kirby
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The Kirby series is a video game sires developed by hal labroatory and nintendo and produced by Nintendo. The game play of a majority of the games in the series consists mainly of action, platform and puzzle-solving elements. The series is known for its bright and artistic settings, simplistic game play, cute characters, upbeat, cheerful music, and the protagonist's in-game ability to inhale enemies, thereby gaining a characteristic ability from them. Currently, the Kirby series includes a total of over twenty games, and has sold over 30 million units worldwide. All of the games in the Kirby series feature a pink spherical creature named Kirby as the main playable character. Kirby frequently saves the world he resides in from various powerful antagonists, the most recurring one being king dedede, the self-proclaimed ruler of Dream Land (a region of Pop Star). King Dedede has appeared in every Kirby game except for Kirby & the Amazing Mirror. Another major character of the series is the enigmatic meta knight, a chivalrous warrior who often assists Kirby, but, depending on his intentions, will fight against Kirby to get things as he desires.Kirby is small, pink, and spherical with large red feet and stubby arms. He has distinctive oval shaped eyes that are white (eye shine) at the top, black in the center and dark blue on the bottom (all black in early games) and rosy cheek-blushes near his eyes. His body is soft and flexible, allowing him to stretch or flatten and adopt different shapes or open his mouth really wide for his trademark inhale ability. According to Super Smash Bros. 64's manual he is 8 inches tall. Kirby's appearance has changed subtly over the years, becoming more rounded and defined, mainly in his face and larger blue eyes. The new design has been used in all subsequent games. Kirby's most iconic ability is inhaling enemies (both his mouth and body expand to allow him to inhale things much larger than himself) and swallowing them, subsequently copying their primary attribute, such as gaining fire abilities from inhaling a fiery creature. Inhaled entities can also be spit out. In addition, he can float like a balloon by puffing his cheeks. Kirby swallowing ability allows him to take his opponents powers and appearance for instance if he should swallow someone he can take what ever the person is wearing and his powers.