Kirby Your Enthusiasm

[vovat]

Even if I haven't played any of the games myself, I am at least familiar with most of the classic video game series. I never really got into Castlevania, but I know about the Belmonts and Alucard (although I don't think he was original with the game series). There are some classic series that I just never really gained much of frame of reference about, including Double Dragon and Ninja Gaiden. Mortal Kombat was another one that never interested me that much; it really just seemed like Street Fighter with more gore (not that there's necessarily anything wrong with that). I never felt like I was missing all that much, really. But one series I've always thought looked interesting but have never really seen much of is Kirby.



Basically, Kirby is a pink puffball from the planet Pop Star, who is able to suck up enemies like a vacuum cleaner. This guy would probably even be able to best Yoshi in an eating contest. The only Kirby game I can recall seeing played was Kirby's Adventure, which my brother rented and won (the games are all pretty easy, from what I hear). In this one, he gained the ability to copy the powers of the enemies he ate. Oh, and his nemesis is a penguin with a giant hammer. How cool is that?



Next week, I think I'll cover another another popular Nintendo series that features cute creatures beating the crap out of each other, and that I like pretty well but never became a big fan of. I refer, of course, to Pokémon.

Comments

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

Kirby was my favorite character the few times I played one of the most ancient games in the Super Smash Bros series; I have no idea what system that was even on, except that it was long before I helped host Brawl tournaments on Wii at the library last fall! Anyway, I liked Kirby because he was, like, the Secret Weapon character, the one people don't expect to be as tough as he is! And I like eating things even in virtual reality.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

The first Super Smash Bros. was on the Nintendo 64, which my family still owns a copy of. Kirby is definitely one of the best characters to play, though I still prefer Link.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and then there was SSB Melee for the GameCube, and SSB Brawl for the Wii. I haven't played any of them, but I really want to.

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah!! Kirby was a lot of fun. And Sonic the Hedgehog, though that was on Sega Genesis.