Kirby Manga Mania, Vol. 2: Volume 2

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Kirby Fighters Deluxe - Released in 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS eShop. It is a more complete version of the minigame Kirby Fighters from Kirby: Triple Deluxe. [72] [ circular reference] [73] [ circular reference] Bonthuys, Darryn (11 August 2022). "Kirby's Dream Buffet Launches Worldwide On August 17". GameSpot . Retrieved 2023-10-24. in Japanese). Nintendo. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008 . Retrieved November 29, 2008. Kirby was created by Masahiro Sakurai as the player character of the 1992 video game Kirby's Dream Land. Sakurai conceived the idea around May 1990 at the age of 19 while he was working at HAL Laboratory. [2] The character's design was intended to serve as a placeholder graphic for the game's original protagonist in early development and thus was given a simplistic ball-like appearance. Sakurai switched to the placeholder design after deciding that it served the character better. The character was known as Popopo ( ポポポ) during development, as the first game was planned to be titled Harukaze Popopo (lit. "Spring Breeze Popopo", or "Popopo of the Spring Breeze") until HAL renamed it Twinkle Popo. Nintendo and HAL chose to change his name so that he would appeal to Western audiences. [3] The name "Kirby" was chosen from a list of potential names. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that "Kirby" was chosen in honor of American lawyer John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. case and that the harsh-sounding name contrasted amusingly with the character's cute appearance. [4]

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The Top 7... Lovable Blobs". GamesRadar. 15 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08 . Retrieved 2010-01-05. Eventually, somewhere in the galaxy, the next generation of Star Warriors, Kirby, is born. Kirby was to gain strength against Nightmare as he slept in a spaceship he had acquired from parts unknown. However, the Star Warrior's spacecraft has the ability to automatically go to the planet where the monsters are located, and when the spacecraft catches the presence of Planet Popstar's monsters, it wakes Kirby up two hundred years ahead of schedule, and the inexperienced, clueless and baby-like Kirby, is unable to control the spacecraft as it crash-lands in Pupu Village (Cappy Town in the English dub). After crash-landing, Kirby makes friends with siblings Tiff and Tuff in the English dub and others in Cappy Town, and with their help, he was assigned to fight the monsters to overthrow Nightmare. Bains, Callum (2022-03-23). "Kirby and the Forgotten Land review". TechRadar . Retrieved 2023-10-17.

Caranza, Alma (4 March 2016). "Nintendo Direct Reveals Paper Mario: Color Splash, Kirby: Planet Robobot, And Virtual Console Additions". Mxdwn. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 March 2016. Since he first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby has received a mixed reception from critics. Steve Watts of GameSpot felt that Kirby is one of the most versatile Nintendo characters, second only to Mario, due to his large catalogue of experimental games and art styles. [60] The 2011 Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition lists Kirby as the 18th most popular video game character. [61] GamesRadar+ listed Kirby as one of the most lovable blobs, calling him one of the cutest things to appear in a Nintendo game, yet also describing the way he defeats his enemies as "horrific". [62] Marc Normandin writing for Paste opined that Kirby is the most powerful character in all of media, noting that his ability to inhale enemies and steal their powers "makes him effectively unstoppable" and that his evolution proves that he has become more powerful over time. [63] Due to his popularity with gamers, Kirby became the subject of a meme in 2017, which depicted him with realistic legs or feet, thereby transforming him into a grotesque character. [64] Totilo, Stephen (2019-04-01). "The Truth About Kirby's Feet Is 'Top Secret,' Developer Says". Kotaku . Retrieved 2023-10-03.Yoon, Andrew (January 28, 2011). "New Kirby Wii game coming from HAL Laboratory". Engadget (Joystiq). Archived from the original on October 10, 2016 . Retrieved October 9, 2016. Rue, Andrew (2022-08-22). "Kirby Café Tokyo - We Go Full Mouthful Mode Beneath The World's Tallest Tower". Nintendo Life . Retrieved 2023-10-01.

Kirby DVD Box Set 2 from Taiwan". May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015 . Retrieved Feb 6, 2011.Japanese: 星のカービィ 夢の泉デラックス, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī Yume no Izumi Derakkusu, lit. Kirby of the Stars: The Fountain of Dreams Deluxe The series occasionally makes use of 3DCG rendering for characters such as Kirby, King Dedede and Escargoon. Those segments were created in Softimage 3D and handled by A-UN Entertainment, with employees from Overlord Inc. also moving to A-UN to help with production. By applying the advanced synthesis technology that Nintendo and HAL Laboratory have created in the development of video game software to the production of the anime, they were able to eliminate the uncanny valley effect caused by combining hand-drawn and 3DCG animation. For some of the episodes that Studio Comet participated in the production of as animation production support, the Studio Comet CG department produced some of the 3DCG segments on its own. While many anime works use digital technology primarily to save money and shorten production time, this series makes the most of the new methods of expression afforded by digital tools. In the ending credits of the final episode, the names of most of the people involved in A-UN's 3DCG production up to that point appeared in the 3DCG-related staff section. a b c d "Kirby's Dream Land 2 for Game Boy - Release Summary". GameSpot . Retrieved November 29, 2008. [ permanent dead link] Thomas, Lucas M. (2012-01-18). "Box Art Battles: The Kirby Series". IGN. Archived from the original on 2022-12-10 . Retrieved 2022-12-10.