All Nintendo References & Cameos in Kirby Games (1992 - 2024)

Other Nintendo characters made regular appearances in Kirby games. In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Samus asks Kirby for help to kill 6 Metroids. In Kirby Super Star, Kirby can find Captain Falcon's helmet and in Planet Robobot, Kirby can transform into a statue of Tom Nook.
Here is a compilation of all references and cameos of other Nintendo franchises in Kirby games from 1992 to 2018.
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[@NintenUnity]

References to: The Legend of Zelda 00:00 Metroid 01:09 Mario 02:05 Super Smash Bros. 06:42 Other 13:04

[@44bigfreeze]

Thx

[@belmontzar]

But what about the spinslash fron sword kirby? That and the sword beam at full health are also from Zelda games.

[@propvperez4285]

Nintendo Unity in kirby adventure wii there is a goku reference

[@NintenUnity]

That's actually a reference to The Journey to the West.

[@belmontzar]

Nintendo Unity That feel when people think everything Goku must be DB related when the Goku from Dragon Ball is a reference to the Monkey King of the same name complete with power limitations, Powet pole, Clouds, freakishly strong might, and magical Ki blasts.

[@Jlavi25]

The Smash Ability is such a badass reference

[@nerosoul2506]

Kirby is overpowered in ultimate

[@yupdatsmeboiii]

@@nerosoul2506 HAHAHA

[@damienalvarez2957]

Sakurai is definitely proud of that series.

[@PikminAnd]

You could have mentioned that the Yo-yo and ESP abilities give Kirby a cap that is very reminiscent of Ness' cap from EarthBound.

[@RondoOfBloodX]

Pikmin & Not to mention the background for the ability card is the menu background from Earthbound.

[@sherbertshortkake6649]

@@RondoOfBloodX What ability card?

[@RondoOfBloodX]

@@sherbertshortkake6649 Well maybe it’s not a card per say but if you look at the background of the icon that says YoYo in Kirby Superstar you’ll see it’s an exact match to the one used in the Earthbound menu at the beginning of the game.

[@brunogamer9x]

Thats true yoyo and esp kirby are a reference of ness

[@David2073]

That's why I loved the Yo-yo ability

[@Razielle667]

4:14 Oh... Satoru Iwata 😭

[@alphaamoeba]

R.I.P my Lil nintendo prince

[@harrybest2041]

RIP Satoru Iwata

[@ecchiboyanimeandgaming5345]

Rest in poyos

[@iikorayoutpriv]

@sticknimatron all that he has done can't be fit into a comment.

[@nomelinogalleros2529]

POYO POYO UGHHHUAAA POYO UGHUAAAAAAAAA VUN ITORISHO POYO UGHHHHUAAAAA

[@substitutedoll5224]

apparently kirby is immune to getting his energy drained by metroids

[@claraetlegrossesqueuesraci238]

Substitute Doll there’s nothing to drain on Kirby ;3

[@LightingRakurai]

Substitute Doll Gooey too

[@raetail]

Kirby is a god, what do you expect? (Partial Joke)

[@maxbearington7565]

Kirby is not a living thing.

[@linguicaguy]

Maybe Kirby is too squishy for it to bite into

[@paintguin9004]

My favorite references are the metroid mission with samus in kirby's dreamland 3 and the way to beat the metroids is the same of the metroid games, with ice

[@Gal276]

pinguino S Castillo Herrera I see you everywhere even in this type of videos

[@Zoniko]

pinguino S Castillo Herrera My favorite reference is Mario & Luigi in Kirby Super Star

[@rodrigogomez4288]

Superleo64 27 Charmander loquendero 27 Same. Glad to know that Im not the only one to always see pinguino Castillo Herrera in comment sections.

[@barbaramontesino1]

Brother what happened to ur pfp and why u change it

[@pinkyogurt6359]

wonder why samus met kirby and never gave him a call for help. Phazon: succ Dark aether: succ X parasites: succ Space pirates: succ Imagine their station logs when they write in that samus brought a guy that is swallowing their troops alive

[@valoch3187]

"It have been recorded that unknown creature have been assisting the Hunter during her last mission. It resembles a small pink ball with arms and legs, apparently capable of inhaling many other creatures and stealing their abilities, as many our troopers have learnt the hard way. While neither origins nor intentions of creature in question are unknown, it is clear that it is allied with Hunter and also have comparable to her combat potential."

[@carlosemilio5180]

wait, the x parasite? unlikely.

[@YoshiLikesFate]

@@carlosemilio5180 well, Kirb can succ it if its copying an entity

[@matthememelord7829]

@@YoshiLikesFate it will be like when it inhales a T.A.C is super star/super star ultra

[@gr8gmr]

You know, today when I look at it, I see the treasures in the Great Cave Offensive as a foreshadow of the Super Smash Bros. series. It contains references to all of those different Nintendo series that would eventually be represented in Smash.

[@adrianatartakoff1722]

Metroid: “Screwattack” Kirby: *S C R E W B A L L*

[@johnathanegbert9277]

Lol

[@maddestmike5791]

Kirby truly is an awesome series! ^^

[@Hibi0133]

Agreed. It’s still a good game though.

[@DRUMCANJONES22]

Agreed

[@trickytheclown2145]

Yes

[@trickytheclown2145]

@@samyb4566 dude he didn't sat anything bad

[@VeryBadChannel69]

Agreed ^°^

[@MaybeToon]

Am I the only one here who has enough common sense to know that fountain of dreams and the hi voice clip were both in Kirby games first?

[@mrscream443]

Of course not they probably just put it in because they are in both games i guess🤔

[@marx4538]

Fountain of Dreams was in Kirby's Adventure, but the theme song in NiDL is the Melee version. Plus, Kirby games had no voice clips in the time of Smash 64.

[@Jack_OutsideTheBox]

No i do

[@nikminnet2768]

@@marx4538 Anybody who knows when smash64 vs Kirb64 and melee vs NiDL came out knows.

[@crumplycashew7095]

@Hani Drea but Kirby 64 came after smash 64?

[@paulpavlus6664]

13:44 My favorite!!! If only they both could have made an appearance cameo in Kirby: Planet Robobot.

[@terrance3218]

There's an enemy that kind of resembles R.O.B.

[@sherbertshortkake6649]

@@terrance3218 Yes, at the very beginning

[@autistic_potato1037]

I wasnt suprised at the amount of smash referances concidering kierby and smash are made by the same person

[@Alphs]

8:05 when you didn't finish master hand and crazy hand fight be like...

[@randomjurassic_goat1107]

I saw your Earthbound.mp4 vid :)

[@RondoOfBloodX]

The Falchion treasure from GCO is Marths Sword from Fire Emblem.

[@malena111]

“you can even pretend to be the legendary green hero!” a reference in the sword abilities description in kirby star allies

[@El_Omar2203]

You forgot that two stages in Kirby Fighters are based on both Battlefield and Final Destination, also that Kirby can transform in a Master Hand statue with his Smash Bros moveset, the ESP and Yo-yo ability are based on Ness, a stage based in Eggerland appears in the pinball minigame from Mass Attack

[@BoltBlades12]

Omar López and that the all star rest area theme in melee is the same as the rest area in kirby

[@David2073]

You are a great Nintendo fan

[@megamanfan3]

3:43 I forgot that Bandana Waddle Dee is not a new character. His debut was actually Kirby Super Star.

[@Starmanstriker]

Kirby's dodge move in later games was inspired by Smash Bros Dodge as well.

[@PinkSlimeEntertainment]

Not just Mario, Luigi, Toad and Birdo are in the audience too in 3:31 Mario is with princess Peach and two toads at 4:38 Luigi is with Wario and two more toads at 4:51

[@xenomaster7263]

Was I the only one who was shocked that a Metroid appeared in Dreamland 3? Especially considering how creepy Metroid is compared to Kirby.

[@El_Omar2203]

You said that a Metroid is too "creepy" for a Kirby game, yet Zero appears in the same game 🤔🤔

[@bandibandibandibandi]

Have you seen some of the bosses in Kirby? It's like they came out of the darkest pits of hell

[@cal5964]

Marx is creepy as fuck!

[@alphaamoeba]

*cough* Zero *cough*

[@SuperLucky7]

*Cough* 0^2 *Cough*

[@robothing6531]

Some of these were a bit of a stretch. The Dedede’s down air one was just wrong, that move is just a normal move that the hammer ability has.

[@matthememelord7829]

And mach tornado meta night has been using it since super star

[@thisnameisbad3609]

@@matthememelord7829 super star ultra actually.

[@matthememelord7829]

@@thisnameisbad3609 no but ok

[@TwilightYonder720]

wow this ended before showing ESP is based of Ness -__-

[@huntpolyworld4584]

Not only Mario appears in the credits of Kirby super star but also Mario creators name Shigeru Miyamoto

[@tricusgames2602]

Screw atack with Kirby could be so OP

[@baileylevanen9009]

I think telling us that he can become a brick block once was enough times.

[@johnathanegbert9277]

Ikr?

[@N0toriousIdiot]

Metroids are now canonically in the same universe as Dark Matter

[@KevinClay9915]

Qbby also appears on one of Void Termina's tatoos on it's waist.

[@Hamantha]

KevClips Gaming srsly?

[@ineedabetterpfp2485]

Qbby is my favorite Nintendo character!

[@KevinClay9915]

@@ineedabetterpfp2485 Qbby for smash would be a treat!

[@alexanderdahms4001]

@@ineedabetterpfp2485 yeah he a cute box

[@shadowlugia0011]

Am I the only one who never knew Kirby could transform into a Samus statue?

[@Elfilin]

Super Star Ultra has a golden watering can treasure, which might be an Animal Crossing reference.

[@smr1518]

I'm impressed by how much detail they put, but they didn't need to go all out

[@MishKoz]

10:27 the opening to this song also sounds extremely similar to Melee's battlefield theme. Hell, the layout is basically Battlefield too.

[@wesleypelkola8696]

The fountain of dreams is from kirby and that is why it is in smash

[@starsatellite2413]

Amazing! If a Kirby crossover game is made one day in the future Kirby can meet all of the Mario characters, Legend of Zelda characters, Samus Aran and more Nintendo characters and best of all Kirby would accomplish objectives for all of them and Kirby would make friends with all of them and gain their friendship and respect.

[@DMMBlogs94]

Not to mention that Kirby's copy ability moves are inspired by Pokemon moves! For example Leaf Kirby uses Leaf Storm, Leaf Tornado, Razor Leaf. Fire Kirby uses Flamethrower, Flame Wheel, Fire Spin. Spark/Plasma Kirby uses Electro Ball, Thunderbolt.

[@teamawesomeness7137]

out of those,only leaf tornado and thunderbolt are used by kirby under those names. and there is no single ability "spark/plasma" spark and plasma are not the same ability,although they do both use something similar to electro ball.

[@RedoCasshan]

Kirby is a Pokémon confimide?

[@Foulowe59]

you forgot that the power psy and yo-yo are based on ness from earthbound, and the ennemy with the yo-yo ability in kirby super star (gim) its also based on ness !

[@duykhangtran4406]

Foulowe 59 kevin vermeersch ESP? More like backward PSI. Also, the guy with esp names Nesp

[@micahplays4939]

Mario gets the most love in Kirby games

[@mr.penguin7880]

You guys are awesome! ☺️

[@WamyDuper]

Why doesn’t Kirby eat master hand in smash bros

[@Hamantha]

Gamer Shy Guy he can't. Too big

[@WamyDuper]

Phan Tom he ate him here when he got knocked out, so he just has to do it again

[@Lopez12160]

Gamer shy guy because that was master hand before he did smash bros

[@Hamantha]

Gamer Shy Guy he already has his smash ability

[@greenlamps484]

Gamer shy guy because gloves taste like crap.

[@Koenngard]

6:51 Kiby?

[@ragdollyandy]

Yeaaah Boooiii Atleast i wasnt the only one that noticed that.

[@realreptillianjesus]

Ki🅱y

[@nomelinogalleros2529]

Me: GIVE ME A KIBY POP kiby Pop Trader: Okay that is $1. Me: Yay please can I get 2 kiby pops? I got $100,000000,0000000. kiby Pop Trader: Okay! *gives 1 more kiby pop* *i get the last one and run away from kiby Pop Trader*

[@domini-dot-ck]

Ya, noticed it

[@captz7135]

kirby and smash bros originated from *LITERALLY* the same flipping person... Masahiro Sakurai

[@noval6713]

No shit sherlock, we all know that

[@BooDestroyer]

Except all he "created" was Kirby the characters and wasn't actually responsible for everything else in the series, nor does he own Kirby or anything related to it. Rather, both series (Kirby and Smash) first came from the same company: HAL Laboratory

[@agoogleuser6037]

Pretty sure Master Hand and Crazy Hand are from the Kirby Games, because the creators of Kirby helped with Smash Bros

[@iceypumpkinhead]

There's also a reference to Kirby, the main character of the Kirby series :D

[@sam4gaming135]

13:26 it might be a stretch (by the games releasing a few months from each other) But at the bottom right an item bares a striking resemblance to the shellder on a slowbros tail from pokemon

[@rmoses77]

Ones you forgot: E.S.P. Kirby is based on ness and in triple deluxe the Mario 64 piano appears.

[@Gibo3173]

what about the non - Nintendo references in Kirby games? like Kirby using the giga drill breaker in planet robobot Goriath going super sayian in return to dreamland or Zan Partizanne being an homage to lady Satsuki

[@MetalMargatroid]

Or Marx Soul being based off of Flandre Scarlet

[@davitaborda9658]

Impossible. Kirby no is too much pop culture icon similar as super mario,pokémon and the legend of zelda

[@theradman9478]

You mean all the anime references

[@maxbearington7565]

When did Kirby go Super sayian?

[@Gibo3173]

Max Hamilton, I was talking about the world four boss in return to dreamland, Goriath. in the second phase of the battle his hair turns hot yellow, and fires massive energy projectiles like in Dragon Ball Z.

[@BifronsCandle]

Took me a long while to realize that Kirby fires a sword at full health, just like Link.

[@7amoody.buhazza]

I didn’t know that

[@sherbertshortkake6649]

Only in certain games. Not in 3DS Kirby games for example, but that is true in Wii games and I believe Kirby: Star Allies.

[@commonfreak9093]

i always thought the master hand was a boss in kirby and smash bros took that boss

[@josetorresmandujano]

Everything happens in the kirby universe, kirby it’s the only one mighty warrior

[@xenophanessonic821]

So basically all the nintendo universes/worlds are tied together.

[@_Maritime_]

Of course have you seen the world of light intro? Nintendo hinting at something I know they are. The red herrings.

[@harrybest2041]

FOD Isn't A SSB Reference, The FOD First Appeared In Kirby's Adventure

[@BooDestroyer]

He's saying that the Melee appearance of the FOD is being used from now on. The FOD in Kirby's Adventure looked different from this.

[@chikoritalover]

7:27 The options icon is similar to the one in Smash 64 BTW.

[@Sonic-nx8fc]

man your videos are so good, keep it up Nintendo unity

[@kikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii]

5:23 looking at this entire boss fight and something came up to my mind. Which is the fact that this one is similar to the fight in Cuphead when you encounter Hilda Berg.

[@guycappy]

ESP Kirby is based on Ness. It's movesets starts (i assume) with PK, which is PSI/PK from Earthbound.

[@hahayeye2277]

Ah yes, Blooper being in the first Kirby game

[@Snowy167]

In kirby's return to dreamland for wii, you can turn into the brick block from mario games

[@psycholuigiman]

There are so many references, I don't blame you for missing some.

[@huntpolyworld4584]

Here you go Master Hand and Crazy Hand in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror I guess it makes sense because in that game there's a ability called smash which literally makes Kirby have all the abilities from Super Smash Bros accept the inhaling ability that makes sense considering when Kirby already gets an ability he can't inhale anymore unless Kirby makes the ability into a star that bounces off of him unless he inhales that star and gains the ability again

[@DoodleWill]

A good start, but there are so many other References and Cameos.

[@user-og8jy1ib7f]

You missed Chao being in the Japanese version of Kirby’s Dreamland 2. She is rescueable and appears in the sound test playing the piano.

[@samuelmauldin9131]

Ok the Samus and Mario Statues I never knew about! But the part about Master Hand and Crazy Hand, I wanted to do that fight with the Smash ability on my walkthrough to Amazing Mirror but that goddamn part just after the Master Hand fight fucked me up!

[@huntpolyworld4584]

I guess Masahiro Sakurai love Super Smash Bros so much he puts everything from Super Smash Bros into some of his Kirby games

[@BooDestroyer]

He doesn't make the Kirby games anymore, you know. In fact, he only worked on very few Kirby games.

[@ragdollyandy]

6:51 "Kiby" Can you fix that?

[@HMZeroTwo]

am i the only one irked about the fact nintendo unity did not show the names of the games that contain the references?

[@beegpappa7900]

I am

[@altoggiv737]

Kirby has a Qbby costume in Battle Royale

[@D3oderant]

I felt like some of these were a bit of a stretch. Either way, great job!

[@youknowwhatimean6481]

i like watching your videos because it reminds me when i had these games

[@KycenPetersen]

Also the master hand statue in planet robobot

[@schmittdjeson]

12:46 Meta knight: know my power!

[@TenshiYerlin]

The Kirby creator is actually a lover of super Mario bros

[@paperluigi6132]

This might be hard but, All Fire Emblem references and cameos in other games

[@christopherbf1197]

Kirby’s Doctor abilities should have been the new move set for Dr. Mario in Smash Ultimate so he doesn’t resemble Mario so much.

[@SageSylvie]

Does anyone know the name of the song at 10:29? I’ve heard it before in the Kirby anime and it’s been one of my all time favorites because the scenes it came with gave me chills, but I could never find the name.

[@duskmoonlight8705]

The reason why Sakurai made Smash Bros was to make the ultimate combination of games just like he did in his Kirby games

[@teamawesomeness7137]

doctor was my fanon kirby ability back in december 2015. i'm glad an ability that i once came up with appeared in an actul kirby game,even if that's not why the ability is there.

[@codyortegaquinnell636]

11:52 "Inhaled Kirby and copied the Smash Bros. ability!" I'm sorry, but inhaled *_WHAT._*

[@anomaly395]

9:25 The music that's playing is the "All-Star Rest Area" from Super Smash Bros. Melee as well.

[@TheDusty321]

Actually, the Rest Area music is from Kirby Super Star. And, if you listen closely, the melody is actually part of the Float Islands theme.

[@anomaly395]

TheDusty321 So Melee just took a theme from Kirby? (Also I already figured out it was apart of the Floaty Islands theme)

[@funny_lauren_epic_time]

you’re just going to ignore that master hand and the smash bros ability imply that the super smash bros. series is canon in kirby lore

[@theophilecaceres5855]

Qbby appears in Kirby Battle Royale with the Qbby Amiibo.

[@huntpolyworld4584]

Not only the missiles from kabula are based off of the Banzai Bill but so is Kabula himself

[@pinkhoodieguy7703]

ESP Kirby's design and info in the pause menu in Planet Robobot all point towards Ness, or Earthbound.....

[@AverageGhostfaceEnthusiast]

But you forgot to mention... no wait you got that too.

[@Flare8295]

One of the puzzle paintings from Kirby Star Allies has a Starman from Mario

[@slima11NG]

Wot ... It's every enemies similar to another enemies Based of that enemy?

[@captz7135]

also, shuttle loop is used in later smash bros titles.

[@GamermanGreene29]

Didn't Nightmare in Dreamland come before Melee, and Super Star Ultra before Brawl? Also, Master/Crazy Hand stickers exist because they were in Amazing Mirror. It's not a reference, but rather a callback.

[@dimentio9833]

You know this means all Nintendo universes are connected right

[@bluberrydee6205]

So basically Kirby had Wham Bam Rock then Smash got Master Hand (which was essentially an echp of Wham Bam Rock) Then in Amazing Mirror they put Master and Crazy Hand as mini bosses Then in Super Star Ultra they brought back Wham Bam Rock and added Wham Bam Jewel

[@thegoldenturd78]

*THE FOUNTAIN OF DREAMS APPEARS WITH ITS MELEE DESIGN AND MUSIC*

[@theluffinater9470]

Smash in Planet Robobot has a rare statue of Master Hand on top of the Smash symbol

[@slima11NG]

It's squish actually based on blooper or is it just similar?

[@SweetJaxsonoki52865]

What is that music? 13:41 Send me the Link or tell me what the music is called.

[@GmrGy611]

Think you can do a video with all the references of Samus in other games? When you did the “Kirby references in other games” video, the SkullGirls DDD costume bit had a Samus looking Robo-Fortune.

[@slima11NG]

A random flower is just based of a fire flower because it looks similar in shape? Datz just ... Dumb

[@jamarismith9867]

The video is supposed to be about intentional references, not just a video about things that look like other things.

[@failbearyt9249]

This Video was about "r e f e r e n c e s"

[@ihtscarter568]

if you 100% your file in star allies, the same green greens will play from smash melee instead of the title theme on the select theme

[@ignaciocifuentes6785]

10:05 do you think than that is face of someone with mercy?

[@ShinyTheJirachi]

Awesome

[@rickym3146]

I always knew sword kirby was based on Link

[@teamawesomeness7137]

although not in sword kirby's first appearance.

[@rickym3146]

Yeah I know that and I never did get Kirby's Adventure.

[@7amoody.buhazza]

Richard M buy a wii or Wii U with the wii edition then buy Kirby’s dream collection and play the Kirby adventure

[@Fever852]

Lololo has his own game as well