Meta Knight
GameDaily ranked Meta Knight both as the eighteenth-best Nintendo character of all time, and third on their list of Nintendo characters who deserve their own game. "Complex" ranked Meta Knight eighth on its list of "25 Video Game Characters That Deserve a Spinoff", citing how he developed from "a nameless villain" in "Kirby's Adventure" into "Kirby's rival", as well as stating that his popularity has surpassed that of King Dedede.