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Welcome to Game Theory, providing you with your weekly serving of free-range organic brain food since 2011.

Today we're going to be discussing the playful pink puffball from Planet Popstar,

the Warp Star Warrior, the dynamic Dreamlander, Kirby.

For anyone that's unfamiliar with this series,

and let's face it, if you don't know who Kirby is at this point,

then you're going pretty far out of your way to avoid it.

The Kirby franchise started back in 1992

with the initial entry Kirby's Dreamland

and has since launched over two dozen games, selling over 35 million copies, which is more than double

Metroid sales, and triple Star Fox. And here's the internet wondering why Nintendo's so slow to release

Mercedes games.

Why create a sprawling space opera when all you got to do to sell some games

is give a pink blob the superpower of friendship?

I mean, look at that, he's holding an umbrella to stop the water.

Oh it's so cute take my muddy Nintendo! I love Kirby games. I love Kirby games.

The holiday season always makes me think of Kirby.

Kirby's superstar was my all-time favorite birthday present growing up. My birthday is in November, so I associate with the holiday season.

And two-player Epic yarn and around Christmas was the way Steph and I celebrated getting engaged when it was too cold outside in New York to do really anything else.

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