As Kirby: Triple Deluxe director Shinya Kumazaki told GameSpot in 2014: Cute Kirby was popular in Japan, but not in the West. “Cute, sweet characters are popular among people of all ages in ...

It certainly was a bit of a departure from smiling happy cute Kirby, but it also didn’t seem totally out of place since Kirby games are very action-based!” Obviously, things would go on to ...