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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.
Kirby has been widely merchandised across a large variety of products. [57] He has been created in the form of statues [58] and numerous plush toys. [59] Two amiibo of Kirby were released for the Super Smash Bros. series and for the Kirby series in 2014 and 2016. [60] A limited edition Nendoroid of Kirby was produced for the character's 30th ...
This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as ...
Meta Knight is an enigmatic yet honorable swordsman who follows a chivalric code, [1] exemplified when he gives Kirby a sword to fight with before starting battle. [2] Meta Knight himself wields a sacred, golden sword called Galaxia (ギャラクシア, Gyarakushia). [3]
Kirby: Genesis is an American comic book limited series published from May 25, 2011, to July 11, 2012, by Dynamite Entertainment. It was based on Jack Kirby 's work for Pacific Comics in the 1980s and the " Kirbyverse " line published by Topps Comics in the 1990s.
The first ASCII emoticons are generally credited to computer scientist Scott Fahlman, who proposed what came to be known as "smileys"—:-) and :-(—in a message on the bulletin board system (BBS) of Carnegie Mellon University in 1982. In Western countries, emoticons are usually written at a right angle to the direction of the text.
During his run, Kirby introduced many memorable characters, notably the Fourth World's New Gods, Darkseid, Project Cadmus and Transilvane. [10] He also reintroduced the Newsboy Legion and the Guardian. The faces of the Superman and Jimmy Olsen figures drawn by Kirby were redrawn by Al Plastino or Murphy Anderson. [11]
Kaomoji was invented in the 1980s as a way of portraying facial expressions using text characters in Japan. It was independent of the emoticon movement started by Scott Fahlman in the United States in the same decade. Kaomojis are most commonly used as emoticons or emojis in Japan.