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Kirby [a] is an action-platform video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo.The series centers around the adventures of Kirby as he fights to protect and save his home on the distant Planet Popstar from a variety of threats.
Kirby was created by Masahiro Sakurai as the player character of the 1992 video game Kirby's Dream Land. Sakurai conceived the idea around May 1990 at the age of 19 while he was working at HAL Laboratory. [2]
Meta Knight (メタナイト, Meta Naito) is an antihero who is described as Kirby's rival and often fights him for various reasons. He wields the Galaxia Sword and wears a gray mask and a cloak that can transform into a set of wings; in certain games, defeating him will cause the mask to fall off, revealing him to resemble Kirby, but with a blue body and yellow eyes.
Jack Kirby was born Jacob Kurtzberg on August 28, 1917, at 147 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City; he grew up there. [3] His parents, Rose (Bernstein) and Benjamin Kurtzberg, [3] were Austrian-Jewish immigrants, and his father earned a living as a garment factory worker. [4]
The characters, mainly the monsters, from the games are derived from the original Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Adventure and the port Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby's Dream Land 3, and Kirby Super Star. However, it also introduces characters and concepts original to the anime, such as the Star Warriors.
It plays like Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, but has a different story, different bosses and many other notable changes. [72] [circular reference] [75] Kirby Fighters 2 - Released in 2020 on the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to Kirby Fighters Deluxe, but with new playable characters, new stages, and new challenge modes. [72] [circular reference] [76]
Kirby and the Forgotten Land launched at #1 in the UK, becoming both the series' first chart-topping debut and fourth best-selling Kirby game in the region. [51] [52] The game also launched at #1 in Japan with the series' best physical debut, [53] at 380,060 copies sold in two days. [54] The game sold 2.1 million units in two weeks. [55]
Kirby 64 was released in Japan on March 24, 2000, in North America on June 26, 2000, and in Europe on June 22, 2001. [14] [15] GameSpot noted that unlike other Kirby games, Kirby 64 saw release before support for its system ended. [1] Saito commented that he wanted to release the game earlier, but more development time meant more polish. [6]