Kirby News
February2022
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Will Have amiibo Support, According To Nintendo Of Japan
Kirbiibo
Kirby and the Forgotten Land, also known as "the game where Kirby eats a car", is coming soon, and now we have confirmation that it will have extra goodies for anyone who owns a Kirby series amiibo. Here's the full list of amiibo that will provide extra in-game items: Kirby King Dedede Meta Knight Kirby (Smash Bros) King Dedede (Smash...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Gets An Epic New Trailer
Karby is now a thing!
Even though it arrives soon on 25th March, Kirby and the Forgotten Land got a decent segment in the latest Nintendo Direct. It was a good 'un, too, as it introduced 'Mouthful Mode'. As you can see in the trailer Kirby can now transform into much bigger things, with some particularly inventive skills; Karby is an obvious stand...
News Nintendo And HAL Laboratory Have A "Variety Of Projects" Planned For Kirby's 30th Birthday Bash
The pink puff is about to get wild!
One of the next major releases en route to the Nintendo Switch is Kirby and the Forgotten Land, due out next month. This year also happens to mark 30 years of the pink puff, and as you might recall - Nintendo has some anniversary plans. It's reiterated this in its latest financial report, not only acknowledging...
January2022
News Three Kirby amiibo Appear To Be Getting Reprints (North America)
Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Byleth, too
It was discovered earlier this month that the upcoming Switch release Kirby and the Forgotten Land would support amiibo functionality, and now in an update, it seems reprints of existing Kirby amiibo have been confirmed. Following on from a user
News Japanese Magazine Nintendo Dream Might Be Teasing A New Game
Could it be another Kirby title?
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is arriving on the Switch this March, but it turns out Nintendo might have a little bit more planned for the pink puff in the near future. According to a translation by Twitter user Dededaio (as spotted by VGC), the upcoming February 21 issue of Japanese publication Nintendo Dream could...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Nintendo Switch File Size Revealed
The pink puff's biggest adventure yet!
As we get closer to the release of Kirby and the Forgotten Land on the Nintendo Switch, more details are being revealed. In the latest update, we've got new information about the title's file size. According to the eShop and Nintendo's website listing, Kirby's new adventure will require 5.8GB of free space. It...
Poll Kirby And The Forgotten Land Looks Mighty Impressive - How Hyped Are You?
A whole new world
There's little doubt that when Nintendo announced Kirby and the Forgotten Land last year, the reveal trailer caught the eye and imagination. It needed to, as well, with the franchise very much in danger of becoming overly predictable and safe. There had been some experimentation in recent-ish times, such as Kirby and the Rainbow...
News Nintendo Teases Upcoming Activities For Kirby's 30th Anniversary
"Coming soon"
Yesterday, Nintendo dropped a fantastic new trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land, also providing us with a solid release date of 25th March. As you might have spotted, the game just so happens to fall a month before Kirby's 30th anniversary, and it looks like Nintendo has some plans to celebrate. In amongst all the excitement...
News Kirby's New Switch Game Appears To Include amiibo Support
Are reprints of the pink puff on the way?
Co-op play is on the way to Kirby and the Forgotten Land, but one other thing that will apparently be in the game is amiibo support. According to Japan's My Nintendo Store, Kirby's latest adventure will support the popular line of figures. While there are no details about the amiibo that will be supported...
Gallery 34 Glorious New Screenshots Of Kirby And The Forgotten Land
Story scenes, new areas and more shown off
You've probably already seen the news that Kirby and the Forgotten Land has been given a confirmed release date for Switch, but Nintendo's treated us to much more than a date today. On this page, you'll find a whopping 34 new screenshots of the game to enjoy. It's looking simply stunning, so rather than...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Scores March Release Date, New Trailer Appears
New details confirmed!
Nintendo has given upcoming Switch exclusive Kirby and the Forgotten Land a confirmed release date, with our favourite pink puffball arriving on the eShop and at retail on 25th March. Initially revealed back in September, Kirby and the Forgotten Land has players joining Kirby on a brand new 3D platforming adventure, with new...
December2021
Random Kirby's Dream Land LEGO Ideas Set Needs More Votes To Make It To Final Round
You can help!
LEGO Ideas is a place where fan-created LEGO sets — called MOCs, or "My Own Creation", by LEGO fans — can be submitted for a chance to become reality. It's where we got sets like the recent Home Alone build, the typewriter, and plenty more TV tie-ins like Central Perk from Friends, the Seinfeld
November2021
News Music From Kirby Super Star Has Just Been Nominated For A Grammy
'Meta Knight's Revenge'
Today in 'headlines we didn't expect to be writing in 2021 – or indeed, ever', we bring you the news that a track from SNES classic Kirby Super Star (known as Kirby's Fun Pak in PAL regions) has been nominated for a Grammy. The prestigious awards ceremony is gearing up for its 64th event and the full list of 2022...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Has Been Rated For Nintendo Switch
Learn some more about the pink puffball's next adventure
One Switch release we're definitely keen to get our hands on in 2022 is Kirby and the Forgotten Land - a new 3D platformer that places Kirby in a mysterious setting filled with abandoned structures of the past. With the game scheduled to arrive in Spring 2022, it comes as no surprise that...
October2021
News Here's Your First Look At The Switch Box Art For Kirby And The Forgotten Land
Launching in Spring 2022
During its most recent Direct broadcast, Nintendo revealed a new 3D Kirby game was coming to Switch. It's titled 'Kirby and the Forgotten Land' and will be arriving in Spring 2022. While it's still a while away, listings have now appeared on Amazon, Best Buy, and at various other retailers - giving fans their very first...
News This Is What Kirby's New Kingdom Hearts Form Looks Like In Smash Bros. Ultimate
He's ready to join Mickey and the gang
During the latest presentation for the new Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter Sora, game director Masahiro Sakurai revealed what his own creation Kirby looks like when he uses his copy ability on the famous Kingdom Hearts character. In case you did miss this during the broadcast, here's another look, courtesy of...
September2021
Video Let's Take A Closer Look At Kirby And The Forgotten Land's Debut Trailer
Every scene analysed
One of the highlights from last week's Nintendo Direct was without question the reveal of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, a new 3D Kirby game headed to Switch next year. We were treated to just over two minutes of footage in total consisting of large 3D spaces, combat and copy abilities, and lots of Kirby waddling around on his...
News Nintendo Shares Adorable Artwork For Kirby And The Forgotten Land
Cuteness overload
One of the bigger announcements during yesterday's Nintendo Direct, and easily one of the brightest moments of the show in the minds of plenty of the Nintendo Life team, was the reveal of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. A brand new Kirby game headed to Switch next year, this new release will see our favourite pink puffball head out...
News Nintendo Officially Reveals Kirby And The Forgotten Land
Slated for 2022
[Update: Fri 24th Sep, 2021 00:15 BST]: Well, who could have guessed: there's a new Kirby game in the works, and it's called Kirby and the Forgotten Land. It's a 3D open world game set in a post-apocalyptic city, with Super Mario Odyssey-meets-The Last of Us vibes. [Original: Thu 23rd Sep, 2021 17:10 BST]: Just a few hours ahead...
August2021
Random The Official Kirby Website Briefly Had A Kafka-esque Section
You can't hide on the internet
Next year brings Kirby's 30th Anniversary, so you won't get many prizes for predicting that there'll be some sort of new mainline game on Nintendo Switch - this writer's guess is a(nother) screen-by-screen remake of Kirby's Adventure with modern visuals, but that is only a guess. There'll probably be a nice logo and...
News Kirby Nanoblock Series Arriving This September
Collect all six!
The Japanese micro-sized toy line Nanoblock will soon be expanding its offerings to a brand new Kirby collection. They'll be released this September for $6 USD each and there'll be a total of six different models available. As they're in surprise bags though, you technically won't find out what you're getting until you open one...
July2021
Random Possibly The Rarest Nintendo e-Reader Card Ever Has Been Found
Update: 1st Place promo Kirby card sold for over $10K
Update #2 (Fri 23rd Jul, 2021): After a full week on ebay, bidding finally closed on the auction and the card sold for a whopping $10,600USD. Nintendo destroyed any 'winning' Kirby promo cards at E3 2002, so this incredibly rare 1st place survivor was always going to suck in some high bids. Five...
June2021
News This Is What Kirby's New Tekken Form Looks Like In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The pink puffball looks rather menacing
During the latest presentation for the new Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter Kazuya, game director Masahiro Sakurai revealed what his own creation Kirby looks like when he uses his copy ability on the famous Tekken character. In case you did miss our
May2021
News HAL Laboratory Looking Forward To Sharing Kirby's "Next Phase" With Fans
More adventures starring the pink puffball are on the way!
Nintendo's pink puffball Kirby hasn't been sighted since the surprise release of Kirby Fighters 2 on the Switch last year. This doesn't necessarily mean HAL Laboratory has forgotten about him, though. Following on from an interview late last year, when the company teased new games,...
April2021
News The Pink Puffball Kirby Is Getting A New Statue From First 4 Figures
More will be revealed next week
Statue specialist First 4 Figures has today revealed a 9" Kirby and the Painted Goal Door PVC statue. Alongside a teaser of this upcoming release, it also announced it would be hosting a launch stream next week on 27th April. In addition to this, F4F will be giving fans a chance to win one of these Kirby (well, an...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel #82 - Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
Rock 'n' roll
Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, our weekly poll to find the best regional box art variant from two or more retro candidates. Last time we looked at The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks in a duel that pitted Japan and Europe against North America. It appears that the regional team-up worked wonders — the greenery of the JP/EU cover...
March2021
Random Stop Scrolling And Brighten Your Day With These Adorable Kirby Stop-Motion Videos
Including a recreation of Kirby's victory dance
It's Monday, and Mondays are miserable, so why not take a breather and enjoy these wonderful Kirby stop-motion videos? We've recently stumbled across the work of Animist, a stop-motion expert who creates lots of cracking videos for Twitter and YouTube. There's a variety of work to be found on their...
News Kirby Dream Land Tournament Taking Place In Smash Ultimate This Week
Starts this Friday
This week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is celebrating Masahiro Sakurai's pink puffball, Kirby. Starting this Friday, there'll be a Kirby Dream Land Tournament, featuring the stages and characters from this series. More wins will result in more spirits. To help promote the latest weekly event, the Smash Bros. account shared the...
News This Is What Kirby's Pyra/Mythra Form Looks Like In Smash Bros. Ultimate
Fabulous, puffball
During the latest presentation for the new Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighters Pyra/Mythra, game director Masahiro Sakurai revealed what his creation Kirby looks like when he uses his copy ability on the two-in-one character. What he transforms into depends on which character is fighting at the time. His ability will also differ:...
February2021
Random Okay, You Can't Actually Use This Kirby Keycap, But It's Still Very Cute
Kirby, no, put the bottle down
Between Kirby keycaps and Froggy Keyboard, we're about to have a very cute (and very hard to use) desktop setup. Keycap artisan Tiny, who you may know from her TikTok, where almost 3 million followers have watched her making tiny food replicas for keyboards, has a history of making Kirby keys. She's made
January2021
News Tokyo's Kirby Café Is Adding A Chocolate Pizza To Their Menu
And it's served on a Kirby-shaped board
The Kirby Café chain is delightfully weird. With dishes featuring the faces and general shapes of Kirby and friends, and names like "Chocolate fondant that Meta Knight sneakily takes out of his cape", it sounds like the kind of place we'd love to go to. You can even order drinks topped with a marshmallow of...
Poll What's The Best Kirby Game?
The suckiest of heroes
When it comes to platform mascots and beloved characters, the Mario and Zelda series might get a lot of attention, but there are few heroes as enduring and as beloved as Kirby. Everyone's favourite purveyor of pink puffiness, Kirby was born at HAL Laboratory by the hand of Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai and he's starred...
Reminder Nintendo Kicks Off The New Year With A Kirby Fighters 2 Tetris 99 Maximus Cup
Unlock a special theme
As we discovered last week (or last year, we should say), Kirby has a big year ahead - with the pink puff's developer HAL Laboratory teasing new projects, games, merchandise, and much more for 2021. Now, to kick start the new year, Nintendo is hosting a Tetris 99 Maximus Cup and it just so happens to feature...you guessed it,...
December2020
News Kirby Developer HAL Laboratory Teases New Projects For 2021
Games, merch and more...
This year marked the 40th anniversary of HAL Laboratory - the Japanese developer behind the long-running series Kirby. In 2020, it released Kirby Fighters 2 on the Switch and brought across the title Part Time UFO to the hybrid system as well. What's on the horizon for 2021 then? In an interview with
Gallery This Is What Kirby Looks Like When He Transforms Into Sephiroth
Another smashing new look
A new update has been released for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and you know what that means, right? It's time to see what the pink puffball Kirby looks like when he uses his copy ability on the latest DLC fighter, Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth. Here's a full round-up of each screenshot Nintendo has shared so far. Of...
October2020
Soapbox 10 Years On, Kirby's Epic Yarn Is Still The Pink Puffball's Finest Outing
Fluff and nonsense
It's time for a Nintendo Life Soapbox confession. Ready? While the majority of the gaming world takes Masahiro Sakurai's most cherished child heartily to their collective bosom (squeezing his squidgy body in their embrace, no doubt), I've always found Kirby a bit... what's the word? Oh yes: rubbish. I'm not talking about how he...
News This Is What Kirby's Minecraft Form Looks Like In Smash Bros. Ultimate
From puffball to puffblock
Earlier this week when Steve and Alex were announced as the new reps in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there was a fake image doing the rounds on the internet of Kirby when he apparently used his copy ability on the Minecraft characters. Fortunately, we've now got a look at the real Minecraft x Smash Bros. version of Kirby...
September2020
News Kirby Fighters 2 Developers Share Commemorative Artwork To Celebrate Its Release
Doubling Nintendo's marketing efforts
Last week, Kirby Fighters 2 appeared on the Switch eShop out of absolutely nowhere, and the development team has shared a lovely piece of artwork to celebrate its release. The game's launch has been particularly odd, with Nintendo opting to quietly place it on the Switch's digital store with hardly any...
Quiz How Well Do You Know Kirby?
Pink and puffy
A brand new Kirby game has appeared out of nowhere on Nintendo Switch eShop! It's great to see the ravenous little guy back on Switch and we thought it was high time to test your knowledge of the pink puffball with one of our little quizzes while we're playing the game for review. Kirby has appeared in over thirty games since...
News Read HAL's Translated Blog Post On The Creation Of Kirby Fighters 2
The first in a series
HAL Laboratory has published the first blog post in a series about Kirby Fighters 2, featuring Planning Director Tadashi Kawai. Within this article, they discuss the development of the newly-released title. We have gone ahead and translated the article below. Hello everyone. I'm Tadashi Kawai, the Planning Director for Kirby...
News Duke It Out In Kirby Fighters 2, Now Available On The Nintendo Switch
It's official!
After yesterday's listing, Nintendo has now officially announced Kirby Fighters 2 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. It's available for $19.99 / £17.99 and is out today on the Switch eShop. Kirby Fighters 2 sees the return of chaotic Kirby battle action - with a selection of 17 iconic copy abilities. This entry also marks the...
News Oops! Nintendo Seems To Have Accidentally Revealed Kirby Fighters 2
The pink puffball looks to be returning
Well here's something we weren't really expecting any time soon...a new Kirby game! And the listing for it is live, so all we need now is an official announcement from Nintendo. As spotted by multiple Twitter users, it looks like Nintendo has accidentally revealed Kirby Fighters 2 - exclusively for the Switch...
August2020
News Quick Draw Kirby Returns In New Plush Toy Collection This October
Kirby, Kirby, Kirby...out of control!
Kirby fans located in Japan will soon be able to get their hands on a new line of plushies featuring the pink puff in all sorts of different forms. All up, the Sanei "Kirby Muteki! Suteki! Closet collection" has five different plush to collect along with a cushion. As you can see, there are the Sword and...
News Today Is Masahiro Sakurai's 50th Birthday
Happy birthday, Sakurai-san!
Masahiro Sakurai, creator and director of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series, turns 50 years old today, 3rd August. One of Sakurai's earliest career highlights came when he was just 19 years old, designing our favourite pink blob Kirby and directing the character's first ever game, Kirby's Dream Land. Since then,...
May2020
What the?
Epic recently premiered 'Party Royale' in its free-to-play shooter Fortnite. In this "new experimental and evolving" space, there are no weapons or mats – instead it's all about hanging out with your friends and having fun. There are even "back-to-back-to-back" live sets being played by three famous DJs. They aren't the only famous...
April2020
News Masahiro Sakurai Celebrates Kirby's Birthday With An Amusing Smash Bros. Pic
28 years on
While it's not exactly a major milestone, Masahiro Sakurai – the creator of Kirby – has decided to celebrate the pink puffball's 28th birthday on Twitter, by sharing a funny Smash Bros. Ultimate screenshot replacing the heads of Ganondorf and Cloud. In a follow-up tweet underneath this, Sakurai mentions how it can often be a...
February2020
News HAL Laboratory Celebrates 40th Anniversary With New Website And Artwork
(>'-')> <('-'<) ^('-')^ v('-')v
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of HAL Laboratory, a Japanese game development studio which has been closely affiliated with Nintendo for decades. The exact date for the 40th anniversary was actually just three days ago; originally founded on 21st February 1980, the studio is perhaps best known...
December2019
News Super Kirby Clash Has Been Downloaded More Than Four Million Times
Nintendo celebrates with 20% off Gem Apples
Have you downloaded Super Kirby Clash from the Switch eShop yet? It is a free-to-start game Nintendo announced during a Direct presentation in September that got released on the very same day. Nintendo's now revealed the game has been downloaded more than four million times, in just under four months. To...
Poll Box Art Brawl #21 - Kirby's Return To Dream Land
Or Kirby's Adventure Wii to his PALs
And we're back with another Box Art Brawl, the series where regional box art versions of the same video game go head-to-head in a public vote to find out which is superior. Last week we had a real scrap on our hands when Super Smash Bros. for the N64 brawled with itself. Democracy prevailed to decree the North...
"Publishing our own title has been one of the goals since we established Good-Feel"
Japanese developer Good-Feel is the company behind a host of heart-warming Nintendo games, including the excellent Kirby's Epic Yarn, Yoshi's material-based platformer Yoshi's Woolly World on Wii U and the more recent Yoshi's Crafted World on Switch. A couple of...
News Japan's Getting A New Kirby Pop-Up Shop With A 'Playful Kirby' Range Of Merch
More merch than Kirby could suck up!
As you may know, Kirby was recently voted as the most popular Nintendo mascot in Japan via a poll conducted by Nintendo Dream, a popular Nintendo-centric magazine in the region. Love for Kirby runs deep in Japan, and merch is never too difficult to find in gaming stores. From a permanent café soon to open to...
November2019
News Beam Kirby Joins Good-Smile's Ever-Expanding Collection Of Nintendo Nendoroid Figures
Absolutely beaming
The Good-Smile Company has been steadily adding Nintendo characters both classic and new to its cute series of Nendoroid figures and earlier this year we saw a collection of planned figures revealed from series such as Splatoon, Fire Emblem, The Legend of Zelda an
News Nintendo's Tokyo Store Is Set to Open This Friday, And It's Looking Amazing
More merch than you can toss a Pikmin at!
The Parco Store in Shibuya, Tokyo has been closed for renovations since spring of this year. However, that will change this Friday, November 22nd. With its grand reopening, the public will finally have access to the Nintendo Tokyo Store. Journalists in Japan have recently had the opportunity to go in and...
News Kirby Transforms Into A Fatal Cutie When He Uses His Copy Ability On Terry Bogard
A smashing new look
We've seen some fatal cuties in certain other games in the past, but this one is perhaps the cutest of them all. Following the release of the DLC fighter Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Nintendo Versus Twitter account has uploaded a few screenshots to showcase what exactly the pink puffball Kirby looks like as...
October2019
Random Japan's Favourite Nintendo Character Devours The Competition Once More
Mario who?
Nintendo Dream is the name of Japan's official Nintendo publication, a magazine that began in 1996 and last year overtook the mighty Nintendo Power in terms of issues published. It's still going strong, too, with the latest issue being December 2019. Yes, we know it's still October. Ah, how we miss the steady acceleration of print...
Gallery You Know, It's Probably For The Best That We Don't Live Near A Kirby Cafe
We'd start to resemble the little guy
This isn't the first bunch of menu items from one of Japan's pop-up cafes that we've laid our eyes on, and it certainly won't be the last, but this latest selection of cute Kirby cuisine has us wondering if there's not some sort of loophole we could use to get Just Eat to deliver these treats to our door. As...
September2019
Random Apparently Kirby 'Might Purr Happily' If You Pet Him
And so, world peace was restored
We did it, folks. We've finally stumbled across the news everyone was desperately hoping for. Yes, Kirby will apparently purr if you pet him. We were tempted to just end the article there - because let's face it, that's a happier news story than the vast majority of things you'd read in real-world news - but we...
News Super Kirby Clashes With Nintendo's Battle Royale Game Tetris 99 Later This Week
Unlock a special theme and receive 99 Gem Apples
Nintendo continues to use its battle royale puzzler Tetris 99 to promote various other games. The latest crossover is with Super Kirby Clash – the free-to-start title announced during the most recent Direct presentation. To celebrate the release of this game, the next Maximus Cup in Tetris 99 will...
News Super Kirby Clash Is A New Free-To-Start Game Launching On Switch Today
Fight!
During today's Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that Kirby is returning to Nintendo Switch in a brand new free-to-start title called Super Kirby Clash. We've got the official description straight from Nintendo below to teach you more about the game, as well as an adorable selection of screenshots. Take a look: To defeat bosses this wicked,...
News HAL Laboratory Seeking Staff For New Project Based On The Kirby Series
The pink puff returns
HAL Laboratory appears to have no trouble pumping out new games starring the pink puffball on a regular basis and with this mind, it's currently recruiting for a new Kirby project, presumably targeting a Switch release in the near future. All up, the company is seeking an Action Programmer, UI Programmer, Graphics Programmer,...
August2019
News Kirby's Super Star Stacker Receives English Fan Translation 21 Years After Japan-Only Release
Kirby's final Super Famicom appearance
Fans have released a western translation of Kirby's Super Star Stacker, a game which released on the Super Famicom just over 21 years ago. The game is a remake of Game Boy title Kirby's Star Stacker and was only ever released in Japan (the original Game Boy game did launch in North America and Europe). The...
June2019
News A Forgotten (And Kirby-Free) HAL SNES Title Has Been Preserved For The Ages
Anyone for golf?
Some great news for retro gaming enthusiasts as the year of noteworthy Super Nintendo efforts continues unhinged. Reports of successful preservation of HAL Laboratory's Special Tee Shot prototype and subsequent public release means that we can all now enjoy the isometric mini-golf game that was meant to show up as a regular SNES...
May2019
Random A Fresh Batch Of Kirby Merch Drops On His Japanese Website
All the best stuff's made in Japan
The official Japanese Kirby website has published a new collection of items for Japanese fans to snap up. If you find yourself in need of beautification, it seems that HAL Laboratory's platforming pink puffball has got you covered with an adorable range of make up and associated cosmetics. As you can see below,...
April2019
News A Gorgeous 3D Kirby Game Is Now Playable On PS4 Thanks To Dreams
And this is just the beginning
If you keep up with the latest and greatest PlayStation news, you're probably highly aware of Dreams. This Sony-published sandbox game has players creating their own content to share with the world, and with Dreams launching as an Early Access title on PS4 last week, players are already sharing some mightily impressive...
Random Celeste Mod Featuring Kirby As The Star Shared Online, Called 'Ingeste'
Well, this makes things easier
If you love the platforming antics of Celeste, and also happen to love Nintendo's loveable joyball Kirby, then you're almost guaranteed to get enjoyment out of this fan-made project. A team of modders have taken the original Celeste release - a prototype that formed the basis of the full thing we know and love today -...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Wins Famitsu Game Of The Year Award
Alongside Monster Hunter: World
If Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hasn't already received enough praise, it's now taken out Famitsu's 2018 Game of the Year Award alongside Monster Hunter: World. It's a similar situation to the previous year when The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Dragon Quest XI both won. The game's creator Masahiro Sakurai...
Random Series Director Discusses The Mystery Behind Kirby's Feet
As you do
Oh Kirby, you adorable little blob of joy. The star of his very own franchise, hero of the recent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate apocalypse, and all-round loveable gaming icon, Kirby is no doubt a popular figure amongst readers of this very site. Despite his fame, though, one very important question remains: what exactly is contained within...
Random This Kirby Robot Vacuum Cleaner Is Amazing, But Sadly Just An April Fools' Joke
We'd happily buy one of these...
Today, friends, we have learned a very valuable lesson: never browse for gaming goods on 1st April. Retailer ThinkGeek, which specialises in all sorts of geeky accessories and merchandise, has today uploaded a product listing for the 'Roomby: Kirby Robot Vacuum'. Working just like any other robot vacuum cleaner...
March2019
Random Japan's Kirby Merchandise Never Fails To Make Us Smile
A new Kirby lottery is on the way
We often find ourselves banging on about how jealous we are of those living in Japan, and at least 70% of that jealousy comes from the nation's incredible range of Kirby merchandise. If you don't believe us (or just want to see some of it for yourself) feel free to check out any of the following. In recent times,...
Japanese Charts Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn Debuts In Sixth, Can't Compete With Switch Titles
Smash still in second place
Japanese chart figures are now in for 4th - 10th March, revealing that new 3DS title Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn has debuted in sixth position. The game shifted 10,607 copies at retail, putting it below four evergreen Switch titles which all managed to outsell the newcomer this week despite having been on sale for multiple...
Random Why Is The Fortnite Logo In This Official My Nintendo Kirby Wallpaper?
The battle royale you've always wanted
In case you missed it, Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn was recently released on the 3DS. This is an enhanced version of the 2010 Wii title. As with all of its software releases, Nintendo made a number of appropriately-themed goodies for this game available over on the rewards website, My Nintendo. One of these was a...
Reminder Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn Launches Today - Nintendo's Final Major 3DS Release?
Check out the launch trailer
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn unravels onto 3DS today and Nintendo has shared a launch trailer to celebrate. You can check it out for yourself above. This 3DS rerelease's Ravel Abilities, new mini-games, and optional harder difficulty make this a very solid purchase indeed; we praised its focused gameplay design, creativity,...
Random Let's Find Kirby, A Where's Waldo?-Style Book, Announced For Japan
Kirby's no wally
Is it possible to have too much Kirby? We're not convinced so, and a new book announced in Japan has taken that sentiment to the next level. In addition to the mountain of merch already devoted to the pink one, Let's Find Kirby is an official book in the vein of Where's Waldo? (or Where's Wally? for UK readers) where you must find a...
Review Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn - A Timeless Classic That Feels Right At Home On 3DS
A quality port cut from the same cloth as the original
Much like its infinitely versatile mascot, the Kirby series has always been comfortable in taking many forms; Kirby has starred in several roles that diverge significantly from the copy-ability platforming of the mainline series. Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn – an enhanced re-release of the...
February2019
News HAL Laboratory Celebrates Its 39th Anniversary With A Cute BOXBOY Comic
Happy Birthday to the House of Kirby!
As noticed on Twitter by @teamkirby92, the developer that brought us Kirby, BOXBOY, Earthbound, Smash Bros. and much more is celebrating 39 years in the video game business with a little comic featuring Qbby and his companion, Qucy. Below is the entire comic, plus a translation courte