forest-spirit on 14 March 2014
It's possible that Nintendo still want to include him (unless Konami interferes) but I doubt he's top priority considering there are other characters they could add that are more connected with [todays] Nintendo, such as the Wonder Team, Bayonetta, Tails/Knuckles, any character from Xenoblade, that guy from Pushmo, a Monster Hunter, Iwata, Palutena, Scrooge McDuck, Commander Video, the Switch Force girl, Shantae (please, please Nintendo!) etc.
