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is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Kirby series'' of video games owned by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory. As one of Nintendo's most famous and familiar icons, Kirby's round appearance and ability to copy his foes' powers has made him a well known figure in video games, consistently ranked as one of the most iconic video game characters. He first appeared in 1992 in ''Kirby's Dream Land'' for the Game Boy. Originally a placeholder, created by Masahiro Sakurai, at the age of 19, for the game's early development, he has since then starred in over 20 games, ranging from action platformers to puzzle, racing, and even pinball, and has been featured as a playable fighter in all ''Super Smash Bros.'' games. He has also starred in his own anime and manga series. His most recent appearance is in ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse'', for the Wii U. Since 1999, he has been voiced by Makiko Ohmoto. Kirby is famous for his ability to inhale objects and creatures to obtain their attributes, as well as his ability to float with puffed cheeks. He uses these abilities to rescue various lands, such as his home world of Dream Land, from evil forces and antagonists, such as Dark Matter or Nightmare. On these adventures he often crosses paths with his rivals, the gluttonous King Dedede and the mysterious Meta Knight. In virtually all his appearances, Kirby is depicted as cheerful, innocent and food loving but becomes fearless, bold and brave in the face of danger. == Concept and creation == Kirby was created by video game designer Masahiro Sakurai as the player character of the 1992 game ''Kirby's Dream Land''. The character's design was intended to serve as placeholder graphics for the game's original protagonist in early development, and thus was given a simplistic ball-like appearance. Sakurai switched to the placeholder design for the final character design when he believed that it served the character better. The character was known as during development until the name "Kirby" was chosen from a draft list of potential names. Shigeru Miyamoto stated that "Kirby" was chosen because of its similarity to American lawyer John Kirby, who defended Nintendo in the ''Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.'' case in 1984 and that the guttural-sounding name contrasted amusingly with the character's cute appearance. Kirby appears white in ''Kirby's Dream Land'' due to the grayscale palette of the Game Boy system. Sakurai intended the character to be pink, though Miyamoto originally wanted the character to be yellow. Kirby appears white in the game's North American promotional materials and artwork to reflect the character's in-game appearance.〔 In North America, Kirby often appears in artwork with a more striking, bolder expression than in Japan. Nintendo has said that the more battle ready appearance appeals to a wider audience in North America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kirby (character)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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