Kirby

Kirby in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Kirby (Originally Named as Twinkle Popo) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the *Kirby* series of video games owned by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory. He first appeared in *Kirby's Dream Land* (1992), a platform game for the Game Boy. Since then, Kirby has starred in over 40 games, ranging from action platformers to puzzle, racing, and even pinball, and has been featured as a playable character in every installment of the *Super Smash Bros.* series (1999–present). He has also starred in his own anime and manga series. Since 1999, he has been voiced by Makiko Ohmoto.

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Kirby's ability is to inhale objects and creatures to gain their powers, as well as his ability to float by expanding his body. He uses these abilities to rescue various lands, including his homeworld of Planet Popstar, from evil forces and antagonists, such as Dark Matter or Nightmare. On these adventures, he often crosses paths with his rivals, King Dedede and Meta Knight, though Meta Knight can be seen as a hero, depending on the game. Kirby has been described as one of the most legendary video game characters of all time by *PC World*. In virtually all his appearances, Kirby is depicted as cheerful, innocent and food-loving; however, he becomes fearless, bold, and clever in the face of danger.

## Appearances

### CM04 Multiverse

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### Main series

Kirby's main media form are games, as he is the star and protagonist of the Nintendo and HAL Laboratory owned series named after him. Most *Kirby* games are platform games in which Kirby fights enemies, solves puzzles, and challenges bosses. Each game typically adds a new twist or change to Kirby's abilities that the levels of the game emphasize, such as combining power ups in *Kirby 64* or Super Abilities in *Return to Dream Land*. Most games involve Kirby saving a world or even universe from a dark, evil force of some kind. Typical *Kirby* games have a powerful being, such as Dark Matter or Nightmare, controlling or corrupting a secondary villain.

The series has 37 games currently, with the first being *Kirby's Dream Land* in 1992 and the latest being *Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe* in 2023. Although most are platform games, some spin-offs have included pinball, fighting, racing, and puzzle games.

### *Super Smash Bros.* series

Kirby appears in the *Super Smash Bros.* series of games as a playable character, which is also created by Masahiro Sakurai. He is the sole *Kirby* series representative in *Super Smash Bros.* (1999) and *Super Smash Bros. Melee* (2001), and has been one of three (the others being Meta Knight and King Dedede) as of *Super Smash Bros. Brawl* (2008). He reprises his role as a playable character in *Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U* (2014) and *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* (2018), the latter of which features him playing a starring role in the "World of Light" story mode in which he survives Galeem's massacre of all of the other fighters.

### Anime

Kirby appears in his own anime titled ***Kirby: Right Back at Ya!***, (Japanese: 星のカービィ *Hoshi no Kābī*) in Japan. The series was licensed in North America by 4Kids Entertainment and the Canadian company Nelvana, and produced by Warpstar Inc., a company formed between a joint investment between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory. It aired on 4Kids TV, via Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting (since 2001 which has done 100 episodes).

The anime series is set in its own universe independent of the games and offers its own take on the setting and characters, however, Kirby's creator, Masahiro Sakurai, was greatly involved in its creation, so it did not stray far from his vision of how Kirby should be. The anime contains darker themes not yet introduced in the games (such as war and death) while still maintaining the cheerful and surreal themes the games are known for.

In the anime Kirby's origin and backstory are explored much more deeply than in the games. Kirby is a legendary Star Warrior, who according to legend is fated to save Pop Star from destruction, but he was awoken from his slumber 200 years too early by mistake and as such has many baby or childlike qualities. Because of his age, he is still getting the hang of his powers and depends even more on the help of his friends to pull through tough situations. It is also implied that Kirby was originally a creation of the ancient evil entity called Nightmare but refused to follow his evil orders and was discarded into the depths of space.

Kirby's Warpstar is also expanded upon, as in the games it is a mode of transportation, but here the Warpstar is also the source of his power. As he's too young to keep it safe for himself, Tiff takes it upon herself to keep the Warpstar safe.

Though Sakurai instructed that Kirby not speak in full sentences (citing the *Peanuts* character Snoopy) he did allow him to use a small vocabulary including a catch phrase "Poyo" and the names of various attacks and characters.

Prior to this Kirby was also in a short educational video that was released exclusively in Japan in 1994, designed to teach Kanji to young children. The feature was not animated, but contained illustrations and was bundled with a similar video featuring Mario and Wario.

### Manga and comics

Kirby also stars in several manga adaptations, which have been drawn by over 20 manga artists. The longest running series, *Kirby of the Stars: The Story of Dedede Who Lives in Pupupu*, was serialized in *CoroCoro Comic* from 1994 to 2006, which has been compiled into 25 tankōbon volumes, with over 10 million copies being printed. It continued serialization in *CoroCoro Aniki* in 2017. Viz Media originally planned to release the manga in English in September 2010, but it was pushed back and eventually cancelled. The series was later published as a "best-of" collection, which also features new chapters from its continued serialization, and was published in English as *Kirby Manga Mania* by Viz Media.

The German Club Nintendo magazine (2002-2015) often featured comics starring various Nintendo characters, including Kirby. In his comics, Kirby is reimagined as a detective and King Dedede as his sidekick. These comics were promotions for Kirby games that were released in Germany at the time including *Kirby's Dream Course* (1994), *Kirby's Avalanche* (1995), and *Kirby's Dream Land 2* (1995).

## Trivia

* Film Studio Disney made a orange alien with the same name for the 2005 3D-Animated film, Chicken Little