Game & Fact – Kirby’s Dream Land

Today is Kirby’s 25th birthday! But how was our beloved puffball created? Let’s find out in this new Game & Fact about Masahiro’s Sakurai first game project.

Additional Translation:

最初に考えられたカービィの名前は、デデデ大王やプププランドのように連続する３文字を使った「ポポポ」。

Kirby’s original name, Popopo, followed the same style as Dedede and Pupupu Land of having 3 sounds repeating.

Source: Hoshi no Kirby: PuPuPu Encyclopedia, 2012

Sources:

• Kirby’s Adventure – 1993 Developer Interview
• GameInformer – Miyamoto Talks Wii U, Zelda, And Nintendo’s Past
• WarioWare D.I.Y. – Masahiro Sakurai made it too
• UPDATE: Kirby as placeholder & Miyamoto’s suggestion for yellow Kirby – Eurogamer

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