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Episode 462: Kirby, Part 3 (Patreon)

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2022-06-13 07:00:06
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2026-06
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After taking off during the go-go '90s, Kirby had a bit of an identity crisis in the 2000s. With HAL hard at work on the resource-intensive Smash Bros. games, they barely had time to work on their once-signature series, outside of a few remakes—leaving them with no choice but to leave their pink puffball in the hands of other developers. And all of this was happening as Kirby's hit 100-episode anime hit the airwaves! So what did this terrible decade have in store for HAL's famous food monster? On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Stuart Gipp, Kallie Plagge, and patron Andrew Oliveira (who generously sponsored this episode) as the crew continues their Kirby journey.

Cover art by Nick Daniel.

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MVB

I used to know the woman who was fansubbing the Kirby anime. Alas, a bit too long ago to get her for an interview. …Why was it called Right Back At Ya anyway?

DeeGeez

I remember watching Right Back at Ya at the tail end of my interest in the FoxBox programming block. I was born in 1992 and mostly started watching FoxBox for Yu-Gi-Oh, which ran a few years before Kirby, and a bunch of other programs filtered in and out of the block during that time. I didn’t really like the Kirby show at the time and, in retrospect, only watched it to fill the time. But I do think it, and the other 4Kids programs at that time, were an interesting artifact of the tail end of a particular period of anime localization aimed at kids where they tried to hide that it was from Japan. Toonami had been on the air for a while by then and I had been hooked on that a few years earlier with Dragon Ball Z, and I feel like there, there was much less a focus of sanding down the Japanese edges for American viewers. Whereas 4Kids and its peers seemed very interested in getting the content slanted towards American tastes. I think the most obvious example is Pokémon with the rice balls vs jelly donuts, but I remember ad bumpers on Fox Box all the time of various characters and Yu-Gi-Oh having a ton of changes. Am I right to think there’s not as much of a focus now on hiding that anime, even kids anime, is from Japan?

Vanja

I've been begging for Kirby Air Ride on the switch since it was a rumour under the name "NX". An all time favorite. Excited for the spinoffs episode!

Andrew O.

Always a pleasure. Props to the editor on a seriously amazing job. You wouldn't ever guess that Louie interrupted Bob every time he tried to speak. Then Bob would repeat himself every time to get a clean recording. Everything flowed together seamlessly. Sorry to remove some of the mystique, but I wanted to highlight the level of effort and dedication. A lesser podcast wouldn't have cared and it's exactly why I'm such a big fan. Also, when I mentioned bad Metroid cutscenes I meant "Prime: Hunters" but said "Dread" instead. (Series fans will recall "Prime: Hunters" as the game that caused their carpal tunnel.)

Wood Duck [Legacy Edition]

I went and bought a copy of Squeak Squad after listening to the first two Kirby episodes. I played it back in the day and had fond memories of it and they mostly check out. I've not played any subsequent Kirby games but as far as I know SS is the pinaccle of quality for the 2d sprite work, and the number of bonus unlockables is amazing even if they're not all of equal quality or interest. The abilities also are of note as some powers have fully fleshed out movesets which make them fantastic to play with. Then there's some powers like Beam, what had complex movesets in previous games yet got dumbed down for SS for some odd reason. One big mark I will put against the game is the level designs are extremely simple, even for a Kirby game, with a lot less of the deviousness that previous games could spring on the player unexpectedly. I was very surprised at just how lacking most levels are, but the gorgeous character visuals and varied copy abilities make it one of the more memorable Kirby games.

Jefklak

Looking forward to the Kirby Ranking Hootenanny :-)

Michael Flores

Looking forward to checking out this era of Kirby even with the less than stellar reviews. Speaking of talking Kirby, you can check out the arranged soundtrack of Kirby's Adventure for what might be his first canonical voice. https://youtu.be/LGqTkpW2b70

Kormakur Gardarsson

This is such a fun series of podcasts. I’ve never played a Kirby game in my life but these have me hanging on every word. Now I just need to figure out where to start playing. Maybe the new one?

Bob Mackey

Star Allies is a good choice too

Michael

Why’d they skip Canvas Curse? It was the 1st Kirby game on the DS & it’s not a side game at all. I’ve been waiting 3 Kirby Eps for them to talk about it 🤦‍♂️

RossCoolCat

I feel like my vision of a Zelda anime would be in the Wind Waker universe. It would be a continuation a few years after wind waker with Link as part of Tetra's crew (similar structure to One Piece). Also, Link would be like any other shonen protagonist (like Goku or Luffy), but would say actual speaking dialogue like some of the Zelda manga and would be accompanied by his partner Tetra for most of his journeys.