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Year 2010

 

Rate Nintendo report hints at new Wii titles, Other M release

Original at Joystiq external link    Thu, Jan 28

By Mike Schramm Other than that, the report lists some titles we expected to see soon: A new Kirby Super Star title, Super Mario Galaxy 2, the Wii's Legend of Zelda, Golden Sun for DS, and a few other releases scheduled in 2010. Full list of Japanese Wii releases is after the break.Continue reading Nintendo r...

Rate Japanese Nintendo downloads: Kirby's Star Stacker, I am a Pla-Rail Driver

Original at Joystiq external link    Tue, Jan 5    3 related articles

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By JC Fletcher Boku wa Pla-Rail Untenshi: Shinkansen & Joukikansha Hen (1-2 players, 1,000 Wii Points)Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)G.G. Series Dark Spirits (DSiWare, 1 player, 200 DSi Points)Artist ni Narou! Minna no Nurikai Neko Hen (DSiWare, 1 player, 500 D...

Rate Yoshi and Kirby decals eat your laptop logo

Original at Smash Gamers external link    Tue, Dec 15

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By Richard Mitchell Let's all just agree that the above laptop decal is awesome. Created by LapTatt and available on Etsy for a paltry $14, it's just about the greatest Nintendo-themed laptop decal we've ever seen (not that there have been too many). Admittedly, it seems designed with the Apple logo in mind -- e...

Rate Safari Animals Prepared For Cold

Original at HomeTown channel.com external link    Thu, Dec 10

Kirby the chimp and many of his other animal friends at the safari can't physically handle cold temperatures for extended periods of time. ... and more »

Rate Art of Romance, Chapter 20, Romance Still Matters

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Fri, Sep 11

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By Harry August 1952 – October 1952: Young Romance #48 – #50, Young Love #36 – #38, Young Brides #1) Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1954 (the period covered in this chapter is shaded in blue) Simon and Kirby not only created the romance genre of comics, they also made quite a bit of money from it quite [......

Rate Kirby's Dreamland 'movie' trailer is the stuff of nightmaresVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Joystiq external link    Tue, Aug 25

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By Randy Nelson The Kirby we know and love is "one tough cream puff," but in this short from the mind of one MB McClain, he's a serial killer who ingests his victims in order to absorb their souls. His lovable antagonist from the games, King Dedede? He's a grizzled detective who vows to capture Kirby ... dead or al...

Rate Art of Romance, Chapter 19, More Artists

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Thu, Aug 20

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By Harry Young Romance #45 (May 1952) “The Things I Didn’t Know about Him”, art by Jack Kirby “A Man for My Birthday” is listed in the Jack Kirby Checklist as drawn by Kirby and inked by Draut. Without doubt this is in error and Bill Draut did both pencils and inks.

Rate Opinion: Little Shop of Horrors, Chapter 4, Another Hit

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Thu, Aug 13

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By Harry February – April 1952, Black Magic #9 – #11) I cannot supply sales figures so I have to look for other indications for how popular Simon and Kirby titles were. Fortunately Simon and Kirby had a modus operandi when it came to releasing new titles (actually it may have been the publishers who we...

Rate Jack Kirby’s First Flight

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Thu, Aug 6

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By Harry Mystery Men #10 (May 1940) Wing Turner, art by Jack Kirby I recently posted on a couple of stories Simon and Kirby did for Prize Comics early in their collaboration (Ted O’Neil). Flying stories were not a big part of Simon and Kirby repertoire (but see The Milton Caniff Connection) and so I th...

Rate The Legendary Starfy Review

Original at IGN external link    Tue, Jun 9

 CA Here Nintendo has a Mario/Kirby-inspired platformer developed by a talented team (TOSE), and one that the company has partial rights of. The franchise has seen five iterations, including a cancelled Game Boy Color debut game back in 2000. ...

Rate DS Review-Kirby: Squeak Squad

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, May 26

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Kirby begins his adventure after somebody steals his strawberry shortcake, and he sets out to find the culprit and recover his snack. His first target is King Dedede, his old nemesis. Kirby defeats the overgrown penguin, and finds he isn't responsible. ...

Rate Kirby's Adventure

Original at Cubed3 external link    Wed, May 20

Kirby's Adventure  UK Kirby's Dream Land, brought to the Game Boy way back in 1992, featured HAL Laboratory's unofficial mascot in his first game, his mission to retrieve stolen Nosh from the greedy King Dedede. Legend goes that the placeholder gap for the box, ...

Rate how to draw Kirby ( Ugly )Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Apr 17

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By rss@youtube.com (freakyhacker) Author: freakyhacker Keywords: kirby pink mario nintendo drawing draw kirbydrawing cute smash brawl pencil using Added: April 17, 2009

Rate Virtual Console Review: Kirby's Adventure

Original at Examiner.com external link    Mon, Apr 13

As Kirby, you’re tasked with finding the pieces of the Star Rod, a magical prop that allows people to dream. The rod was stolen and broken up by the nefarious King dedede, a giant penguin who was also Kirby’s nemesis in his first game. ...

Rate “The Best of Simon and Kirby” Gets Reviewed

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Sat, Apr 11

By Harry I guess I was not the only one to get an advance copy of Titan’s soon to be released “The Best of Simon and Kirby”. There is already a short review on the web by Mike Rogers . Among the many complements: Dazzling from beginning to end, The Best of Simon and Kirby is a monumental [...]

Rate The Art of Romance, Chapter 13, Romance Bottoms Out

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Sat, Apr 11

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By Harry “My Tormented Heart” does not use the same letterer but then again not all Harvey comics that I have seen do. Both stories use the same splash page layout that is found in almost all Harvey romance comics. The title logo and the small circular caption are not typical for Simon and Kirby but can b...

Rate Kirby Super Star Ultra Review

Original at PALGN external link    Sun, Mar 29

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 Australia You start of with the easiest 'Spring Breeze,' a remake of the original Kirby's Dream Land game and as the name suggests, any seasoned gamer will find it a cake walk. Indeed in typical Kirby fashion, Ultra is quite easy, with only the occasional boss ...

Rate The Romance of Money

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Sat, Feb 14

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By Harry 1937) page 1 (cover), art by Jack Kirby Early in his career Jack Kirby was employed by Lincoln News. There Jack worked on a number of strips for syndication but he also did the art for a give-away to be used by banks, “The Romance of Money”. Since this publication has a [...]

Rate Opinion: Kirby Canvas Curse

Original at expotv.com external link    Sat, Jan 10

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This is a video review of Kirby Canvas Curse. Kirby's rainbow adventure is one of the best games on the DS. www.expotv.com

Rate Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Virtual console) @ Ign

Original at Techzine external link    Wed, Jan 7

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 Netherlands - The oddities of Gooey aside, though, Kirby's Dream Land 3 really is a quaint and capable little Kirby adventure that is pretty enjoyable to play -- and ...

Rate 2008 - A Kirby Odyssey

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Tue, Jan 6    2 related articles

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By Bob COUNTDOWN SPECIAL: THE NEW GODS A few one-shot comics reprinting some 1970s Kirby with tangential connections to then-current new DC comics. Only one Kirby story in the OMAC one, the other two are all Kirby, and the KAMANDI one includes one of the issues not yet reprinted elsewhere.

Year 2008

 

Rate How To: Gourmet Race (Kirby) Tutorial - PianoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Nov 27

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By rss@youtube.com (leapin2912) This is a remake of my older video, "Kirby Dreamland - Piano (tutorial)". Author: leapin2912 Keywords: Kirby Gourmet Race Dreamland ssbb ssbm ssb nintendo wii piano song tutorial how to pink vito selvaggio bhs Added: November 27, 2008

Rate How To: Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland: 6-2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Nov 25

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By rss@youtube.com (dakirbydude) How to beat KNiDL 6-2. Author: dakirbydude Keywords: how to beat knidl kirby nightmare in dreamland meta knight nintendo game boy advance guide hal 100 Added: November 25, 2008

Rate New Kirby title knocks GTA IV off top of Japanese charts

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Wed, Nov 12

 UK - Nov 13, 2008 A new Kirby title from Nintendo has knocked Grand Theft Auto IV off the top of the charts in Japan. According to data from Media Create, Hoshi no Kirby: ... Bully Scholarship Edition review (PC) Boomtown all 2 news articles

Rate Famitsu - review scores

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Nov 5

By RawmeatCowboy Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (NDS, Nintendo): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40) Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard (Wii, Bandai Namco): 9 / 9 / 8 / 8 - (34/40) Rhythm de Cooking (NDS, MTO): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40) Ryuusei no RockMan 3 (NDS, ...

Rate Wario, Kirby, Sonic return in new adventures

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Tue, Oct 28

For a self-effacing, portly little plumber, Mario may be the most ambitious guy in video games. It’s not enough that he has the most recognizable face in the industry; his parents at Nintendo have promoted him everywhere, from T-shirts and lunchboxes to cartoons and cell-pho...

Rate Nintendo World Report - DS Review: Kirby Super Star Ultra

Original at Nintendo World Report external link    Tue, Oct 14

By Michael "TYP" Cole Super Star is chopped into several small games, which on average are two to three times as large as the original Kirby's Dream Land. If that sounds short, it is. But in aggregate, these games amount to a title that will take roughly as ...

Rate DS Fanboy Review: Kirby Super Star Ultra - DS Fanboy

Original at DS Fanboy external link    Wed, Oct 8

The classic Kirby enemies and bosses all show up: Waddle Dee, Knuckle Joe, Poppy Bros. Jr, Meta Knight, and, of course, the completely non-menacing, huggable King DeDeDe. However, many refinements distinguish Super Star from past -- or ...

Rate Review: Kirby Super Star Ultra - Kombo.com

Original at NintendoDS Advanced external link    Tue, Oct 7

Revenge of the King revisits elements from Kirby's Dream Land that have gone missing over the years (remember the flying Kabula boss? It's back!) and features amusing chatter from King Dedede and his henchmen on the touchscreen as Kirby ...

Rate Kirby Super Star Ultra Review - Nintendo DS

Original at GameZone external link    Mon, Oct 6

But you’ve also got to cross the finish line first since both food and goal-crossings calculate Kirby’s entire score. In single-player mode, you race against King Dedede. However, kings like to be one in control, so in a two-player game ...

Rate Kirby Super Star Ultra Review

Original at Vooks.Net external link    Fri, Oct 3

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Kirby is one of those characters that almost everyone loves. No matter the quality of the title he appears in, whenever a Kirby title gets released almost everyone finds some way to have fun with it. When Nintendo announced plans to remake one of Kirby's best outings, Kirby Super Star (known...

Rate The Captain Aero Connections

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Fri, Oct 3

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By Harry The African American comic artist, Alvin C. Hollingsworth, only worked for Simon and Kirby for a short time (It’s A Crime Chapter 6 and Chapter 7) but left a lasting impression on Joe Simon who remembers him to this day. It is not the talented Hollingsworth that we saw in the art produced for Jo...

Rate Destructoid review: Kirby Super Star Ultra | Destructoid, The ...

Original at Destructoid external link    Fri, Oct 3

As you progress further from Spring Breeze (which is an updated version of Kirby's Dream Land for the Gameboy), the game formulas begin to deviate ever so slightly from the normal "suck up bad guys and steal their power" thing that ...

Rate Complete History of Kirby

Original at 1up.com external link    Thu, Sep 25

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By Nadia Oxford The details of the transition from "Popopo" to "Kirby" are lost to time: Sakurai can't remember how Kirby got his final moniker. Popular belief is that he's named after the "Kirby" brand of vacuum cleaners, though it's also possible that it came from John Kirby, the superhero lawyer who sa...

Rate Kirby Super Star Ultra review | Games Blog | UGO.com

Original at ugo.com external link    Thu, Sep 25

Gourmet Dash is the odd mode out, a racing event in which Kirby and King Dedede compete to see who can collect the most food and then cross the finish line first in a series of courses. There’s no absorbing abilities and no combat at ...

Rate Podcast: N+erview: XOC

Original at my.opera.com external link    Wed, Sep 24

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By address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Anton) If you are ultra new to N+ or missed the previous posts, please visit them first. XOC covers Mario and XOC covers Kirby. Once you are done with those, adjust your speaker volume and read more for the interview...Background Song: Castle + Castle Boss - SMW Hello XOC, first let me thank you for the in...

Rate Kirby Super Star Ultra Review

Original at IGN external link    Mon, Sep 22

 CA - Sep 22, 2008 by Craig Harris September 22, 2008 - More than a decade ago, back during the transition between the Super NES and the Nintendo 64, Nintendo and HAL ...

Rate Kirby Super Star Ultra Review (DS)

Original at Game Daily external link    Mon, Sep 22

 CA - Revenge of Meta Knight is cool, only because you play as that character, and Milky Way Wishes has you visiting different planets, which is a welcome change ... Kirby Super Star Ultra Review IGN all 2 news articles

Rate The Art of Romance, Chapter 9, More Romance

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Thu, Aug 28

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By Harry Young Romance #15 (November 1949) “Back Door Love”, art by Jack Kirby Young Romance #16 (December 1949) “Dance Hall Pickup”, art by Jack Kirby The Art of Romance, Chapter 8, Kirby on the Range? Real West Romance & Western Love)

Rate Upcoming Kirby - Jack Kirby Quarterly #15

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Sun, Jul 27

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By Bob Cover art by Jack Kirby and Bob McLeod The King of Comics and the King of Horror: Would ya believe: Kirby’s version of Dr. Phibes?! Opening Shots: A brief 1993 Kirby interview on Topps Comics and beyond A Final Chat: One of Kirby’s last ever interviews, January 20th 1994

Rate A Date Without Romance

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Fri, Jul 11

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By Harry Kirby’s drawing for My Date is surprising good. I say surprising because Jack is most famous for his more realistic portrayals. Yet the Swifty Chase stories are filled with visually interesting characters all done in a more cartoony style then is typical for Kirby although not as cartoony...

Rate Club Nintendo updates with two GBA titles

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Wed, Jul 2

By RawmeatCowboy Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (GBA) - 5000 Stars Mario Power Tennis (GBA) - 5000 Stars Ubisoft/Club Nintendo T-Shirt (M) - 3000 Stars Wii Fit Socks - 1500 Stars Mario Kart Stopwatch - 3500 Stars Mario Kart Wii Keyring - 2000 Stars Wii Fit Wristband - 1500 Stars Link

Rate Nintendo Confirms New Wario, Kirby For U.S.

Original at Wired external link    Wed, Jun 25

By Chris Kohler Jumping the gun a bit on E3, are we? Nintendo decided to use this morning to announce several new games coming later in the summer to Wii and Nintendo DS, including new Wario and Kirby titles that have already been announced for Japan. Images: Nintendo

Rate Upcoming Kirby - Demon, Eternals, etc

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Mon, Jun 23    1 related articles

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By Bob A time of titans, terror and time travel - as only the King could conceive! Imagine a race of immortal beings possessed of seemingly limitless superhuman abilities including energy projection, strength and flight. Once worshipped as gods, this fantastic group left Earth to explore the...

Rate ssb_fic @ 2008-06-19T23:04:00

Original at ssb_fic (Livejournal) external link    Thu, Jun 19

By Asia Also has some spoilers for (sub-)games, namely Subspace Emissary, Twilight Princess and Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland/Kirby's Adventure, but those shouldn't be anything new. Author's Notes: There's not too much to say about this. ...

Rate Boys’ Ranch, Simon and Kirby’s Most Successful Failure, Part 1

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Fri, May 23

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By Harry Boys’ Ranch #2 (December 1950) pinup, art by Jack Kirby Boys’ Ranch #3 (February 1951) “Mother Delilah”, art by Jack Kirby Boys’ Ranch #3 (February 1951) “Mother Delilah” page 7, art by Jack Kirby Boys’ Ranch #3 (February 1951) “Mother Delilah” page 2, art by Jack Kirby

Rate The Beginnings of the Newsboy Legion

Original at Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center external link    Fri, May 9

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By Harry Star Spangled #9 (June 1942), art by Jack Kirby Star Spangled #7 (April 1942) page 1, art by Jack Kirby Star Spangled #8 (May 1942) “Last Mile Alley” page 10, art by Jack Kirby Star Spangled #12 (July 1942) “Prevue of Peril” page 1, art by Jack Kirby

Rate The Virtual Console Update Sucks - Kirby 64!

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Feb 25

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By Mike Fahey Kirby 64™: The Crystal Shards: (Nintendo 64®, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone, 1,000 Wii Points): Kirby's first 3-D adventure is also his Nintendo 64 debut, and it finds the always-versatile hero battling a new enemy called Dark Matter. Dark Matter is after a distant land's powerful cr...

Rate Podcast: SMYN: Episode 28 (01/13) - A Fated Symbiotic Relationship

Original at Smash World external link    Sun, Jan 13

By Youko Multi-Man Brawl, Melee Stages Pt. 2, and Pikmin & Olimar are discussed in addition to going over the hosts's and also some guests's roster predictions before an official leak comes out! Kirby King joins Youko and SamuraiPanda to also cover the General News from the past week includin...

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Episode 17: Protip

Original at BGB Shout external link    Wed, Jun 27

By Jonathan Cresswell Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition isn’t as bad as Bacon thought, and some hot DiRT tips. It’s DS Catchup week with Kirby, Metroid and Megaman ZX, and there’s catching up with old games as Megaman hits VC, and also PS1 games hit the PSN.

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