List of cameos

In many Kirby games, there are references to other video games created by Nintendo. Sometimes in non-Kirby games by Nintendo, Kirby (or something that's part of the Kirby series) can be seen. Below is a list.

Kirby's Dream Land

 * The box that Chuckie and Hurly hide in resembles the ? blocks from the Super Mario series.
 * In addition, some of the enemies appear similar to various Mario enemies such as: Blipper, Squishy, and Booler who resemble Cheep Cheep, Blooper, and Boo respectively.

Kirby's Dream Land 2

 * In the Japanese version of Kirby's Dream Land 2, the female Gooey's role was instead filled by a character named Chao, the star of the Famicom Disk System text adventure game Famicom Fairytales: Yūyūki. The image seen on the Sound Test screen, which also features Chao, is also a recreation of a scene from Yūyūki. Chao later appeared in Kirby's Dream Land 3.

Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra
Kirby Super Star and its remake have the largest amount of cameos in the series. These range from obscure to well-known and obvious. The various items in The Great Cave Offensive are perhaps the most famous examples.


 * The Sword and Bomb ability gives Kirby a hat that looks similar to Link's hat from the Legend of Zelda series. The sword Kirby wields sometimes looks like the Master Sword from that game series as well, not to mention that Kirby can use a Sword Beam-esque attack like Link's.
 * In the credits for Revenge of the King, a Mario statue appears at the end of the credits.
 * Many characters from the Mario series appear in the audiences of the battle against King Dedede in Spring Breeze and the Megaton Punch sub-game. Mario, Luigi, and Toad, (Peach and Wario are also included in the remake) can be found on either side of the audience when fighting Dedede, and Birdo, along with Mario, Luigi, and Toad, can also be found in the Megaton Punch audience.
 * Very rare formations of the Stone include:
 * A golden statue of Samus Aran
 * A golden statue of Mario
 * A Brick Block (from Super Mario Bros.)
 * A golden block with the HAL Laboratory logo on it
 * In Revenge of the King, in Illusion Islands, there is a secret room with star blocks that spells out HAL. This is similar to a hidden room in Kirby's Adventure, though it was excised out of the remake.




 * The missiles that Kabula shoots, and, to a lesser extent, Kabula herself, resemble Banzai Bills from the Mario series.


 * Moto Shotzo bears a striking resemblance to the player's tank in "Trax," an obscure game produced by HAL for the Game Boy.
 * In The Great Cave Offensive, the following items are references to different Nintendo games:
 * Phanto Mask: Super Mario Bros. 2
 * Mr. Saturn: Mother series
 * Bucket: Mario and Wario (Japan-only release)
 * Koopa Shell: Super Mario series
 * Pegasus' Wing: Kid Icarus
 * Falcon Helmet: F-Zero series
 * Screw Attack: Metroid series
 * Kong Barrel: Donkey Kong series
 * Triforce: Legend of Zelda series
 * Gold Watering Can: Animal Crossing series
 * Falchion: Fire Emblem

Because Anti-Kirby appeared in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, the developers working on Kirby Super Star wanted to return the favor, and put all these cameos into the game.

Kirby's Dream Land 3
Multiple characters that Kirby meets in this game originate from other Nintendo games. They all give Kirby Heart Stars and, coincidentally, all appear in pairs.
 * Cahmu (or Chao) and Goku from Yūyūki appear in Grass Land. In order to get their Heart Star, Kirby must reunite Goku with Chamu.
 * Donbe and Hikari from the game Shin Onigashima appear in Sand Canyon. Donbe must be reunited with Hikari to get their Heart Star.
 * R.O.B. and his creator, Professor Hector, are seen in Sand Canyon. Hector entrusts Kirby with the task of finding, and then reconstructing R.O.B.
 * Samus Aran and Metroids can be seen in the Iceberg level. As a reference to the Metroid series, the Metroids thrive inside volcanic regions and have a weakness of ice. Upon completing the task of wiping out all the Metroids, Samus is seen without her helmet.
 * Hibanamodoki (the flower in stage 4-1) makes a resemblance to the Fire Flower in the Super Mario series.

Kirby: Canvas Curse

 * Paint Roller has a chance of drawing a Triforce and a Power drink, both from The Legend of Zelda, a GameCube and the symbol of Super Smash Bros.. There is also a bowtie on a single strand of hair, which could be a reference to Mr. Saturn from the EarthBound series.
 * On the top screen of World Select, the world number (e.g.: World 6) is vertical, and the name of the level (e.g.: Omarine Zone) is placed horizontally in a Smash Bros.-esque style.
 * The enemy Blado resembles an enemy from the 'Donkey Kong' series.

Kirby Mass Attack

 * A boss from Trax makes a cameo appearance in the sub-game Kirby Quest. One of Kirby's "awesome" attacks involves him riding a Moto Shotzo while being chased by the boss. This implies that Moto Shotzo is based on and draws inspiration from Trax.
 * Lololo, Lalala, and Blocky appear together as a boss in the sub-game Kirby Brawlball. Three rows of pink buttons with hearts drawn on them are used as defense for the Lololo and Lalala; if the player hits all the buttons, a treasure chest will fall down—which will give Kirby a key when he hits it. All of this is heavily based upon the Adventures of Lolo series, and implies that the three characters are based on and draw inspiration from that series.
 * Escargoon, Chef Shiitake, and the NME Salesman all make cameos in Kirby Mass Attack.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

 * Stone Kirby can once again take the forms of a Brick Block from the Super Mario series and a golden block engraved with the HAL logo.
 * Archer Kirby's Camouflage technique can allow him to hide behind an image of the HAL logo.
 * Circus Kirby's Balloon Pop Art attack can allow him to create a balloon sculpture of the HAL logo.
 * Sword Kirby's Sky Energy Sword has him lift the sword and fire a beam. This move is likely based off of the Skyward Strike attack from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.

Cameos of Kirby himself (and elements thereof)

 * The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Game Boy, 1993): There is an enemy called Anti-Kirby. It looks, is based on, and behaves greatly like Kirby.


 * Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Game Boy Advance, 2004): In the area Yoshi Theater, there are four posters, each portraying a movie (presumably) playing in that theater. One of the posters is for a movie titled, "Kirby Story". Its poster shows Kirby riding a Warp Star. Three golden stars are pictured around him.


 * Arcana (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom, 1992): During the opening cutscene of the game, two Kirbys can be seen among a crowd of warriors.


 * Stunt Race FX (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom, 1994): Billboards with images of Kirby appear in some racetracks. The image appears to be based on artwork from Kirby's Adventure.


 * Pokemon Stadium 2 (Nintendo 64, 2001): When the player connects their Pokemon Gold, Silver, or Crystal Game Boy games up to the N64 after collecting an NES or Super NES in game to decorate the main character's room, they can view the room in 3D and the consoles show random pictures of games for that system. The NES can show Kirby fighting Whispy Woods from Kirby's Adventure, and the Super NES shows Kirby fighting Dyna Blade from Kirby Super Star.


 * EarthBound/Mother 2 (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom, 1995): Kirby appears as the cursor in the hidden debug mode. This can only be found by hacking the game.
 * Picross Volume 3 (Super Nintendo/Super Famicom, 1999): In this puzzle game the player must solve puzzles to create pictures. The following Kirby characters appear as pictures: Rocky, Walky, Gordo, Waddle Doo, Sir Kibble, Poppy Bros. Jr., Chilly, Mr. Frosty, Jukid, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Kirby himself. Beam Kirby, Fire Kirby, and Sword Kirby appear in the background.


 * Donkey Konga (Nintendo GameCube, 2003): One of the songs titled Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is a longer version of the Kirby anime's dub theme song "Kirby, Kirby, Kirby."


 * Daigasso! Band Brothers (Nintendo DS, 2004): One of the songs is titled Kirby Medley.


 * Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum versions (Nintendo DS, 2007): In the Lost Tower, a Roughneck named Kirby uses a Cleffa, a round, pink Pokémon that somewhat resembles Kirby.


 * Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film) (2009): At one point during the credits, a cheeseburger faces the screen (showing the circular shape of the bun) and sprouts arms (which are pickle slices) and feet (which are tomato slices). It begins dancing in a similar fashion to the Kirby Dance.


 * Face Raiders (Nintendo 3DS, 2011): One animation on the title/saving screen shows three enemies from the game performing the Kirby Dance from Castle Lololo. There's another animation in that game which resembles the Kirby Dance to a lesser extent.


 * MAD (TV series): In a sketch entitled Kirby's Star Tours, Kirby was giving away Hollywood star tours in which people get to ride on Warp Stars, but the Warp Stars get too fast and they land in random places. It starts off when a fake star tour was trying to get a little girl to go see Zac Efron's house, but then she goes on Kirby's Warp Star to go see Zac Efron's house, but instead she lands in Float Islands and asks "Zac Efron lives here?" It also shows Kirby getting on a Warp Star in the second stage of Vegetable Valley. It ends with a boy in front of Whispy Woods saying "Hey, this isn't James Franco!", in which Whispy angrily spits out apples the way he did in Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Before that, the announcer says "We knew what you meant, but how else were we going to get your money?"
 * In another MAD sketch, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid Icarus", Kirby befriends Pit as one of the unpopular kids. He burps out a Waddle Dee and was used as a dodgeball. The Super Smash Bros. series was also referenced.


 * Freakyforms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! (Nintendo 3DS, 2012): The "childish" voice players can give to their formees give them a baby-like voice similar to Kirby. The also can make formees look like Kirby.


 * Mario Kart 8 (Wii U, 2014): The Kirby Amiibo allows the player's Mii character to wear a Kirby-inspired costume.
 * Streetpass Mii Plaza: Upon obtaining a Mii Plaza ticket, the Kirby 1-Up soundeffectt will play.

Other

 * Gordos appear in certain levels of Super Mario Land 2 (this may be because Super Mario Land 2 and Kirby's Dream Land both came out in 1992), under the name Unibō. They also appear in games in The Legend of Zelda series, most notably The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. There are also invincible enemies in Densetsu no Stafy that resemble Gordo.
 * In Scott Pilgrim Vs the World, when Kim Pine (a playable character) exits after beating a level, she uses what looks like a smiling Warp Star and rides it just like Kirby does.
 * Kracko appears in the "Koopa Troopa, Gutsman, and Kracko" sketch of MAD.