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Kirby series anniversaries
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Nintendo's Kirby series first began in 1992 with the release of Kirby's Dream Land. The franchise has existed for over two decades, and in that time, HAL Laboratory has celebrated some of its most notable milestone years. This is a list of Kirby series anniversaries, describing when and how each was celebrated.

Games
The year 2002 marked the series' 10th anniversary. Though Nintendo did not bring attention to this, the company did celebrate the occasion by releasing Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land for the Game Boy Advance. This is a remake of Kirby's second game, Kirby's Adventure, which launched on the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.

Games
The year 2007 marked the series' 15th anniversary. Like the 10th anniversary, Nintendo did not bring attention to this. However, the company did begin developing Kirby Super Star Ultra to celebrate the occasion, then released it for the Nintendo DS in 2008. This is a remake of Kirby's ninth game, Kirby Super Star, which launched on the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996.

20th Anniversary
The year 2012 marked the series' 20th anniversary. Unlike the previous anniversaries, Nintendo made an effort to capitalize on it.

Games
Nintendo released an original game, Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, for the Wii. As its name implies, it is a collection of six classic Kirby games: Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby Super Star, Kirby's Dream Land 3, and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. It features two other game modes: The first of these is New Challenge Stages, which has Kirby play through challenge stages based on those in Kirby's Return to Dream Land; this mode serves as an epilogue to that game. The last mode is Kirby's History, which has Kirby travel down a hall filled with past games. The player can read about them, watch clips from them, view each box, watch three episodes of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, read manga volumes (only in the Japanese version), and watch a symphony play a medley of Kirby music.

Packaged with the game are a Compilation Soundtrack CD and a copy of Kirby's 20th Anniversary Celebration Book. Whether the player is reading about them or listening to music from them, both cover almost every game in the series. The book is slightly different in each region it was released in, as certain games were or were not released in those regions (for example, the Western version replaces any mention of Kirby's Super Star Stacker with Kirby's Avalanche, as the former game was not localized outside of Japan).

Events
On September 1st, Nintendo hosted an event at PAX Prime in Seattle, Washington. To celebrate the anniversary, the company wanted to break the Guinness World Record for the most people in a room blowing a chewing gum bubble simultaneously. Altogether, 536 fans showed up to participate, setting the new record.

Merchandising

 * A line of Kirby merchandise was released in Japan, with each item sporting a tag with the Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition logo.
 * On September 5, a Limited Edition Kirby Medal was made available as a Club Nintendo reward, costing 600 Coins. Only 1000 were produced.
 * On September 18, Club Nintendo began holding a random drawing for members, with the prize being a set of circular Kirby-themed playing cards. Members could participate by registering a copy of Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition by October 31 and completing a survey. There were 190 winners.

25th Anniversary
The year 2017 marked the series' 25th anniversary. Nintendo brought some attention to this anniversary.

Games
During a Nintendo Direct presentation on April 12, 2017, Nintendo revealed its plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kirby through a series of three game releases during the year. This included unveiling and releasing Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, as well as announcing Kirby's Blowout Blast for a Summer release and an untitled "multiplayer action fighting game" for Nintendo 3DS for a Holiday release.

Events

 * HAL Laboratory arranged Kirby-themed concerts in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. They were conducted by Yasushi Takemoto and performed live by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Osaka Symphony Orchestra, respectively. In addition to hearing orchestral renditions of popular music from the series, the audience listened to some Kirby series developers talk about the series--two notable guests were series creator Masahiro Sakurai and voice actress Makiko Ohmoto. The dates and times of each concert were as follows:
 * Sega Ikebukuro GiGO and namco Umeda store--a Japanese arcade and a shopping complex, respectively--collaborated with Dippin' Dots ice cream. In honor of Kirby's 25th Anniversary, both stores released Kirby-themed can badges and charms to sell alongside the frozen treats; the charms were sold separately at ¥‎350 apiece, while the can badges were sold with cups of Dippin' Dots ice cream for ¥‎800. They were released on July 1, 2017.
 * TALK ABOUT PUPUPU TRAIN!
 * TALK ABOUT LAWSON CONVENIENCE STORE CAMPAIGN!

Social Media
Don't forget to upload every Twitter image in a slideshow!

Trivia

 * The History section on the Kirby 25th Anniversary website contains a list of nearly every game in the series, complete with images of each game's box art. When inspecting the page's code, however, artworks that represent each game can be found. These images are numbered and listed in chronological order. The numbers that would indicate non-traditional platformers and spin-off games are completely absent, save for "history-img-chara-28.png" (Team Kirby Clash Deluxe); for example, the list skips from "history-img-chara-02.png" (Kirby's Adventure) to "history-img-chara-05.png" (Kirby's Dream Land 2), thus excluding "history-img-chara-03.png" (Kirby's Pinball Land) and "history-img-chara-04.png" (Kirby's Dream Course). In fact, searching for the missing images in the URL brings up a "page not found" message, suggesting that they were never uploaded.


 * On Miiverse accounts, official artwork has been released celebrating anniversaries of certain games and of the series itself. This includes artwork celebrating:
 * The first anniversary of Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2015).
 * The first anniversary of Kirby Fighters Deluxe and Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (2015).
 * The seventh anniversary of Kirby Super Star Ultra (2015).
 * The fourth anniversary of Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2015).
 * The ninth anniversary of Kirby: Squeak Squad (2015).
 * The 22nd, 23rd, and 25th anniversaries of the Kirby series itself (2014, 2015, 2017).

Related Quotes
"Happy birthday, Kirby!!! It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since you came into this world.

Our youthful traveller has been inhaling all manner of things and puffing up like a big balloon, right up to the ripe old age of 25. Kirby, you've become a fine, upstanding...adult?! I must say, your plump, pink form has taken on something of a refined glow recently.

And to mark this auspicious occasion, we have no less than three new Kirby games for you to enjoy! The free-to-start Team Kirby Clash Deluxe co-op action game came out just recently, and this summer we're getting Kirby's Blowout Blast, the first genuine 3D action game in the series. On top of that, we have a new fighting action game due this holiday!

How have you all been enjoying Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, by the way? Since the game came out I've been getting into it all over again, playing it with my family. I reckon seasoned players could have a lot of fun supporting their teammates by playing as Doctor Healmore.

After you finish the game, incidentally, a certain someone shows up in the village, looking like quite the reformed character. Why not have a look for yourself!"

- Shinya Kumazaki

Plaza
"Move Kirby to the Warp Star associated with whichever level you want to play. More levels and stages are unlocked as you progress through the game."

- Instruction manual description

The Plaza is a location in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Blowout Blast.

General Information
The Plaza is a large, rectangular platform in the Dream Land's sky. It has gold and cream-colored checker pattern. There is a short, crenellated wall and pillars lining its outer edges to prevent Kirby from walking off. Three red and gold rectangular carpets form a triangle in the center, and between them is a circular base supporting another pillar.

The Plaza offers six Star Blocks and one large Star Block for Kirby to Inhale. A door with an amiibo logo appears at the left.

Establishments
There are two beneficial fixtures that appear in Plaza.

amiibo door
amiibo

Gallery
[Category:Places] [Category:Levels] [Category:Levels in Kirby's Blowout Blast] [Category:Hubs]

Ball (form)


Ball (called Ball Kirby or Kirby Ball in some games) is a form that Kirby takes in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Pinball Land. He is shown to possess the ability to freely take on this form in certain games, specifically spin-offs. Other characters in the series, such as King Dedede and Meta Knight, take on this form as well.

Physical Appearance
When in this form, Kirby loses his limbs and becomes a complete sphere. He maintains his face, however.

Kirby's Pinball Land
In this game, Kirby takes on Ball form because it is the optimal way of traversing the Pinball Lands. He changes back into his normal self when he battles bosses, gets KO'd, rides a Warp Star, and confronts King Dedede at the end of the game. In pinball form, the pink puff loses his mouth and blush, though these features occasionally reappear for brief cutscenes.

Kirby's Dream Course
Don't forget to mention Kirby Bowl 64!

Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby takes on Ball form when his Animal Friends use certain Copy Abilities. These are Rick's Ice and Parasol attacks and Coo's Burning and Spark attacks.

Kirby's Dream Land 3
When Kirby teams up with Nago, the pink puff is converted into Ball form and rolled around by his partner. Kirby is spherical for all of Nago's attacks except Clean. The four Copy Ability-Animal Friend attacks that turn him into a ball in Kirby's Dream Land 2 still do that in this game.

Kirby briefly becomes a ball when spat out by Pacto, Peloo, and Zebon. Gooey is able to turn into Ball form the same ways Kirby can.

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
Though the entire game centers around Kirby rolling the along ground and platforms, Kirby is not in Ball form, as his hands and feet are simply tucked more tightly into his body. He only achieves the form in the Kirby's Roll-o-Rama sub-game, which has the player tilt the Game Boy Color to roll two or more spherical Kirbys into holes under a time limit.

Kirby: Canvas Curse
Don't forget to mention KatRC!

Kirby's Epic Yarn
(Picked up and thrown)

Kirby Mass Attack
The Kirbys take on Ball form twice in this game: once in the rainbow pinball table in Stage 2 of Dedede Resort, and again in the Kirby Brawlball sub-game. The former has the player fire Kirbys out of an autocannon into a pachinko machine; the Kirbys' goal is to collect the Maxim Tomatoes and Medals in the table's pockets while avoiding the skull pocket at the top.

Kirby Brawlball is an homage to Kirby's Pinball Land, and as such, the hero is used as a pinball. Following Kirby Mass Attack ' s theme of controlling multiple Kirbys, the player is able to spawn more balls by lining up three Kirby images in roulettes or hitting the miniature Marx during the last boss battle. The sub-game ends when all present Kirbys fall into the drain.

Trivia

 * Kirby: Canvas Curse was not first conceptualized with the Kirby series in mind. Employees at Nintendo wanted to create a game in which a character moved along a rainbow. When members of the staff thought about making the character a ball, they remembered Kirby, and the game ultimately became a part of the series.

Kirby's Epic Yarn (transcript)
For narrator, see Kirby: Triple Deluxe (transcript).

(Kirby defeats in  and collects a strand of Magic Yarn)

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