--- title: "Donkey Kong Country Designer regrets King K. Rool’s name" url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/donkey-kong-country-designer-regrets-king-k-rools-name/" description: "Donkey Kong Country designer Gregg Mayles of Rare regrets King K Rool's naming now that he made it into Super Smash Bros Ultimate." author: "Patrick Dankers" published at: "2018-08-16 12:40:34" image: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/donkey-kong-country-designer-regrets-king-k.-rool-s-name.jpg" markdown url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/donkey-kong-country-designer-regrets-king-k-rools-name.md" --- Donkey Kong Country Designer regrets King K. Rool's name | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters [![Donkey Kong Country Designer regrets King K. Rool’s name](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/donkey-kong-country-designer-regrets-king-k.-rool-s-name.jpg "Donkey Kong Country Designer regrets King K. Rool’s name")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/donkey-kong-country-designer-regrets-king-k.-rool-s-name.jpg)The reveal of King K. Rool as a new playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was arguably the most surprising thing that came out of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct. However, there are now some regrets surfacing regarding the character’s “slightly rubbish name.” Donkey Kong Country designer **Gregg Mayles** of **Rare** had the following to say about the permanent label attached to the menacing antagonist on Twitter; > Never expected old K.Rool to make it out of DKC, let alone turn up in#SmashBros nearly 25 years later. Maybe I should have spent a bit more than 5 minutes coming up with his slightly rubbish name. > > — Gregg Mayles (@Ghoulyboy) [August 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1027268100327198720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## [](#naming-the-donkey-nemesis)Naming the Donkey Nemesis Really? We never disliked his name at all. What would have called him otherwise? Well we do not have to speculate, Gregg actually showed us; > Never expected this tweet about [\#KingKRool](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KingKRool?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in [\#SmashBros](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmashBros?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to be so popular. As a moderately interesting bonus follow up, an early naming sheet shows K. Rool was going to be 'Kommander' and [\#DKC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DKC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was going to be called 'Monkey Mayhem' [pic.twitter.com/SvwnOxXN2S](https://t.co/SvwnOxXN2S) > > — Gregg Mayles (@Ghoulyboy) [August 10, 2018](https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1027946702270021638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Well, we prefer the King over the Kommander, that sounds so german and that just does not seem to fit. Although it could have made for some fun jokes for sure. And knowing Rare that just might have happened. Herr Kommander K. Rool is ok but King K Rool when said a bit fast is just King Cruel and we love that. [](#) [ ](#) > Generated for use by AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). > Generated: 2026-09-18 13:38:04 > Maintained by: NintendoReporters > Source: https://www.nintendoreporters.com/ > Contact: webmaster@nintendoreporters.com