Updated with Switch 2's Star-Crossed World and Kirby Air Riders .

Kirby — one of the most famous faces (with little podgy arms and feet attached) in Nintendo's stable of stars — has been wowing players with his impressive abilities and sheer versatility for decades now.

In fact, the ever-adaptable Kirby and his catalogue represent an odd dichotomy: He's a super approachable platforming protagonist ready to onboard novices and younger gamers, but he's also (and perhaps fittingly, being the product of a company named HAL Laboratory) the subject of madcap gameplay experiments; a guinea pig for new game mechanics and ideas. He is all-at-once video gaming's blandest and most exciting character.

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