Kirby

**Kirby** is the main protagonist of Nintendo's *Kirby* series of video games. He made his debut appearance in 1992, starring in *Kirby's Dream Land*. The series has been running for three decades, and over thirty titles have been released under Kirby's name, most of which are developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc. or published by HAL for co-developing studios.

In addition to his video game appearances, Kirby has been featured in his own anime series, many manga publications in several countries, comics in numerous countries, and even an educational video co-starring Mario. The *Kirby* series is frequently merchandised by Nintendo, although most of its products are only released in Japan.

Kirby lives in his dome-shaped home in Dream Land, a country on his home planet Planet Popstar. His adventures take him throughout Dream Land and occasionally into local star systems for various reasons, and he has saved his homeland, and even the universe, many times.

## Character design

### Conception

Kirby was conceived by Masahiro Sakurai, a video game designer then under HAL Laboratory's employment when designing a game for Nintendo's Game Boy. He was originally created as a blob placeholder sprite for the game, originally titled "Twinkle Popo" (ティンクル・ポポ *Tinkuru Popo*). Over time, Sakurai grew fond of the placeholder sprite, and preferred it over the conception of the original protagonist of the game it was being designed for, so Kirby became the star of his first game. Despite the developers keeping Kirby's model, he was known as ポポポ (*Popopo*) for a time before being renamed Kirby. The game was renamed 星のカービィ (*Hoshi no Kābī*) meaning "Kirby of the Stars" in Japan, and became known internationally as *Kirby's Dream Land*. Kirby's original name, Popopo, would later be referenced in *Kirby Mass Attack*, as it is set on the Popopo Islands.

Sakurai was deeply involved during the development of Kirby's anime known under the same name as *Kirby's Dream Land*’s Japanese name (星のカービィ *Hoshi no Kābī*), and dubbed under the name *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!* in North America. When asked about what was being considered during Kirby's design within the anime, the reply from Nintendo was that besides considering the ease of staining of colors and drawing, Kirby should instantly associate with people, be easy to remember, and easily become familiar.

### Name

Masahiro Sakurai has been quoted as saying he does not remember how Kirby got his name. A theory from within Kirby's fandom is that Kirby might have been named after the Kirby Company, which manufactures vacuum cleaners and suits Kirby and his inhalation abilities. However, there is more evidence in favor of Kirby having been indirectly named after Nintendo's legal counsel, John Kirby of Latham & Watkins LLP, who defended Nintendo against a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Universal Studios over the similarities of *Donkey Kong* to *King Kong*. This is because John Kirby's family received a special pre-release copy of *Kirby's Dream Land* as a gift from Nintendo of America in 1992, proving that the company had a connection between the two in mind from the earliest stages of the character's creation.

Although Sakurai originally intended for Kirby's name to be Twinkle Popo, Nintendo turned this down, believing that it would not appeal to American children, and would thus limit the international appeal of his game. A list of suggestions for alternate names was provided by Nintendo of America. "Kirby" was chosen from this list because it sounded like it could be the name of an American performer. (At least one of the other listed names was used for an enemy character.)  Shigeru Miyamoto was aware of the similarity to John Kirby's name as soon as he saw the list, but has said that "Kirby" was not chosen by HAL because of John Kirby. Despite this, it is possible that Nintendo of America included the name on their list with the intent of honoring the lawyer, since he continued to receive gratitude from the company for years after the *Donkey Kong* lawsuit. Miyamoto noted the irony that Kirby's appearance is cute, while the start of his name is a harsh consonant, which does not conform to the Japanese common practice of matching a soft name to cute characters.

### Color

Sakurai intended Kirby to be pink when he conceived his character. However, some people on the staff team thought that Kirby was supposed to be white (due to the Game Boy's monochrome visuals) or yellow (similarly to Pac-Man). While the Japanese box art and artwork depicts Kirby as pink, as Sakurai had wanted, his artwork for the American release of *Kirby's Dream Land*, including the cartridge label, box art, instruction booklet, and television advertisement, was white, basing it on his sprite's appearance on the Game Boy screen. This only happened to *Kirby's Dream Land* as the confusion was cleared up before *Kirby's Adventure* was released as a direct sequel.

The idea of Kirby being yellow was not entirely ignored, however, as whenever a second player plays a second Kirby, the color defaults to yellow. A white Kirby is also playable in certain games.

### Actor portrayal

Kirby is voiced by voice actress Makiko Ohmoto in his games and in the *Super Smash Bros.* series. Her voice work for Kirby in the original Japanese version of his anime *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!* was not changed for the English dub by 4Kids (with the exception of one scene in the first episode, due to name changes for other characters, in which case Amy Birnbaum stood in), so she voices both versions. Ohmoto considers working on Kirby's voice and with the teams on his games and anime to be a great experience.

The educational video starring Kirby and Mario called the *Mario Kirby Masterpiece* in 1993 is one notable title where Kirby was not voiced by Ohmoto. Mayumi Tanaka provided Kirby's voice in that video instead.

## Character

Kirby is a small pink spherical creature with two stubby arms, two red feet and two oval-shaped eyes with black pupils (with a faint shade of blue at the bottom starting with *Kirby Super Star*, which was brightened in later appearances). Kirby's cheek-blushes weren't introduced until his second game, *Kirby's Adventure*, where they appeared as two black whisker lines in artwork. In subsequent games until *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards*, they were depicted as three red diagonal lines in artwork, although they were usually always solid red ovals in-game (except *Kirby's Dream Land 2*, where they were missing from his sprite).

Kirby's body is soft and flexible, allowing him to flatten himself or expand like a balloon. Officially he is 20 centimeters (8 inches) tall, but the *Super Smash Bros.* games depict his height as about three feet when compared to the other characters, and when compared to Adeleine, a human from Kirby’s own series, he is about half the size of her. His weight is not known, although several parts of the anime and the *Super Smash Bros.* series suggest that he is light enough to be easily carried.

Kirby has no form of skeletal structure nor does he have teeth. The latter is confirmed in the anime episode A Dental Dilemma, where Hardy couldn't find Kirby's teeth to clean. His appearance has changed subtly over the years, his arms and body becoming more rounded and his facial features more defined with larger eyes. The new design has been used in all subsequent games.

With regards to Kirby's appearance on the box art of games and certain artwork, there is a phenomenon fans refer to along the lines of the "angry Kirby" look. For some undisclosed reason, although likely attributed to cultural differences and atmosphere at that time, Nintendo of America decided to depict Kirby's eyes as significantly sharper-looking than his usually benign expression on the North American box art of several games, starting from *Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land*, and including (in chronological order) *Kirby Air Ride*, *Kirby & The Amazing Mirror*, *Kirby: Canvas Curse*, up to *Kirby: Squeak Squad*. *Kirby Super Star Ultra* and *Kirby's Epic Yarn* are exempt from this phenomenon, although the trend continues into *Kirby Mass Attack* and *Kirby's Return to Dream Land*. The same thing happened for the promotional material for *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!*.

However, even the Japanese boxart for *Kirby: Triple Deluxe* as well as *Kirby: Planet Robobot* feature a distinctly angry looking Kirby.

### Age

Kirby's age has never been confirmed by Japanese sources. In Japanese, Kirby is introduced as 「若者」 (*wakamono*), which means a young person. In the anime, where he more or less acts like a little child, Kirby's peers Tiff and Tuff sometimes call him a "baby" (in the Japanese dub, Meta Knight also implies this when he tells Tiff that he was born 200 years too early). Along with his high-pitched voice and "poyo language", it's implied that Kirby is at least young.

### Gender

According to *20th Anniversary: Kirby of the Stars Dream Land Encyclopedia* (20th Anniversary 星のカービィ プププ大全 *20th Anniversary Hoshi no Kābī Pupupu Taizen*), Kirby's gender is "unknown." Other Japanese sources also do not confirm Kirby's gender.

In the English instruction booklet for *Kirby's Dream Land*, Kirby was introduced as a "spry little boy", while in the Japanese version he was referred as 「若者」 (*wakamono*), which translates to a more general "youth." Kirby uses 「ぼく」(*boku*), a masculine first-person pronoun, in the Japanese instruction booklet for *Kirby's Dream Land* and on the Japanese *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards* website. Kirby is directly referred to with masculine pronouns in official localizations. Also in Japanese, there are instances where Kirby is referred to with 「かれ」(*kare*), which is a masculine pronoun, such as the Pause Screen description of the Mike ability in *Kirby Super Star* and the instruction of The Arena in *Kirby: Planet Robobot*.

On the Japanese *Super Smash Bros.* developer's site, Masahiro Sakurai once teased a player surprised to know that Samus is a female character that Kirby (and Pikachu) might actually be female as well, but jokingly left the idea as a mystery instead of outright confirming it, and he stated that he thought of Kirby's profile with the gender listed as "unknown." Makiko Ohmoto has also stated that Kirby's gender is unknown.

On the official Twitter account, Kirby dressed up as an Empress doll in Hinamatsuri art in 2017, and he appears together with female characters in Valentine's Day artwork in 2018 and male characters in White Day artwork in 2019.

Kirby may be attracted to female characters based on the hint of romance between Kirby and Ribbon in *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards* where Ribbon gives Kirby a kiss on the cheek in the good ending, making both of them blush in embarrassment. In one strip of the Yonkoma manga series, Kirby announces to Ribbon that he has a girlfriend; he describes her to Ribbon and then Ribbon asks Adeleine to draw a portrait, and to Ribbon's shock, the portrait is of ChuChu.

### Personality

Kirby is largely innocent and has a cheerful demeanor and positive attitude. He likes to help other people so much that he sometimes goes out of his way to do it; in the Dyna Blade sub-game of *Kirby Super Star Ultra*, he feeds Dyna Blade's chicks on his own (though expresses annoyance at Dyna Blade's chicks' constant noise-making before dragging them off to Whispy Woods to be fed by the constant dropped apples from the tree's branches) and teaches them how to fly. He has been shown to have a sense of justice, and won't spare someone who is a danger to those around him, as evidenced by his battles against final bosses. Throughout the many dangers he is put through, he is notably brave, maintaining a neutral expression almost constantly. This is especially evident in the Subspace Emissary. In the anime, he doesn't harbor dislike for anybody, in particular, not even King Dedede or Escargoon who mostly cause trouble for himself, and mostly greets everyone he meets.

While he is brave and has a sense of justice, Kirby is quick to suspect King Dedede as the culprit for mischief, such as at the beginning of *Kirby: Squeak Squad*. In fact, Kirby has demonstrated a consistent impulsive streak throughout the series and can be as quick to start fights as he is to pass them by, fighting Dedede, Meta Knight and Dyna Blade on impulse. He also willingly responded to Dedede's call for a rematch and attacked Shadow Kirby without thinking. This recklessness can often lead him into trouble or cause him to create trouble (such as when he accidentally released Nightmare). However, in recent games, he seemingly no longer does impulsive acts.

Kirby is shown to care deeply about those close to him. In *Kirby: Triple Deluxe*, he chases after Taranza, who had kidnapped King Dedede. After Kirby defeats Queen Sectonia the first time and Dedede regained consciousness from being mind-controlled, Kirby holds his hands and jumps and cheers, overjoyed to see that his arch-rival is okay. Kirby is known to be very forgiving as well, having become friends with nearly every antagonist in recent games. He even teams up with Marx and Dark Meta Knight in *Kirby Star Allies*, despite them not having made up for their past actions.

In his own universe, Kirby is very popular for his heroic acts. In fact, he is so famous, that in the Japanese versions of the games, he is known by the title of 星のカービィ (*Hoshi no Kābī*, meaning "Kirby of the Stars"); while this is usually localized as just "Kirby," in Snake's Codecs with Otacon, it is instead localized as "Kirby from Dream Land." Kirby’s fame has been spread around the universe, and even to other dimensions, as evidenced with Magolor, who said that he knew about Kirby long before they met, despite living in Another Dimension. Others also learn of Kirby by his fame after meeting him. In the Japanese version of *Kirby: Planet Robobot*, Susie uses his title to refer to Kirby when he takes off to fight Star Dream, despite him not having told her his name or title. In Heroes in Another Dimension, Zan Partizanne shouts his name, also despite Kirby not previously telling her it. In spite of his fame, Kirby never lets any of it get to his head, and still remains kind and helpful.

In the games themselves, regardless of region, Kirby retains his innocent and cheery personality, promotional materials such as advertisements and box art tends to be tweaked if not changed outright when released internationally due to cultural differences between Japan and overseas countries, in particular America, due to strong, tough characters being popular in the West. Regarding advertisements, the American versions of various TV advertisements generally depict Kirby in a tough manner, such as literally chewing a human into a spitwad for *Kirby's Dream Land*, doing various action movie roles for *Kirby's Adventure*, and having him and his friends being in a motorcycle gang and picking a fight with another motorcycle gang in *Kirby's Dream Land 2.*

Likewise, with magazine ads, the advertising for *Kirby's Dream Course* and, to a lesser extent *Kirby's Avalanche*, depicted Kirby as a good kid who became a hardened criminal, including mug shots indicative of a police lineup, and an ad treating Kirby as the "face of terror" in *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards*. Only two exceptions to this are known to exist: The first was with *Kirby's Block Ball*, which depicts Kirby demolishing people inside via the Japanese ad, while the American version was comparatively softer. The second was for the Japanese promotional material for *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!*, which depicted Kirby with a slightly serious, yet still mostly aloof, attitude. For the box art, with the exception of *Kirby: Triple Deluxe* and *Kirby: Planet Robobot* (which depicts Kirby having a determined expression regardless of the box version), *Kirby and the Rainbow Curse*, *Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble*, and to a certain extent *Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS and Wii U* (which depicts Kirby being in a relaxed and cheery disposition regardless of the version), and to a certain extent the English cover of *Kirby Mass Attack* (which depicts half of the mass of Kirbys on the cover as content, and the other half as angry), the various game covers starting with *Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land* has the Japanese version depicting Kirby in a cheery manner while the American version depicts Kirby in a more serious and angry manner. This was even noted in the May 2011 issue for Nintendo Power's coverage on Kirby, where it mentions that for box arts, he resorts to his "angry eyes."

### Appetite

Kirby never hesitates to help whenever Dream Land is in trouble, but when he doesn't have his work cut out for him doing that, he loves nothing more than eating and sleeping, especially during the day. Kirby's favorite food is tomatoes, Maxim Tomatoes in particular, and these fully restore his health in the games. In the anime where tomatoes are never seen growing, Kirby gorges on watermelons instead. Kirby's appetite for food is immense (but he does have his limits); he can eat whole tables' worth of food and still go on, and partially eat a cake as large as a mountain, as shown from a cutscene in *Kirby's Epic Yarn*, where he and Prince Fluff had an eating contest.

While it is undeniable that Kirby adores eating, it is not certain whether he enjoys the act of eating or the taste of food. Kirby has preference over certain foods but he eats just about everything. In the anime, since Cappies know about this attribute of his, they invite him to dinner whenever they have leftover food, and Tuggle often gives whole piles of expired food for him to finish. While the Cappies do it for their convenience more than for Kirby's benefit, Kirby doesn't realize nor seem to mind, and the expired food doesn't do him any harm. Even food hot enough to make people breathe fire The Hot Shot Chef doesn't seem to bother him one bit, but anything truly disgusting, like Belly Buster's pies in the anime, Mariels in *Kirby's Dream Land 3*, or Whispy's poison apples, Kirby would understandably hate or be hurt by.

### Speech

Kirby is a character of few words and rarely speaks in-game. Much of his speech is indirect, in the form of speech bubbles or monologues in games' instruction manuals, and brief greetings such as "Hi" in games including *Super Smash Bros.* and *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards*. Story-wise, if Kirby is depicted as talking to another character, it is often in the form of text panels or narration. Kirby is depicted as rude and smart-alecky in the American-made spin-off *Kirby's Avalanche*, but despite being developed by HAL Laboratory, it was never released in Japan, and is not considered to be canon.

In the games, Kirby narrates the functions of certain Copy Abilities on the pause menu in *Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land*, *Kirby & The Amazing Mirror*, and *Kirby: Squeak Squad*. In *Kirby's Star Stacker* for the Super Famicom, he gives short descriptions of various menu options when they are highlighted. The most in-game talking Kirby ever did was in *Kirby's Star Stacker*, where he explains the game's rules, along with brief gameplay descriptions if it isn't already explained by Dedede. Kirby says the names of certain attacks when he uses a foe's ability in the *Super Smash Bros.* series.

In the anime, Masahiro Sakurai insisted early in the development process that Kirby would not speak in the anime series, as it makes the character more endearing and easier for people to relate to. The most common thing Kirby says in the anime is "Poyo", which is meaningless, but it allows him to use his voice in such a way that it conveys his emotions without actually saying anything meaningful, as illustrated here. Kirby does occasionally say the names of his special attacks in the Japanese version, the names of certain foods, and sometimes repeats names and certain words he hears, such as yuki (snow) or suika (watermelon). He also repeats names in the English dub as well.

Kirby is a character of few words and rarely speaks in-game. Much of his speech is indirect, in the form of speech bubbles or monologues in games' instruction manuals, and brief greetings such as "Hi" in games including *Super Smash Bros.* and *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards*. Story-wise, if Kirby is depicted as talking to another character, it is often in the form of text panels or narration. Kirby is depicted as rude and smart-alecky in the American-made spin-off *Kirby's Avalanche*, but despite being developed by HAL Laboratory, it was never released in Japan, and is not considered to be canon.

In the games, Kirby narrates the functions of certain Copy Abilities on the pause menu in *Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land*, *Kirby & The Amazing Mirror*, and *Kirby: Squeak Squad*. In *Kirby's Star Stacker* for the Super Famicom, he gives short descriptions of various menu options when they are highlighted. The most in-game talking Kirby ever did was in *Kirby's Star Stacker*, where he explains the game's rules, along with brief gameplay descriptions if it isn't already explained by Dedede. Kirby says the names of certain attacks when he uses a foe's ability in the *Super Smash Bros.* series.

In the anime, Masahiro Sakurai insisted early in the development process that Kirby would not speak in the anime series, as it makes the character more endearing and easier for people to relate to. The most common thing Kirby says in the anime is "Poyo", which is meaningless, but it allows him to use his voice in such a way that it conveys his emotions without actually saying anything meaningful, as illustrated here. Kirby does occasionally say the names of his special attacks in the Japanese version, the names of certain foods, and sometimes repeats names and certain words he hears, such as yuki (snow) or suika (watermelon). He also repeats names in the English dub as well.

## In *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!*

In the anime, Kirby is portrayed somewhat differently from the games. He's more dimwitted and cowardly, frequently running from battles until he is instructed to fight and being easily lured into traps simply by dangling a watermelon above him. An example of his more cowardly nature can be seen in Kirby's Egg-Cellent Adventure, where, unlike in the games, Dyna Blade is the aggressor and Kirby is simply trying to survive. These differences in personality may be due to Kirby's reduced age in the anime, being implied to be essentially a baby.

Despite these differences, other aspects remain the same. He's extremely friendly, sweet and helpful, never holding grudges and always quick to forgive people the few times he's gotten angry at them. Kirby's still as determined and protective as in the games, watching over a robotic dog like an older brother, and refusing to give up any task no matter how tough it might be. In fact, his roommate is the consistently loud and sour Tokkori—who bothers everyone in town—yet Kirby chooses to live with him and never shows any irritation towards him at all. In The Big Taste Test, Kirby can swim in a pan of boiling water and not care, he even seems to enjoy it.

In the episode Kirby Takes the Cake, Kirby's flashbacks show his inner side, where certain people (besides food) can mean a lot to him. When they don't treat him as well as they usually do, and he doesn't know why, he doesn't voice his thoughts or blame them, but he can get very upset about himself.

It is revealed in Beware: Whispy Woods! and Don't Bank on It that whatever Kirby eats enters some sort of dimension. In Beware: Whispy Woods!, Kirby travels inside himself and handles the things he swallowed. He also can cause himself to spit out select items that he ate, such as Whispy's apple.

Tiff deduces that Kirby may have been a monster created by Nightmare Enterprises during a conversation between Tuff, herself, and Kabu in Kirby's Duel Role, but no other event in the series or the games either confirms or denies this possibility.

### Other aspects

Kirby is shown to have an impulsive side to him, such as when he accuses Dedede of interfering with the Fountain of Dreams in *Kirby's Adventure*, and then leaves to retrieve the pieces of the shattered Star Rod without even letting Dedede explain himself. This personality feature of his is also an important plot element in *Kirby: Squeak Squad*, where Kirby immediately blames King Dedede for the theft of his Strawberry Shortcake without any proof, then later on releases Dark Nebula from a Treasure Chest that he thinks contains his missing cake. Despite his impulsiveness, he is relatively intelligent, as evidenced in his systematic destruction of the Halberd in Revenge of Meta Knight and his general resourcefulness in the Subspace Emissary. He is also eager to help *everyone* who isn't a clear enemy, a part of his innocent personality that is exploited by some characters.

When it comes to food, Kirby can be so focused on eating it that he puts his own safety aside, such as in the episode Cooking Up Trouble. It takes great effort for him to resist eating food already in his hands, but he does have a degree of restraint on himself that makes Tiff proud when reminded of the more important things, however Delivery Dilemma.

In *Super Smash Bros. Melee*, his trophy profile states that he is an "extremely skilled technician" but up until *Kirby: Planet Robobot*, Kirby himself is never seen doing anything particularly technical.

## Trivia

* Kirby's original name was "Popopo." The name of the Popopo Islands in *Kirby Mass Attack* is a homage to this fact.
* In the North American television commercial for *Kirby's Dream Land*, it was shown that Kirby had a tuft of hair and teeth. This was an obvious deviation from his original design.
	+ It should be noted that he had this only after swallowing the male cartoon character he was standing with (Dashing Super Guy).
* In the *Super Smash Bros.* series, many of Jigglypuff's attacks and abilities are similar to Kirby's.
* While not affiliated with anyone in particular, Kirby has been depicted as having a romantic relationship with Ribbon in *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards*, where she gives Kirby a kiss in the good ending. Kirby, lovestruck, twirls about happily, loses his balance and falls down a set of stairs. The official manga depicts ChuChu having a crush on Kirby as well, but the content is not considered to be canon in the games.
* Kirby appears in Star Pics in AR Games as a card packaged with the ? Block card and the other characters, who are also cards. If the AR Games application is used and, in Star Pics, if the Nintendo 3DS camera detects said card, then Kirby emerges from the card. The normal pose is on the card, but the poses can be switched to Kirby drawing himself, riding on a Warp Star, Kirby with his Parasol ability, and finally, Kirby running.
* Kirby makes a small appearance in the game *EarthBound* as a cursor for the game's Boot Up Debug menu.
* Kirby makes a cameo appearance as an unlockable hat in the Nintendo 3DS built-in game *StreetPass Mii Plaza*.
* One of Kirby's alternate patterns for *Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS* resembles Meta Knight without his mask on, excluding the vivid yellow eyes and the lack of blushes.
* In *Super Smash Bros.* and *Super Smash Bros. Melee*, Kirby's green palette swap has green feet, but in succeeding games, it has orange feet. This is because the green palette was not initially based on any character or Copy Ability color. Green Kirby was introduced as a character in *Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land* in 2002, the year after *Super Smash Bros. Melee* was released. The color palette changed to represent Green Kirby in starting in *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*.
* During the course of *Kirby: Planet Robobot*, Susie refers to Kirby as "pinky" twice; this marks the first time in the game series that he has been referred to by a nickname.
	+ However, in the Japanese version, he is instead called ピンクの原住民 or by his actual name 星のカービィ.
* On the second episode of the Nintendo Power Podcast, show host Chris Slate, Nintendo Minute co-host Krysta Yang, and Nintendo of America Senior Director of Localization Nate Bihldorff were asked what Kirby feels like. Yang answered that she thought he feels like "a warm stress ball." Bihldorff said that he "want[s] to believe" that Kirby feels like velour fabric. Slate stated that he once ate a Kirby cake pop, so he believes Kirby "both feels and tastes like a cake pop."
* Void Termina may be related to Kirby, as his interests such as taking a nap is similar to Kirby's (as stated in Void's pause description), and his core form frequently assumes Kirby's neutral expression.
* During the trailer for *Fortnite*’s Party Royale mode, Kirby makes two appearances on the bottom right of a giant in-game screen meant to display live shows, performing the game's well-known "Dance Moves" emote. This was most likely an oversight on the developers' part.
	+ In the PlayStation and Xbox versions of the trailer, Kirby is censored, likely to avoid copyright infringement.
* According to *Kirby Fighters 2*, Kirby is unable to read, as he is unable to read the letter Meta Knight and King Dedede send him as stated in the introduction to Story Mode: The Destined Rivals.