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*This game almost got rebranded as a ''Pokémon'' game in the west, due to the series huge popularity at the time. However, in the end the change didn't come to light, and it retained the ''Kirby'' brand.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/23/kirby-keeps-his-tilt "Kirby Keeps His Tilt", IGN]</ref><ref>''Nintendo World'' (official Brazilian Nintendo magazine), issue 30, page 9</ref> | *This game almost got rebranded as a ''Pokémon'' game in the west, due to the series huge popularity at the time. However, in the end the change didn't come to light, and it retained the ''Kirby'' brand.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/01/23/kirby-keeps-his-tilt "Kirby Keeps His Tilt", IGN]</ref><ref>''Nintendo World'' (official Brazilian Nintendo magazine), issue 30, page 9</ref> | ||
*This is the last ''Kirby'' game to have 8-bit graphics. | *This is the last ''Kirby'' game to have 8-bit graphics. It is also the last ''Kirby'' game to use the original English logo, which was replaced by the one used in [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|the anime]] starting with ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''. | ||
*Most of [[Kirby's voice]] clips in this game were taken directly from his ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', though heavily bit-crushed to fit on the Game Boy cartridge. He would not be formally voiced again in a ''Kirby'' game until ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', released some 10 years later. | *Most of [[Kirby's voice]] clips in this game were taken directly from his ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', though heavily bit-crushed to fit on the Game Boy cartridge. He would not be formally voiced again in a ''Kirby'' game until ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', released some 10 years later. | ||
*The way levels are structured in this game is strikingly similar to the layout of the original ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]]'', with eight levels consisting of four stages each, each fourth stage being a castle setting with a boss at the end, and two hidden places where the player can skip levels, similar to ''Super Mario Bros.''' two Warp Zones. | *The way levels are structured in this game is strikingly similar to the layout of the original ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]]'', with eight levels consisting of four stages each, each fourth stage being a castle setting with a boss at the end, and two hidden places where the player can skip levels, similar to ''Super Mario Bros.''' two Warp Zones. |