Celebrating 30 years of Kirby

This page is meant to serve as a hub for all of the features written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the North American debut of everyone’s favorite pink puffball.

8/1/2022: 30 years of Kirby

8/3/2022: Kirby’s Dream Land (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, Game Boy, 1992)

8/5/2022: Kirby: Planet Robobot (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, 3DS, 2016)

8/12/2022: Kirby’s Adventure (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, NES, 1993)

8/15/2022: Ranking Kirby’s spin-offs

8/17/2022: Kirby games that should exist

8/19/2022: Kirby: Squeak Squad (dev: HAL/Flagship, publisher: Nintendo, DS, 2006)

8/22/2022: Assorted Kirby rankings

8/26/2022: The sub-games

8/29/2022: Kirby Tilt ‘n’ Tumble (dev: HAL/Nintendo R&D2, publisher: Nintendo, GBC, 2001)

8/31/2022: Ranking Kirby’s mainline games

Other Retro XP Kirby features

9/20/2020: Kirby Mass Attack (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, DS, 2011)

10/10/2020: Kirby’s Dream Course (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, SNES, 1995)

1/6/2021: Kirby’s Return to Dream Land (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, Wii/Switch, 2011/2023)

3/10/2021: Kirby’s Epic Yarn (dev: Good-Feel, publisher: Nintendo, Wii/3DS, 2010/2019)

3/21/2021: Kirby Super Star (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, SNES, 1996)

8/20/2021: Kirby’s Block Ball (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, GB, 1996)

10/20/21: The music of Kirby’s Dream Land 3 (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, SNES, 1997)

5/2/2022: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (dev: HAL, publisher: Nintendo, N64, 2000)

Freelance Kirby Features

2/4/2022: The 30 best Kirby sub-games (Paste Magazine)

3/2/2022: Kirby is the most powerful character in all media… and he’s only getting stronger (Paste Magazine)

4/4/2022: Kirby and the Forgotten Land might be the best Kirby game yet (Paste Magazine)

8/29/2022: Kirby’s Toy Box and the challenges of game preservation (Paste Magazine)

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