 remaining just perfect! DK, Diddy and Dixie are the biggest ones and then often Cranky and Funky are seen as protagonists and if not they are main NPCs and then we still have Wrinkly and Swanky which could be seen less frequently and would provide as a nice variety! Additionally, the animal buddies are almost just as important as keeping Dixie, Swanky, e.t.c. The same goes with Animal Buddies about skimming down. I say, Rambi the Rhino, Enguarde the Swordfish, Squawks the Parrot, Squitter the Spider and Rattly the Rattlesnake are the best five to narrow it down to but maybe even as variety would have a chance to see Ellie the Elephant, Winky the Frog, or Expresso the Ostrich and maybe even like a banana bird that flies around as an adaptation of parry the parallel bird! DK and his environment is so cool and interesting but nobody gets the opportunity to get immersed in it beyond surface level “YAY DK and Diddy are friends” because Nintendo refuses to immerse people and it’s sad as we see with Mario we learn of his brother and companion like Yoshi and this world is so sick and I would argue DK Isle is just as cool and interesting my personal opinion I like it more but it’s not fair because we have no modern day example to compare and just think of how expansive it was back on the SNES and wonder how much it could’ve flourished if Nintendo funded DK Crew as they deserved!

[@scarletwitch616]

To me Nintendo seems to be salty that Rareware basically invented the DK we know

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

@@scarletwitch616 it sucks too, because if I remember right donkey Kong country over in Japan was widely popular. Like, the most popular donkey Kong has ever been over there.

[@scarletwitch616]

@@ItsRetroPlanet yeah it's really strange from a business stand point in my opinion like if Nintendo just treated the DK series and treated the IP similar to Legend of Zelda and Mario series it would probably be more profitable than the self sabotage of DK that they seem to be doing

[@abdieljove2011]

Jungle Beat slander will not be tolerated. That game was amazing.

[@nintavito546]

Not only K.Rool appeared as a playable character, but Klaptrap, a Kremling enemy from DKC 1 appeared as an assist trophy as well in Smash Ultimate

[@tjlnintendo]

The Kremlings also appeared as enemies in the 3DS Smash bros mode called Smash Run

[@nintavito546]

@tjlnintendo true

[@bilumination6519]

Klaptraps have existed since dk jr

[@thecaptainfalcon3316]

​@tjlnintendo Smash Run was soo good, the one thing Ultimate was missing that needed to come back.

[@nintavito546]

@@bilumination6519 those were different enemies, maybe Klaptraps were inspired by them

[@NoxideActive]

So to put things in perspective let's take apart the DK theme park and see what it contains. Donkey Kong - Created by Nintendo using the Rareware DKC design Diddy, Cranky, Dixie, Funky - Rareware Characters and all featured in some form in the park Rambi, Squawks - made by Rare as well The DK barrels and Letter Tokens - Rare creations The DK Treehouse and Funky's Flights - New design by Retro Studios, originally created by Rare Tiki Tak Tribe - Created by Retro, one of the few things that's completely theirs. Tutorial Pig - featured in the gift shop and was created by Rare DK Arcade stage - classic Nintendo Easter egg Overall there are lots of things made my Rare that is still apart of the DK universe and theme park. The lack of Kremlings are a shame but it's not the end of the world.

[@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8]

Tutorial Pig was not created by Rare?

[@Quinhala11]

Made by Rare but completely revamped by Nintendo, Paon, and Retro. Professor Chops was created by Retro, not Rare.

[@drew8079]

What's even crazier to me is that of all things the golden banana is referenced, and the show was HUGE in Japan. Spawning playsets, cards, figures, plushes. I don't understand the omission of king k rool at all.

[@maximus4765]

K Rool may be a smash character now like Captain Falcon, and that's a shame. I really want to know the exact reason Nintendo wants to separate DK from the Kremlings and Rare entirely.

[@Nonjola]

Rare was the developer behind those creations, and Nintendo tends to be particularly rigid when it comes to allowing external input, especially from outside Japan. There’s a cultural resistance among traditional Japanese companies, where they often dislike seeing outsiders excel with their intellectual properties. This same mindset explains why SEGA hesitated to let Christian Whitehead and his team develop a Sonic Mania 2-despite their success-because they achieved something the Japanese teams hadn’t.

[@ivanzoneBR]

Except Captain Falcon had a new game after Smash and K.Rool didnt.

[@lucko95]

@@NonjolaBut with that logic then Diddy, Dixie and Funky wouldn't be in Tropical Freeze, or K. Rool wouldn't be in King of Swing and it's sequel.

[@Curlyheart]

​@@Nonjolathat's... actually kind of pathetic.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

@@Nonjola guess that proves my theory of Sonic Team being jealous of the Mania Team, afraid of Fans stealing their jobs.

[@ClassicGamerMichael]

King K. Rool’s portrayal in Ultimate was perfect! It’s a shame he hasn’t appeared in a Donkey Kong game in years.

[@brucebaird-]

I heard a rumor that universal wanted to include the kremlings but Nintendo said no

[@Nonjola]

That sounds like something Nintendo would say.

[@Dinosaurprince]

My uncle at Universal confirmed this.

[@cherrybombwaffles518]

that's because Nintendo has been trying to get rid of Rare's influence ever since they got bought out by Microsoft. they effectively made Donkey Kong Island a Crocodile-Free Zone.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Well if that’s the case we gotta complain until we get a K.Rool meet and greet. It took 68 years between Disneyland’s opening and 2023 when Pete, Mickey Mouse’s arch-nemesis, got to be a meet-and-greet character. We don’t want to wait that long for K.Rool too.

[@tjlnintendo]

@@cherrybombwaffles518 Which is odd since they would use the Kremlings for multiple Mario Spin offs in the GCN and Wii era.

[@StealthWolf69420]

R.I.P King K Rool (1994 - 2024)

[@Godzillaking695]

😢😢😞😞😞😞😞😞

[@lordlank2099]

its such a shame, aside from a few dk games after 64, the only other games he appeared in were Smash and Mario Super Sluggers, hopefully there is a light at the end of the tunnel for k rool's return.

[@dagoodboy6424]

Time to release a crocodile there while playing krools theme on full blast.

[@mredbadger]

I think it’s a bit sad that Rare basically defined what Donkey Kong is when he’s separated from Mario, and aside from the odd fan-requested cameo, Nintendo just pretend DKCR was the first DK game

[@beauwalker9820]

I liked DKCR, but honestly I'm getting tired of it, and the lame Tiki enemies. The Kremlings were better.

[@Mario87456]

@@beauwalker9820 The main Mario series seems to suffers from the opposite problem when it comes to villains, as look I like Bowser as a villain and all and he is pretty cool but wouldn’t it be nice to have a new villain be the main antagonist of a game in the main Super Mario series for once? (As in the 3D games and platforming games) I guess I feel that way because well Bowser has been the main villain of more games then King K Rool since in contrast King K Rool has been the main villain of only a relatively few amount of games.

[@carlosbleu7396]

Like Wart from Super Mario bros 2?

[@Mario87456]

@@carlosbleu7396 Well he got lucky if only because Super Mario Bros. 2 as many may already know was originally a different game called Doki Doki Panic.

[@carlosbleu7396]

I know but the legacy from this game is huge and was more interesting than the "DLC" which was The lost levels.

[@jarerarebear1765]

By the time K. Rool was added to Smash, the plans for the Donkey Kong Country theme park had already been solidified. The park is primarily based on Returns and I don't think that's a bad thing at all. Tiki Tong will actually show up on the Minecart Madness roller-coaster, DK fans were so anti the Tiki Tak Tribe, it's not like we were ever going to fight them again, So I pretty much view this as one last hurrah for the Tiki Tak Tribe. Smash is the Kingmaker, so I don't doubt that K. Rool and the Kremlings will return in a future DK game. Personally, I'm just grateful that a DKC theme park even exists at all, and I don't have the same weird nostalgia driven hatred of Returns that other DK fans my age seem to have, so I'm very happy to see Returns being celebrated one more time.

[@victzegopterix2]

Tiki Tak Tribe is so cool. Never got why people don't like them.

[@carnage0685]

Tiki Tong is actually pretty damn cool. I wouldn’t mind him showing up every now and then. The Snowmads are lame though.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

That would make sense, I imagine a whole ass theme park takes more time than making a game. Also you do touch on something interesting i think needs to be called out more and it is a large chunk of at least Western DK fans weird disdain for anything not rare made in the series. Like i get it, nostalgia's a B, the snes games are a great time, but I think the fanbase will risk going the way of others if it continues and grows which would suck to see as it's otherwise very chill so far in my experience

[@jarerarebear1765]

​@@MagillanicaLouMYeah, I think being slaves to nostalgia will kill the fandom and the franchise along with it.

[@Marko-ij4vy]

Donkey Kong without K.Rool is like Mario without Bowser. Or Sonic without Dr.Eggman.

[@ultrawariowarefan1431]

I remember that donkey Kong country park planned was before king k rool smash ultimate

[@GPXBrent]

Yep. Planning started in 2014

[@Funkynugget2004]

Seems to me the plan for DKC addition to universal was locked down long before K.Rool returned in Smash

[@smashers6971]

I think the issue that I feel a lot of people ignore is that K. Rool has been gone from his own series for over 20 years, obviously I’m only talking about Mainline games from DK64, but his other appearances post 64 didn’t really sell well. (Keep in mind the best selling DK game after the buyout before returns released was a remake of DKC for the GBA) considering that returns was the game that basically saved Donkey Kong as a franchise I think it’s appropriate that the theme park would focus on it, since it’s the modern view of Donkey Kong. That being said do I think K. Rool is dead? No I don’t think Nintendo hates the Kremlings considering he got into smash and recently got NSO icons, heck K. Rool still appeared in the post buyout games, I definitely feel like a new DK game is probably his best chance to return to give him his proper reintroduction that he deserves.

[@beauwalker9820]

With Retro Studios in charge we probably won't see a new DK game until Metroid Prime 4 is finished.

[@Mario87456]

@@beauwalker9820 We need Paon to develop a Donkey Kong Country game. At least they would use the Kremlings. Since I believe they used them in every Donkey Kong game they developed.

[@pacmancdi]

I'm sad that benevolent Bluster kong and his barrel factory aren't in the park.

[@blaquelinktriforce4234]

I cried so much when they revealed the King K.Rool costume because I love King K.Rool especially his DKC cartoon version.

[@ApartmentFlyer]

Hell yeah The DKC cartoon is so funny like the quality is poor, but the dialogue and characters is hilarious

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I'm pretty sure is because of the time they were making it, it wasn't possible since Nintendo still had their dumb strict mandates

[@OwenTDS-x5s]

No. King K.rool wasn’t forgotten. Nintendo just doesn’t Give a shit about him.

[@Jacy-dx6dx]

Lile all good things.

[@Godzillaking695]

We care about King k rool.

[@gooeydude574]

Just like the Wario Land series

[@TVTIME-be8ze]

And that’s why I sometimes hate Nintendo because they don’t care about their own characters that we like

[@Godzillaking695]

@@TVTIME-be8ze we don't care about tiki tong. King k rool deserves to return in modern era.

[@sonicxd4304]

I just wanna point out that there are DK games with these crocodiles that came out after Microsoft got Rare. They literally have no excuse.

[@orangeslash1667]

Thats because K rool was still needed during the Dark age of DK. So it seems that they're not needed nowadays.

[@henrymapleton]

An area at the bottom of DK's house where we can go to see our banana hoard is gone.

[@DKCfan10]

I’m so glad you made a video about this. I’m really getting sick of Nintendo erasing Rare’s contributions more and more as time goes on.

[@beauwalker9820]

In fairness, they still use Diddy, Rambo, Dixie, Cranky, and Funky, (Swanky and Chunky cameo in the movie) so they actually still regard the Kong family. And let's not forget that the Kremlings were used in the "King of Swing," and "Barrel Blast" games.

[@Mario87456]

@@beauwalker9820 DK Jungle Climber the sequel to DK King Of The Swing also used the Kremlings and it’s notable for being the very last game to have King K Rool as the main antagonist. It was also the game that introduced me to the character as well. Nintendo I am afraid just doesn’t get it that people want King K Rool back even though the only reason why he was even added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was because of his high popularity on the Smash Ballot.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

Apparently there were talks of Universal wanting to add K.Rool to the park alongside some other elements, but Nintendo refused. They had similar limitations on Mario's world too, with Nintendo wanting to focus on Mario 3D World elements. What we do know for sure is that through some early drafts for the expansion, you can see some of the Sour-Dodo enemies from Tropical Freeze, and even Ellie the Elephant from Country 3. I really don't think it's being done out of spite for what Rare made, because if it was, we wouldn't have this park in the first place. Returns HD is coming out which is pretty good marketing, and a good way to get people into Donkey Kong who haven't played it yet. I'm confident we'll see K. Rool when we get a new Donkey Kong game, which... who knows when that's coming out, but I'm confident it's coming.

[@dainnofgungnir]

I agree with this. IMO it's probably just because he's been absent in Returns, which the park is most based on. We barely have Tropical Freeze content, with Dixie's "return" and Funky's shop just slightly scraping by. From the video, I'm pretty sure we didn't even see merch of either of them in Funky's shop. It sucks how little things are recognized bar DK and Diddy. Once we get the next DK game, I think that one decides K. Rool's ultimate fate and future--if he's just doomed to forever be a "legacy" character or not. But I really can't imagine them not bringing him back at this point... I was never expecting him to make his return to the series in the theme park of all places.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

@@dainnofgungnir I believe Smash Bros. has put him back in the public consciousness - everyone knows who you are once you get into Smash, so his popularity can't be ignored anymore. Funky's shop does have some keychains for Rambi, Dixie, Squawks and Professor Chops, so I'm hopeful that over time they'll add new merch, and maybe some new things around the park to keep patrons interested.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Agreed.

[@aquapyro1]

Miyamoto really wants to take all the credit for Donkey Kong today, when we all know it was the British and the Americans who made him who he is

[@Mario87456]

Unfornately it seems that way as the way he was acting gave off vibes that he was acting like he created the Donkey Kong franchise alone when in reality Rare did.

[@Goober_Cheese]

For just a small K Rool representation at the park, the coolest way to incorporate him would be to have a pirate ship themed after a kremling pirate crew like in DKC2

[@clunk2824]

I feel like this has to be brought up since a lot of people don't seem to understand this - the Super Nintendo World theme park was in discussion LONG before K Rool's return in Smash/Ultimate's development. Universal was negotiating with Miyamoto heavily, and during the time, Nintendo was actively promoting Retro's DKC games. Universal wanted to use Rare's content (Ellie appearing in the concept maquett or the DKC area) but Nintendo wa sstill very strct on which characters they could use. Ultimate's development was likely sometime after negotiations were finalized.

[@theamazinggamer111]

If we ever got that DK Illumination movie and Rool as well as the Kremlings WEREN’T the antagonists, I’d riot.

[@supermannygamer2003]

That's it I'm dressing up as K rool and headed to DK country in Universal studios when that opens up here

The thing is Nintendo officially owns K. Rool after Rare was bought by Microsoft, as are all other directly-connected DKC characters. They have no excuse doing this. For all we know they do have something planned but still....

[@Tccreeper956]

Dude k rool is probably my favorite Nintendo villian of all time it’s a shame that k rool is being forgotten my Nintendo my dad was screaming his lungs out with me when k rool got revealed for smash it’s just sad that he got forgotten by Nintendo :(

[@Giran_0]

King K.Rool is on a long date with Candy apparently because they have been gone for a long time

[@KUR0.KALAM1TY]

Here's your daily reminder that, without Donkey Kong, Mario would be NOTHING.

[@E77A64]

And without K. Rool and the Kremlings there wouldn't be DKC games in the first place

[@KUR0.KALAM1TY]

@@E77A64 So true!

[@pokeguitaristjake6300]

I feel another thing with Nintendo and their modern day Donkey Kong Country, is the fact they also lack consistency on enemies and new villains, and lack consistency on releasing a new Donkey Kong Country in general. Nintendo literally has no passion when it comes to Donkey Kong as a series. Besides Rambi, this park part of Nintendo World for Donkey Kong looks bare bones Edit: My point is it's been 10 years since they released a brand new Donkey Kong Country Returns game, not talking about the ports for Returns Tropical Freeze and Returns HD coming to Switch, from both Wii U and Wii

[@Lator_the_Gator]

One day my beloved K Rool will come back into the spotlight

[@Spongy2763]

The new area feels lonely without the iconic enemies of the franchise

[@AubergineMiller101]

At this point, he deserves his own game now.

[@cjnavy]

i am a little tired of the temple aesthetic. it was fun for returns but the kremlings world was dark, gritty and had more character

[@1upLeviathan]

I understand your frustration Marsen. As a Dixie fan she will most likely never get in Smash Bros or Mario party. King K Rool is crazy popular so it's wild they are neglecting him after Smash Ultimate. I still have hope for K.Rool though.

[@toxicmanbaby1069]

"These are just games from the past" Yeah, you'd think the park would give some focus to characters liked by the people who are actually gonna pay for the family's tickets

[@conspiracyspider]

I mean to be fair it's obvious they based the park after DKC returns which we know King K rool was not a part of, hell they didn't even add the Vikings from tropical freeze and even Dixie gets ignored. Plus there's been rumors that Miyamoto hated the DKC series for a long time. Whether or not that's true is a different story but it would explain why the Kremlins have been getting the shaft for years. I hope they update the area with tropical freeze during the summer kind of like how stores and businesses theme themselves after holidays to me that would be fun.

[@blaquelinktriforce4234]

I 100% agree. They need to put King K.Rool in the DKC movie.

[@arafahmed6662]

I agree he could be the equivalent of Jack black’s bowser but if he was in a DKC movie, he should be voiced by Ben Campbell, the k rool voice in the DKC cartoon’ and the yt short Return to krocodile isle is proof that ben Campbell still got what it takes playing k rool in a DKC movie but a back up choice if they want celebrity VAs then I think Eddie Murphy is a good choice

[@arafahmed6662]

They better not put the snowman’s or tiki tak tribe in the movie, since DKC did all started with K rool

[@blaquelinktriforce4234]

@@arafahmed6662 I agree. They need to get Ben Campbell. There is only one King K.Rool and he is Ben Campbell.

[@carnage0685]

@@arafahmed6662it would actually be better if they both appeared and K. Rool’s army conquered them and forced them to work under him. Imagine K. Rool bossing around Lord Fredrick lol

[@artstylereality2004]

Or maybe a next DK game?

[@louisholmes6961]

Maybe they’re planning to include him soon. If not, maybe we should request for the park to have a K Rool model!

[@Glasshouse828]

Maybe it’s coping but he could still appear as a meet and greet character

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

“dk’s theme park was only based off of one game?? that doesnt make sense” mario’s area is primarily based off of super mario 3d world and yoshi’s ride is based off of yoshi’s island ds. they usually use one game as reference for what the look of the series is and go from there. not to mention not even rareware used most of the animal buddies in their games. expresso, winky, rattly, or ellie made it to 64. so the series has always be inconsistent towards animal buddy usage

[@PanSangex]

man it would be awesome to have a DKC - the kremlings return, but that's too much of a dream, I'm with you, the kremlings were gone with rare leaving nintendo :(

[@LukeDukeShoot]

The park isn't even open yet, and we only really know about half of what is in the park currently. Considering the amount of Rare properties already present in the park, there is still a mighty chance that we'll see em there.

[@misterasa183]

Im frustrated that not only are King K. Rool and the Kremlins are not only absent from the theme park, but that they’ve also been replaced by a one-and-done faction that only appeared in ONE Wii game from 2010 (excluding ports and remasters). I’d also like to bring up that while the Wii and Wii U got their own new DK games, the switch only got ports instead (and we may not get a new one until Switch 2)

[@carnage0685]

It would be less painful if they just kept the Tikis as the new Donkey Kong villain but they scrapped them all the very next game too and replaced them with a significantly lamer antagonist. Idk wtf Retro is thinking, this isn’t supposed to be Kirby where we get a new villain each game and even then all of Kirby’s villains are memorable.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@carnage0685 You do realize that Ridley wasn't in Metroid Dread. Or Ganon wasn't in Majora's Mask.

[@carnage0685]

@@orangeslash1667 what’s your point? They’re in most of the other games. And if anything, the fact that Ganon isn’t in MM makes Majora and Skull Kid stand out even more as antagonists, which is actually good lol

[@orangeslash1667]

@@carnage0685 Developers prefer to use characters that they created. For example the reason Wario was made is because R and D 1 didn't understand Mario as much as Miyamoto. If I had to think of an example of someone being forced to use a popular character and it didn't work, it would Spiderman 3. Sam Raimi originally wanted to use Sandman as the main villain but Sony wanted to add another villain. Raimi wanted Vulture but Sony wanted Venom. Problem was that Raimi wasn't very familiar with Venom, but sadly Sony didn't give him a choice. Fans were not pleased with Venom's portray in the film, this could be because Raimi doesn't understand Venom??? Meaning that Retro Studio's could ruin K Rool's boss fight's, if the only reason he was added is because fans wanted him, but Retro Studios didn't want to. Like Wario, Retro wants to focus on villains that they made. Also the theme of the game Tropical Freeze is ice. Reptiles would not fit the theme very well.

[@artoisr2]

Rare in the 90's was pure magic.

[@E77A64]

The worst part is, The Kremlings weren't even goalies in the newest mario striker game anymore tells me they don't like the Kremlings and K. Rool anymore

[@alexandrasteele2659]

Honestly I think there's hope for RareWare DKC charecters. I mean Swanky and Chunky Kong made cameos in the Mario Movie

[@VilaToro64]

Donkey kong aint the same without the kremlings. Tropical freeze was a great game it had everything that made Donkey kong. David wise, the official composer of Donkey Kong games came back. However something was missing, and it was the kremlings. If nintendo was SMART, huge emphasis on (SMART) they would bring them back in their next game. I made a promise to myself if k roll and his krew aren't in the next Donkey kong game i wont buy it idc how flashy it looks. That's extreme for sum maybe even stupid, but I just can't support it

[@ryanwinter8813]

This seems too pessimistic to me. First of all, you have to take into account how old the plans for his park are. They predate Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and it was likely too late to change plans to include Kremlings or K. Rool. I think Nintendo just prefers to present their characters in the most modern incarnation, and there has not been a new Donkey Kong game since Tropical Freeze. They were never going to put merchandise based on Super Smash Bros in Nintendo World. Besides that, even Mario is barely representing it's own history. There is no Wario, Waluigi, Rosalina or Nabbit. the most trimmed down and modern version of Mario. And at the moment, Donkey Kong's most recent and modern incarnation is the Returns/Tropical Freeze era. Nintendo is very obviously setting up Donkey Kong for a big come back. They pushed in in the Mario Movie, they built a theme park, they're capping off the Switch with a Donkey Kong Country Returns port, all those Donkey Kong Country references in New Donk City, Mario Vs Donkey Kong got a remake, they stopped using the "Super Mario" branding on all of Donkey Kong's merchandise recently, which has been going on for decades, and have started using "Donkey Kong" branding and even now, they're doing a weird amount with Donkey Kong by doing consecutive Donkey Kong Land releases on NSO and Donkey Kong soundtracks on the Nintendo Music App. There was even changes made to the Donkey Kong website domain recently that show signs of activity. Way too much is pointing to a comeback, and they'd be damn fools to make that comeback without King K. Rool after he caught all of Nintendo off guard by being a top performer in the Smash Ballot, and rumors suggesting Nintendo wants to take DK back to an in-house development ( as per reported by DK Vine ) It is disappointing that the park didn't launch with Kremling stuff but they don't have much of anything that isn't Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong. The whole park is setpieces from their most recent game at the time of planning the park, which was DKCR, much like all the set pieces for Mario Land is 3D World and Mario Kart 8 ( and I guess a little bit of Yoshi's New Island? ) I think as the park attracts more people and the Donkey Kong IP regains it's strength, they'll introduce some merchandise with more characters and some costumed characters, including the Kremlings. I mean they only just recently got a Peach costume at the Mario Park, so this is still a developing thing. I'm just going to take it as a small victory that they rolled back the design of Rambi so he looks more lie he did in the Rare games instead of using his awful makeover in DKCR. More specifically it's based on his Barrel Blast model which was a game that used tons of Kremlings. I don't think that's meaningless. I am confident when they develop the next DK in house, we'll start seeing more familiar characters returning. I just expect them to look and act the way they did in the buyout era games like Barrel Blast.

[@blaquelinktriforce4234]

As a huge DK fan this saddens me so much.

[@ChristopherGrisolia]

I miss K.Rool and the Kremling’s so much

[@Virus-20-h1l]

Plus Donkey Kong's house was never a hut, it was a wooden house. Plus remember it was Rare that help bring back Donkey Kong as that Shigeru mocked his redesign from Rare but went with it, as Donkey Kong Country became a huge hit! reshaping the DK franchise forever.

[@cherrybombwaffles518]

Nintendo hasn't forgotten about Rare's influence. they've been trying to get rid of it since the buyout. in an interview about Tropical Freeze, Kensuke Tanabe claimed that people asked him when K Rool was going to make his grand return. and he responded with "does he really need to?" Donkey Kong now has more Brand Recognition than Brand Identity. his Brand Identity had been diluted for years due to his repeated appearances in Mario Spinoffs. it's gotten to the point where he's no longer a star player. he's just an ancillary Mario character and nothing more. and just like Mario, Nintendo forced DK to revert to the same level of blandness as they pulled a Genesis Wave on his own franchise. thus why Donkey Kong Island feels more bland and generic nowadays.

[@barrenwanderers5655]

Someone should dress up as K Rool to the new area upon its public release (if it's allowed).

[@joeygamer5387]

If people can show up in cosplay in Galaxy's Edge, why not Donkey Kong Country?

[@snoccyboi9875]

I've seen a guy with a King k rool puppet controlled by someone in a mech costume. That's somewhat close, right?

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

Just be sure that they don't caught by the security.

[@Godzillaking695]

I'm wearing a costume.

[@Ryowhosakazaki]

@Godzillaking695 I wish you good luck.

[@cumulus1869]

It's probably because Miyamoto and Rareware had a grudge match way back in the day and Miyamoto is a petty bastard. Larry Bundy Jr. has a good video on it called, "Shigeru Miyamoto is an asshole?"

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

Give it time i have a feeling over time they'll flesh this land out

[@carnage0685]

If the only reason for him not being included is because they finalized plans for the park before he returned in Smash Ultimate, like other people said, then maybe they WILL add K. Rool in later

[@DaBeastlyA.]

Krusha: I heard that a higher power determined that he - and by proxy us, were unfit to continue coexisting with our Kong rivals, forcibly removing all contact with them and thus leading to a life of hiding.

[@Cheesetendo]

They could always make a new K Rool mascot costume to walk around the park, adding new mascots seems like a normal thing for theme parks to do over the years.

[@poopa_stinka]

Yeahh who knows. Maybe if he returns in another DK game they’ll make a walk around mascot costume for the parks. It’s not for sure out of the realm of possibility

[@ivanzoneBR]

I mean, thats essentially just how Theme Parks go, look at the Mario section, its mainly only Super Mario 3D World and Mario Kart 8. I dont think this is a big deal at all. It would be a big deal If K.Roll dont appear in a new DKC game.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

That makes sense wasn't aware the Mario park also was meh in series representation

[@Mario87456]

@@ivanzoneBR What I wonder is what are they going to doing when it comes to new Mario Kart games in the future? The Mario Kart 8 aesthetic could be become outdated relatively quickly if they aren’t careful. Guess they will just have to keep supporting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with new content, especially since it seems impossible to top that game anyway.

[@Buddy_Duck]

As someone who didn't grow up on the SNES games, but somehow found myself watching a few episodes of the cartoon, it automatically clicked with me that “King K Rool is Donkey Kong’s King Koopa.” It just makes sense.

[@shadowthief6471]

This realization is also how I felt when it came to roads worth not being in the Mario movie and in fact getting replaced by the glasses blue toad

[@TheSameGoobyGuy]

If they make a donkey kong movie, and they don’t have k rool as the MAIN villain, it’s bombing

[@Bowser_The_Anti_TikTok_Emperor]

Bro, Nintendo forgets about crocodiles, alligators and caimans

[@Magicweeg]

I mean you don’t know he might show up somewhere in the ride.

[@raymaniqe1906]

I was thinkin it would be Tiki Tong

[@Magicweeg]

@ I dunno

[@AD-tj4jc]

Microsoft does not own K Rool. Nintendo does, they can use him whenever they want.

[@ZEK-ROM]

A K rool pirate area would be rad

[@venomousbunny9875]

He got shot by poachers and turned into posh luggage.

[@tylerhughes9090]

| definitely agree that Nintendo seem to want DK fans to forget King K Rool and the Kremlings, which is so odd especially since they have been in a few Mario sports titles, someone on here told me that in the switch version of DKC Tropical Freeze that King K Rool was going to be a secret boss in the game but Nintendo told Retro Studios to remove him to surprise fans that he was coming to Smash Bros, if this is true so disappointing would have been awesome to have him Freeze !

[@mr.awesome6011]

Isn't that half of the point of Smash Bros? To advertise other concurrent games? If anything, it would have added to his Smash reveal seeing him make a comeback in a game released months before he debuts in Smash, giving his reveal more impact .

[@tylerhughes9090]

@@mr.awesome6011 Yeah such a pity he didn't make it in Tropical Freeze, fingers crossed he will be a secret boss in DKCR HD, if not the next DK 3D game or next DKC game with the kremlings !

[@carnage0685]

@@tylerhughes9090that’s dumb why tf would he be a secret boss

[@DrBreakNeck]

Nintendo the part you’re looking for is at 7:29

[@TonightonDadsPhone-b6y]

I feel that most of the reason why King K. Rool or the Rareware stuff isn't in the park because this park was designed years before King K. Rool and the other Rareware stuff started to come back (albeit slightly) in Smash or The Mario Movie but if there’s no little reference to him other Rareware stuff like in the Mario section of the park I doubt that they care anymore

[@at_witts_end3470]

After the new DK design stuff, this makes more sense. Theyre doing new merch for the new designs, hinting at a new game. Wanna wait until they have everything ready for DKC on Switch 2.

[@2l84me8]

DK Country was one of the best selling SNES games and launched both DK and Diddy to stardom. We can’t just ignore the villian that made them famous.

[@manuelk1853]

I don't get why Nintendo is abandoning these characters they bought from Rare. Like why did they bought them even in the first place when they just used them a couple of times for just minor appearences and then just forget about them?

[@orangeslash1667]

So that the Rare games can be released. Also he was the main villain in King of Swing and Jungle Climber.

[@DBTGAMER]

A really like King K Rool too. Also what about the DK rap.🤔🥺

[@theoverseer393]

It is my duty to dress up as K Rool to make him visible there

[@SpoonAtNoon]

Are we forgetting that rare still technically owns him? It’s not like they can use him whenever they want, they have to ask, that’s why he’s been “forgotten” Edit: Forget what I said, I’m actually wrong (I did further research)

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

I thought all DK characters still belong to Nintendo? And if not, at least Diddy, Cranky, Dixie and Funky do since they’re prominently featured in all kinds of DK media still

[@SpoonAtNoon]

@ Yeah those guys belong to Nintendo, in fact Nintendo had to win their rights for Diddy against Rare.

[@SpoonAtNoon]

@@geschnitztekiste4111 so I did some deeper research, I’m actually wrong, he is own by Nintendo

[@carnage0685]

@@SpoonAtNoonrare moment where a yt commenter finds out and openly acknowledges that he’s wrong

[@Curlyheart]

​@@carnage0685ain't it beautiful?

[@lindelwapmtshemla2245]

In the Nintendo theme park video, I commented “just bring back the kremlings already” and then I saw this video and I was like “my prayers have been answered”.😊

[@carnage0685]

How were they answered

[@christianbishop7463]

I can’t express how much I have thought about this topic before watching this video 😢. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said, man!

[@Godzillaking695]

Kongs:😀😀😀 Rambi:😀😀😀 Squawks:😀😀😀 King k rool: 😞😞😞😞😞😞

[@19STARLIGHT92]

How DK 64 not got a remaster is surprising and I would love to play that game all over again since it was one of my hardest

[@CreativeSteve69]

This video blessed me on my timeline today. I agree i grew up playing most donkey kong games from the snes era like most of us has all the way to dk64 and the og gameboy game version. I loved the character development early Nintendo had for K Rool as a lovable doof of a villain. Which I absolutely loved growing up. It's a shame how modernized Nintendo is slowly phasing out on K rool and hope he makes a return in a modern platformer of some kind to please us who loves him someday in the upcoming system. :(

[@arandompreston7436]

The fact that aside from Smashy Bros, the last game K. Rool appeared in was Mario Super Sluggers and not a Donkey Kong game.

[@aidanhever3369]

Yeah, that frustrates me too. The Kremlings' replacements: the Tiki Tak tribe and the Snowmads are not as beloved by the fandom (me included). In fact, just because Microsoft owns Rare doesn't mean they treat them very well. Games like Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Perfect Dark Zero, and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts are damaging Rare's reputation due to Microsoft's incompetence. Also, it reminds me of MTV's Spiderman CGI cartoon where they replaced Spiderman's iconic villains with rejected ones from Max Steel, and neither the supporting characters due to the channel's stupid anti-elderly policies. As well the anime adaptation of Kirby, where most of the important elements of the games were completely absent in favor of something different that has nothing to do with Kirby.

[@carnage0685]

Idk I think Tiki Tong is actually pretty cool

[@aidanhever3369]

@carnage0685 How so ?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@aidanhever3369 It's confirmed that Microsoft did interfere with Perfect Dark Zero, but thats not the case with GbtG and Nuts and Bolts. That was Rare's idea. As for DK, do the Snowmad's make for good boss fights???

[@elkarlo1593]

You know, apparently King K. Rool was supposed to make his comeback in Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze + New Funky Mode, but Nintendo denied that from happening because they knew Sakurai was adding him to smash and wanted that to happen first, and knowing that is so frustrating because they could have just delayed the game or release a DLC expansion for it but now whatever they were planning to do is just gone forever

[@TonightonDadsPhone-b6y]

Not to say you’re lying but how exactly was he supposed to be added? And what’s your source

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

If that’s true why don’t they work that into a new game?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@geschnitztekiste4111 Because Retro Studios is working on Prime 4.

[@Mario87456]

I can’t stand Sakurai and all but I am pretty sure him wanting to include King K Rool in Smash had nothing to do with that.

[@mr.monkey354]

​@@TonightonDadsPhone-b6yhe was supposed to be a boss at the end of the funky mode

[@friendlyneighborhoodfangir1956]

The ride is involving the Tiki Tak tribe stealing bananas. Unless there’s a cameo, there’s not gonna be any King K Rool