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Kirby turned 30… today! The world met the pink puffball when Kirby’s Dream Land released on April 27, 1992 in Japan, and later on August 1st in NA, 3rd in PAL. Since then, he’s been the star of over 30 games between his mainline platformers and spin-offs! Mario may be Nintendo’s main guy, but Kirby deserves a spotlight too - so here we go!
Before we get tiltin’ and tumblin’ here, I’d be remiss not to give @Dopply, @Chaotic Neutral and @WestEgg their
- Midwinter Holiday Game Event | December 2021
- GameCube 20th Anniversary Game Event | November 2021
- Halloween Game Challenge | October 2021
Well, there were 15 Challenges to complete, and none of them went uncompleted! Each challenge is associated with a badge, which you may see users rocking under their avatars. If you want to learn more, check out the Badges Page to learn more about all the challenges and winners of past events.
Plus, there was a raffle open to anyone who completed a challenge! @xghost777, @Suswave, @Pineapple, @Kitty Paws, @Brock Reiher, and myself (@totofogo) each took home a digital copy of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Pokémon Shining Pearl, or Shin Megami Tensei V! Congrats to all! You can learn more about past site raffles on the Closed Raffles Page.
This time around, we’ve got a grand total of 10 challenges for you fine folks! In classic Kirby fashion, they may start off simple – but don’t let that fool you! The true challenges await in the later tiers thanks to the expert mind of our resident Puffball Enthusiast @MondoMega.
I asked to host this event in a bit of a selfish move. See, Forgotten Land absolutely blew my dang mind and after beating it I promised myself I’d dive into the depths of the 30 years of magic that led up to it. Putting this event together is holding me accountable to that, and this couldn’t be a better month for it since there’s no new first party release scheduled for May!
Kirby has quite a fine showing on Switch thanks to NSO and cameos in other games, so I focused on Switch-accessible titles in order to be inclusive + accessible to as many folks as possible.
Tier 1: The Arena |
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There are two different prizes up for grabs!
1. Normal Prize: Three lucky winners will have a choice between two HAL-developed eShop titles: Part-Time UFO and BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL! (eShop digital download)!
2. Super Prize: Two extra lucky winners will have a choice between the two mainline Kirby Switch titles: Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land (eShop digital download)!
At the conclusion of the event, a raffle will open. Based on your performance in the event, you will be given up to three (3) tickets to enter: one ticket per tier that you completed a challenge in. So, the only way to get 3 tickets is to complete challenges across all three of the tiers. Your additional entries will give you a greater chance of winning, but you can only win once. If you happen to win both prizes, you will be given a choice between the two options and your other "win" will be re-rolled to another participant.
The actual completion process is the same as usual. Per @Chaotic Neutral 's instructions last time around…
For the duration of the event, which is until May 31 midnight at GMT/UTC, you can complete the event challenges, related to the event's theme and laid out in this OP, to earn badges on the board, which you can then feature on your profile and posts. After successfully completing the challenge, post the proof of your accomplishment in this thread (video or image evidence) and indicate which challenge you went for, while @-ing @Chaotic Neutral in the post. Awarding the badges is a manual process, and they can only do the honours when at leisure and by the computer, so you might have to wait patiently for the badge to show up! Then, later on, successful badge-holders will be awarded the opportunity to enter a raffle for prizes, details TBD.
That’s all folks! To close us out, here’s a little Q+A that you can feel free to copy and paste at your leisure to share a bit about your here-to-now with Kirby! Please do feel free to use this thread to discuss any and all things Kirby’s 30th too, No need to limit to just the challenge!
What is...
- Your first Kirby game?
- Your fave Kirby game(s)?
- Your fave soundtrack / song?
- Your fave copy ability?
- Your fave copy ability in Smash Bros?
- Your dream for the next Kirby game?
Graphics all created by yours truly with images sourced mostly from the official Kirby site + Kirby Wiki. Huge thanks once again to @Dopply and @WestEgg for getting these off the ground last year and @Chaotic Neutral for his support in allowing me to continue the fun. One additional super-sized thanks goes to @MondoMega for being our resident Kirby expert and helping craft the challenges… I’m excited to dig into them myself! From the game knowledge needed to pick them to the clever fact-filled descriptions– they absolutely killed it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone’s adventures in Dream Land and beyond! - @totofogo
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