Am I missing something? Why do people keep calling it that? And are you talking about Super Star or Triple Deluxe?
I apologise for being confusing! This is a habit cultivated almost twenty years ago that I simply cannot break!
I am referring to Kirby Super Star. It was released in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe, in North America as Kirby Super Star, and it was
supposed to be Kirby Super Deluxe in PAL regions, but had its name changed at the very last minute, about two weeks before release, to the truly terrible "Kirby's Fun Pak".
I followed the game through the press for an entire year, and by the time the name-change came along, I could simply never break the habit of using the name it was supposed to have, nor have I ever been able to since.
Also, Kirby Super Deluxe is apparently what Kirby Super Star is called in Japan, I always thought that it was called Kirby's Fun Pak over there but it turns out that that's what they call it in Europe. I kinda have to wonder why they didn't just stick to one name, I don't really see why they named it something different in every region? To confuse people endlessly?
Nah, it's Kirby's Fun Pak, here. It came so close to retaining the Kirby Super Deluxe name, though, that there are even people who, to this day,
still don't know that it was ever released in PAL regions at all, because they never heard about the last-minute change to Kirby's Fun Pak!
It's weird, because on our Wii U eshop, It's called Super Star and we have Super Star Ultra.
This is because they're now using the NTSC release for ease of emulation (the original PAL version was properly optimised to begin with, so there is no perceptible difference in how either one plays), and, presumably, to keep the naming scheme in line with Kirby Super Star Ultra, which they thankfully opted not to rename for Europe, Australia, and all.
It's not fair! We have so many games that are renamed horribly!
Kirby's Fun Pak
Kirby: Power Paintbrush
Kirby Mouse Attack
Kirby's Adventure Wii
Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush
Kirby's Ghost Trap
WHY
Kirby's Ghost Trap was chronologically the first of these, but also possibly the only sensible one. I actually like it better than "Kirby's Avalanche", myself, and you guys know that I'm one of the biggest critics of this pointless renaming phenomenon around here.
Kirby's Adventure Wii is the weirdest one - it's actually spiritually close to the original Japanese title (simply "Hoshi no Kirby Wii"), but it lacks the obvious meaningfulness of the name Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
Kirby Mouse Attack... Ugh... Why?!
The others were just unnecessary.
Alright, so I've been working on something in celebration of the Dee, in an effort to control some of my hype...
I don't usually draw characters that aren't original, but I just felt I had to make an exception here.
Let me know what you all think. Take it easy on me though, guys... I rarely show anyone my work...
Edit: Oh, and when I say 'characters that aren't original', I mean characters not coming from myself. Bdee is as original as they come!
I
really like your style - it's very professional-looking! Please draw more.
This is nothing short of adorable.
Is it just me, or are there some games where there is a pointless fight against Dedede? Squeak Squad and Mass Attack are the two that primarily spring to mind (I mean seriously Dedede, you can talk. We have seen Super Star Ultra. You should have just explained that you didn't take the cake.) The bracketed section also shows that if Dedede wasn't an idiot, Adventure/Nightmare in Dream Land would have never happened.
This doesn't explain Adventure. Dedede was just being an idiot in the Fountain when he could have just as easily stood and waited for anyone who came to check it out to explain to them why the Fountain was 'broken'.
Kirby is the idiot!
He's the one who didn't give Dedede the chance to explain what was going on before setting off to release Nightmare from the fountain and give him a chance at ultimate power!
I don't really think that voice acting fits in a Kirby game
This is my take also.
Them speaking gibberish would just feel so wrong, especially with the kinds of personalities most of the Kirby characters have. I think it'd rather be something where Kirby's the only one that can't speak fluently due to the fact he's so young like in the anime.
But the anime isn't canon in any way - everyone is completely out-of-character, and they made Kirby a lot younger purely to satisfy Sakurai's edict that he mustn't speak in the show.