Cool References in Kirby Games

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  @Chronocrosser617 · 3 years ago · pinned

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jIt9L2ejs&amp;t=585">9:45</a> yo das me

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• EL

  @Electrosa · 3 years ago

  Also, Haley the blue hedgehog enemy from Amazing Mirror is a REALLY interesting case! Their name in Japanese is &quot;Hari&quot; from the word &quot;harinezumi&quot; - hedgehog. The fact that they&apos;re blue and move at high speeds means that the obvious Sonic reference was probably intended from the start, but the translators either missed this original meaning or made a super clever localisation choice and picked &quot;Haley&quot; instead. We might never know, but it&apos;s a fun one to examine!

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  @Rixor12 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Its worth noting that Master Hand is technically from Kirby originally. The sprite of the hand that wakes Kirby up on the game over screens of the first few games is referred to as &quot;Master Hand&quot; internally. Same goes for the models of it in the more recent games like Return To Dreamland.

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  @Magic_Ice · 3 years ago

  Some other references I know.<br><br>1. There is a rock of Master Hand holding a coin with the Smash logo in Robobot.<br><br>2. Meta Knight’s Shuttle Loop originally came from Smash Bros along with his old (and much better) final smash Galaxia Darkness in Robobot. King Dedede also throws Gordos in his boss fights since Parallel Dedede in Star Allies which originally came from Smash.<br><br>3. Void Termina is just Sachiel come on man.

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  @graetgalaxy · 3 years ago

  I think with Fighter, all of the elements that it shares with Ryu are not entirely specific to him but them all being together makes me 100% sure it&apos;s supposed to be a reference to him

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• AC

  @ace0135 · 3 years ago

  One could argue that Galaxia, Meta Knight&apos;s sword is a reference to the Kusanagi blade, which is why it wasn&apos;t included in the treasures

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• 8-

  @8-Biter · 3 years ago

  Another small reference is that the mini boss “blocky” is also an enemy from the adventures of lolo.

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  @ManuelManuelManu · 3 years ago

  Learning that Apolo is based on a chocolate and it heals Kirby when swallowed made me happy. I felt a warmth in my heart

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• JO

  @jonaw.2153 · 3 years ago

  Fun fact: Smash Kirby also has a bigger dodge, making him play even more like a Smash character!

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• EL

  @Electrosa · 3 years ago (edited)

  I haven&apos;t watched the video all the way through, so someone smack me if Silvery says this further on, but...<br><br>Yo-Yo is also a huge EarthBound reference, before ESP was even a thing! Not only is Kirby wearing his Ness-like cap again and using a yo-yo as a weapon, but Yo-Yo&apos;s UI icon uses the same background as EarthBound&apos;s &quot;Your Name, Please&quot; section. This is a topic that deserves its own video, really, but the Kirby and MOTHER series are actually considered sister series! They share a great deal of development history and the series reference each other on the regular. Kirby was even the cursor icon in EB&apos;s debug mode!

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  @ayo.2022 · 3 years ago (edited)

  About Samus appearing in Kirby&apos;s Dreamland 3, in Super Smash Bros Melee&apos;s Adventure Mode, after clearing Brinstar and escaping from it before the planet self-destructs, the players immediate escape plan is to head to Planet Popstar, as shown in a cutscene. So I guess it&apos;s plausible that Brinstar and Popstar are close enough that Samus may be able stop by on a somewhat regular basis, and that she and Kirby have proabably crossed paths on their intergalactic travels multiple times outside of Smash.<br><br><br>Also, can we just talk about how many references to Smash there are in Kirby and vice versa? Between everything mentioned here, a bunch of Kirby themes being remixed for certain modes in Melee, the overall mechanics and controls of Smash and 2D Kirby, Kirby equipping the Ness hat whenever he uses one of the latter&apos;s moves (Yo-Yo, EPS, Baseball Bat, etc), even some Subspace and WoL boss attack patterns, it&apos;s insane how much overlap there is between the two series. Like sure, they were both created by the same guy and company, but the sheer amount of people who still boldly state that Smash is a Mario game more than anything to this day is astounding.

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  @croakacola19 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9jIt9L2ejs&amp;t=110">1:50</a> plus the game literally tells you the abilities are &quot;just like a certain boy with PSI&quot;

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