10 Hilarious Memes That Sum Up The Kirby Games (2024)

According to the VideoGames Chronicle,Kirby and the Forgotten Land sold 2.1 million copies two weeks after releasing in March 2022. The immense success speaks volumes of how much fans enjoyed the first-ever 3D game in the series, especially as players tackle Kirby's adventure in the New World.

While quickly becoming the beloved gameon the Nintendo Switch, there arethere are tons of great memes that offer great insight into theKirbyseries, which sometimes has deep lore. Also, they can be quite funny and adorable, just like Kirby himself.

Kirby Games Should Be Easy

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These Kirby games are known for their easy gameplay. They're relaxing games that are meant for beginners to enjoy. While sometimes completing extra content in Kirby can be difficult, there are plenty of players who would want the entire game to be more difficult.

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However, Kirby's ease is part of its charm. This memeillustrates that while games like Elden Ring are known for being hard, Kirby's appeal is its uncomplicated campaign. Kirby is meant to be a relaxing experience and to change it would lose something core to the franchise. Fans looking for more difficulty will have to make do with the unlockable boss rush modes.

Surface VS Lore

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Kirby might be cute and friendly on the surface, but there's a darkness beneath. Kirby himself never really interacts with it until the end of the game. Sometimes it's hidden away and has to be discovered. If one goes looking, though, darker elements can be found in Kirby's lore.

In the lore, there are ancient civilizations that have waged war against dark gods (outlined in Star Allies). The universe contains a completely frozen-over and apocalyptic Earth (as seen in Kirby 64). Kirby games typically escalate in the final moments, but players will never know why unless they seek out the lore. Unless it's read, the game will stay as chipper as ever.

First Boss VS Final Boss

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This meme shows off the aforementioned escalation that Kirby games are known for. The first boss is usually a tree called Whispy Woods. He's not very threatening and has an easy-to-predict attack pattern. While he sometimes has upgraded forms, the worst he can give Kirby is hay fever.

The final bosses are often much more elaborate. These boss fights are cosmic affairs with tons of wild setpieces, multiple forms, and high stakes. Kirby fighting "Mega Satan" is hardly an exaggeration, given that he fought the "ultimate life form" in his latest game. The final bosses include a hivemind shadow called Dark Matter and a computer bent on eliminating organic life.

American Kirby

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Anodd part of Kirby's history is the so-called "American Kirby" phenomenon. Simply put, Kirby usually won't smile in his Western box art. In fact, he'll usually look angry. This is in contrast to the Japanese box art, where he is quite jolly.

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Kirby's localized anger probably stems from marketing. For whatever reason, Nintendo of America thought an angry blob sells better than a happy Kirby. Kirby doesn't get this change on the Smash Bros box art, perhaps because everyone else is serious. This has been fazed out in recent years, but it may return.

Scared Of Butterflies

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This meme illustrates one of the things Kirby and Hollow Knight fans have in common: fear of butterflies. Both games base truly horrifying moments around these insects. In the case of Kirby, it's one of the hardest bosses. The boss in question is Morpho Knight, a bizarre grim reaper with a similar design to Meta Knight.

He appears as a mysterious butterfly, the same one that's in most of the intro cutscenes. This implies he's been watching Kirby for a long time. Adding more terror is the fact that he was able to absorb Galacta Knight and Fecto Forgo, two of the other most powerful bosses. Add in tough fights involving reversed controls and area of effect attacks, and it's no wonder that fans fear him.

Archer Kirby Is OP

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Kirby has tons of copy abilities. These give him mastery of martial arts, technology, and the very elements themselves. Although as the meme suggests, archeryis one of Kirby's best copy abilities. It gives him abilities on par with any superhuman archer.

The reason Archer Kirby is so powerful is because of its utility. It's called "Sniper Kirby" in Japanese for good reason. It contains a move that makes Kirby invincible while also having a very high rate of fire. This allows Archer Kirby to be one of the very best when it comes to shredding boss health bars, as he's able to attack with very little risk.

Kirby's Directors

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The Kirby series had a variety of directors over the years, most famously Masahiro Sakurai, who would later create Super Smash Bros. As the meme states, Kirby had some wacky adventures under his tenure. There are three more "eras" of Kirby under different directorial guidance, though, and they're all quite different. Shimomura directed what fans called the "Dark Matter Trilogy" of the Dreamland sequels and Kirby 64and was known for turning up the cheer, combining Kirby's copy abilities and introducing Dark Matter as dark eleventh-hour villains.

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Kumazaki is the current director of Kirby,and the series gets most of its famous lore under his leadership, though he has been criticized for relying too much on single-game gimmicks. In contrast, Flagship's Kirby titles, which were made during the time of the Game Boy Advance and early DS, were much more standalone and focused on bringing Kirby back to his roots with games similar to Kirby's Adventure.

Iconic Weapons

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Kirby's Return To Dreamland is one of the best Kirby games ever made. Part of the reason this Nintendo Wii title was so beloved is because of its four-player party. This consisted of Kirby, Bandana Dee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede. Of course, players got to use their iconic weapons, including Dedede's hammer.

Compared to spears, swords, and Kirby's mouth, a hammer seems weak. However, Dedede's hammer makes him a force to be reckoned with. It has elemental properties and can smash through solid walls. Players relish any chance to play as Dedede, as he honestly can do anything Kirby's copy abilities can do, especially in Triple Deluxe's Dededetour game mode.

How To Defeat Enemies

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Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog are two of Kirby's contemporaries in iconic platforming. Just like them, Kirby has an iconic way of defeating enemies with his inhale ability. This is the main tool to use in Kirby games, serving as both a utility and a weapon. Most enemies can be defeated with one hit, and parts of the environment can be inhaled away as well.

Of course, it's also used to access Kirby's iconic copy ability and can be used to return projectiles back to enemies. In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, it got even more useful with the advent of Mouthful Mode. This allowed Kirby to use the inhale to wrap around objects and use them as vehicles. Kirby's inhale is his greatest weapon which has been with him since the Game Boy original.

Kirby Is A Napping Baby

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One of the best things about Kirby is the elaborate plots. Alien invaders with the power of god frequently attack Dreamland, and Kirby doesn't care about any of it initially. While Kirby is a hero, this meme shows that he frequently gets involved with adventures for banal and sometimes selfish reasons.

In Forgotten Land, he's minding his own business when the vortex sucks him in. In Robobot and Triple Deluxe, Kirby's sleep is interrupted by the villains and their plans. Most famously, in Kirby: Squeak Squad, Kirby's cake being stolen sends him on a rampage. These simple motivations are a big part of what makes Kirby's adventures charming, and though he loves everyone, his lack of proactivity makes exploring his world's darker elements a shock to both him and the player.

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