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 ...

For Kirby, the “adorable pink puffball” from Dream Land, many games of his featured him looking happy and cheerful overseas, but looking “tough” in the West. According to a former ...