Besides that he was a character that we had already grown fond of, he is necessary if 4 players want to play together without one being forced to use one of the "Easy Mode" characters, or at least there should be an option to deactivate Easy Mode from Toadette so you can play as her in Normal Mode.

I'm making this petition even before the game release so they have time to fix this, thank you so much for the love in the games and hope you consider this for a later patch for the game.