Kirby in a fist fight: every matchup
“The Pink Puffball” · Nintendo · 1992 · 0′8″ (20 cm), about 4 lb (2 kg)
Round pink hero of Dream Land who inhales enemies and copies their powers. Officially about 20 cm tall, and far tougher than he looks.
The crowd picks Kirby in 50% of votes (4 of 8).
Did you know?
- He is widely believed to be named after John Kirby, a lawyer who won a big court case for Nintendo.
- His first name during development was “Popopo”.
- He was created by Masahiro Sakurai, who was only 19 at the time.
- Shigeru Miyamoto wanted him to be yellow. Sakurai wanted pink, and pink won.
- He was white on the US box of his first game, because the Game Boy screen had no colour.
- US box art often gave him an angry face to make him look tougher.
- His first game was made to be easy, so beginners could finish it.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) was his first full 3D adventure.
- Kirby Café restaurants in Japan serve food shaped like him and his friends.
- His Fighter copy ability gives him a red headband and martial arts moves.
Every fight (34)
- Kirby vs Idi Amin · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Samus Aran · The AI: Samus by TKO
- Kirby vs Napoléon Bonaparte · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Fidel Castro · The AI: Castro by TKO
- Kirby vs Master Chief · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Chun-Li · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Winston Churchill · The AI: Churchill by Decision
- Kirby vs Ulysses S. Grant · The AI: Kirby by Decision
- Kirby vs Adolf Hitler · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Hitmonchan · The AI: Hitmonchan by Decision
- Kirby vs Saddam Hussein · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Genghis Khan · The AI: Genghis by TKO
- Kirby vs Knuckles · The AI: Knuckles by TKO
- Kirby vs Abraham Lincoln · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Little Mac · The AI: Little Mac by Decision
- Kirby vs Machamp · The AI: Machamp by Decision
- Kirby vs Mario · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Audie Murphy · The AI: Murphy by Decision
- Kirby vs Miyamoto Musashi · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Kirby vs Benito Mussolini · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Horatio Nelson · The AI: Nelson by Decision
- Kirby vs Barack Obama · The AI: Obama by TKO
- Kirby vs George S. Patton · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Pikachu · The AI: Pikachu by Decision
- Kirby vs Theodore Roosevelt · The AI: Roosevelt by TKO
- Kirby vs Ryu · The AI: Ryu by Decision
- Kirby vs Solid Snake · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Snorlax · The AI: Kirby by Decision
- Kirby vs Sonic · The AI: Sonic by TKO
- Kirby vs Joseph Stalin · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs Alexander the Great · The AI: Kirby by DQ
- Kirby vs George Washington · The AI: Washington by TKO
- Kirby vs Yoshi · The AI: Yoshi by Decision
- Kirby vs Zangief · The AI: Kirby by DQ