Kirby (series)

The Kirby series is a major Nintendo series that focuses on a pink puffball named Kirby who is able to suck up enemies and gain their abilities. Kirby often clashes with King Dedede and Meta Knight, while getting help from friends, such as Bandana Dee, Knuckle Joe and Chilly. Kirby Super Star is sometimes considered to be a subseries. The Kirby series is a second party Nintendo series as the property is owned by HAL.
==Games==
===Canon Games===
The Kirby Franchise has had a variety of Games across its lifetime and most tend to conform to a trend set in the second main Series Kirby Game, Kirby's Adventure for the NES. Most Kirby Games feature Kirby running through Dreamland or one of its neighbouring celestial bodies to undo the damage done by an individual, group of individuals or army.(AKA King Dedede)
There have been various Spin-Offs appearing in the Kirby Series; although most appeared during the early years of the series, three of the better known Spin-Offs; Kirby Air Ride, Kirby's Epic Yarn and the Curse Games have been more recent.
====Main Series Entries====
*Kirby's Dream Land (1992) - Game Boy
*Kirby's Adventure (1993) - Nintendo Entertainment System
**Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002) - Game Boy Advance
*Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) - Game Boy
*Kirby Super Star (1996) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
**Kirby: Super Star Ultra (2008) - Nintendo DS
*Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
*Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) - Nintendo 64
*Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (2004) - Game Boy Advance
*Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006) - Nintendo DS
*Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) - Nintendo Wii
**Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) - Nintendo Switch
*Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) - Nintendo 3DS
*Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) - Nintendo 3DS
*Kirby Star Allies (2018) - Nintendo Switch
*Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) - Nintendo Switch
====Side-Series====
*Kirby: Canvas Curse (2005) - Nintendo DS
*Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) - Nintendo Wii
**Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn (2019) - Nintendo 3DS
*Kirby: Mass Attack (2011) - Nintendo DS
*Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) - Nintendo Wii U
====Spin-Off Titles====
*Kirby's Pinball Land (1993) - Game Boy
*Kirby's Dream Course (1994) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
*Kirby's Avalanche (1995) - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
*Kirby's Block Ball (1995) - Game Boy
*Kirby's Toy Box (1996) - Satellaview Add-On for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
*Kirby's Star Stacker (1997) - Game Boy
**Also released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1998)
*Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2000) - Game Boy Colour
*Kirby Air Ride (2003) - Nintendo GameCube
*Kirby's Dream Collection (2012) - Nintendo Wii
*Kirby Fighters Deluxe (2014) - Nintendo 3DS
**Kirby Fighters 2 (2020) - Nintendo Switch
*Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (2014) - Nintendo 3DS
*Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (2017) - Nintendo 3DS
**Super Kirby Clash (2019) - Nintendo Switch
*Kirby's Blowout Blast (2017) - Nintendo 3DS
*Kirby Battle Royale (2017) - Nintendo 3DS
*Kirby's Dream Buffet (2022) - Nintendo Switch
===Fanon Games===
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===In the Super Smash Bros. series===
In the Super Smash Bros. series, Kirby properties are found in great amounts. In SSBR, Kirby and King Dedede are playable, while Frosty appears as an Assist Trophy. Meta Knight appears as a boss. In SSBF, Kirby, Storo, Spinni, Meta Knight, and Dedede are thus playable, with a Vegtable Valley and a black and white Kirby stage appear. In Super Smash Bros. Clash, Kirby, Spinni, King Dedede, and Meta Knight are confirmed characters, with a stage named Orange Ocean also confirmed. The Rock Star theme is also confirmed, it is confirmed to appear in a Kirby Stage, possibly Orange Ocean. In New Smash Bros Game (untitled), Kirby is a playable character. Dedede is ALSO a character in the game. One of the items is a Star Rod. There is a Dreamland stage, as well as a Castle Wall stage. One monster is a Knight. In SSB8, all the characters from Brawl appear, but it's unknown who will join next. Brandon decides to make Knuckle Joe, however, keeps on thinking about the special moves.
In Smash Tactics, Kirby has a team of his own. The hero is Kirby, the workers are Waddle Dees and buildings include the Shooting Star Shrine.
==Characters==
===Canon===
Character 	First Appearance 	Description
Kirby 	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) 	The eponymous pink puffball and protagonist. Innocent, cheerful and gluttonous, Kirby is able to inhale small enemies and gain abilities from them.
King Dedede 	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) 	Kirby's nemesis and the self-proclaimed king of Dream Land. He's just as gluttonous as he is selfish, but he will often lend a hand to save the world in spite of his rivalry with Kirby.
Meta Knight 	Kirby's Adventure (1993) 	A mysterious masked puffball and skilled swordsman, and another rival of Kirby. Meta Knight is a no-nonsense guy who leads a group known as the Meta-Knights and has its own aircraft known as the Halberd.
Bandana Waddle Dee 	Kirby Super Star (1996) 	King Dedede's most loyal servant, but also a great ally of Kirby. Early on only distinguished from other Waddle Dees with his blue bandana, Bandana Waddle Dee is able to master the spear as of Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
Waddle Dee 	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) 	Waddle Dees are generally Dedede's minions, but cute and harmless. When Kirby inhales one, he won't get a Copy Ability, however, he will get one when they just so happen to carry a Parasol.
Waddle Doo 	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) 	Waddle Doos are a variant of Waddle Dee that have, in place of a tan face, a huge eyeballs they shoot beams with. Kirby gets the Beam Copy Ability from these guys.
Whispy Woods 	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) 	A big tree with a face. He, or a variation, generally appears as the first boss in a Kirby game, generally attacking by shaking off apples from his branches or blowing gusts of wind.
Kracko 	Kirby's Dream Land (1992) 	This spiky, one-eyed cloud is a recurring boss in the Kirby franchise that attacks with bolts of lightning or summoning Waddle Doos. Sometimes appears in his Kracko Jr. form first.
Nightmare 	Kirby's Adventure (1993) 	The Nightmare Wizard, better known as simply Nightmare, is a wicked character responsible for corrupting the Fountain of Dreams. He desired to spread nightmares across Dream Land, but is halted in the process when Dedede broke the Star Rod.
Rick, Kine and Coo 	Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) 	The first three of Kirby's Animal Friends. Rick is an energetic hamster, Kine is a carefree sunfish and Coo is a helpful owl. Kirby can share his Copy Abilities with Rick, Kine and Coo when he rides them, in order to obtain alternate effects.
Gooey 	Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) 	A friendly, but absent-minded creature made of Dark Matter. Just like Kirby, he can lick up enemies and take their abilities. Kirby Star Allies, however, gave Gooey a new moveset based on his Copy Abilities.
Dark Matter 	Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) 	A recurring antagonist in early Kirby games, Dark Matter is a shadowy being that is able to possess and corrupt other characters. There's actually more beings of Dark Matter, produced by a creature known as Zero.
Zero 	Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) 	The seemingly true master of Dark Matter, as it's able to produce more of them on a whim. Zero 2 from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is his resurrected form.
Dyna Blade 	Kirby Super Star (1995) 	A large, metal bird that Kirby is tasked to defeat since she is ruining the crops of Dream Land. However, Kirby learned that Dyna Blade was just trying to feed her chicks.
Chef Kawasaki 	Kirby Super Star (1995) 	A Chef can cook food. He is the mini-boss from Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. Kawasaki can trow plates, and grab to the opponent with a large spoon when Kirby is fighting him. In the Minigame Quick Draw, If Kawasaki is fighting with Kirby by a Duel, if the "!!" sign was appeared, You need to defeat him berfore he is attacking you first.
Marx 	Kirby Super Star (1995) 	A little jester that warns Kirby that the sun and moon are fighting, requesting him to ask Galactic Nova for help. However, his true intention was to gain control over Planet Popstar.
Galactic Nova 	Kirby Super Star (1995) 	An all-mighty comet that is able to grant a wish when being summoned, which will happen when the fountains of the planets around Popstar are harnessed. Marx used it to gain power over Planet Popstar.
Nago, ChuChu and Pitch 	Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) 	Three more of Kirby's Animal Friends. Nago's a cat, ChuChu is an octopus and Pitch a tiny bird. Just like with Rick, Kine and Coo, Kirby can ride (or in Pitch's case, carry) them and share his Copy Abilities with them.
Adeleine 	Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) 	Also Known as Ado, Adeleine is a friend of Kirby, able to make paintings and living drawings. In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, she will aid Kirby by drawing health items.
Ribbon 	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)	A small fairy from Ripple Star. When Dark Matter seized control over her queen's planet and shattered the Crystal in several shards, Ribbon crashes to Popstar, and meets Kirby, aiding him to gather all the shards.
Tiff 	Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001) 	Also know as Fumu/フム in Japanese. She appears in the Kirby Anime series, but, Tiff did not appears in Kirby games. Is Kirby's best friend, Tuff's sister, and Daughter of Sir Ebrum and Lady Like. She is intelligent and lives in Cappy Town.
Tuff 	Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001) 	Also know as Bun/ブン in Japanese. He appears in the Kirby Anime series, but, Tuff did not appears in Kirby games. Is Kirby's best friend, Tiff's brother and son of Sir Ebrum and Lady Like, and he lives with Tiff and his parents in Cappy Town.
Escargoon 	Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001) 	King Dedede's old friend and partner. He was appeared in Kirby's Mass Attack.
Dark Meta Knight 	Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (2004)	An evil Meta Knight from the Mirror World, created by the Dimension Mirror when Meta Knight hurried to save the Mirror World. As of Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Dark Meta Knight's abilities are often paired with the mystical Dimension Mirror.
Dark Mind 	Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (2004)	An evil deity that corrupted the Dimensional Mirror and the Mirror World within. Meta Knight went in an attempt to defeat him, but ended up defeated himself when the Dimensional Mirror made Dark Meta Knight.
Drawcia 	Kirby Canvas Curse (2005) 	A powerful sorceress that wanted to turn Dream Land into a piece of artwork to rule over. Kirby has to stop her when he got possession over the Magical Paintbrush.
Daroach 	Kirby Squeak Squad (2007) 	The leader of the Squeak Squad, a group of treasure raiders, aiming for a treasure that grants him and his crew endless power. He ended up corrupted when he accidentally unsealed Dark Nebula.
Dark Nebula 	Kirby Squeak Squad (2007) 	An all-powerful evil that was sealed inside a chest inside Dedede's castle. Meta Knight tried to protect it after steaking it from Daroach, but Daroach has regained the chest and ultimately became victim to Dark Nebula.
Galacta Knight 	Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008) 	The greatest warrior in the galaxy, Meta Knight once desired to challenge him. He has since been sealed in another dimension, although he has been challenged a few times afterwards.
Prince Fluff 	Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) 	The young prince of Patch Land, who Kirby aids when the sorcerer Yin-Yarn unstitched Patch Land into five pieces. Both Fluff and Kirby (after being turned into a piece of yarn) have the ability to transform into various things and use a whip made out of yarn.
Yin-Yarn 	Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) 	A mean sorcerer that split Patch land into five pieces, and wants to conquer Dream Land with his own woven minions. He turned Kirby into a string of yarn and teleported him to Patch Land after Kirby ate his Metamato.
Necrodeus 	Kirby Mass Attack (2011) 	The leader of the Skull Gang, whose desire is to coat Planet Popstar's light into an endless darkness. Recognizing Kirby as a threat, he split Kirby up in ten and eliminates nine of them.
Magolor 	Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)	An alien from Halcandra who crashed into Dream Land. Kirby and friends aid him by repairing his ship, Lor Starcutter, but Magolor ends up tricking Kirby by defeating Landia and getting Master Crown, in order to gain ultimate power. As of Kirby's Dream Collection, Magolor seems to be friends with Kirby again.
Landia 	Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)	A four-headed dragon from Halcandra, revered as its guardian and keeping legendary treasures from others, including the dangerously powerful Master Crown that Magolor desires.
Taranza 	Kirby Triple Deluxe (2013) 	A spider-like creature and servant to Queen Sectonia, tasked to kidnap the hero of Dream Land, mistaking King Dedede as such. Realizing Sectonia has been corrupted and become a danger to Floralia, Taranza switched sides and aids Kirby in taking her down.
Queen Sectonia 	Kirby Triple Deluxe (2013) 	A former friend of Taranza that has been corrupted by the Dimensional Mirror over time, becoming vain and arrogant. She ordered Taranza to kidnap the Floralians, as well as the hero that would help them.
Elline 	Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) 	A fairy who, together with her friend Claycia, created the world of Seventopia. When Claycia has turned evil, Elline encounters Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee, who aid her in saving Seventopia from the corrupted Claycia.
Claycia 	Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) 	Elline's friend who created Seventopia alongside her. However, Claycia has been corrupted by the Dark Crafter, being in his control due to a pair of sunglasses, and is set to steal the colors of Planet Popstar.
Dark Crafter 	Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) 	An evil being that corrupted Claycia with a pair of sunglasses. His goal is to steal all the color of Popstar, so he may rule the planet.
Susie 	Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) 	Susie, full name Susanna Patrya Haltmann, is the secretary of the Haltmann Works Company, which was responsible for the mechanization of Planet Popstar during Kirby: Planet Robobot. While acting as President Haltmann's loyal servant, she secretly seeks a way to steal the technology of Star Dream.
President Haltmann 	Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) 	Full name Max Profitt Haltmann, he is the CEO of the Haltmann Works Company. He has been wanting to see his daughter again after an accident with a machine known as Star Dream, but slowly lost his memories to the extent that he didn't realize he already found his daughter and appointed her as secretary.
Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne	Kirby Star Allies (2018) 	The three magical Jamba Generals, Jambation Mages or The Three Mage-Sisters, who loyally follow Hyness (especially Zan Partizanne) and collect missing pieces to the Jamba Heart after a failed ritual.
Hyness 	Kirby Star Allies (2018) 	A deranged priest who seeks revenge after being banished to the end of the galaxy, by using the Jamba Heart to revive the Dark Lord known as Void Termina, a being of mass destruction
===Fanon===
Character	First Appearance 	Description
Orbitt 	Kirby: Nova Zoo (2019) 	A clone made from Kirby's and Dark Matter's DNA at the Nova Zoo. It shares traits of both the innocent pink creature and the desolate dark being, almost at constant war with itself in a way.
Lance Doo	Kirby Twinkle Terror (2019)	A bright red, lance-wielding Waddle Doo who was a former janitor at Mt. Dedede prior to his promotion and Bandana Waddle Dee's best friend.
Ravia 	Kirby: Miracle Friends 	A shy young descendant of Calavento, an evil god. Unlike her predecessor, she is an ally to Kirby, and wants to find an ideal world of love.
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