Kirby

Kirby is a game series featured on Top 5.

Game Information
Kirby is an action-platformer game series developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It follows around the adventures of a young, pink alien hero named Kirby as he fights to save his home on the planet of Pop Star from a variety of threats. The majority of the games are side-scrolling platformers with elements puzzle solving and beat 'em up. Kirby has the ability to inhale enemies and objects into his mouth, spitting them out as a projectile or eating them. If he eats certain things he can gain the powers or properties of that object manifesting as a new weapon or power-up called a Copy Ability. The series includes a total of over twenty games.

Notable Games

 * Kirby's Dream Land 2 is a 1995 platforming game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It continues the adventures of Kirby from Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Adventure, adding three animal friends to aid the pink puffball in battle. Kirby must defeat an evil force called Dark Matter, who has possessed King Dedede, intent on conquering Dream Land.
 * Kirby Super Star is a 1996 platforming game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Advertised as featuring eight games, it features seven short subsections with the same basic gameplay, and two minigames. The game was both a critical and commercial success.
 * Kirby's Return to Dream Land is a 2011 platforming game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It supports cooperative multiplayer gameplay, allowing up to four players to control various Kirby characters, including Waddle Dee, King Dedede, and Meta Knight. The plot follows the characters retrieving the scattered pieces of a crashed alien spaceship.
 * Kirby Star Allies is a 2018 platforming game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. In place of a special power-up or vehicle specifically for Kirby, the game features extensive multiplayer co-op, allowing Kirby to recruit allies from various on-stage enemies or summon special partners from the Dream Palaces.