Basically everything you
can know about Kirby
An extremely long presentation by me :3
Introduction
Get comfy
As you may know, i have been hyperfixated on kirby for the past couple of months. i realized “hey wouldn't it be funny to compile like everything about this franchise into a presentation” and i thought i would share it with you :)
Note: this presentation uses animations. It is recommended you enable slideshow mode.
What is Kirby?
What is this presentation?
In this presentation I shall
Why am I doing this?
A.) Its funny
B.) I really like all these guys and want an excuse to talk about them
C.) Analysing stories that basically just serve to be a means to an end but then also have some depth later on but then still little to no continuity is fun
D.) I want you to suffer through this
First off, spoiler warning for:
Table of Contents
1
Kirby’s Dream Land, Kirby’s Adventure, Kirby’s Pinball Land, Kirby’s Dream Course,
Kirby’s Avalanche, Kirby’s Dream Land 2, Kirby’s Block Ball, Kirby Super Star
2
3
Cancelled Games
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
The Creation of Kirby
Important Characters
Table of Contents (continued)
4
5
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (+ Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler), 3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure, Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition
6
???
Manga Adaptations
Subgames
Important characters
Basically just the ones in Smash Bros - there will be more important ones later
Kirby
King Dedede
Meta Knight
Common Enemies
Waddle Dees:
Everyone else
Waddle Doos: Waddle Dees but cyclops and a lil hair
Cappies: Mushroom guys
Scarfy: Baby I can be yroue angle or yore devil
Chilly: >:/ snowman guy
Planet Popstar
Okay now time for the first games
Part I: Welcome to Peak
Kirby’s Dream Land to Kirby Super Star
Kirby’s Dream Land
Game Boy - 1992
Guys I have bad news
hes WHITE…
We do a little trolling
THIS MAN ------------------->
stole ALLLLLLL the food in Dream Land and also these magic star things called the sparkling stars
Gameplay
Whispy Woods
I’m probably not going to mention him again but he’s important so I’m putting him here
We stan a problematic king
HE TURNED INTO A HOT AIR BALLOON
Our man Kirby beats the shit out of Dedede and gets the funny star things back
And then??? Just like?? Turns into a hot air balloon??? AND PICKS UP DEDEDE’S CASTLE???
Anyways he redistributes all the food yippee!!!! :D
Our first glimpse into the truly horrific amount of power Kirby holds
Kirby’s Adventure
NES - 1993
HE’S NOT WHITE ANYMORE!!!
Guys Dedede Stole Something Again :((((
So there’s this thing called the Fountain of Dreams that gives all the residents of Dream Land good dreams
Well GUESS WHAT!!! This guy stole the Star Rod which powers the Fountain and broke it into pieces to give to his homies
Now that they can’t dream it’s just LAND now!! Kirby’s GOTTA do smth about this
The game itself
Copy Abilities
The copy abilities in Kirby’s Adventure
Oh hey Meta Knight’s here now
He exists
He shows up sometimes to either send his soldiers after you (cleverly named the Meta-Knights) or give you an Invincibility Candy
Also he’s the boss of World 6
Guys Dedede Stole The Thing For A Reason :(((
Okay so remember how Mr Penguin Man stole the Star Rod?
Yeah so apparently the Fountain of Dreams had a guy corrupting it so he broke the rod so he couldn’t do shit
So now there’s a big bad evil guy tryna make everyone have nightmares. You will Never Guess what his name is
Nightmare
This guy is so fucking goofy
Final bosses with forms that are just balls counter: 1
anyways Kirby kicks his ass RIP BOZO
Hey guys Kirby kinda looks like a ball what if we did something awesome
Kirby’s Pinball Land
Game Boy - 1993
It’s Pinball but Kirby
Yeah that’s basically it
Kirby’s Dream Course
SNES - 1994
THERE’S STORY IN THIS ONE???
I ACTUALLY DIDN’T KNOW THIS HUH?
It’s pretty basic but I’m surprised it has one at all
The inhabitants of Dream Land look up at the sky to look at the stars aaaaand they’re gone. Dedede is immediately blamed for it
The few notable things about it
Kirby’s Avalanche
SNES - 1995
It’s just Puyo Puyo but with Kirby chars
None of it is canon
That being said
So apparently one of the pastimes of Dream Landers is a puzzle game called Avalanche
Kirby hosts a country-wide competition of it because why the fuck not
So like the rules are weird but basically you’ve gotta make your way to the Fountain of Dreams and if you run into anybody you challenge to an Avalanche match?
I dunno its wack
ALSO KIRBY IS BASED
Kirby’s Dream Land 2
Game Boy - 1995
LITTLE GUY ALERT!!!
The Animal Friends
Part I
Rick
Kine
Coo
HOLY SHIT IS THAT A REFERENCE????
Rick
Brick
You won’t believe who fucked something up again
THIS MOTHERFU Actually it wasn’t Dedede this time
So, this fuck, Dark Matter, stole the rainbows that connect the Rainbow Islands of Dream Land
The Kirby developers REALLY like “get back stolen objects” as their plot in case you couldn’t tell
The gays “stole the rainbow?”
WRONG! Dark Matter
Dark Matter
There is so much lore related to this fucker okay
This guy is related to both Gooey and Zero, has ties to the Dark Matter cloud, and is probably related to
None of this should mean anything yet but it’ll be important eventually
So yeah this guy steals the rainbow bridges and possesses Dedede in order to take over Dream Land or somethin
Kirby goes and beats up the possessed Dedede, uses these Rainbow Droplet things to make a sword, stabs the shit out of Dark Matter and makes new rainbows for the islands The end
Dedede gets possessed counter: 1
Kirby’s Block Ball
Game Boy - 1995
ITS JUST BREAKOUT
Kirby Super Star
SNES - 1996
they killed the apostrophe s
This game is like 7 games in one
And THEN we get to cover the extra games in the DS remake
Anyways yeah
The irrelevant ones
Spring Breeze
Gourmet Race
The Great Cave Offensive
The Arena
Dyna Blade
Revenge of Meta Knight
Meta Knight gets too silly
Meta Knight is back after disappearing for 5 games and this time he gets to be awesome
Bro is PISSED about people being too lazy so he gets a MASSIVE FUCKING WARSHIP in order to take the country over
The Halberd
The Crew
These guys don’t appear in another game but I think they’re silly
Meta Knight
Captain Vul
Sailor Waddle Dee
Axe Knight
Mace Knight
Trident and Javelin Knights
Sword and Blade Knights
Meta Knight shoots things
So Kirby shows up on the deck to start breaking shit so they blow him into the ocean
So he tries taking a Warp Star up to the ship, so they shoot him down
So Dyna Blade takes him up to the ship and they SHOOT THE BIRD 🔥🔥🔥
SABOTAGE TIME
yk kirby kinda like impostor among us…
Lil guy fucks up the wings and the generator which frees the lil critters powering it, the crew evacuates except for Meta Knight and Child, Meta Knight duels Kirb
The ship starts exploding, Kirby and one of the little guys team up to get the fuck out of there
they also evacuated btw (i think)
o7 Halberd
Milky Way Wishes
Okay this game is sick
So inhaling an enemy doesn’t give you a copy ability, HOWEVER copy abilities still exist
Instead of getting them from enemies, you get them like collectables and get to keep them forever and them out freely and aaaa it’s just a cool ass gimmick for Kirby and I love it
So the sun and the moon are fighting
Yeah those bitches just straight up brawlin
Thankfully this little guy (Marx) has a solution
Galactic Nova
So this freakish thing is a Nova
It’s an ancient relic able to grant one wish to the person who summons it
Using this is Marx’s solution
Kirby, of course, summons it
Marx
also he caused the sun and moon to fight and took Kirby’s wish lmao whoops
We do a sizable amount of trolling
So Marx interrupts Kirby and wishes to rule over Popstar so he can “cause all the mischief he wants!”
And honestly? Based
So Marx goes on to return to Popstar with the Nova
But Kirby HATES being funny!!! He’s gotta stop him!!!!
Kirby beats the shit out of him
The Nova Fucking Explodes
And that’s Super Star!
End of Part I
This concludes what I consider to be the first “arc” of Kirby (Which consists of Dream Land, Adventure, Super Star)
These three are some of the first games, mostly stay contained to their own stories, and are where the series really starts to get its footing
Despite their names, I usually lump Dream Land 2 and 3 in with Kirby 64 due to Dark Matter being the main force of the story in all three
Meta(ton) Knight
Upcoming:
Enemies of the Month:
The Creation of Kirby
Intermission I
HAL and Sakurai
HAL Laboratory was founded in 1980 by a bunch of computer enthusiasts. Two of these people included Mikio Ikeda, the founder, and Satoru Iwata.
The company would form a partnership with Nintendo and start to develop games for the NES in 1984. However, in 1992, the company entered bankruptcy after several games did not make enough profit.
During this time, an employee named Masahiro Sakurai was working on a game called Twinkle☆Popo.
Shigeru Miyamoto would see the appeal of this game, and offered to have Nintendo market and publish it after a couple tweaks. This game would become Kirby’s Dream Land.
With HAL as a company crashing and burning, Nintendo agreed to help the company rebuild if Iwata, the man who jump started the relationship between HAL and Nintendo, become president of the company. He was formally promoted in 1993.
Both Sakurai and Iwata would become legendary figures in video game history, with Sakurai creating Smash Bros. and Iwata becoming the president and CEO of Nintendo.
Twinkle☆Popo
The pitch for this game was made in 1990. The main ideas behind it were
The protagonist was named Popopo at the time
The game was planned to be self-published by HAL, but after disappointing pre-orders, the company went to Nintendo for advice, to which they agreed to publish the game if some things changed (including the title and Popopo’s name), and you know the rest
Part II: Peak (continued)
Kirby’s Star Stacker to Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble
Kirby’s Star Stacker
Game Boy, SNES - 1997
Another puzzle game wowie!!!
Not much to say. Pretty similar to Dr. Mario
THEY SEALED THEM AWAY IN BLOCKS FREE THEM!!!!
I was gonna leave it at that but theres a story apparently
So this lil guy named Mr. Star was flyin through space and passed by Popstar
And then he gets shot <3
So the guy splits into a bunch of pieces and Kirby and the animal friends go and put him back together again :)
Kirby’s Dream Land 3
SNES - 1997
LITTLE GUY ALERT x2!!!
The Animal Friends
Part II
ChuChu
Nago
Pitch
Gooey!!!
Why does that matter?
As far as I’m aware the only (reoccuring) characters in the series that are directly able to use copy abilities are
WHY IS HE ABLE TO DO THAT???? WHY CAN HE DO THAT????
This blob holds more secrets than he knows
THEY RUINED THE FISHING TRIP :(((((
THESE GUYS WERE HAVING A NICE TIME FISHING AND BEING AWESOME BUT NOOOOOOO SOMEONE HAS TO RUIN IT BY TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE PLANET WITH A DARK MATTER CLOUD
said Dark Matter Cloud takes over the planet by possessing anyone that touches it, including Dedede
Dedede gets possessed counter: 2
Dark Matter cloud vs Dark Matter
Okay so Dark Matter (the main antagonist of Dream Land 2) is a separate entity from the Dark Matter cloud but they are related
The cloud is like an army, Dark Matter is like a general
But then Dark Matter’s true form looks similar to some depictions of the cloud so like it's wack
Heart Stars
These are just a random collectable but I find them funny
There’s one of these in each level and you get them by doing something for a character but the characters that give them to you give us lore information such as
and
Also you need to collect all of them for the final boss
Humans in Kirby
Related to the last one, but with the exception of One character, this game is the only time we see human characters in the series
Hell, one of em is even a boss (Ado) so it isn’t just cameos
I find it weird that, discounting cameos, there are only 2 (or one) human character(s) shown in the entire franchise
Okay back to story
Alright so Kirby and Gooey go and save the planet and get all the Heart Stars yippee!!
But the cloud is still there so they go straight to the center of it
Oh hey Dark Matter (character) is back Time to BEAT HIM UP FOR RUINING THE FISHING TRIP >:(((
does he count as “just a ball”
Uh Oh There’s Another One
Dark Matter gets the shit beat out of him and Fucking Dies
Unthankfully, there’s another bigger bad evil guy now
Zero
Final bosses with forms that are just balls counter: 2
Anyways kirby kills its ass
Moral of the story: Don’t fuck up someone’s fishing trip or they Will kill you
Anyways after Zero dies the Dark Matter cloud is gone from Popstar yippee!!
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Nintendo 64 - 2000
The story doesn’t begin on Popstar this time??
Yeah so the Dark Matter cloud was merely kicked off of Popstar so it shows up on a planet called Ripple Star
This planet is inhabited by fairy people and also has a Cool Fuckin Crystal that the cloud wants
The Queen is Fucking Stupid
So the queen is like “YOU! CHILD!! KEEP THIS POWERFUL ARTIFACT SAFE”
So the child flies off to space, gets chased, the crystal shatters into shards (No way like the title of the game) and the child crash lands on Popstar
Ribbon
Anyways Kirby’s nice stargazing session got interrupted
Ribbon crash lands right on top of him as well as a couple of the crystal shards
New adventure time yippee!!!!
The Gang
So Dark Matter returns to Popstar and possesses some fucks
The only ones that are relevant are King Dedede, a random Waddle Dee, and Adeleine
Kirby exorcises em and they team up to get that shit OUT of existence
Adeleine
So like is Adeleine Ado?
Probably
Like I doubt they’re going to say if she is or not but c’mon. Two artist human children (who are the only human characters shown beyond cameos) with similar names and red and green as their main colors. They’re the same person
Waddle Dee
So like is this guy Bandana Dee?
Probably not
There is absolutely no evidence to these two being the same other than “They’re both Waddle Dees friends with Kirby and Dedede” and “We’ve never seen them in the same room together” plus they have differently colored feet!!
Still a cute headcanon tho and they would probably retcon it to be true if they remade this game
Also I haven’t introduced Bandee yet so Oops we’ll get to him eventually
King Dedede
Dedede gets possessed counter: 3
I love this Dedede design
That’s all
The gang goes sightseeing
So the cool crystal is NOT just cool but also has teleportation abilities? So the gang /tps to a buncha different planets to get the shards
One of the notable planets is Shiver Star because like
That’s literally just Earth what the fuck is that supposed to mean??
It is literally identical to Earth except for it being in a perpetual winter and it’s just not elaborated upon for the rest of the series LMFAO
Anyways the gang keeps going through the planets collecting shards until they return to Ripple Star
Back on Ripple Star now yippee
Whole place is covered in Dark Matter which is fun
The gang gets through the planet and reaches this guy, Miracle Matter
Miracle Matter
Hope you collected all the shards
Cause you need em for the true ending
If you DO get them all, the restored crystal reveals the Queen was possessed and the Dark Matter fuckin dips to form a new level
If you didn’t the game plays a fake ending where the Queen congratulates you for doing the thing and then trollfaces at Ribbon before credits
The gang follows it there to finally beat the shit out of it again
0²
Anyways Kirby and Ribbon kick its ass
Kirby falls down the stairs and dies
After the gang beats 0² the Queen holds a ceremony where they give the heroes a little piece of the crystal, yadda yadda yadda, Ribbon gives Kirby a little smooch to which he promptly stumbles and falls to his death </3
So yeah thats Kirby 64
Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble
Game Boy Color - 2000
IT’S JUST DREAM LAND’S PLOT AGAIN
Dedede Stole The Sparkling Stars Go Get Them
At least the game itself is a lil interesting
Yeah that’s about it for this one
End of Part II
This marks the end of the formal appearances of Dark Matter, capping off the trilogy
Rip bozos!!!
Also hey we hit 100 slides
Kirby Fridge Bottom Text
Upcoming:
Would They Jaywalk?
Absolutely
Yes
Maybe
No
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Intermission II
What is Right Back at Ya?
So Kirby: Right Back at Ya was an anime that ran from around 2001 to 2003 produced by Nintendo and HAL
It takes place in its own universe, so beyond cameos don’t expect any of this to come up again LMAO
Also I’m Not watching this so most of this info (alongside a Ton of the stuff from the rest of this slideshow) comes from WiKirby, absolutely goated site for finding anything related to the games or the anime
Part III: Kirby fans go five
minutes without a new game
Game Boy Advance and Gamecube
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Game Boy Advance - 2002
So this ones’s just a remake of Kirby’s Adventure
Pretty faithful; mostly just revamps the graphics and physics with a couple of changes
Galaxia
So in games prior to this one Meta Knight uses a basic golden sword
However for the art in this one he gets his signature sword, Galaxia
I think it first appears in the anime before being carried over to the games but I cannot confirm
Also speaking of Meta Knight
Meta Knightmare
WE GET TO PLAY AS THE GUY WOOO
So this is the first of the “play through the game as a different character” modes
This one isn’t very interesting beyond being the first, but its follow ups will end up being relevant
Also they didn’t change the bosses for this mode (other than removing Nightmare) so Meta Knight just fights himself
TRUST NO ONE, NOT EVEN YOURSELF
Canonicity of Meta Knightmare modes
Okay so these side modes don’t take place in the main timeline, rather being more of a “what if” scenario
HOWEVER just because it doesn’t happen in the same timeline doesn’t mean it can’t provide important information
Basically anything that happens in them doesn’t actually happen in canon but maybe could have?
Kirby Air Ride
Gamecube - 2003
This game has no real lore but it's pretty funky
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Game Boy Advance - 2004
See now they added this one to NSO
Which is cool because now there is an official way to play this game online!
Problem is the expansion pass is $80 per year for the family plan
And I love Kirby, but not enough for an $80 subscription
Fuckin Sky Mirror
So apparently there’s just a flying sky mirror/portal over Dream Land which leads to the Mirror World
Now NORMALLY it’s a pretty cool mirror, but now there’s some guy in it unleashing chaos and shit!!!
Now Meta Knight wants to make sure nothing happens to Dream Land as well, so he flies into the Mirror World to stop that shit
Average day in London
A little while after that, Kirby’s just running around when he gets fuckin Sliced by a Slightly suspicious looking Meta
It winds up splitting Kirby into 4 Different Kirbies, Meta Knight dips back to the mirror, and the four Kirbies follow him
The Mirror World
Mirror World Portal
Celeste Reference
So the Kirbs walk through a bit of the Mirror World and stumble upon two Meta Knights duking it out in a coliseum, another mirror behind them
The shadowy Meta Knight beats his counterpart and seals him in said mirror, before breaking it into 8 pieces and walking off, but not before being pursued by a grey Kirby
Dimension Mirror
What is up with the Dimension Mirror? Mirrors?
So like. The game never really says if there is just one or several Dimension Mirrors. I personally would guess there are several—the one in the sky and the one within the Mirror World, but it’s honestly up for interpretation because they never really explain it. The English translations only describe one and the original Japanese is vague too, so who knows.
So then the Kirbies go running around the mirror world to get the shards
And they also encounter those guys from before
Shadow Kirby
THIS is literally the only art that this guy got for 16 years and that fact makes me so mad WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS WHERE IS HE GOING
Dark Meta Knight
Game 👍
So the game itself is a multiplayer Metroidvania which? Is pretty fucking sick actually
It can be played in singleplayer too, but you can tell multiplayer was definitely what the game was designed around
MASTER HAND IS IN THIS GAME???
Yeah so Master Hand and Crazy Hand appear as bosses
Just thought that was kinda neat
Anyways the Kirbies gather
all the shards yippee
In the Mirror
After the mirror’s all fixed, the Kirbies go inside to see DMK pretending to be Meta Knight (to which the real Meta calls him out)
Anyways fight ensues, his ass gets kicked
Anyways portal to the real Big Bad shows up
As Kirby gets sucked in, Meta Knight throws his sword to him, hoping for the best
Dark Mind
Anyways the Kirbies kick his ass
Ending yippee
The mirror world is saved, Shadow Kirby thanks the other Kirbys and waves goodbye as they return to to the un-Mirror World, with Meta Knight following behind
End of Part III
This concludes the GBA and Gamecube era of games. Yeah, the Gamecube never wound up getting a main series title.
While it WAS planned to, it never ended up happening, eventually skipping to the Wii
But before we get to that, we’ve gotta cover the DS era games
Upcoming:
Cancelled Games
Intermission III
Kagero Mansion
Kirby Super Star (subgame)
Kid Kirby
SNES
I fucking despise these designs
Kirby Bowl 64
Nintendo 64
Kirby’s Air Ride
Nintendo 64
Kirby Family
Game Boy Color
Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble 2
GameCube
Kirby for Nintendo Gamecube
You will never guess what this is for
Untitled 3D Game
Gamecube?
Untitled 2D Game
Gamecube or Wii
Part IV: Touchscreen Era
Kirby: Canvas Curse to Kirby Mass Attack
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Nintendo DS - 2005
Cool witch makes the world awesome
She did nothing wrong
So this witch named Drawcia shows up and starts turning the world into a painting (???)
Then she sees Kirby and is like “oh shit” and flies into a fuckin Sky Vortex
Removing the limbs of a child
So Kirby chases after her and shes like
“Y’know what? Fuck you” and removes his limbs and then dips, but she leaves behind her magic paintbrush thing
You exist in Kirby canon
So Kirby touches the paintbrush and it is transferred to the player’s hands
This officially means that if you play Kirby: Canvas Curse, you will be in Kirby
THEY BALLIFIED THE OTHER GUYS
AW HELL NAW :((((
These guys are unlockable chars after you beat the game
Nightmare, Dark Matter, and Zero had concept art of them being playable as well but they weren’t added
I mean… Dedede WAS a final boss a couple of times…
Anyways Kirby goes through a buncha worlds to get to Drawcia
Drawcia
Drawcia Soul
Final bosses with forms that are just balls counter: 3
Anyways she gets shoved into a painting or something (o7) & Kirby gets his limbs back
Kirby: Squeak Squad
Nintendo DS - 2006
Okay pause this manual art is SO sick
SAME FOR THE LOGO the design team did NOT have to go that hard oml
Okay now time for the actual game lmao
Oh boy what a lovely day for a slice of cake
My day be so fine
Then boom MY CAKE is GONE….
Kirby blames Dedede for this because come on he would Definitely do this and sets out to Beat him up for it
So Kirby goes on his way to the castle and finds some treasure along the way
But he keeps running into these DAMN MOUSE GUYS I wonder if they’re important
So Dedede gets Beat Up Again
Yeah he doesn’t know anything about the cake
Also HIS COOL TREASURE CHEST WAS STOLEN NOOOOOOOOOOOO
Oh hey remember the mice from 2 slides ago
Yeah they show up with a bunch of chests stolen from the castle and start fuckin bolting
Dedede (sane individual) decides the best way to stop them is to throw a child at them
I mean, it DOES work by sending em all into a Big Fuckin Hole
The Squeaks
Doc
Storo
Spinni
Daroach
Fighting over that damn chest
Okay so Kirby thinks his cake is probably in the chest Daroach is holding onto so he beats the shit out of him
Then Meta Knight swoops in out of nowhere and grabs it LMAO get trolled
By the way you remember the Halberd?
Secret Sea
NO WAY HALBERD REAL!!!!!
Yeah so it can only be assumed this is the site where it crashed in Super Star
Meta Knight, apparently, had taken the time to repair it after it sunk
Fighting over the chest (again)
So Kirby kicks Meta Knight’s ass on the Halberd (which has emerged from the sea now) and the Squeaks show up Yet again to take the chest
This time Daroach just opens it then and there so they can get it over with
Guys I don’t think there was cake in there
Daroach and the Boys get possessed by an ancient evil
And Kirby still doesn’t have his cake!!!
So there was a thing sealed away in the chest and Meta was tryin to make em not open it
so a buncha dark smoke envelops the Squeaks and then just kindaDips out into space
and so Kirby and Meta follow em
Dark Nebula
(Dark Daroach)
Anyways Kirby kicks its ass easily
But he STILL DIDN’T GET HIS CAKE!!!!!!!!
But the Squeaks are absolute homies so they give him another one
But that still doesn’t answer the question
WHO STOLE KIRBY’S CAKE????
It wasn’t even the Squeaks it was just a random Waddle Dee
Literally none of this game had to have happened Oops!
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Nintendo DS - 2008
So this is the remake of Super Star
But it adds like several important things so
Revenge of the King
So Dedede is pissed after Spring Breeze and Gourmet Race
(In which Kirby kicked his ass (Twice))
So he takes a final stand by stealing the Sparkling Stars again, strengthening his army and his castle, and challenging Kirb to come get em
Kirby, of course, does, getting inside the castle
And now, my friends, please give it up for
Bandana Waddle Dee
Anyways Dedede and Bandee are panicking
Dedede’s throwing all his minions at Kirby and he’s STILL FUCKIN DESTROYIN EM ALL!!!!
Dedede sends Bandee and then decides “Actually nvm just go you’re spared”
Bandee says fuck that and fights Kirby anyways
Masked Dedede
DeDeDepression
Meta Knightmare Ultra
Okay yeah this is just a Super Star version of Meta Knightmare
So (apparently) Meta goes out to train after Revenge of Meta Knight by retracing Kirby’s steps
This includes destroying his own ship lmfao
But yeah Meta ends up reforming Nova and wishes to fight “the strongest warrior in the galaxy”
No way MKUltra
Galacta Knight
The True Arena
Also not canon but Yeah
These’re basically a buncha souped up bosses in a boss rush
BUT at the end of all of these there’s usually a boss or two that aren’t seen in the game elsewhere
Which are usually a soul version of the final boss and/or Galacta Knight
Like hey there’s Marx Soul
Kirby’s Epic Yarn
Wii - 2010
I FUCKING LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!
Okay so a bit of behind the scenes
This game originally wasn’t going to be a Kirby game, but it became one at some point in development
It was developed by Good-Feel who would later make Yoshi’s Woolly World which yeah that lines up
WHY DOES EVERY EVIL WIZARD HATE DREAM LAND
We should probably have an evil wizard guy counter
Bastard (Yin-Yarn) shows up and starts turning everyone taking over Dream Land by turning everything to yarn cause uhh idk he felt like it :3
Anyways Kirby is hungry
And there just so happens to be a cool tomato in a bush hmmm interesting
Yeah it was mr. evil wizard guy’s
Don’t ask why he just had it on his head he just did
Anyways yeah hes Pissed so he opens a portal to Hell via the magic sock around his neck
Hell if it was awesome
Yeah so welcome to Patch Land the main setting for this game
Kirby gets turned to yarn yippee!!
Since his body is all goofy now he can’t inhale anymore
And also there’s another yarn guy getting harrassed lmao
Kirby Car the first
Apparently the tomato Kirby ate was apparently some special tomato that allows whoever eats it to transform while in yarn form
So Kirby kidnaps the child being harassed and takes off with em
Prince Fluff
Anyways Patch Land
Yeah so that one guy stole the magic yarn that holds the place together and one of the princes Magic Portal Socks(™), Kirb and Fluff go to gather it, you know the deal
Quilty Square
Okay this is just one of the aspects of the game I really like
So this game has like just a chill area in the hub world to mess around in
But what can you do in it?
KIRBY APARTMENT SIMULATOR!!!
THATS RIGHT BABY!!! Splatoon didn’t do it but you know damn well Kirby would
So Kirby gets his own little apartment! You can decorate it with furniture and fabrics (basically wallpaper and carpet)
THE PLUSHIES PLEASE LOOK AT THEM
Also there’s neighbors to play minigames with
Is any of this necessary? No
Is it great to have? Yes
Actually I lied about it not being necessary
ALL games should have funny little neighbors and interior design mechanics
WE NEED MORE SLICE OF LIFE STUFF
ANOTHER THING I LIKE
I love the little cutscenes in-between worlds of Kirby and Prince Fluff just doing things like gathering apples or eating cake or whatever
Need more of this kind of thing in the next
games
Yin-Yarn gets silly
While Fluff and Kirby are busy patching up Patch Land, Yin-Yarn is conquerin all of Dream Land via capturing Dedede and Meta Knight
Beating them up
Yin-Yarn takes the magic yarn he nabbed early on and uses it to control Dedede and Meta (add one to the possession counter)
Sucks for them but hey! After freeing them they finally get all the stitching back for Patch Land to be whole again
Doing this restores the power of the Other magic sock portal thing that Prince Fluff uses to get em back to Dream Land to kick Yin-Yarn’s face in
Dedede gets possessed counter: 4
Beating him(?) up
The gang goes through the fabric-ified Dream Land and gets to Yin-Yarn
So they beat him up and uh
Yeah the guy made of yarn isn’t actually Yin-Yarn
Yin-Yarn
They got beat up again yeah
Dream Land returns to its normal state, as do its residents
Prince Fluff returns back to Patch Land, but before he does he gives Kirby one of the magic socks to hold onto so he can come visit
And with that Kirby’s Epic Yarn comes to a close
I NEED A SEQUEL TO THIS GAME NOWWW OH MY GOD
Kirby Mass Attack
Nintendo DS - 2011
Before we get into the game
I ADORE THIS BOX ART OH MY GOD????? HELLO??????
Kirby artists are real as hell
HOOOO BOY
So this is the first game which you get a homie to talk to for advice and small talk
Which means A) more character depth and B) more lore
And who gets that speaking role but the one and only
DAROACH!!!!
DAROACH IS BACK BABY!!!!!!!!!!
And he has the most dialogue in the series!! We’ll get to that in a minute
Story time
So Kirby decides to go on a trip to an area in the south of Popstar called the Popopo Islands (Oh hey Twinkle Popo reference)
BOOM!! Evil guy jumpscare
Necrodeus
This guy HATES light and HATES gay people
He’s the leader of a group called the Skull Gang
Anyways he’s trying to take out Popstar’s light because idk he doesn’t like it
Kirby Nearly Gets Murdered
So the big bad evil guy splits Kirby into ten Smaller Kirbies and then just?? Begins killing them
This was surprisingly easy I’m surprised no one did this before
Kirby’s heart pops out
Yeah
So the last Kirby that didn’t get Murdered escaped after seeing a light that came from his own heart that just kind of?? Left his body after being split up???
Anyways this heart is what is used to control Kirby throughout the game
Where have I heard this before…
DELTARUNE is a game in which the protagonist is controlled
GUYS HEAR ME OUT GUYS
There is also a character named Susie who acts as an antagonist before becoming a friend in the future, a chaotic jester who makes you gather the pieces of something for his own gain, and large importance placed on Dark Matter and Darkners respectively
Now I’m NOT saying DELTARUNE is Kirby but when the suspicious mage that looks quite comparable to a real world animal is secretly revealed to have malicious intentions don’t say I didn’t warn you…
So yeah they go out to make Kirby Normal again
(and save Popstar ig)
But WHO CARES ABOUT THAT DAROACH IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!
Medals
These are scattered around the Popopo Islands and are the main collectable of the game
One of these in every stage is a Rainbow Medal (🏳️🌈?)
The Squeaks caught wind of these medals and made their way over there
Now prepare for like 10 slides of Daroach lore
Reunion
So when you first enter his airship he tells you about his goal to get all the medals
If you decline to join he basically just says “No you will :3c”
And also he speaks in third person sometimes just cause Why not lmao
Oh yeah the airship
Yeah Daroach has an airship now
It was made by Doc, the lil smart one y'know
He’s been to the islands before
So Daroach has been on the Popopo Islands before
And apparently nearly died on them too lol skill issue
Canonically wants a 3DS
GET THIS MAN A 3DS !!!!!!!!!!!!! HE DESERVES IT
but also WHAT
THE 3DS IS CANON??
How did this happen?
So in our world this is Very Obviously product placement but this line’s existence still has the implication that Not only do humans exist, they existed in a state comparable to that of today due to the existence of both Nintendo and the 3DS
While it could just be that the Nintendo 3DS is the only point where these timelines converge, I find that unlikely due to Adeleine confirming humans exist in some capacity, alongside the presence of planets such as Shiver Star and the one seen in Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Golden 3DS real?!
I also think that the 3DS being worth its weight in gold is notable—it implies that there is both a low supply and a strong demand for these devices
And this makes sense! About 75 million were sold, but in the future a lot of these will become defunct—and plus, this is on a galactic scale; if most of these planets are inhabited by living beings, that would make 3DSes INCREDIBLY rare.
But I think that brings up a question: how did they even GET the 3DSes? If they were on Shiver Star, I suppose it makes sense if they are found there, but I think if they were on the planet in Forgotten Land that their discovery would be very unlikely. I’ll expand upon this during that section if I remember
Anyways do you guys wanna hear my theory
GAY?!
This Rat is
(bi but still)
Evidence #1: he really thinks a lot about rainbows…
Oh? They hold “mysterious power?” Yeah. The power of homosexuality.
What does he need Rainbow Medals for anyway?
This bitch needs RAINBOW POWER to PENETRATE the gloom surrounding Necrodeus’s home world
And then he keeps the Rainbow Medals after
What does he want that rainbow power for? Curious…
Evidence #2: He gets bitches
He stole the hearts of women showing he at least had game
And then he only stopped after a man CAME? Hmmmmm
Evidence #3
Evidence #4: These guys got smth goin on
Okay this isn’t from this game but come on why he lookin all smug…
The art is even titled Shadowy PARTNERS?!?! In the game he says his goal is stealing bejeweled hearts?? Erm… what the scallop
CONCLUSION: This rat
is surely not straight
Now where were we?
Okay so yeah the Rainbow Medals that are collected let the Kirbies get onto Necrodeus’s home planet, Necro Nebula
They find Necrodeus and the staff used to split Kirby up, which Necrodeus?? Just like straight up swallows
So the 10 Kirbies beat him up
Yeah the staff is unswallowed and Necrodeus is banished to the shadow realm L
The Kirbs become one once again and yea :)
That’s Mass Attack!
End of Part IV
That’s the end of the DS games
God I absolutely adored this part - all VERY nice games that I would recommend heavily to everyone
The next game marks what I would probably say is the next major era of Kirby, which goes all the way to Star Allies
Upcoming:
yummy!!
I’d eat it!
I’ll try it maybe
You can shove it down my cold dead throat
Kirby Foods ranked on how appetizing they look
Subgames
Intermission IV
What are Subgames???
So “subgame” is kind of a vague term because it mostly encompass anything that isn’t the main game
This includes modes such as Meta Knightmare, The Arena, and like everything in Super Star
But for the purposes of this, they’re basically the minigames that come with most Kirby games - we’ll be covering the most iconic
Also known as “Bonus Games”, “Minigames”, and various spellings of those 3 names
The Goal Game
So the Goal Game is kind of a weird case but I think it can probably be considered a subgame?
So in basically every mainline Kirby game after you beat a level, you get a shot at the Goal Game, which basically consists of Kirby being launched off of a platform or out of a cannon by pressing A at the right time
The better timing you have, the better rewards you get (usually a 1-Up, currency, or a collectable of some kind)
Quick Draw/Samurai Kirby
So this one is kind of boring conceptually, being “who can press the A button faster”
And yeah it is boring I agree but THEY GAVE KIRBY A GUN
AND THEN TOOK IT AWAY BOOOOO
They made a battle royale version of Samurai Kirby in Return to Dream Land Deluxe and I just find that kind of funny
Megaton Punch/Crackity Hack
These two function sort of like the Goal Game but more in depth
Press buttons at the right time, punch a MASSIVE HOLE THROUGH THE GROUND OKAY??
This goes to show Kirby’s immense, planet destroying power
Also this is Bandana Dee’s first appearance, being all the way back in the original Super Star
Checkerboard Chase
This one’s from Kirby 64 - if I were to compare it to anything, I’d say Bomberman and Minecraft Spleef
4 players on a checkerboard in the sky, remove lines of blocks to knock players off
One of my favorite subgames tbh
Kirby on the Draw
To make up for taking Kirby’s gun, they not only gave him it back, but gave EVERYBODY a gun
Basically, tap/aim at as many cardboard cutouts as possible, some give more points
Smash Ride
SMASH RIDE??? RAM YOUR RIVALS???????
Basically you’re on a platform, bump everyone else off for points
Only reasons I added this one are A) funny name and B) a game Very similar to this was added to Smash 3DS (StreetSmash)
Coincidence? I dunno maybe
Kirby Quest
Here’s the last one for this intermission
Turn based battle kind of thing which is filled with references towards the rest of the series - think it’s kinda neat :)
Most notably uses Dedede Robo, which was a scrapped concept for the first of the cancelled Gamecube games
And that’s all! (For now)
There are more subgames after this point (Specifically in Triple Deluxe and Planet Robobot), but they’re either uninteresting or much more notable than these
The important ones we’ll get to when they come around, but yeah those are most of the subgames :))
Part V: Modern Kirby begins
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land to Kirby’s Dream Collection
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
Wii - 2011
IM NORMAL ABOUT THIS GAME I SWEAR
I have so much to say
Also I’m going to put some of the Deluxe content here because it's important
Fourth time's the charm
So, remember the three Gamecube/Wii Kirby games that got scrapped?
This was the fourth of those games, as well as the only one to be released
Thus, it's said to have carried over a lot of elements from those, including the Super Abilities from the third one
Also, this is the first mainline Kirby game to be released on a home console since the N64
There’s another guy to talk to in this one!!
Yippee!!!!
Not as much dialogue as Daroach probably but
Some of the dialogue this guy DOES give is massive
I love how every game in this franchise begins like this
So its an ordinary day in Dream Land - Kirby’s running around with a piece of cake, Dedede and Bandee are following, and Meta Knight is reading a book (with a butterfly nearby)
Oops! Massive space vortex
Cool ship jumpscare
So this ship leaves the vortex and then just begins exploding and crashing
The rest of the opening cutscene
The ship crashes, the gang goes over to investigate
Yeah there's a guy in there
He’s all :((( because his ship is Absolutely messed up (missing its wings, mast, oars, and emblems) so the gang agrees to help him fix it
Magolor
Lor Starcutter
When I say he is connected to everything I am Not joking
Random things that are relevant time
Energy Spheres
These are the main collectable of the game, they unlock new areas in the Lor Starcutter, yadda yadda yadda
These things are able to open dimensional rifts alongside the Lor
Challenge Stages
These are some of the things the Lor opens up after collecting energy spheres
You race through some little obstacle courses with certain copy abilities yippee
Now see you in 100 slides when these become relevant
Super Abilities
Another Dimension
Sphere Doomers
Grand Doomer
Vacation time :3333
So while the gang is out gathering the parts, Magolor offers to take em to visit his homeworld after the ship’s repaired
And he sticks with that promise; after the lads get all the ship parts, he takes em over to his home
Halcandra
The Lor gets Shot
So this Evil, Fucked Up dragon named Landia lives on this planet
Magolor claims it’s been asleep for a long time, but it recently woke up and went berserk
As the Lor enters the atmosphere, funny dragon shoots it, L
The gang then goes to beat the shit out of him
The Magolor Dialogue
This Bastard
So you can speak to him throughout the entire journey, to which he usually just updates on the ship or gives a little small talk
However, either by collecting all of the energy spheres or playing in Extra Mode, he gives some huge lore dumps
The Ancients
So this dialogue is like the catalyst for a lot of the lore that comes after it
It sets up “the ancients,” a group of people who used an incredible power to create things such as the Lor, as well as Galactic Novas, the Star Rod, and apparently other things too. Probably most of the important artifacts in this series are from these guys
Ship’s haunted
Yeah the ship’s sentient reportedly
It was on the Haldera Volcano, where Magolor excavated and fixed it
Also, Landia has an artifact that allows whoever has it to “rule the universe” so you’ve gotta defeat that dragon!!
He knew about Kirby?
So Magolor heard about Kirby before he crash landed on Popstar
He describes him as “happy-go-lucky” and “a real celebrity”
He also claims that he knows someone who knows him quite well???
WHO DOES HE KNOW?????
The Main Criteria
Okay so based on phrasing, the person he knows has to have
The Suspects
Marx
Daroach
Ribbon
Or he just lied
Oh yeah he’s not from Halcandra
He DID live there for a decent period of time reportedly but he didn’t really have a home there
Says he lied in order to have Kirby and the gang see the Amazing Paradise that is
Oh hey he wants to talk about his dream I wonder what it is
GUYS I DON’T THINK HE’S A STAND UP GUY
Nevermind :)
Then he just talks more about his potential plans
Anyways back to plot
Landia
Anyways they kick the dragons ass, the crown falls off, the day is saved Oh boy what is Magolor doing
The Master Crown
How’d we wind up here
So Magolor found out about the Lor and the Master Crown (among other things?) in a dusty tome
Thought it was bullshit but still went to check, found the Lor, and started scheming
He excavated/stole the Lor, modified it, and eventually went to beat up Landia and lost
Then he fled to Popstar and decided “These guys can defeat Landia for me yea” And then they Did
Crown time yippee!!!
So Magolor puts on the crown, gets Dope ass design, and tells everyone he’s gonna go own the universe now
And ofc since Kirb and the gang helped him he decides to go conquer Popstar first for the funny
And, as we have established, Kirby HATES the funny
Oh hey Landia
YEAHHHH BOSS TIME
Landia takes em all through the rift Magolor made and follows after him through Another Dimension
To which he summons the Lor Starcutter (now with funky new colors) and starts using it as a weapon
You had one job
They beat the ship but Magolor manages to hit Landia, sending em all falling to the bottom of Another Dimension
And then he fucks up the entire scheme by following them down there Is He Stupid
Cause he was a dumbass Kirby gets the opportunity to fight him, finishing him off with a buncha hits with the Ultra Sword
Nevermind crown felt evil
That crown does NOT just give infinite power!!!!
The crown itself is sentient and corrupts any living being that wears it
So yeah after Magolor gets Demolished the crown takes that as the prime opportunity to just fully possess him
Magolor
I find it funny how this phase of the boss is just called Magolor (as opposed to Traitor Magolor for the last) despite it being pretty explicitly Not Magolor doing this
Exhibit A: HE HAS AN EYE IN HIS MOUTH IN THE SECOND PHASE
So yeah the crown’s related to Dark Matter too
Magolor Soul in Extra Mode
This DOESN’T appear in the main story but now’s the best time to mention it
This is the harder version of Magolor’s second phase in Extra Mode and The True Arena
This fight is where it’s explicitly confirmed Magolor is Entirely possessed by the crown
This fight largely plays out as just a harder form of the main boss fight otherwise (except for the defeat scream which is a heavily distorted “Free me, Kirby!”)
Magolor Soul in The True Arena
Now THIS one is interesting
Its exclusive to the remake, features even More attacks, as well as ANOTHER SECOND PHASE where he loses his actual eyes and only has the mouth one
In the second phase, you can also hear Magolor in the background calling for Kirby to help
And then for the defeat animation they brought back the scrapped “bad ending” where Magolor gets banished to another dimension while still possessed
Magolor dies and goes to hell
And so does the crown
Day is saved! Slight issue
Since Magolor’s been banished to the shadow realm nothing is keeping the portal back to Popstar open
Crew’s kinda fucked
Oh hey Landia (and Lor Starcutter)
End
So Landia and the Lor take em back to Popstar, Kirby and the gang wave as they fly off, roll credits
BUT WHO CARES ABOUT THAT WHEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT
Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
Nintendo Switch (Return to Dream Land Deluxe) - 2023
OOOH A TIMESKIP
An artist who works for HAL was paid real money to draw this image and I need you all to know that
What is it?
So Magolor Epilogue is an extra mode added to Return to Dream Land Deluxe that takes place directly after the events of the main campaign
While it released 12 years after the original game, it’s probably best to put it here since it becomes relevant sooner than that
Magolor goes to superhell (but like actually)
So after getting his ass kicked, the crown shattered and Magolor was sent WAYYY into the depths of Another Dimension
Also the opening cutscene begins with Magolor Soul instead of Magolor’s normal phase 2? I mean it's more fitting but still interesting
RIP BOZO!!
THEY WHITEWASHED HIM
THEY REMOVED THE COLOR FROM HIS OUTFIT LIKE CORPORATIONS ON JULY 1ST NOOOO
Anyways this design kinda goes crazy
Cold and dripless
Magolor wakes up in the middle of a ruined structure and realizes he AINT GOT NO DRIP!!!!!
Therefore, he makes it his number one priority to get the FUCK out of this place so he can get some swag (and also get his magic back)
Magolor (Epilogue)
WAHH WAHH WAHH
While Magolor is sad about the loss of his drip, he continues on (because fuck else is he gonna do)
After kicking some enemies asses, an apple slice appears before him
beat up
Fruit Fragments
Anyways after that he’s transported to the Ethereal Altar where he collects the apple slices
The game
Magolor jumps through a few different dimensions in order to collect the 4 other fruits yippee!!!
The bosses are all elemental versions of the main campaigns bosses, yadda yadda yadda
Magic Points & Skill Upgrades
So main mechanic of this game is upgrading Magolor’s abilities with Magic Points
You get those points by finding em in levels, beating up enemies, getting combos (which is a sick mechanic)
But more importantly the upgrade screen has Magolor dialogue WOOOOO
The Magolor Dialogue - Part II
Highlights
There aren’t THAT many reveals here actually so here’s this
No way he’s not Entirely selfish
Still selfish but there’s a bit of caring about others in there!!!!!
Oh hey foreshadowing
Bro really wants to be Walt Disney huh
MAGOLOR NO THAT’S A SPOILER
Okay this isn’t relevant until the next part of the slideshow but I think him referencing this place specifically is Very Interesting
A small detail in the game this is referencing establishes a connection between it and Magolor, so I can’t help but feel this is hammering in Some Sort of connection
Anyways back to your regularly scheduled programming
Apple :)))
Apple :(((
So Magolor nabbed all the Fruit Fragments and they form into a Big Fucking Apple (the Gem Apple)
Pretty cool apple I think I sure hope nothing happens to it
Man.
Crowned Doomer
So both the shards of the Master Crown and Grand Doomer made their way to the altar
Grand Doomer, powered up by the Master Crown shards, fuckin Eats the apple
But that’s no problem, Magolor kicks his ass and takes the fruit
Oh for fucks sake
Yeah so the crown shards fuse with the apple
…Yeah. This is normal
Mistilteinn, Tree Crown without a Ruler
“Mistilteinn” is a Norse word for mistletoe which is a parasitic plant that grows on apple trees
“Crown without a Ruler” reflects Magolor not wanting the crown anymore and rebelling against it
Plot Armor Weaponry
Magolor manages to weaken the crown, but not fully kill it
Thankfully, there’s a Conveniently Placed Sword lying in the rubble
This shot goes so hard
Lumberjack-olor
So Magolor turns that sword into his own version of the Ultra Sword and, with a final slice, splits the tree in half
No more funny tree (or crown REST IN PISS)
WOO THING HAS BEEN DONE
After killing Evil Tree, a dimensional rift pops up in front of Magolor, him jumping in (because fuck else is he gonna do)
And that’s the end of Magolor Epilogue! Roll credits
Credits
So most Kirby games have little pictures from the adventure scrolling by in the credits, and this is no exception
The last few images of this one show Magolor (in new drip) with a Gem Apple sapling, looking up at a new world
Huh. Wonder what that’s about. Anyways
3D Classics: Kirby’s Adventure
Nintendo 3DS - 2011
it’s just kirby’s adventure again
with 3d support and better frame rate
that’s about all i can say
Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition
Wii - 2012
OBAMA?????
Overview
Kirby’s Dream Collection was released for the 20th Anniversary and has a buncha doodads (alongside 6 of the main series games)
You know I really wouldn’t expect there to be any sort of story here but here we are
New Challenge Stages
OKAY IT WASN’T QUITE
100 SLIDES BUT WE’RE HERE
remember Challenge Stages?
Video Gaming
This is one of the things included in Dream Collection, and it is exactly what you expect–new Challenge Stages, based off of RtDL
However, it happens to have a bit of a story of its own!
Why is he here
The story
So Magolor made his way back to Dream Land a while after the events of RtDL
and made a Whole Ass Amusement Park as an apology
And that is the entire story of New Challenge Games
Magolor
The Magolor Timeline (so far)
Return to Dream Land
Magolor Epilogue
?????
New Challenge Stages
And Yeah that’s all for this game really :)
End of Part V
Okay I was not expecting Return to Dream Land + Magolor Epilogue to end up taking 77 slides Wow
But yeah. Really love that game, sets up the Kirby series from that point on
Anyways, now we’re getting to the 3DS games WOOOOO
Upcoming:
Manga Adaptations
Intermission V
This section will be the death of me
Okay, so, with how big the Kirby series is in Japan, there have been SO many manga revolving around Kirby
Only one of these have been officially localized (Kirby of the Stars: The Story of Dedede Who Lives In Pupupu, localized as Kirby Manga Mania)
THANKFULLY, random Tumblr and Reddit users alongside the Japanese Kirby Wiki have saved my life
Special shoutouts to Kirby Manga Translated because they have done SO many translations
I’ll prolly only cover some of my favs bc there’s so much shit
Moretsu Pupupu Hour
Dec. 2006 - Oct. 2016
As is the case for most of the Kirby manga, most chapters are pretty disconnected, not really working towards one core story, although this one does still decide to do a bit of storytelling sometimes
This one has the most translations alongside actually using bosses, (most of the others just use Kirby, Dedede, Meta Knight, and some combination of common enemies)
The Unstoppable Rolling Stone
Book 9, Chapter 9
Every single one of these begins like super slice-of-life and then there’s like a 50-50 chance between it being just slice-of-life stuff or escalating
Like this one begins with Kirby kicking a rock and results in Marx and Kirby beating the shit out of one another and the Lor Starcutter being entirely destroyed
Galacta Knight Cometh! Book 8, Chapter 4
And then there’s Galacta Knight canonically being a simp for any woman ever I fucking adore this
Invasion of the Shadow Army
Book 11, Chapter 1
AND THEN THEY JUST DECIDED TO TELL A STORY AND ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING INTERESTING WITH THE SHADOW CHARACTERS?? Like they sorta retcon em into “we’re you but from your nightmares ooo” but it’s kinda well executed
I was gonna put a plot synopsis of it here but I can’t really do it justice because it’s actually kinda sweet
And then there’s also just
Kirby of the Stars Pupupu Hero
Jan. 2009 - May. 2013
Major shoutouts to thatonechillycomic for uploading scans of these, you have saved my life
Now while Mopupu is very episodic, Pupupu Hero is much more narrative based, mostly focusing on doing adaptations of the games (Usually the most recent one - so mostly just DS and Wii era games)
Probably the most important distinction, though, is the inclusion of a new main character
Chilly
Summary
So most of the stories are either retellings of the games with Chilly and some added dialogue or entirely new stories based on the characters
Games it covered include Epic Yarn, Super Star Ultra, and Mass Attack
Probably the most notable thing the series did was its Return to Dream Land arc, which was like 16 chapters long
Anyways Guys You Wanna Hear My Theory
GAY?!
This is
Rat
Egg
This is not even a theory
This is just like basically straight up canon in the manga
Magolor is SO gay for Chilly Bro is DOWN CATASTROPHIC
Exhibit A: He is OBSESSED with sleeping with/near Chilly
I’m so happy!!
He’s obsessed with sleep in general, but there’s some extra emphasis on his obsession with sleeping near Chilly
We will come back to this
Around that time…
Exhibit B: He REALLY wants Chilly to rule with him (and cries when he refuses)
Me and you could rule over the universe together, just the two of us!
I’ll give you Popstar!
I refuse!!
Popstar doesn’t need anything like an overlord!
….Chilly…
I thought you could be my one friend…
Not anymore…
Not anymore…
Exhibit C: He literally has a Chilly shrine
AND THE SIGN THAT SAYS THE NAME (“Chilly Merch Room”) IS A HEART HELLOOOOO??
What is this room?!
Exhibit D: This panel
THIS PANEL. THIS DAMN PANEL.
MAGOLOR AND CHILLY SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED
MAGOLOR HAS SLEPT WITH CHILLY WRAP IT UP EVERYONE
Now this could be entirely platonic (and it probably is for Chilly)
BUT THEN MAGOLOR SAVED A PHOTO OF IT WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION FOR THAT
Why are you taking pictures like this!!
THIS DOESN’T EVEN END WITH THIS SERIES EITHER
Kirby of the Stars Ultra Super Pupupu Hero
Dec. 2014 - Apr. 2016
So Pupupu Hero ended after the RtDL arc (because the magazine it was in ended)
However, a while after that, a revival series began to come out
This was basically a continuation of the previous series, including details from Triple Deluxe, Rainbow Curse, and a little bit of Dream Collection, alongside having its own storyline revolving around Chilly’s little bell-thing getting stolen
…And then the magazine it was in shut down without warning
AND THEY ONLY RE-RELEASED THE FIRST 8 CHAPTERS
Basically the only things I can find about chapters 13-17 are blog posts from the author (which are only a brief plot synopsis and one (1) panel)
It’s split basically perfectly for them to release a second volume, but nothing has been announced Maybe they will release one? Maybe they won’t? We’ll see
UPDATE!!!!!
The last slide was made in February/March of 2024, but I have just learned (in January 2025) that the last part of the series was serialized in April of last year and i am FREAKING OUT AYFIHENFCESONJCNONJEFJNEN YIPPEEEE!!!!!
Scans do not exist yet so I think I will probably wind up getting it imported? but we’ll see
Anyways CONCLUSION: The egg is gay
Part VI: The 3DS Era (Part 1)
Kirby: Triple Deluxe to Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Nintendo 3DS - 2014
Remember this line of dialogue?
Time to talk about what he was referencing :3c
A Day in the Life
The opening cutscene begins with just Kirby having a good day (which is something the series really doesn’t show enough of)
Bro’s just havin a good day!!
Uh Oh Falling Sky Object
Yooooo jack and the beanstalk reference Yooooooooo
The Falling Sky Object turns out to be a seed, which immediately sprouts a big ass plant, fully lifting up Castle Dedede and Kirby’s house into the sky
Dreamstalk
wakey wakey
So Kirby wakes up, falls off of his doorstep, and runs to Castle Dedede because… i dunno, it was the first thing he saw and he was curious
As he gets up to the castle though, he sees this SPIDER GUY (Taranza) waltz in, take out all of the Waddle Dees guarding King Dedede, and just grab him and dip LMAO
So Kirby naturally pursues them
Taranza
The Signature Gimmick
So every mainline game after RtDL has some sort of gimmick implemented into it. This game’s is the Hypernova ability, which gives Kirby a reallll strong inhale. This is obtained by eating the Dreamstalk’s Miracle Fruit.
The Plot
So after Dedede gets kidnapped, Kirby spends all of 3DX trailing after Taranza, growing the Dreamstalk by obtaining Sun Stones to get from island to island, while Taranza summons or aggravates some fellas to slow Kirby down.
Also Bandee is there too ig but he’s not relevant
Paintra (omg Drawcia reference?)
While this game has the standard Whispy Woods clone and Kracko (who I haven’t mentioned before, but he’s a recurring boss similar to Whispy Woods), there’s one boss that’s really interesting
Paintra is the second world’s boss, who is a painting brought to life by Taranza
Her pause screen describes her as being from a painting that “depict[s] a pair of sisters separated at birth” that “came to life and vowed revenge on the world”
The DX version of the fight even states that the painting was “made from a mysterious brush”
So yeah this is probably Drawcia’s sister (and also we got some lore for Drawcia here yayyyyy!!!)
oh this son of a BITCH
WHY is Magolor here?
Okay so in stage 4-3, the stage boss room features both portraits of Taranza and Magolor.
Both of these are… really weird. Why does the owner of this mansion know either of these people?? As far as we know, Magolor has had no contact with Floralia at all, and Taranza isn’t somebody who is notable or noble in any way—he is quite literally just a henchman.
Though I don’t think their presence is what matters most—i think what it implies is more interesting
Magolor and Taranza probably
know each other, maybe
Magolor and Floralia
As mentioned prior, Magolor is not only depicted in a portrait in Floralia, but he also references it in Magolor Epilogue.
I think that it might be possible that Magolor just saw it after he crashed onto Popstar, but I’m not sure how exactly he would have? Magolor isn’t shown to have left his ship throughout RtDL, unless you enable an extra mode in the deluxe version. Maybe he scans it from inside the ship? I dunno.
He could have also just said that without knowing about Floralia, but it would be such a weird example to include and not mean anything by?
And again, none of that would explain why his portrait is hung up by someone in the country
Did Magolor go to Popstar before RtDL?
My theory is that Magolor had visited Popstar sometime between meeting whoever it was that told him about Kirby and fleeing to the planet, at some point visiting Floralia and meeting Taranza
Why would he deliberately choose to flee to a planet he’s never checked? His lies imply that landing on Popstar was intentional, and yet his monologue implies that using Kirby was an afterthought.
What about Taranza?
Well this is actually a natural way to progress the plot, huh. Derailment less derailed
Taranza captures Dedede after hearing of a “hero of the lower world” and believing it to be him. Magolor uses similar language to describe what he’s heard about Kirby (“The great hero Kirby, hailing from Dream Land on Planet Popstar…”).
As well as this, Taranza winds up stealing an ancient artifact likely developed by the ancients—it could very well be Magolor who informed him about this
Taranza and Magolor are seen together, like, quite a bit
Other than the RtDL gang and Marx, Magolor is most often seen with Taranza in secondary material. Like, in both of the Kirby Clash games, Taranza is seen near Magolor. In a decent amount of Star Allies and commemorative art, they can be seen close together or parallel to one another. They even have a light novel together! It sucks and I hate it, but still! And again, they have portraits in the same room! WHAT are they getting at!
this one is a bad example because it’s mostly based on when their games were released but shhhhhh
Or it’s just a cute reference.
Who’s to say? (me. i say its not)