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*Kirby's simplistic appearance was originally a placeholder for a more detailed character, but Masahiro Sakurai and the developers came to prefer the simple design and stuck with it. | *Kirby's simplistic appearance was originally a placeholder for a more detailed character, but Masahiro Sakurai and the developers came to prefer the simple design and stuck with it. | ||
*It is commonly thought that [[mariowiki:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]] wanted Kirby to be yellow, and Masahiro Sakurai decided to make him pink late in ''Kirby's Dream Land''{{'}}s development, hence why he appears as white on the game's North American box art. This is incorrect, as it can be clearly seen that Kirby was pink in concept art for the game, even before his name was finalized. Miyamoto later explained that he thought Kirby would have been yellow based on the monochrome sprite, and was instead pleasantly surprised to see him as pink in the color art.<ref name="kirbysadventure"/> Presumably in reference to this misinterpretation, later games often use a yellow Kirby as the second player, starting with [[Keeby]] in ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''. | *It is commonly thought that [[mariowiki:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]] wanted Kirby to be yellow, and Masahiro Sakurai decided to make him pink late in ''Kirby's Dream Land''{{'}}s development, hence why he appears as white on the game's North American box art. This is incorrect, as it can be clearly seen that Kirby was pink in concept art for the game, even before his name was finalized. Miyamoto later explained that he thought Kirby would have been yellow based on the monochrome sprite, and was instead pleasantly surprised to see him as pink in the color art.<ref name="kirbysadventure"/> Presumably in reference to this misinterpretation, later games often use a yellow Kirby as the second player, starting with [[Keeby]] in ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''. | ||
*In early titles, Kirby has not always been depicted as entirely round, often being made slightly pear-shaped. This is particularly noticeable in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' and in games on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System | *In early titles, Kirby has not always been depicted as entirely round, often being made slightly pear-shaped. This is particularly noticeable in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' and in games on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. Later on, Kirby's body would be cemented as perfectly round, starting with his 3-D appearances in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'' on the [[Nintendo 64]]. | ||
*Kirby's height is often used by the developers to measure other characters. For example, it was stated in a [[Miiverse]] post<ref>{{cite|The maximum Kirby can jump is 4.3 times his own height. The development team often used the "Kirby" as a unit of measurement for the height of characters in the game (one Kirby, two Kirbys etc). For example, Flowery Woods is roughly nine Kirbys tall.|[[Satoshi Ishida]]|''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' [[Miiverse]] post from September 17th, 2014}}</ref> that the Boss [[Flowery Woods]] is roughly 9 Kirbys tall. | *Kirby's height is often used by the developers to measure other characters. For example, it was stated in a [[Miiverse]] post<ref>{{cite|The maximum Kirby can jump is 4.3 times his own height. The development team often used the "Kirby" as a unit of measurement for the height of characters in the game (one Kirby, two Kirbys etc). For example, Flowery Woods is roughly nine Kirbys tall.|[[Satoshi Ishida]]|''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' [[Miiverse]] post from September 17th, 2014}}</ref> that the Boss [[Flowery Woods]] is roughly 9 Kirbys tall. | ||
**In addition, Kirby's jump height is also measured this way. ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' had Kirby's jump fixed at 3.2 Kirbys high, but newer titles like ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' allow him to go as high as 4.3 Kirbys with a single bound. | **In addition, Kirby's jump height is also measured this way. ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' had Kirby's jump fixed at 3.2 Kirbys high, but newer titles like ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' allow him to go as high as 4.3 Kirbys with a single bound. | ||