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|game1=''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]'' (1995) | |game1=''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]'' (1995) | ||
|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' (2022, reference) | |lastgame=''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' (2022, reference) | ||
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'''Keeby''' is the name of the yellow [[Kirby (species)|Kirby]] who serves as the second player character in ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''. He initially wasn't properly named as such, as "Keeby" was originally an internal nickname given by the developers of the game to an otherwise unnamed yellow Kirby.<ref>{{cite book|quote=The development team nicknamed this character "Keeby," a play on words from the Japanese word for "yellow."|book=[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition|Kirby's Dream Collection]] booklet|publisher=Nintendo|page=24}}</ref> Keeby was properly named in a game for the first time in ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''. | |||
Keeby is | Keeby is bright yellow with large blue eyes and orange feet. Like Kirby, he is also able to obtain [[Copy Ability|Copy Abilities]], and plays exactly the same in every respect to his pink counterpart. | ||
==Game appearances== | ==Game appearances== | ||
Officially, Keeby only appears in ''Kirby's Dream Course'', but generic [[ | Officially, Keeby only appears in ''Kirby's Dream Course'', but generic [[Colors|yellow Kirbys]] have made appearances in multiple other games in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]]. Some fans speculate that these appearances of yellow Kirbys are Keeby, but no official source has stated that to be the case. Keeby was initially only used internally as a nickname by the developers of ''Kirby's Dream Course''; it is a portmanteau of Kirby's name with the Japanese word for "yellow", ''kīro''. Supplementary material, such as the instruction manual, simply refers to him as a yellow Kirby. | ||
On the official website for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], [[Masahiro Sakurai]] referred to Kirby's yellow palette swap in said game as "Keeby", and mentioned that it comes from ''Kirby's Dream Course''.<ref name=ssb>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Color.html ''Super Smash Bros. (64)'' official website (JP) - Secrets of fighters' alternative colors]</ref> This was the first time this nickname was made public. Later, the ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' booklet mentioned Keeby again, | On the official website for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], [[Masahiro Sakurai]] referred to Kirby's yellow palette swap in said game as "Keeby", and mentioned that it comes from ''Kirby's Dream Course''.<ref name=ssb>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Color.html ''Super Smash Bros. (64)'' official website (JP) - Secrets of fighters' alternative colors]</ref> This was the first time this nickname was made public. Later, the ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' booklet mentioned Keeby again, revealing the nickname to English speakers for the first time. | ||
In ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'', Keeby appears in the "Kirby & Keeby" [[Character Treat]], while the name "Keeby Yellow" is used for the yellow [[Colors|color]] for Kirby. This marks the first time the name "Keeby" has actually been used in a game itself, and also is the first time Keeby's name has been translated into other languages besides English. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Keeby's color scheme may be a reference to how [[mariowiki:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]] and other [[HAL Laboratory]] employees initially thought Kirby was yellow before seeing his color design. | *Keeby's color scheme may be a reference to how [[mariowiki:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]] and other [[HAL Laboratory]] employees initially thought Kirby was yellow before seeing his color design. | ||
*Keeby's yellow hue is similar to [[Beam]] Kirby's appearance in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. However, Beam Kirby's feet are pinker in hue, whereas Keeby's are more orange. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{center|<gallery style="image-rendering:pixelated;"> | {{center|<gallery style="image-rendering:pixelated;"> | ||
Keeby.png|Keeby's | Keeby.png|Keeby's in-game sprite<br>in ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]'' | ||
Keeby Sprite.png| | Keeby Sprite.png|Alternate sprite | ||
KDC 2P Game draw.png|Having just finished the [[Kirby Dance]] | KDC 2P Game draw.png|Having just finished the [[Kirby Dance]] | ||
KDB Kirby and Keeby character treat.png|Kirby & Keeby [[Character Treat]] from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet'' | KDB Kirby and Keeby character treat.png|Kirby & Keeby [[Character Treat]] from ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' | ||
KDB Keeby Yellow color render.png|Keeby Yellow [[ | KDB Keeby Yellow color render.png|Keeby Yellow [[Colors|Color]] from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet'' | ||
</gallery>}} | </gallery>}} | ||
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|ja=キービィ<ref name=ssb/> | |ja=キービィ<ref name=ssb/> | ||
|jaR=Kībyi | |jaR=Kībyi | ||
|jaM=Combination | |jaM=Combination of: | ||
*{{furi|黄色|きいろ}} (''kīro'', yellow) | |||
*カービィ (''Kābyi'', [[Kirby]]) | |||
|pt=Kiiby | |pt=Kiiby | ||
|ptM=- | |ptM=- | ||
|de=Gelby | |de=Gelby | ||
|deM=Combination of | |deM=Combination of yellow (Gelb) + Kirby | ||
|it=Gialby | |it=Gialby | ||
|itM=Combination of | |itM=Combination of yellow (Giallo) + Kirby | ||
|es=Keeby | |es=Keeby | ||
|esM=- | |esM=- | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
