Kirby (series)

Kirby
Logo since 2022
Genre(s)	Action platform
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory Good-Feel Flagship Dimps Arika Compile Banpresto Vanpool Nintendo R&D1 Nintendo R&D2
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Creator(s)	Masahiro Sakurai
Platform(s)	Game Boy NES SNES Nintendo 64 Game Boy Color GameCube Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Wii Nintendo 3DS Wii U Nintendo Switch
First release	Kirby's Dream Land April 27, 1992
Latest release	Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe February 24, 2023

Kirby^[a] is an action-platform video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The series centers around the adventures of Kirby as he fights to protect and save his home on the distant Planet Popstar from a variety of threats. The majority of the games in the series are side-scrolling platformers with puzzle-solving and beat 'em up elements. Kirby has the ability to inhale enemies and objects into his mouth, spitting them out as a projectile or eating them. If he inhales certain enemies, he can gain the powers or properties of that enemy manifesting as a new weapon or power-up called a Copy Ability. The series is intended to be easy to pick up and play even for people unfamiliar with action games, while at the same time offering additional challenge and depth for more experienced players to come back to.

The Kirby series includes 39 games, and has sold over 40 million units worldwide, making it one of Nintendo's best-selling franchises^[1] and putting it in the top 50 best-selling video game franchises of all time.

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