Why wasn't King the actual villain? A robot leading other robots to war to stop fighting for the sake of humans is an awesome plot for a game
Instead we got
>Dr Wily "Okay King here's the plan, you pretend to kick me out of my castle and steal Robot Masters and send them across the globe to do shit and uh.....yeah but I'm gonna be hiding in secret for some reason so I can come out as the true villain for some reason....I don't really get this plan but it'll work trust me. Also I'm gonna send Bass after you who'll probably wreck your shit instead of helping you uh.....TRUST THE PLAN!"