>Kept them relevant during the Paon era
>They still had presence in the Smash Bros series through trophies, stage hazards, enemies and eventually K.Rool himself being playable
>K.Rool was in Mario Sluggers
>They finally returned in Bananza

>Meanwhile the American Retro Studios kept replacing them with forgettable villains like the lame Tikis or boring Arctic animals.
>The Canadian Next Level Games replaced them with generic Boom Booms in Strikers Battle League

I will never accuse Japan of hating the Kremlings ever again when it was ironically the West all this time that had vitriol towards the crocs.