Kirby: Art & Style Collection coming west in Spring 2020
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Update (7/7): This is now up for pre-order on Amazon here.
Original (7/5): Kirby: Art & Style Collection is coming west in Spring 2020, Viz Media has revealed. The announcement was made this week at Anime Expo 2019.
Originally, Kirby: Art & Style Collection came out in Japan in November 2017. Made to celebrate the series’ 25th anniversary, the hardcover collection has rare art and more.
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Director reflects on 25 years of Kirby and the future
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It was just a few weeks ago that Kirby celebrated its 25th anniversary. Shinya Kumazaki, who has worked on the series since 2003 and as acted as director since 2008, wrote up a special post on HAL Laboratory’s website in honor of the occasion.
Kumazaki mentioned that “it is now possible to maintain a consistent release and support schedule for our games,” which has allowed Kirby to grow. He also spoke about a philosophy of aiming to please fans by working so hard that the team essentially overdoes it. As for the future, Kumazaki said: “While there are fans there wanting to play a new game in the series, I believe we’ll continue to grow alongside our character and take on those fun and more serious new challenges head on.”
Here’s our full translation of Kumazaki’s message:
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Kirby’s 27th anniversary celebrated with special art
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Kirby’s Dream Land, the very first entry in the Kirby series, first debuted on the Game Boy in Japan way back in April 27, 1992. As it’s now April 27 in Japan, the franchise and the character are 27 years old.
The occasion is being celebrated on the official Japanese Twitter account with some special art. We have the new piece attached above.
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Kirby dev on synergy between core games and spin-offs, HAL Laboratory not burnt out on making Kirby titles, more
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Kotaku published a new round of quotes from Shinya Kumazaki, the chief creator at HAL Laboratory. Kumazaki had plenty to say about the Kirby series, including the synergy between core games and spin-offs as well as having more ideas and not being burnt out on the series.
We’ve rounded up some of the more notable comments from Kumazaki below. For the full article, head on over to Kotaku.
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HAL Laboratory talks about Kirby’s feet, says the character’s body composition is “top secret”
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Kotaku was recently about to conduct an email interview with the Kirby development team. As part of this, the site was able to ask about a different kind of topic – that being Kirby’s feet.
Here’s what Shinya Kumazaki, chief creator at HAL Laboratory, shared with Kotaku:
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Kirby art book shows the character’s skeleton
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Kirby’s latest art book comes with a bit of a surprise. Tucked inside one of the pages, fans are given a look at what the pink puff’s skeleton looks like.
It goes without saying, but Kirby’s skeleton isn’t something that Nintendo typically shows. In fact, some may not even be aware that the character has any bones.
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Kirby counts down to the end of 2018 with special art
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The Japanese Twitter account for the Kirby series is celebrating the end of 2019 the only way it knows how. To kick off the start of 2019, some special art was shared on the social media account. We have it above.
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Kirby official Halloween 2018 artwork shared
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Sometimes when a new holiday or event rolls on by, Nintendo celebrates with special artwork. That has happened once again with Halloween.
Over on the official Japanese Twitter account, a special piece of Kirby art was shared for Halloween. We have the image attached above.
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Kirby Cafe returns to Japan next month
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Two years after its initial appearance, the Kirby Cafe is returning in Japan. It’s been announced that the event is coming back to Tokyo in September.
When it was open, the Kirby Cafe was incredibly successful. It housed food based on the series, along with special goodies for purchase and more. The only downside is that the cafe can only be found in Japan, and that’s unlikely to change in the future.
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Warp Star Kirby statue fully unveiled, pre-orders open
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Last week, First 4 Figures teased a new Warp Star Kirby statue. The company has now fully unveiled the product and opened pre-orders as well.
First 4 Figures will offer the two statues in regular and exclusive editions. We’ve included information about each below, along with product size and videos.
