Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn

Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn is a game in the Kirby series for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an enhanced remake of Kirby's Epic Yarn for the Wii. It has the same content as the original release, but also includes new power-ups, new modes, and new sub-games starring Meta Knight and King Dedede as the playable characters. The game now lacks co-op, so Prince Fluff is not playable.

Story
The story starts with Kirby strolling around Dream Land and finding a tomato that resembles his favorite snack, the Maxim Tomato. Unbeknownst to him, is was a Metamato owned by a sorcerer named Yin-Yarn, who has recently turned many of Dream Land's residents into yarn. Kirby proceeds to inhale the Metamato, ignoring Yin-Yarn's commands. After Kirby swallows it, the sock on Yin-Yarn's neck glows and sucks Kirby into the yarn world of Patch Land.

Shortly after arriving, Kirby witnesses Prince Fluff being chased by a Cyclod; he tries to inhale the Cyclod, but the air goes through his body, as Kirby had been transformed into yarn himself. However, Kirby suddenly transforms into a car and carries Prince Fluff away with enough speed to outrun the Cyclod.

Soon, Kirby and Prince Fluff arrive at Quilty Square, where Prince Fluff shows Kirby around. After venturing through Patch Castle, Kirby and Prince Fluff obtain a piece of magic yarn, which stitches Quilty Square and the next level together. As Kirby and Prince Fluff defeat the bosses of each level, they obtain more magic yarn, allowing them to stitch Patch Land's seven pieces back together, reversing the damage Yin-Yarn caused.

Meanwhile, Yin-Yarn causes havoc in Dream Land, turning the landscape into yarn and fabric, summoning yarn Waddle Dees to do his bidding and kidnap King Dedede, and sneak attacking Meta Knight to transport him to Patch Land as well. King Dedede became a marionette, and Meta Knight's mind went under Yin-Yarn's influence. After Meta Knight's defeat, he fills Kirby in on what happened in Dream Land, worrying Kirby, as there seemed to be no way back to Dream Land. However, Prince Fluff pulls out a magical sock identical to the one Yin-Yarn uses; it turns out that Yin-Yarn had stolen a sock from Patch Castle, but Prince Fluff had the other sock in the pair. Kirby makes his return to Dream Land, followed by Prince Fluff, Meta Knight, and King Dedede.

After traveling through familiar places turned into yarn, Kirby and Prince Fluff finally confront and defeat Yin-Yarn, revealing one last piece of magic yarn; however, Yin-Yarn uses this magic yarn to recreate himself and to transform into Mega Yin-Yarn, much to the surprise of Kirby and Prince Fluff. Meta Knight then swoops in and drops a Tankbot Metamortex, allowing Kirby and Prince Fluff to take defeat Yin-Yarn once and for all.

Upon Yin-Yarn's true defeat, Dream Land returns to normal, as does Kirby and his friends, aside from Prince Fluff, who stays in his native yarn form. The two part ways, making Kirby sad. However, Prince Fluff reminds him that as long as he has the magic sock, he can visit Prince Fluff in Patch Land at any time.

Gameplay
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn adds six new items that allow Kirby to use Ravel Abilities. It also adds Devilish Mode, in which Kirby must outrace a devil through levels, and includes a health-bar. New sub-games have also been added. One features King Dedede, while the other features Meta Knight. Playing Devilish Mode and these sub-games rewards the player with new furniture and ways to decorate Kirby's Pad, which can be shared via StreetPass.

Ravel Abilities
Ravel Abilities serve a purpose similar to Copy Abilities, in that they allow Kirby to perform new (or enhanced) moves. The player can discard a Ravel Ability by pressing X.
 * Knitting Needles: "Make a yarn ball anytime! Or make a HUGE yarn ball by wrapping up an enemy."
 * Wire : "Sword with outstanding sharpness. Big slash cut!"
 * Button: "Toss button bombs that can blow up all kinds of things. You could even blast open a path!"
 * Nylon : "Fluffy jump caused by wind. Also sucks in beads!"
 * Bobbin : "A bobbin yo-yo that extends far."
 * Stitch : "Throw Shushutto in various directions!"

Levels
Quilty Square is partially accessible at the start, but the rest of the areas can only be accessed after obtaining their corresponding Area Patch.
 * Quilty SquareQuilty Square Level Map.png
 * Patch Castle


 * Grass LandGrass Land Level Map.png
 * Fountain Gardens
 * Flower Fields
 * Rainbow Falls
 * Big-Bean Vine
 * Fangora (Boss)
 * Mole Hole
 * Weird Woods


 * Hot LandHot Land Level Map.png
 * Pyramid Sands
 * Lava Landing
 * Cool Cave
 * Dino Jungle
 * Hot Wings (Boss)
 * Temper Temple
 * Dusk Dunes


 * Treat LandTreat Land Level Map.png
 * Toy Tracks
 * Mushroom Run
 * Sweets Park
 * Melody Town
 * Squashini (Boss)
 * Cocoa Station
 * Dark Manor


 * Water LandWater Land Level Map.png
 * Splash Beach
 * Blub-Blub Ocean
 * Secret Island
 * Deep-Dive Deep
 * Capamari (Boss)
 * Boom Boatyard
 * Fossil Reef


 * Snow LandSnow Land Level Map.png
 * Snowy Fields
 * Cozy Cabin
 * Mt. Slide
 * Frosty Wheel
 * King Dedede (Boss)
 * Frigid Fjords
 * Evergreen Lift


 * Space LandSpace Land Level Map.png
 * Future City
 * Tube Town
 * Mysterious UFO
 * Stellar Way
 * Meta Knight (Boss)
 * Moon Base
 * Outer Rings


 * Dream LandDream Land Level Map.png
 * Whispy's Forest
 * Tempest Towers
 * Cloud Palace
 * Castle Dedede
 * Yin-Yarn (Boss)
 * Meta Melon Isle
 * Battleship Halberd

Sub-games

 * Dedede Gogogo
 * Slash and Bead

Major Characters

 * Kirby
 * Prince Fluff
 * Yin-Yarn
 * King Dedede
 * Meta Knight
 * Dom Woole
 * Chaise Woole
 * Loomis Woole
 * Angie
 * Zeke
 * Beadrix
 * Carrie
 * Buster
 * Mara

New Enemies

 * Devil
 * Mole enemy
 * Red and orange variant of Buttonfly

Demo
A demo of Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn was released in Japan on February 6, 2019; Europe on February 7, 2019; and North America on February 21, 2019. In it, the player can play Fountain Gardens and Rainbow Falls on either Normal Mode or Devilish Mode. Fountain Gardens demonstrates the Tankbot Transformation and the Knitting Needles Ravel Ability; Rainbow Falls demonstrates the Spin Boarder Transformation and Button Ravel Ability. Prince Fluff also appears once in each level, gifting Kirby a Star bead. This demo records the player's bead, streak, and HP high scores until the software is closed. It is unclear if the Ravel Ability locations will be the same for the final game, or if they are there simply to demonstrate the new mechanic.

amiibo Compatibility
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn can use Kirby series amiibo to obtain custom hats representing the characters scanned. In addition to this, Kirby receives a Ravel Ability corresponding to the amiibo character. Scanning Kirby gives Knitting Needles, scanning Meta Knight gives Wire, and scanning Dedede gives Button.

Trivia

 * Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn is one of two Kirby games on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems that cannot play with stereoscopic 3D. Kirby Battle Royale is the other.
 * Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn is the only Kirby game remake that does not update the graphics from the original version, instead opting to condense the existing graphics and add new content.
 * 3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn are the only Kirby games for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems that did not have Miiverse communities. The former was released over a year before Miiverse debuted on November 18, 2012; the latter was released after Miiverse's worldwide discontinuation on November 7, 2017.
 * Kirby Battle Royale did not have a Miiverse community in North America or Japan but did in Europe.
 * According to the original product information on Nintendo's website, it was stated that Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn would be playable only on New Nintendo 3DS systems. This mistake was eventually rectified.