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The
Kirby
video game series is a franchise of
platform games and other genres (including
puzzle and
racing games ) published and produced by
Nintendo . The games have been developed by Japan-based
HAL Laboratory , a Nintendo
second-party developer .
[1] All Kirby video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo
video game consoles and
handhelds dating from the
Nintendo Entertainment System to the
8th generation of video game consoles . The series debuted in Japan on April 27, 1992 with Hoshi no Kirby ,
[a] which later was released in the North American and
PAL regions in August 1992 as
Kirby's Dream Land .
[2]
The series revolves around
Kirby , the series' protagonist, and his adventures in the fictional world of Pop Star. A common gameplay element is Kirby's ability to copy enemy skills, allowing him to use them to progress through
levels . This and other changes in gameplay from traditional platform games distinguish the series from other entries in the genre.
[3]
[4]
[5] Currently, the series contains thirty-nine games. A one-hundred episode
anime series based on the video games,
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! , was created in Japan and formerly distributed by
4Kids TV in North America. A special 101st episode was created for the now retired Nintendo Video service, and was not in the anime style of the original 100 episodes.
[6] The Kirby series is
among the best-selling video game franchises with over twenty million games sold worldwide.
[7] The franchise was conceived by
Masahiro Sakurai as a game series for beginners, for which he partially attributes the series' success.
[8]
Video games
Platform games
Traditional
Non-traditional
Remakes
Traditional
Non-traditional
Spin-offs
Canceled titles
Other media
Notes
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Japanese : 星のカービィ ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī , lit. Kirby of the Stars
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Japanese : 星のカービィ ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī , lit. Kirby of the Stars
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Japanese : 星のカービィ夢の泉の物語 ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Yume no Izumi no Monogatari , lit. Kirby of the Stars: The Story of the Fountain of Dreams
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Japanese : 星のカービィ2 ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī 2 , lit. Kirby of the Stars 2
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Japanese : 星のカービィ スーパーデラックス ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Sūpā Derakkusu , lit. Kirby of the Stars Super Deluxe
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Japanese : 星のカービィ3 ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī 3 , lit. Kirby of the Stars 3
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Japanese : 星のカービィ64 ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī 64 , lit. Kirby of the Stars 64
^
Japanese : 星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮 ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Kagami no Daimeikyū , lit. Kirby of the Stars: The Great Labyrinth of the Mirror
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Japanese : 星のカービィ 参上! ドロッチェ団 ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Sanjō! Dorotche Dan , lit. Kirby of the Stars: Calling on the Dorocche Gang!
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Japanese : 星のカービィWii ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Wii , lit. Kirby of the Stars Wii
^
Japanese : 星のカービィ トリプルデラックス ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Toripuru Derakkusu , lit. Kirby of the Stars: Triple Deluxe
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Japanese : 星のカービィ ロボボプラネット ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī: Robobo Puranetto , lit. Kirby of the Stars: Robobo Planet
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Japanese : 星のカービィ スターアライズ ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Sutā Araizu , lit. Kirby of the Stars: Star Allies
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Japanese : 星のカービィ ディスカバリー ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābi Disukabarī , lit. Kirby of the Stars: Discovery
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Japanese : タッチ!カービィ ,
Hepburn : Tacchi! Kābī
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Japanese : 毛糸のカービィ ,
Hepburn : Keito no Kābī , lit. Yarn Kirby
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Japanese : あつめて!カービィ ,
Hepburn : Atsumete! Kābī , lit. Gather! Kirby
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Japanese : タッチ!カービィ スーパーレインボー ,
Hepburn : Tacchi! Kābī Sūpāreinbō
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Japanese : 星のカービィ 夢の泉デラックス ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Yume no Izumi Derakkusu , lit. Kirby of the Stars: The Fountain of Dreams Deluxe
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Japanese : 星のカービィ ウルトラスーパーデラックス ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Urutora Sūpā Derakkusu , lit. Kirby of the Stars Ultra Super Deluxe
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Japanese : 星のカービィ 20周年スペシャルコレクション ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī Ni-ju-shūnen Supesharu Korekushon , lit. Kirby of the Stars 20th Anniversary Special Collection
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Japanese : 星のカービィ Wii デラックス ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābyi Wii Derakkusu , lit. Kirby of the Stars Wii Deluxe
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Japanese : 毛糸のカービィ プラス ,
Hepburn : Keito no kābyi purasu , lit. Yarn Kirby Plus
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Japanese : カービィのピンボール ,
Hepburn : Kābī no Pinbōru
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Japanese : カービィボウル ,
Hepburn : Kābī Bouru
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Japanese : カービィのブロックボール ,
Hepburn : Kābī no Burokku Bōru
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Japanese : カービィのおもちゃ箱 ,
Hepburn : Kābī no Omochabako
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Japanese : カービィのきらきらきっず ,
Hepburn : Kābī no Kirakira Kizzu , lit. Kirby's Sparkling Kids
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Japanese : コロコロカービィ ,
Hepburn : Koro Koro Kābī , lit. Roly-Poly Kirby
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Japanese : カービィのエアライド ,
Hepburn : Kābī no Earaido , lit. Kirby's Airride
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Japanese : カービィのグルメフェス ,
Hepburn : Kābī no Gurume Fesu , lit. Kirby's Gourmet Festival
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Japanese : カービィ バトルデラックス! ,
Hepburn : Kābī Batoru Derakkusu!
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Japanese : 星のカービィ GC ,
Hepburn : Hoshi no Kābī GC , lit. Kirby of the Stars GC
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