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As for other kinds of promotions, like turning an ordinary pawn into a
Knight-Rook or Knight-Bishop, or Knight-SuperPawn (capable of stepping 1
square in any orthogonal direction, or capturing diagonally in the same
sort of way), I have nothing against that.  Anybody who gets his pawn to
a
queening square should be rewarded amply for all the effort that went
into
that kind of a task.  Still, I'd vote against diluting blue blood with
the blood of commoners, and prohibit ordinary pawns from turning into
Kings, especially if there is a rule about letting them move into check. 
(Just imagine what would happen with three or four Kings on the board...)

Somehow, I think that the dangers of allowing the enemy to get his pawns
to the other side of the board will make it highly desirable to lock up
the game with any kind of opening tending towards a closed position, if
that is at all possible.