Nearly 20 years ago, three household names in Nintendo gaming took a shot at drawing Kirby inside the official strategy guide for Kirby’s Adventures. Masahiro Sakurai, the game’s creator (and creator of the Super Smash Bros. series); Shigeru Miyamoto, who really needs no introduction, and Satoru Iwata, who doesn’t either, unless you don’t know who Nintendo’s current CEO is.
Not much more than a brief tease; as part of today’s “Nintendo Direct” news event in Japan, the company said “a special Wii disc featuring all your favourite Kirby games,” will be released this year, the character’s 20th anniversary.
Meet MissNatsume. The Costa Rican cosplayer is at ease covered both in Samus’ Power Suit or dressed up cute, like a real life Kirby.
Silly me. I thought the main draw of Kirby Mass Attack would be Kirby Mass Attack. Nope. The main mode of what I assume is Kirby’s final game on the sunsetting Nintendo DS — the mode that gave this game its name — is a decent experiment in controlling 10 pink puffballs at once in a side-scrolling adventure.
Kirby has been kind to the Nintendo DS. He’s been a good ambassador for the platform with Kirby Canvas Curse, Kirby: Squeak Squad and Kirby Super Star Ultra. His next DS game, Kirby Mass Attack, looks to continue the streak of good, dual-screen portable Kirby games.