List of Kirby media

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 current generation of video game consoles. The series debuted in Japan on April 27, 1992 with Hoshi no Kirby,[lower-alpha 1] which later was released in the North American and PAL regions on August 1992 as Kirby's Dream Land.[2]

The most current variant of the Kirby logo, dating back to 2001

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 twenty 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

Traditional

Title Details

Original release date(s):
Release years by system:
1992 – Game Boy[2]
2011 – Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[11]
  • JP: March 23, 1993
  • NA: May 1, 1993
  • PAL: December 1, 1993
Release years by system:
1993 – Nintendo Entertainment System[11]
2007 – Wii (Virtual Console)[12]
2011 – Nintendo 3DS (3D Classics)
2013 – Wii U (Virtual Console)
2016 - NES Classic Edition
2018 - Nintendo Switch (eShop)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[14]
  • JP: March 21, 1995
  • NA: May 1, 1995
  • PAL: July 31, 1995
Release years by system:
1995 – Game Boy[14]
2012 – Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[16]
  • JP: March 21, 1996
  • NA: September 20, 1996
  • PAL: January 23, 1997
Release years by system:
1996 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[16]
2009/2010 – Wii (Virtual Console)
2013 – Wii U (Virtual Console)
2017 - SNES Classic Edition
Notes:
  • Known in Europe as Kirby's Fun Pak and in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe.[lower-alpha 5][16][17]
  • The game is split into six shorter stories with events that interweave between them.[3]

Original release date(s):
  • JP: March 27, 1998[18]
  • NA: November 1, 1997[19]
  • PAL: July 24, 2009 (Wii Virtual Console)
Release years by system:
1997 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[20]
2009 – Wii (Virtual Console)[21]
2013 – Wii U (Virtual Console)
2019 - Nintendo Switch (eShop)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[23]
  • JP: March 24, 2000
  • NA: June 26, 2000
  • PAL: June 22, 2001
Release years by system:
2000 – Nintendo 64[23]
2008 – Wii (Virtual Console)[24]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[26]
  • JP: April 15, 2004
  • PAL: July 2, 2004
  • NA: October 18, 2004
Release years by system:
2004 – Game Boy Advance[26]
2011 – Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
2014 – Wii U (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[28]
  • JP: November 2, 2006
  • NA: December 4, 2006
  • EU: June 22, 2007
Release years by system:
2006 – Nintendo DS[28]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[30]
  • JP: October 27, 2011
  • NA: October 24, 2011
  • EU: November 25, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 – Wii[30]
Notes:
  • Released in Europe as Kirby's Adventure Wii and in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Wii.[lower-alpha 10]

Original release date(s):[31]
  • JP: January 11, 2014
  • NA: May 2, 2014
  • EU: May 16, 2014
Release years by system:
2014 – Nintendo 3DS
Notes:

Original release date(s):
  • JP: April 26, 2016
  • NA: June 10, 2016
  • EU: June 10, 2016
  • AU: June 11, 2016
Release years by system:
2016 – Nintendo 3DS
Notes:

Original release date(s):
  • WW: March 16, 2018
Release years by system:
2018 - Nintendo Switch
Notes:

Non-traditional

Title Details

Original release date(s):[32]
  • JP: March 24, 2005
  • NA: June 13, 2005
  • EU: November 25, 2005
  • AU: April 6, 2006
Release years by system:
2005 – Nintendo DS[32]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[30]
  • JP: October 14, 2010
  • NA: October 17, 2010
  • EU: February 25, 2011
Release years by system:
2010 – Wii[30]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[34]
  • JP: August 4, 2011
  • NA: September 19, 2011
  • EU: October 28, 2011
  • AU: October 27, 2011
Release years by system:
2011 – Nintendo DS[34]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[35]
  • JP: January 22, 2015
  • NA: February 20, 2015
  • EU: May 8, 2015
Release years by system:
2015 – Wii U
Notes:
  • Known in Europe as Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush and in Japan as Touch! Kirby Super Rainbow.[lower-alpha 17]
Traditional
Title Details

Original release date(s):[36]
  • JP: October 25, 2002
  • NA: December 2, 2002
  • PAL: September 26, 2003
Release years by system:
2002 – Game Boy Advance[36]
2014 – Wii U (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[39]
  • NA: September 29, 2008
  • JP: November 6, 2008
  • EU: December 18, 2009
Release years by system:
2008 – Nintendo DS[39]
Notes:
  • Known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe.[lower-alpha 19][39][40]
  • Remake of Kirby Super Star.[41]
  • The game includes full-motion video, a graphical upgrade, and touch-screen support, all of which were not available in the original.[3]

Original release date(s):[42]
  • NA: September 16, 2012
  • JP: July 19, 2012
Release years by system:
2012 – Wii[42]
Notes:
Non-traditional
Title Details

Original release date(s):[43]
  • WW: March 8, 2019
Release years by system:
2019 – Nintendo 3DS
Notes:
  • Remake of Kirby's Epic Yarn.
  • Known in Japan as Keito no Kirby Plus.[lower-alpha 21]

Spin-offs

Title Details

Original release date(s):[44]
  • JP: November 27, 1993
  • NA: November 1993
  • PAL: 1993
Release years by system:
1993 – Game Boy[44]
2012 – Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[46]
  • JP: September 21, 1994
  • NA: February 1, 1995
  • PAL: August 24, 1995
Release years by system:
1994 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[46]
2007 – Wii (Virtual Console)[47]
2013 – Wii U (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[49]
  • PAL: February 1, 1995
  • NA: April 25, 1995
Release years by system:
1995 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[50]
2007 – Wii (Virtual Console)[51]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[53]
  • JP: December 14, 1995
  • EU: December 1995
  • NA: May 1996
Release years by system:
1995 – Game Boy[53]
2011/2012 – Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Notes:
Kirby no Omochabako

Original release date(s):[56]
  • JP: January 1, 1996
Release years by system:
1996 – Satellaview (a Super Famicom add-on)[56]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[57]
  • NA: July 7, 1997
  • JP: March 18, 1997
  • EU: August 28, 1997
Release years by system:
1997 – Game Boy[57]
1998 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System[58]
2010 – Wii (Virtual Console)
2012/2013 – Nintendo 3DS (Virtual Console)
Notes:

Original release date(s):[62]
  • JP: August 26, 2000
  • NA: April 9, 2001
Release years by system:
2000 – Game Boy Color[62]
Notes:

Original release date(s):[65]
  • JP: July 11, 2003
  • NA: October 13, 2003
  • EU: February 27, 2004
Release years by system:
2003 – Nintendo GameCube[65]
Notes:
  • Kirby Battle Royale (Known in Japan as Kirby Battle Deluxe![lower-alpha 29]) - Released in 2017 on Nintendo 3DS.
  • Kirby Fighters Deluxe Released in 2014 for the 3DS eShop. It is a more complete version of the minigame Kirby Fighters from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.[68][69]
  • Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe Released in 2014 for the 3DS eShop. It is a more complete version of the minigame Dedede's Drum Dash from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.[70][71]
  • Team Kirby Clash Deluxe Released in 2017 for the 3DS eShop. It is a free to play game. It is a more complete version of the minigame Team Kirby Clash from Kirby: Planet Robobot.[72][73]
  • Kirby's Blowout Blast Released in 2017 for the 3DS eShop. It is a more complete version of the minigame Kirby 3D Rumble from Kirby: Planet Robobot.[74][75]
  • Super Kirby Clash Released in 2019 as a free to play game on the Nintendo Switch. It plays like Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, but has a different story, different bosses and many other notable changes.[76][77]
  • 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.[78][79]

Cancelled titles

Title Details

Cancellation date:
N/A
Proposed system release:
Nintendo 64
Notes:

Was later released on the Gamecube in 2003.

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble 2

Cancellation date:[80]
2002
Proposed system release:
GameCube/Game Boy Advance[80]
Notes:
  • Sequel to Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble for the Game Boy Color.[80]
  • Used the Game Boy Advance as a controller for the GameCube game using the Nintendo GameCube Game Boy Advance Cable to connect the two together; the Game Boy Advance is used as a motion sensor as it was in the first Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble.[80]
  • Kid Kirby - Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Cancelled
  • Kirby Family[lower-alpha 30] - Game Boy Color - Cancelled
  • Kirby GCN (Hoshi no Kirby GC[lower-alpha 31] in Japan) - GameCube - Cancelled

Other media

Title Details

2001–2003 – 100-episode television series[81]
Notes:
  • Distributed in North America by 4Kids Entertainment for a four-year run showing all one hundred episodes, from 2002 to 2006.[81]

1995–2006 – Manga series[82]
Notes:
  • Long-running Kirby manga series.[82]

Notes

  1. Japanese: 星のカービィ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī, lit. Kirby of the Stars
  2. Japanese: 星のカービィ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī, lit. Kirby of the Stars
  3. 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
  4. Japanese: 星のカービィ2, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī 2, lit. "Kirby of the Stars 2
  5. 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
  6. Japanese: 星のカービィ3, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī 3, lit. Kirby of the Stars 3
  7. Japanese: 星のカービィ64, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī 64, lit. Kirby of the Stars 64
  8. 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
  9. 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!
  10. Japanese: 星のカービィWii, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī Wii, lit. Kirby of the Stars Wii
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Japanese: タッチ!カービィ, Hepburn: Tacchi! Kābī
  15. Japanese: 毛糸のカービィ, Hepburn: Keito no Kābī, lit. Yarn Kirby
  16. Japanese: あつめて!カービィ, Hepburn: Atsumete! Kābī, lit. Gather! Kirby
  17. Japanese: タッチ!カービィ スーパーレインボー, Hepburn: Tacchi! Kābī Sūpāreinbō
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. Japanese: 毛糸のカービィ プラス, Hepburn: Keito no kābyi purasu, lit. Yarn Kirby Plus
  22. Japanese: カービィのピンボール, Hepburn: Kābī no Pinbōru
  23. Japanese: カービィボウル, Hepburn: Kābī Bouru
  24. Japanese: カービィのブロックボール, Hepburn: Kābī no Burokku Bōru
  25. Japanese: カービィのおもちゃ箱, Hepburn: Kābī no Omochabako
  26. Japanese: カービィのきらきらきっず, Hepburn: Kābī no Kirakira Kizzu, lit. Kirby's Sparkling Kids
  27. Japanese: コロコロカービィ, Hepburn: Koro Koro Kābī, lit. Roly-Poly Kirby
  28. Japanese: カービィのエアライド, Hepburn: Kābī no Earaido, lit. Kirby's Airride
  29. Japanese: カービィ バトルデラックス!, Hepburn: Kābī Batoru Derakkusu!
  30. Japanese: カービィファミリー, Hepburn: Kābī Famirī
  31. Japanese: 星のカービィ GC, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī GC, lit. Kirby of the Stars GC

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