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 {{About|the protagonist of the Kirby franchise<ref name=protag>The series is named after him and he stars every game but one</ref>|other uses of Kirby|[[Kirby (disambiguation)]]<ref>Other uses of "Kirby" may include the name of the ''[[Kirby (series)|Kirby]]'' video game series, [[Kirby! (opening theme)|the second opening theme song]] for the ''Kirby'' animated series, or [[Kirby (Italian opening theme)|the Italian opening theme song]] for the ''Kirby'' animated series.</ref>}}
 {{quote|Hiii!<ref>Basically every game he's voiced</ref><ref>The accepted number of I's in the transcription varies, although three is an acceptable variation. See, for example, "Hiii~!" (with three I's) from an official Nintendo of America Twitter post—see {{twitterlink|NintendoAmerica|1506699806173024260|wbsnap=y}}—versus "hiiii" (with four I's) in another Nintendo of America Twitter post—see {{twitterlink|NintendoAmerica|1516522030190977026|wbsnap=y}}.</ref>|'''Kirby'''<ref>Kirby is the one that says "Hiii!", as evidenced by his mouth moving when that is heard in the games</ref>}}
-'''Kirby'''<ref>Referred by this name in almost every game he's in; full name "Kirby of the Stars" in some languages only</ref> is the main character<ref name=protag/> and namesake<ref>The series bearing the name of the character can be verified by comparing the MD5 hashes of the respective names. The series name of "Kirby" has a MD5 hash of <code>3882a94c64066370fa15aa4d8fec006b</code>, while the character name of "Kirby" has an essentially identical MD5 hash of <code>3882a94c64066370fa15aa4d8fec006b</code>. The likelihood of two completely random 128-bit hashes colliding is minuscule at 2<sup>-128</sup>, although for two MD5 hashes colliding accidentally this figure is only a lower bound due to the pseudo-randomness of hashing algorithms. Nonetheless, this hash comparison suggests that "Kirby" and "Kirby" are highly likely to be identical strings of characters, in turn rejecting with very high probability the hypothesis that Kirby is not the namesake of the ''Kirby'' series.</ref> of the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]].<ref>Kirby was named before the series was: they changed his name from Popopo to Kirby (see: [[Kirby's Dream Land/development]])</ref> He<ref>Though Kirby is a gender-neutral character in Japanese (see [[Kirby's characteristics#Gender]]), he is referred to with masculine pronouns in nearly all English-language material (i.e. [https://archive.org/details/HDKDL1USCommercial/ the English commercial] for ''Kirby's Dream Land'': "He's Kirby, and he packs a mean bite."); the only exceptions thus far are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta51B9_O7xk official Play Nintendo videos] that refer to Kirby with [[wikipedia:Singular they|singular ''they'']] (i.e. "Kirby is a hungry hero who's famous for their ability to inhale almost anything that stands in their way!"). As these are currently outliers and masculine pronouns are used in the vast majority of circumstances, this article will refer to Kirby as such.</ref> is a small pink creature<ref name="underestimate">{{Cite|He may only be eight inches tall, but you should never underestimate this little pink hero.||[https://kirby.nintendo.com/about/ Kirby Portal] profile}}</ref> who resides on<ref>[[Kirby's house]] is generally accepted to be located on Planet Popstar. The exception is in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', which features a version of Kirby's house in the [[new world]]; however, even in this case this is explicitly a copy of Kirby's house on Popstar, which is shown during the end credits of the game.</ref> and protects all of [[Popstar|Planet Popstar]],{{#tag:ref|The International Astronomical Union's 2006 resolution on the definition of a planet, which disqualified Pluto from being a planet on account of its inability to have "cleared the neighborhood around its orbit"—an incredibly vague and bizarre choice of language with no quantitative criteria attached<ref group="subreference">This is not to say that it is impossible to design a quantitative "dynamical dominance" criterion of "clearing the neighborhood" consistent with the results of the IAU resolution. See, for example: Margot, J.-L., [https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/6/185 "A Quantitative Criterion for Defining Planets"], ''The Astronomical Journal'', vol. 150, no. 6, 2015.</ref>—only applies to planets within the Solar System (i.e., the system around our own Sun, the one that includes Earth). Note that [https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/commissions/F2/info/documents/ the IAU working definition of an extrasolar planet]<ref group="subreference">See also: Lecavelier des Etangs, A. and Lissauer, J. J., [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2022.101641 "The IAU working definition of an exoplanet"], ''New Astronomy Reviews'', vol. 94, 2022.</ref> would still certainly require Popstar to orbit a star, brown dwarf, or stellar remnant, as opposed to simply being a free-floating planetary mass object incapable of thermonuclear fusion (in which case the appropriate designation would be Sub-brown Dwarf Popstar). Whether this is the case is unclear based on the depiction of the sun and moon in [[Milky Way Wishes]], in which the sun and moon both appear to be satellites of Popstar. However, the events of that game reflected an unusual set of circumstances involving [[Galactic Nova|a space-time manipulating clockwork comet]] and cannot be taken as reflecting the normal astrophysical state of Popstar's star system.}} though his true origin is unknown.<ref name="origin">Cite warning: <code>ref</code> tag with the name <code>origin</code> cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.</ref> Despite his simplistic appearance, Kirby is easily recognizable<ref>{{cite web|quote=Kirby debuted in 1992 and has since gone on to become one of Nintendo’s most recognizable characters.|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160726133001/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/07/23/digital/eat-like-cute-round-pink-nintendo-character-called-kirby|title=Eat like a cute, round pink Nintendo character called Kirby|site=The Japan Times}}</ref> by his ball-like stature,<ref>''"[Kirby is] so round, he's sometimes treated like a ball."'' — ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' trophy</ref> his large glossy eyes,<ref>The [[Drawing Song]]'s second line in the English version of ''Kirby's Adventure'' ("Then you dot the eyes") specifically confirms that these features are eyes.</ref> and his cheerful demeanor. He is often seen riding a [[Warp Star]],<ref>''Kirby's Dream Land'', [[:File:KDL_Kirby_riding_a_Warp_Star_screenshot.png|at the end of the first primary room of Green Greens]].</ref> but can otherwise fly by [[Hover|taking in air and puffing up like a balloon]].<ref>For a reference on the tendency for balloons to take in gases to inflate, see, for example, the [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Balloon 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on the "balloon"], "a globular bag [...] which, when inflated with gas lighter than common air, can be used [...] for any purpose for which its ability to rise and float in the atmosphere adapts such a mechanism". Curiously, the same article notes the word's derivation from the Italian word ''ballone'', meaning "a large ball"; although Kirby is ball-like, Kirby is far from large. This key difference firmly establishes Kirby as merely ''like'' a balloon with a number of shared traits, rather than being an actual instance of a balloon.</ref> While Kirby has many ways to combat his foes, the most well-known by far is his ability to open his mouth<ref>The naming of [[Mouthful Mode]] as well as numerous other references strongly suggest that the opening located below Kirby's eyes is a mouth. See, for example, the use of 口 in the following passage from the description of the [[Water Gun]] on [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/kirby/action/index.html the Japanese website for ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20030117223854/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/kirby/action/index.html Wayback Machine snapshot]): 水中では、吸ったりはいたり、コピー能力を使用したりはできません。かわりに口から勢いよく水をはきだして、敵を攻撃できます。 (Translation: ''수중에서는 빨아들이기나 카피 능력을 사용할 수 없습니다. 대신에 입에서 물을 세게 뿜어서 적을 공격할 수 있습니다.'')</ref>  wide to [[Inhale|suck up]] his opponents and then swallow them whole.{{#tag:ref|Objects that Kirby swallows are officially described as being swallowed,<ref group="subreference">{{cite|Swallow your enemies and duck to copy their moves! Experiment by swallowing different kinds of enemies!|''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''|"About Copy Abilities"}}</ref> but not as being eaten or digested; instead, they simply "poof" and reappear elsewhere in the world.<ref group="subreference">{{cite|Because the base world is a fantasy world, it's not like they get swallowed and digested inside of Kirby. Because that might be jarring, and because we made the game to be approachable, having that kind of extreme or violent expression might negate making the game so approachable. Instead, we have this comical, funny depiction where the enemies poof. When an enemy or creature gets swallowed by Kirby, they may disappear but they do resurface somewhere else in the world.|[[Shinya Kumazaki]]|[https://www.polygon.com/23652624/kirby-questions-answered-directors-nintendo-interview Polygon interview]}}</ref>}} Doing this allows Kirby to [[Copy Ability|copy the attributes]] of whatever he just ate,<ref>''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[Kirby's Fun Pak]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', ''[[Kirby Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Amazing Mirror]]'', ''[[Kirby Squeak Squad]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', among others.</ref> expanding his powers in ways that are difficult to predict. Using these abilities is often crucial for Kirby to overcome the greater challenges he faces on his adventures. Kirby is classified as a silent protagonist; that is, he does not speak audibly or in text to the player in most instances, but characters in-game are implied to understand him.<ref>A clear example where Kirby holds a conversation despite being unheard by the player appears near the beginning of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', where [[Elfilin]] speaks to Kirby, and responds to implied dialogue: "I have to go save them. I have to! ''[...]'' What? You'll help me save everyone? That's great! ''[...]'' So...your name is Kirby?"</ref> However, certain supplementary material, especially earlier in the series' history, has shown Kirby with the ability to speak normally, often in separate [[canon]]s from the games.<ref>See [[Canon#Canonicity with adaptations]]. There are likely innumerable ''Kirby'' canons due to the series' many adaptations, with the three most prominent ones covered on this wiki being the games, the anime, and the novels. The novels consistently depict Kirby having the ability to speak in full sentences.</ref> Despite this, he is very [[Kirby's voice|vocal]], using lots of grunts, shouts, and monosyllables<ref>The Sounds Resource, a website compiling video game sound effects, indicates that Kirby has [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_switch/kirbyandtheforgottenland/sound/45325/ at least 73 distinct voice clips] in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''. While this is not as many as [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_switch/supermarioodyssey/sound/26430/ Mario in ''Super Mario Odyssey''] and [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_switch/thelegendofzeldabreathofthewild/sound/12236/ Link in ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''] (who have at least 200 voice clips each), this is a adequate number to indicate that Kirby is highly vocal: as a benchmark, Mario in ''Super Mario 64'' has [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_64/mario64/sound/49119/ 42 distinct voice clips.]</ref> — most famously, his cheery<ref>The high spectral variation in most of Kirby's renditions of "Hi!" is an acoustic factor often consistent with identification of positive emotions like achievement, contentment, and relief. See, for example: Sauter, Disa A et al. [https://doi.org/10.1080/17470211003721642 "Perceptual cues in nonverbal vocal expressions of emotion."] ''Quarterly journal of experimental psychology'' (2006) vol. 63,11 (2010): 2251-72.</ref> elongated<ref>The first instance of Kirby's voice, [[:File:Kirby voice sample - SSB64.mp3|a rendition of "Hi!" in ''Super Smash Bros.'']], has a duration of approximately 700 milliseconds. Most speakers do not enunciate syllables for this length of time. For instance, the [https://doi.org/10.35111/2jq6-pa48 TIMIT Acoustic-Phonetic Continuous Speech Corpus], a compilation of speech from 630 American English speakers, averages 210.5 milliseconds per syllable according to [https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8116 Mark Liberman writing in Language Log] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20131204215708/https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8116 Wayback Machine snapshot]). This makes Kirby's "Hi" over triple the length of a typical American English syllable, suggesting non-negligible elongation.</ref> "Hi!"<ref>Note that although "Hi!" is a monosyllabic shout in English, from a Japanese point of view it comprises at least two ''on'', three if counting the elongated vowel. See, for example, はぁ～い as used in Kirby's character profile for the [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nk4j/chara/index.html Japanese ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards'' website] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20000510210336/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nk4j/chara/index.html Wayback Machine snapshot]).</ref>
+'''Kirby'''<ref>Referred by this name in almost every game he's in; full name "Kirby of the Stars" in some languages only</ref> is the main character<ref name=protag/> and namesake<ref>The series bearing the name of the character can be verified by comparing the MD5 hashes of the respective names. The series name of "Kirby" has a MD5 hash of <code>3882a94c64066370fa15aa4d8fec006b</code>, while the character name of "Kirby" has an essentially identical MD5 hash of <code>3882a94c64066370fa15aa4d8fec006b</code>. The likelihood of two completely random 128-bit hashes colliding is minuscule at 2<sup>-128</sup>, although for two MD5 hashes colliding accidentally this figure is only a lower bound due to the pseudo-randomness of hashing algorithms. Nonetheless, this hash comparison suggests that "Kirby" and "Kirby" are highly likely to be identical strings of characters, in turn rejecting with very high probability the hypothesis that Kirby is not the namesake of the ''Kirby'' series.</ref> of the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]].<ref>Kirby was named before the series was: they changed his name from Popopo to Kirby (see: [[Kirby's Dream Land/development]])</ref> He<ref>Though Kirby is a gender-neutral character in Japanese (see [[Kirby's characteristics#Gender]]), he is referred to with masculine pronouns in nearly all English-language material (i.e. [https://archive.org/details/HDKDL1USCommercial/ the English commercial] for ''Kirby's Dream Land'': "He's Kirby, and he packs a mean bite."); the only exceptions thus far are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta51B9_O7xk official Play Nintendo videos] that refer to Kirby with [[wikipedia:Singular they|singular ''they'']] (i.e. "Kirby is a hungry hero who's famous for their ability to inhale almost anything that stands in their way!"). As these are currently outliers and masculine pronouns are used in the vast majority of circumstances, this article will refer to Kirby as such.</ref> is a small pink creature<ref name="underestimate">{{Cite|He may only be eight inches tall, but you should never underestimate this little pink hero.||[https://kirby.nintendo.com/about/ Kirby Portal] profile}}</ref> who resides on<ref>[[Kirby's house]] is generally accepted to be located on Planet Popstar. The exception is in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', which features a version of Kirby's house in the [[new world]]; however, even in this case this is explicitly a copy of Kirby's house on Popstar, which is shown during the end credits of the game.</ref> and protects all of [[Popstar|Planet Popstar]],{{#tag:ref|The International Astronomical Union's 2006 resolution on the definition of a planet, which disqualified Pluto from being a planet on account of its inability to have "cleared the neighborhood around its orbit"—an incredibly vague and bizarre choice of language with no quantitative criteria attached<ref group="subreference">This is not to say that it is impossible to design a quantitative "dynamical dominance" criterion of "clearing the neighborhood" consistent with the results of the IAU resolution. See, for example: Margot, J.-L., [https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/6/185 "A Quantitative Criterion for Defining Planets"], ''The Astronomical Journal'', vol. 150, no. 6, 2015.</ref>—only applies to planets within the Solar System (i.e., the system around our own Sun, the one that includes Earth). Note that [https://www.iau.org/science/scientific_bodies/commissions/F2/info/documents/ the IAU working definition of an extrasolar planet]<ref group="subreference">See also: Lecavelier des Etangs, A. and Lissauer, J. J., [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newar.2022.101641 "The IAU working definition of an exoplanet"], ''New Astronomy Reviews'', vol. 94, 2022.</ref> would still certainly require Popstar to orbit a star, brown dwarf, or stellar remnant, as opposed to simply being a free-floating planetary mass object incapable of thermonuclear fusion (in which case the appropriate designation would be Sub-brown Dwarf Popstar). Whether this is the case is unclear based on the depiction of the sun and moon in [[Milky Way Wishes]], in which the sun and moon both appear to be satellites of Popstar. However, the events of that game reflected an unusual set of circumstances involving [[Galactic Nova|a space-time manipulating clockwork comet]] and cannot be taken as reflecting the normal astrophysical state of Popstar's star system.}} though his true origin is unknown.<ref name="origin">Cite warning: <code><ref></code> tag with the name <code>origin</code> cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.</ref> Despite his simplistic appearance, Kirby is easily recognizable<ref>{{cite web|quote=Kirby debuted in 1992 and has since gone on to become one of Nintendo’s most recognizable characters.|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160726133001/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2016/07/23/digital/eat-like-cute-round-pink-nintendo-character-called-kirby|title=Eat like a cute, round pink Nintendo character called Kirby|site=The Japan Times}}</ref> by his ball-like stature,<ref>''"[Kirby is] so round, he's sometimes treated like a ball."'' — ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' trophy</ref> his large glossy eyes,<ref>The [[Drawing Song]]'s second line in the English version of ''Kirby's Adventure'' ("Then you dot the eyes") specifically confirms that these features are eyes.</ref> and his cheerful demeanor. He is often seen riding a [[Warp Star]],<ref>''Kirby's Dream Land'', [[:File:KDL_Kirby_riding_a_Warp_Star_screenshot.png|at the end of the first primary room of Green Greens]].</ref> but can otherwise fly by [[Hover|taking in air and puffing up like a balloon]].<ref>For a reference on the tendency for balloons to take in gases to inflate, see, for example, the [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Balloon 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on the "balloon"], "a globular bag [...] which, when inflated with gas lighter than common air, can be used [...] for any purpose for which its ability to rise and float in the atmosphere adapts such a mechanism". Curiously, the same article notes the word's derivation from the Italian word ''ballone'', meaning "a large ball"; although Kirby is ball-like, Kirby is far from large. This key difference firmly establishes Kirby as merely ''like'' a balloon with a number of shared traits, rather than being an actual instance of a balloon.</ref> While Kirby has many ways to combat his foes, the most well-known by far is his ability to open his mouth<ref>The naming of [[Mouthful Mode]] as well as numerous other references strongly suggest that the opening located below Kirby's eyes is a mouth. See, for example, the use of 口 in the following passage from the description of the [[Water Gun]] on [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/kirby/action/index.html the Japanese website for ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20030117223854/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/kirby/action/index.html Wayback Machine snapshot]): 水中では、吸ったりはいたり、コピー能力を使用したりはできません。かわりに口から勢いよく水をはきだして、敵を攻撃できます。 (Translation: ''수중에서는 빨아들이기나 카피 능력을 사용할 수 없습니다. 대신에 입에서 물을 세게 뿜어서 적을 공격할 수 있습니다.'')</ref>  wide to [[Inhale|suck up]] his opponents and then swallow them whole.{{#tag:ref|Objects that Kirby swallows are officially described as being swallowed,<ref group="subreference">{{cite|Swallow your enemies and duck to copy their moves! Experiment by swallowing different kinds of enemies!|''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''|"About Copy Abilities"}}</ref> but not as being eaten or digested; instead, they simply "poof" and reappear elsewhere in the world.<ref group="subreference">{{cite|Because the base world is a fantasy world, it's not like they get swallowed and digested inside of Kirby. Because that might be jarring, and because we made the game to be approachable, having that kind of extreme or violent expression might negate making the game so approachable. Instead, we have this comical, funny depiction where the enemies poof. When an enemy or creature gets swallowed by Kirby, they may disappear but they do resurface somewhere else in the world.|[[Shinya Kumazaki]]|[https://www.polygon.com/23652624/kirby-questions-answered-directors-nintendo-interview Polygon interview]}}</ref>}} Doing this allows Kirby to [[Copy Ability|copy the attributes]] of whatever he just ate,<ref>''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[Kirby's Fun Pak]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', ''[[Kirby Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Amazing Mirror]]'', ''[[Kirby Squeak Squad]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', among others.</ref> expanding his powers in ways that are difficult to predict. Using these abilities is often crucial for Kirby to overcome the greater challenges he faces on his adventures. Kirby is classified as a silent protagonist; that is, he does not speak audibly or in text to the player in most instances, but characters in-game are implied to understand him.<ref>A clear example where Kirby holds a conversation despite being unheard by the player appears near the beginning of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'', where [[Elfilin]] speaks to Kirby, and responds to implied dialogue: "I have to go save them. I have to! ''[...]'' What? You'll help me save everyone? That's great! ''[...]'' So...your name is Kirby?"</ref> However, certain supplementary material, especially earlier in the series' history, has shown Kirby with the ability to speak normally, often in separate [[canon]]s from the games.<ref>See [[Canon#Canonicity with adaptations]]. There are likely innumerable ''Kirby'' canons due to the series' many adaptations, with the three most prominent ones covered on this wiki being the games, the anime, and the novels. The novels consistently depict Kirby having the ability to speak in full sentences.</ref> Despite this, he is very [[Kirby's voice|vocal]], using lots of grunts, shouts, and monosyllables<ref>The Sounds Resource, a website compiling video game sound effects, indicates that Kirby has [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_switch/kirbyandtheforgottenland/sound/45325/ at least 73 distinct voice clips] in ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''. While this is not as many as [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_switch/supermarioodyssey/sound/26430/ Mario in ''Super Mario Odyssey''] and [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_switch/thelegendofzeldabreathofthewild/sound/12236/ Link in ''The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''] (who have at least 200 voice clips each), this is a adequate number to indicate that Kirby is highly vocal: as a benchmark, Mario in ''Super Mario 64'' has [https://www.sounds-resource.com/nintendo_64/mario64/sound/49119/ 42 distinct voice clips.]</ref> — most famously, his cheery<ref>The high spectral variation in most of Kirby's renditions of "Hi!" is an acoustic factor often consistent with identification of positive emotions like achievement, contentment, and relief. See, for example: Sauter, Disa A et al. [https://doi.org/10.1080/17470211003721642 "Perceptual cues in nonverbal vocal expressions of emotion."] ''Quarterly journal of experimental psychology'' (2006) vol. 63,11 (2010): 2251-72.</ref> elongated<ref>The first instance of Kirby's voice, [[:File:Kirby voice sample - SSB64.mp3|a rendition of "Hi!" in ''Super Smash Bros.'']], has a duration of approximately 700 milliseconds. Most speakers do not enunciate syllables for this length of time. For instance, the [https://doi.org/10.35111/2jq6-pa48 TIMIT Acoustic-Phonetic Continuous Speech Corpus], a compilation of speech from 630 American English speakers, averages 210.5 milliseconds per syllable according to [https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8116 Mark Liberman writing in Language Log] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20131204215708/https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8116 Wayback Machine snapshot]). This makes Kirby's "Hi" over triple the length of a typical American English syllable, suggesting non-negligible elongation.</ref> "Hi!"<ref>Note that although "Hi!" is a monosyllabic shout in English, from a Japanese point of view it comprises at least two ''on'', three if counting the elongated vowel. See, for example, はぁ～い as used in Kirby's character profile for the [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nk4j/chara/index.html Japanese ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards'' website] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20000510210336/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nk4j/chara/index.html Wayback Machine snapshot]).</ref>
 Since 1992, Kirby has starred in over 30 video games<ref>[https://www.kirby.jp/history/ The official Japanese ''Kirby'' website] lists 37. [https://kirby.nintendo.com/about/ The official English ''Kirby'' website] lists 34, dropping ''Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe'', ''Kirby Fighters Deluxe'', and ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' and substituting the SNES version of ''Kirby's Star Stacker'' with ''Kirby's Avalanche''.</ref>  (thirteen of which can be considered part of the core series, not counting remakes){{#tag:ref|See [[Canon#Canonicity between titles]]. The developers stated in a [[Miiverse]] post that they consider ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' the tenth mainline ''Kirby'' game, which would exclude the two previous remakes.<ref group="subreference">{{Cite|By the way, have you ever wondered how we came up with the game title?<br>Well, we started with a variety of ideas. One was a title that would reflect the game's theme of an adventure through floating islands. Another idea was to use the letter "X", since this is the tenth traditional Kirby platformer.<br>We also wanted to find a title that reflects the game's full use of Nintendo 3DS features, such as the 3D function, motion sensors and StreetPass. Something short and catchy that we could use all around the world. That's how we came up with the title "3DX" - in other words, "Triple Deluxe"!|Shinya Kumazaki|Miiverse}}</ref> Furthermore, when it was decided that ''Kirby Star Allies'' would include one [[Dream Friend]] from each mainline game, remakes were excluded.<ref group="subreference">{{Cite|There were other characters that we wanted to make special guest appearances, like Drawcia, Elline, Shadow Kirby, Galacta Knight, and so on. But we established a certain rule for our selection process. The rule was to select one character from each title in the main action games over the years, the so-called core Kirby games, the equivalent to numbered sequels.|[[Shinya Kumazaki]]|[https://kotaku.com/kirby-star-allies-developers-explain-how-they-improved-1833813511 Kotaku interview]}}</ref> However, the internal codename of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' is "Kirby15",<ref group="subreference">According to [[tcrf:The Cutting Room Floor:Project Names#Kirby series|The Cutting Room Floor's research]].</ref> which counts the two prior remakes (as it would be the thirteenth mainline game otherwise).}}, has appeared to some capacity in several other [[Nintendo]] games and products,<ref>Kirby's first cameo in a non-HAL Laboratory Nintendo-developed product was ''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' in 1993.</ref> has had an [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime series]],<ref name="anime">[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (song)|The English theme song]] for ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'' states: "Kirby, Kirby, Kirby, he's the star of the show!"</ref> several manga series,<ref>"Several" may be an understatement. I mean, [https://kirby.fandom.com/ja/wiki/%E6%9B%B8%E7%B1%8D%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7 look at this book list from the Japanese Kirby wiki].</ref> a [[Kirby (novel series)|novel series]],<ref>[[Merchandise/Literature and CD soundtracks#Kirby novel series]]</ref> and has a great deal of [[Merchandise|merchandise]] in the form of figurines,<ref>[[Merchandise/Plushies and toys#Figurines]]</ref> plush dolls,<ref>[[Merchandise/Plushies and toys#Plushies]]</ref> clothing,<ref>[[Merchandise/Wearables]]</ref> and the like.<ref>[[Merchandise/Other]]</ref> Kirby and his series were created by [[Masahiro Sakurai]] under [[HAL Laboratory]], with the latter of which retaining the rights to the ''Kirby'' series and characters despite Sakurai's departure from the [[HAL Laboratory]] team in the mid-2000s. To this day, Kirby remains one of Nintendo's most famous and recognizable mascots, with ''Kirby'' games garnering millions of sales worldwide, thanks in part to his reoccurring role as a fighter in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series.