History Franchise / Kirby

** The name of Kirby's copy abilities are sometimes inconsistent, such as Burn/Fireball/Burning (the Japanese name is Burning, and that has been the consistent English name since '"Nightmare in Dream Land''), Cupid/Angel (Angel is the Japanese name, but is sometimes used in English), Cook/Chef (Cook is the canon name, but Chef is sometimes mistakenly used), and Archer/Sniper (like Cupid, Sniper is the Japanese name that is sometimes used in English).

** Similarly, the smaller games included in each installment almost always "sub-games," not "{{minigame}}s". Instruction manuals sometimes call them minigames or bonus games, but ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamBuffet'' is, so far, the only ''Kirby'' game to unambiguously use the term "minigame" in-game.

* InsistentTerminology: What other games call "worlds" is what ''Kirby'' calls "levels" or "areas", and what other games call "levels" is what ''Kirby'' calls "stages". This applies to every single game, starting with ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure''.

** ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' (2023, Nintendo Switch, a remaster with graphical updates, new subgames, and one new Copy Ability)

** Kirby's home planet was alternately known in English as Pop Star or [=PopStar=] before ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' and ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand settled on Planet Popstar.

* InconsistentDub: Is King Dedede's name pronounced "Dee-dee-dee", "Day-day-day?" or "Deh-deh-deh"? It differs depending on which version you're playing - in Japanese he's "Day-day-day", whereas in English he's "Dee-dee-dee". ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' even has the announcer (who is the same in both versions, and is American) announcing him as "King Deedeedee!" in English and "Daydayday!" in Japanese, and the crowd can be heard chanting "Dee-dee-dee! Day-day-day?" whenever King Dedede fights.

* PowerCopying: Kirby didn't start with this power like [[VideoGame/MegaMan the former Trope Namer did]], and some games drop it from his arsenal, but he certainly gets a lot of mileage out of it when he does have it. He even has it in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. A few games also feature special gimmicks that revolve around this power:

* NoPronunciationGuide: Is King Dedede's name pronounced "Dee-dee-dee", "Day-day-day?" or "Deh-deh-deh"? It differs depending on which version you're playing - in Japanese he's "Day-day-day", whereas in English he's "Dee-dee-dee". ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' even has the announcer (who is the same in both versions, and is American) announcing him as "King Deedeedee!" in English and "Daydayday!" in Japanese, and the crowd can be heard chanting "Dee-dee-dee! Day-day-day?" whenever King Dedede fights.

* ThisIsADrill: Animal Kirby has a move where he drills with his claws, allowing him to dig dirt quicker. Stone + Needle in ''Crystal Shards'' makes Kirby attack with a drill on his hand forward. [[spoiler:In ''Planet Robobot'', in the end of the fight against Star Dream, the Robobot Armor uses a giant drill (in an homage to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'') to finish the boss off.]]

* ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Deluxe'' upgrades the presentation of the original game and adds a new copy ability, Mecha, along with a selection of new sub-games.

* WarmUpBoss: Whispy Woods in every game, with the exception of ''Amazing Mirror'' and ''Triple Deluxe'' which has an expy in King Golem and Flowery Woods, respectively. However, he can be quite tough in a few games, such as in ''Epic Yarn'' and ''Planet Robobot'' (where he becomes the mechanized "Clanky Woods").

!!Games in the ''Kirby'' series

!!Other Works in the Franchise

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* PoisonousPerson: The Poison ability, a modified Water ability that lets Kirby cover the ground with poisonous puddles and breathe toxic gas.

* DubInducedPlotlineChange: More like ''sub-plotline'' change. After the events of ''Planet Robobot'', Susie flies off to... somewhere in the ending cinematic, and we don't see her again until her appearance as a Dream Friend in ''Star Allies''. It's then revealed she took over the Haltmann Works Company, but in the Japanese version of the game, her [[ArrangeMode Guest Star ????]] pause screen states that she now uses her company's resources for good, but the English version says she is still mechanizing planets.

* TheGoomba: Waddle Dees serve as this in most of the games. In ''Kirby 64'' only Waddle Dee that appears is friendly, so the Goomba is a small blackish creature called an N-Z. ''Kirby Mass Attack'' and ''Kirby and Rainbow Curse'' use Beanbons and Cottas respectively.

* DropTheHammer: Dedede and Bonkers the gorilla, the latter of which Kirby can inhale for (what else?) the Hammer ability. Hammer is used as one of Kirby's B-button moves in the various ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games, as well as the Smash Bros. ability. Grand Hammer is the Super Ability variant of it that can [[ShockwaveStomp create giant shockwaves with its smashes]].

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Kirby's main power is to [[ImAHumanitarian swallow creatures whole and absorb their powers.]] While this seems like an evil power, it's not treated as such in game.

** HAL seems to have listened to the complaints about ''Star Allies'' being too easy, which definitely shows in the rather sudden DifficultySpike with ''Heroes in Another Dimension'', introduced to the game with version 4.0.0. Most notably, the bosses got some pretty serious upgrades, to the point where even ''Whispy Woods'' can lay a beatdown if the player isn't prepared.

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''Kirby'' is a multimedia franchise co-owned by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/HALLaboratory and originally created by Creator/MasahiroSakurai. The games star the titular Kirby, who is a [[KidHero young]], [[RealMenWearPink pink]], [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter blobby]], alien ...[[BuffySpeak thingy]]. He can [[VacuumMouth suck enemies into his mouth]] then [[EatenAlive swallow them]], [[SuperSpit spit them out with incredible force]], or -- starting with the second game, ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' -- [[PowerCopying absorb their powers]] by devouring them. He takes the old maxim "you are what you eat" quite literally. Throughout most of his adventures, he journeys across Dream Land, a fictional country on the [[ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway distant Planet Popstar]], to protect it from alien invaders and other threats to his home.

* VideoGame3DLeap: ''Kirby 64'' was a presentation upgrade, but [[TwoAndAHalfD the game still played on a 2D plane]]. ''Kirby Air Ride'' is Kirby's first "true" 3D title, even allowing some free-roaming during the City Trial mode. The second is ''Planet Robobot's'' Kirby 3D Rumble, which was expanded into ''Kirby's Blowout Blast'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale''. The series finally made its "true" foray into 3D with ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand''.

* VideoGame3DLeap: ''Kirby 64'' was a presentation upgrade, but [[TwoAndAHalfD the game still played on a 2D plane]]. ''Kirby Air Ride'' is Kirby's first "true" 3D title, even allowing some free-roaming during the City Trial mode. The second is ''Planet Robobot's'' Kirby 3D Rumble, which was expanded into ''Kirby's Blowout Blast'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyBattleRoyale''.
* VideoGameFlight: Kirby is one of the few characters who can generally fly anywhere, any time. Don't think you can just fly over everything, though -- there are enemies in the skies, and some stages are pretty tight. A few games also have a time limit on how long you can fly, namely ''Kirby 64'', the ''Smash Bros.'' games, ''Kirby Fighters (Deluxe)'' and ''Battle Royale''.

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