Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn
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| “ | An action game where a Kirby made of yarn uses a new set of abilities only possible with yarn. Along with various transformations, Kirby also has new Ravel Abilities. | ” | — Other Games section in Super Kirby Clash and Kirby Fighters 2, and Past Adventures section in Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Kirby's Dream Buffet |
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn is a spin-off title exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an enhanced port of Kirby's Epic Yarn featuring some new content, including extra items, abilities, and game modes. Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn was the last Kirby game released for the Nintendo 3DS, and furthermore was the last Nintendo 3DS game that was physically released by Nintendo.
New features
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn features the following new content:
Ravel Abilities
- Main article: Ravel Ability
These are six hats that operate similarly to Copy Abilities, giving Kirby new ways to attack opponents. They are as follows:
| Ravel Abilities | |||
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| Ability | Description | Ability | Description |
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A hat that allows Kirby to throw a bobbin on a string similar to the Yo-Yo. |  |
A pincushion hat that allows Kirby to throw marking pins at enemies. |
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A hard hat that allows Kirby to toss exploding button bombs. |  |
A blue crown that allows Kirby to create vortexes that draw in beads when used. |
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A weaving hat which causes any Yarn Balls Kirby makes to become larger when worn and allows him to make regular ones at any time. |  |
A wire hat and sword that allows Kirby to swipe at opponents. |
Game-Modes
| Extra Game modes | |
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| Game | Description |
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An extra game mode which causes devilish creatures called Devils to chase Kirby through a given stage and try to harass him. If Kirby takes damage 5 times, he is defeated and forced to restart the stage. This mode is available to select whenever Kirby enters a stage. |
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A Sub-Game which tasks King Dedede with moving through a fast-paced course as quickly as possible while collecting Fuse Beads and Luminas, defeating enemies, and avoiding hazards. |
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Slash & Bead tasks Meta Knight with flying through courses in an auto-scrolling environment, collecting Fuse Beads and Luminas while defeating as many enemies as possible. In addition to obtaining beads from enemies, beads will also appear out in the open, or trapped inside balloons that can be popped with any attack. |
The first devil type, Me-Devil.
The second devil type, Ye-Devil.
The third devil type, We-Devil.
Yarn mole, an enemy exclusive to Dedede Gogogo
Chain Flamer, an enemy exclusive to Slash & Bead
Stuff
55 new pieces of Furniture are available for decorating Kirby's Pad. These can be obtained by completing stages in Devilish Mode using Life Pieces.
Additionally, 36 Fuse Bead Mats can be completed by playing Slash & Bead and Dedede Gogogo.
The player can now also move and place items in Kirby's Pad with the touch screen.
The first model room - "No. 1 Furniture Collection"
"No. 2 Blue Sky Picnic"
"No. 4 Pirate Ship"
"No. 5 Japanese"
"No. 7 Kitchen"
"No. 8 Fantasy Room"
amiibo
Kirby can gain aesthetic hats if the player scans in a Kirby series amiibo figurine. These hats are tied to certain Ravel abilities.
| Custom Ravel Abilities | ||
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| Hat | Related Ravel Ability | Notes |
 Star Hat
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Knitting Needles | This hat is based on Prince Fluff's crown. |
 King Dedede Hat
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Button | |
 Meta Knight Hat
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Wire | This is in fact not a hat but Meta Knight's mask. |
 Waddle Dee Hat
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Knitting Needles | |
Returning features
- Main article: Kirby's Epic Yarn
Being a port, Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn features nearly all of the content of the original game, including the stages, enemies, bosses, and other features. For information on this content, see the Kirby's Epic Yarn page or the navigation box below.
There is one notable feature that does not return, however. Due to the nature of the 3DS system, local multiplayer is no longer possible. As such, Prince Fluff is no longer playable, being relegated to a support role similar to Bandana Waddle Dee in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot. He will still appear during cutscenes and in the Goal Game. He also occasionally appears in the middle of a stage to give Kirby a star bead or a ravel ability.
History
Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn was first announced during the Nintendo Direct on September 13th, 2018. This direct revealed the name of the game, along with announcing several of its new features, albeit briefly. More information was later posted on Nintendo's official Twitter Page.
For a brief period, the North American page for Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn erroneously stated the game to be playable exclusively on 'New Nintendo 3DS' systems. This was later corrected.
Staff
| List of staff in Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn | |
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| Position | Developer(s) |
| Director | Kentaro Sei |
| Assistant Director | Kazumasa Yonetani |
| Programming Director | Satoshi Kobayashi |
| Planning | Yusuke Yamauchi Ayumi Iwai Nazuno Inaba |
| Programming | Tomonori Sakamoto Boyang Zhao Kunitaka Takeuchi Yuya Ishikawa Mitsuru Hakuta Takanori Mori Yusuke Oikawa Kazuya Hashimoto |
| Design | Takeshi Okazawa Yoshihiro Hobo Ayako Inoue Midori Ishibashi Yutaka Kurihara Takeru Yoshida Atusko Ichii Takeshi Masuda |
| Music & Sound Effects | Akihiro Juichiya Soshiro Hokkai |
| Technical Artist | Takeharu Umada |
| Concept Artists | Tadanori Tsukawaki Ichiho Yamada |
| Planning Manager | Yuichi Abe |
| Programming Manager | Koichi Yagi |
| Design Manager | Masashi Tsuboyama |
| Voice | Makiko Ohmoto (Kirby) Tomoko Nakamura (Prince Fluff) Yuko Tsuga (Japanese narrator) Pablo Magaz (Latin Spanish narrator) France Marien (French-Canadian narrator) Dave White (American English narrator) Paul Vaughan (British English narrator) Olivier Deslandes (European French narrator) Wolf Kähler (German narrator) Massimo Marinoni (Italian narrator) Carlos Riera (Castilian Spanish narrator) Sun Lee (Korean narrator) |
| North American Localization | |
| NOA Localization Management | Nate Bihldorff Reiko Ninomiya Rich Amtower Ann Lin Tim O'Leary Scot Ritchey |
| NOA Localization | Rich Comegys Marjolaine Drouin Dan Fazio Dutch Hixenbaugh Ayaka Osakabe Yanett Cepeda Valor Thaddée Wiseur |
| European Localisation | |
| NOE Localisation Producers | Saskia Doorschodt Jesús Díez García |
| NOE Localisation | Martina Leonor Bassani Andrea Jähn Roby Liebetruth Greg T. Sadownik Eren Baykal Gurvan Le Guen Abdelkader Beldjilali Giovanna Prati Alessandro Pagano Frithjof Koepp Benedikt Grosser Enrique Sánchez Rosa Álex Hernández-Puertas |
| Korean Localization | |
| NOK Localization Management | Hyokjin Jung |
| NOK Localization | Dongyeon Kim Soonil Kim |
| Artwork | Taiki Kato Rieko Kawahara Yuto Ibaraki |
| Technical Support | Tsuyoshi Masada |
| Testing & Quality Assurance | Mario Club Co., Ltd. DIGITAL HEARTS Co., Ltd. NOA Product Testing J. Ignacio León López Jesús Gutiérrez Cuadra NOE Quality Assurance NOK Debug Team Pole To Win Korea Co., Ltd. |
| Special Thanks | Manabu Matsumoto Yuta Bundo Katsutoshi Yoshizawa Shoko Ando Saori Kai Tetsuya Abe Tomohiro Minemura Jeff Miller Nanami Tsuruta Masaharu Shima Akiko Ohashi Based on the work of the development team from the original Wii version. (English)/Based on the work of original Wii version development staff. (Korean) |
| Character Supervisors | Shinya Kumazaki Kenichiro Kita Riki Fuhrmann |
| Associate Producers | Nobuo Matsumiya Emi Watanabe Masanobu Yamamoto |
| Producers | Estunobu Ebisu Shigefumi Kawase Toyokazu Nonaka Keisuke Terasaki |
| General Producer | Shinya Takahashi |
| Executive Producer | Shuntaro Furukawa |
| Nintendo, Good-Feel and HAL Laboratory, Inc. are the authors of this software for the purpose of copyright. All rights reserved. | |
Nintendo eShop description
One ticked-off sorcerer just banished Kirby, warping the poor puffball to a yarn world in need of saving. The twist? Having a yarn body is epic! Kirby can transform into knitted wonders like tanks and flying saucers. Plus, his new ravel abilities mimic his classic copy abilities, adding something new to every stage of this action-adventure game! Ravel abilities allow Kirby to drop buttons like bombs or wield a wire like a sword. And that's just the beginning of all the makeshift magic. Dead end? Unzip a secret passage. Too dark? Unbutton the night to shed some light. Boss blocking your way? Unravel its face! As you play, you'll collect decorative treasures for Kirby's Pad. Show yours off with the StreetPass feature! If story mode isn't tough enough, see if you can earn more collectibles in Devilish Mode. In this harder mode, you must survive without invincibility as devils obstruct your path through each stage. There are also all-new minigames starring Meta Knight and King Dedede!
(This description was reused for the game on the My Nintendo Store.)
Trivia
- Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn is the first game in the series to have a sub-game devoted to King Dedede and another to Meta Knight in the same game.
- On March 12, 2019, the My Nintendo rewards program included a wallpaper based on Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn. Upon initial release, it was discovered that the wallpaper contained the Fortnite logo at the top-left corner. This error was quickly fixed on the same day.[1]
- While unrelated to Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn, during the official trailer for Fortnite's "Party Royale" game mode released on May 7, 2020, Kirby makes an appearance on a billboard during the first and twenty-fifth second, performing the game's "Dance Emotes". It is unknown whether this was an intentional inclusion in return, or an oversight on video producer's part. The billboard ended up getting blurred in the trailer for the XBOX and PlayStation versions.[2]
Gallery
- Main article: Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn/gallery
Logo
Title screen
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | 毛糸のカービィ プラス Keito no Kābyi Purasu |
Yarn Kirby Plus |
| Chinese | Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn |
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| Dutch | Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn | - |
| Canadian French | Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn | - |
| European French | Kirby - Au fil de la grande l'aventure | Kirby - On the thread of the great adventure |
| German | Kirby und das extra magische Garn | Kirby and the extra magic Yarn |
| Italian | Kirby e la nuova stoffa dell'eroe | Kirby and the new fabric of the hero |
| Korean | 털실 커비 이야기 플러스 Teolsil Keobi Iyagi Peulleoseu |
Yarn Kirby Story Plus |
| Portuguese | Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn | - |
| Russian | Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn |
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| Latin American Spanish | Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn | - |
| European Spanish | Más Kirby en el reino de los hilos | More Kirby in the kingdom of the threads |
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