I am for K. Rool in smash...not because I like the character, or particularly like all the Rare DK games (liked the first one, was lukewarm about the SNES sequels, hated the 64 game)...I think he should be in Smash because it just makes sense.

As I see it, bad guys in Smash are a must, K. Rool as much as I not particularly like him, is the most iconic Donkey Kong big bad, and DOnkey Kong seems like a big enough character to deserve having his villain included in Smash. To make matters more clear, Rool just seems like an easy character to implement, he is a biped, with an easily identified niche (big and slow like Bowser but with a shade of projectile specialist) and presents three incarnations that would give lot of ideas for potential moves (King, Pirate Captain and Mad Scientist).

In short, I might not like the character itself, but I do see the potentia he holdsl as a Smash character. Too bad Sakurai and the smash team can't do the same.