2018-Jul-22, Sunday

dorchadas: (Kirby Walk)
In times of trouble, Kirby's cuteness is a healing balm.

Kirby is my favorite Nintendo character but I know almost nothing about the Kirby mythos. I played Kirby's Adventure and Kirby Super Star, and eventually the original Kirby's Dream Land, and that's it. So when I followed a bunch of Kirby tumblrs and other blogs out there on the internet, I had no idea who all the Lovecraftian abominations were. Watching the Kirby anime, with its backstory of Nightmare conquering the entire universe except for Popstar, only explained a bit. In the games I played, Dedede was the enemy and Kirby fought him to bring peace back to Dream Land, and that's just how it was. When I watched the beginning of Squeak Squad and saw that Kirby immediately rushed off to confront Dedede over his stolen cake, it made sense to me. Dedede is the great enemy, right?

I guess I'd still think that if I hadn't gotten the secret ending in Dream Land 3. Was the Kirby anime right, and Dedede is more of mischevous bumbler than the real enemy? Are there things out there that lurk in the darkness between the stars, hungering for the light and life of Planet Popstar? Was there a secret hand behind Dedede's actions in those earlier games? Who is the true enemy?

Who would have thought that there were such depths to a Kirby game? How deep does the rabbit hole go?

I guess that's tangental to the actual game, though, which is mostly cute and fun.

Kirby's Dream Land 3 - Wandering the Woods
Forest Friends.

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