Kirby

Kirby
Japanese Name	カービィ, Kābī
Species	Unknown
Family	None
Affiliates	None
Homeland	Dream Land
Location/Residence	Dream Land
First Appearance	Kirby's Dream Land (1992); with Starfy: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
Latest Appearance	Kirby's Dream Collection (2012); with Starfy: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

Kirby is a character from HAL Laboratory and Nintendo's Kirby series created by Masahiro Sakurai whom has been compared to Starfy on many occasions because of many similarities in art, action, gameplay, and level scenery. However, Kirby has never appeared with Starfy in any game except Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Kirby series emblem (SSBB)

Trivia

• The English versions of The Legendary Starfy and Kirby Returns to Dreamland are believed to use the same font as a basis.
• When Hitoshi Yamagami was asked by Nintendo Power how "Starfy and Kirby would get along if they met one another?", Hitoshi replied "since Starfy and Kirby are both very friendly" "don't you think they would become friends right away?". He notes that Kirby is "very active in the sky", in the same way Starfy is "very active in the sea".