Kirby's Meme Land (LOL!!)

[@VannTango]

Fun fact: Old Japanese game studios would force their workers to use pseudonyms in the credits if they thought that employee was at risk of getting hired by a competitor for their work on the game.

[@magneticflux-]

Fairest Japanese workplace lmao

[@AC-pg3yt]

To be fair it happened in the US too in the Atari era. One of the first video game Easter eggs was just the game programmer’s name.

[@hyperon_ion9423]

The entirety of the Japanese developer team for the original Sonic the Hedgehog was forced to do this. They circumvented it by adding a full-on cheat code that revealed their proper names in the credits. It's kind of genuinely what started the practice of developers hiding their names in games as Easter eggs.

[@a_lilypup]

@@AC-pg3yt then you had very early activision which would credit games' programmers right there in the title

[@BigBoy257]

@@AC-pg3ytwhich game was it?

[@ZanderMote]

The 4-bit "Sakurai" portrait at 0:45 goes insane, another banger by the funniest fruit of them all

[@Hunti_3D]

I love the ability of Kirby games to just put a smile on the face of whoever is playing them. Like, they don't blow you away or anything but they just make you happy, it's so fun to hear the man enjoying himself in this

[@ingothasnolife8040]

This is True!

[@BigBoy257]

Idk dude, Kirby’s Adventure and Kirby Super Star Ultra certainly blew me away as a kid

[@elijahgearhart5116]

Kirby games are magic like that! They just have a knack for being cozy and fun! That being said, when a Kirby game wants to blow you away, they definitely will succeed in that. Especially some of the later titles in the series. Looking at you, star allies and planet robobot!

[@marzbar5877]

@@elijahgearhart5116Forgotten Land also made me so hype

[@lilwyvern4]

@@elijahgearhart5116 I defy ANYONE to play Kirby's Epic Yarn and not have the dopiest smile on their face. The little sleepy Waddle Dees alone are enough to melt even the iciest of hearts.

[@dogie2427]

Kirby if he ate grayfruit: eyy im a grayfruit yeepee

[@vinegar...]

this is so wise...

[@Frugthereal]

We need this comment pinned

[@Chair_sloppenheimer]

Feel that..? That's true...

[@dynamari]

GIVE THIS MAN A True...

[@Lamaneus]

Eyy I'm walkin' *walks*

[@1Henrink]

I can't trust people that don't like the character of Kirby. You can not play any of his games, but he is just a little guy.

[@fauxdude9756]

much like the shopping cart test, liking kirby is a litmus test on whether a person can be a functioning member of society

[@Just_A_Red_Guy]

Kirby is kinda cringe

[@ingothasnolife8040]

​@@Just_A_Red_Guyfound one of the untrustworthy individuals.

[@thekiss2083]

The only Kirby I enjoy is the TerminalMontage devout Christian Kirby

[@gloweyspecs]

also untrustworthy

[@MitoNova583]

Kirby: oh boy time to go on my Extra Mode adventure what could possibly go wrong Kracko Jr.'s Revenge:

[@kirimusse]

I love the Extra Game. Parasols want you dead in the Extra Game.

[@TheKingOfNachosTM]

The Right Corner:

[@quagtwo]

6:40 Missed opportunity to title the video "Kirby's Peam Land"

[@BigBoy257]

Nah the KZbin gods would age restrict. I kid, but honestly I could see that happening

[@dadkisser2682]

What is peam

[@soundboomer]

@@dadkisser2682 pee steam

[@quagtwo]

@@dadkisser2682 There was a thread on Twitter that said "I love those Tenor Gifs that are obviously just some random friend group's inside joke" Then somebody replied with the "it's peam" Gif that I timestamped. None of us know the actual context behind Peam, but the thought that there's some small group of people out there who *do* is funny. But for now it's just a gag version of "it's peak"

[@superdialga8923]

@@dadkisser2682 it’s peam

[@IlRealPsVita]

5:10 If I remember correctly you can still goomba stomp enemies in modern kirby games if you fall from a high ledge (you have to keep falling until Kirby faces down)

[@ingothasnolife8040]

Correct, in fact I'm pretty sure its a mechanic in every single Kirby game, at least off the top of my head

[@SighFi]

off the top of kirby's head too!!

[@td-3d172]

Or pressing down twice in the air

[@bloomwitch]

The top of Kirby's head is the hitbox, when jumping under an enemy, it deals damage

[@IlRealPsVita]

@@bloomwitch so basically Kirby's head has an hitbox that can always hurt enemies?

[@amongus_moment]

"DREAMLAND!" -worlds biggest Kirby fan, Mr Sandman

[@No_Name8700-q9t]

BOO!

[@terriblyterrified8742]

Afraid?

[@amongus_moment]

@@terriblyterrified8742 YES !! CONSTANTLY

[@grfrjiglstan]

Kirby normally: ‘.’ Kirby when he dies: =|

[@ingothasnolife8040]

Sheer disappointment from failure

[@PoyoDesuka]

The Kirby Series is full of bangers, not a single actively bad game in Kirb's catalog. Hope this is the start of a new Grayfruit Saga.

[@AKAProm]

Not a bad kirby game huh? Well what about... [rustles cards, squinting as I read them] um... Kirby Slide Puzzle for the Gameboy Advance eReader? Heh, checkmate.

[@squiddu]

​@@AKAProm kirby battle royale(?) is the closest we have

[@FirionLeFleur]

(i wish I liked Amazing Mirror so it's subjective but I'd whisper Amazing Mirror) ((or Star Allies 1.0)

[@FirionLeFleur]

@@PoyoDesuka the worst Kirby game is still a 5/10 so I'd say we're doing pretty alright in this corner

[@angrysunflower222]

​@@squiddu battle royale slander >:[

[@powertheimmortal]

16:21 Tuff: “Woah the curry was so spicy that he turned into fire kirby” Meta Knight: “No that’s just heartburn.” i had no idea that was from the games

[@StompyRoA]

Incredibly fast turnaround from vod to main channel, keep up the good work fruit man

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

Grayfruit working doubletime in the editor mines for our enjoyment

[@davidweeks1778]

Little did this middle schooler know, he was engaging in intensive Grayfruit training by seatbelt-beatboxing his kirbo music

[@MrDjWalnut]

I THINK the idea in the first game was that Kirby's just 1 member of a whole race of other identical Kirbys which is why a bunch of other ones show up & are also cheering for him in the ending

[@ingothasnolife8040]

That would make sense, nowadays thats retconned to be just a bunch of Waddle Dee's but its still a cool thing to think about lmao

[@Mama-Luigi]

there is the various colored kirbys from return to dreamland and other such games so i guess that tracks

[@MahNamJeff]

@@Mama-Luigithe multicoloured kirbys are literally just clones of him caused by an evil meta knight slashing him

[@Mama-Luigi]

@@MahNamJeff is that canon for every other game they show up in ?

[@MahNamJeff]

@@Mama-Luigi idk but the colors have stayed consistent since their introduction in amazing mirror so its likely that they are the same character

[@Flygoniaks]

True story I'd like to share with everyone: Once, in a college English class, our teacher wanted us to write an essay about literally anything we wanted. So, after talking it over with my teacher, I wrote an essay regarding the evolution of postgame content in video games (since she had a kid who was into gaming and thought he might want to read it). _Kirby's Dream Land_ was unironically the most important game in that essay, as its "extra mode" was one of the earliest examples of _significant_ postgame content I could find within the scope of my research. [15:50] Actually, _Dream Land_ has KINDA been remade, twice! The "Spring Breeze" story in _Kirby Super Star_ is basically an abridged version of this, while _Blowout Blast_ is a 3D re-imagining.

[@stingray-blues]

I'm genuinely interested in reading this essay. Is it something you can share?

[@Flygoniaks]

@@stingray-blues Probably going to be a no on that front, unfortunately, as I'm afraid of revealing my real identity and whatnot. Internet anonymity and all that...

[@stingray-blues]

@@Flygoniaks ah dang, no worries

[@nuclearpaste]

I'd like to imagine you also covered Kirby Super Star Ultra's "post game content", as it's more like an expansion on Super Star where DeDeDe's revenge (?) And the revenge of MetaKnight levels wierdly feel like post-game content while still being part of the main game (feels like DLC honestly) and how the levelling up in difficulty of the arena to the true arena makes you feel like the ultimate games player. Though there are probably earlier examples of the same effect, and i am ABSOLUTELY biased

[@quagtwo]

The title feels like a social experiment

[@PoyoDesuka]

The little Game Over hand that appears to wake kirby up is not Mater Hand nor Crazy Hand, but their younger cousin, Mr. Hand.

[@ingothasnolife8040]

@@PoyoDesuka I love & Support this idea lmao

[@MorreKorb]

Actually, fun fact; in their most recent appearance (Kirby's dream buffet) those miniature hands are referred to as "server hands" by the flavour text that scrolls by on the main menu.

[@Eightfold024]

Maxim TowMater Hand?

[@UnusedCanyon]

"its peam" has been reverberating in my head like the bouncing DVD logo ever since i heard grayfruit say it in this video

[@Side_N0te]

15:48 Just _wait_ until he plays Super Star.

[@dialog_box]

4:20 i'm glad this scoop edit clearly sticks in gray's mind as much as it does in mine. sometimes i'll just be trying to remember what i was about to do, and for some reason my brain will internally phrase that as "what'll i do now," which then activates shaggy saying "waddle dee" in my head

[@BierBart12]

Holding your device up to your ear to listen to video game music because everyone else thinks it's annoying is still a thing. Especially when you forgot your earphones

[@CrustyFox87]

I still do that when my headphones are charging

[@azure4622]

​@@CrustyFox87 I'm lucky my pair work while charging

[@normalperson7]

how can you find video game music annoying ? its literally just music

[@CrustyFox87]

@@normalperson7 Exactly! Some people are just too easily annoyed

[@BierBart12]

@@normalperson7 Old people seem to not hear it as music, but weird noise

[@Kirodromeda]

23:11 “I’m all jorked up, hold on I’m gonna blow”

[@MarkiplierMeatMuncher8]

31:40 grayfruit attempts to channel his inner elephant but he gets deflated in the process

[@betchaos7383]

Today I learned Kirby's dream land had a hard mode and today I learned that's where the enemies from revenge of the king came from

[@guywhoplaysvideogames9447]

Shoutout to that one chat member who suggested that this one stream should be a video (even if Grayfruit would have done it anyway)

[@jester9900]

not to brag but uhhh… that was me 🤑

[@ingothasnolife8040]

You mad lad ​@@jester9900

[@joshuaburnett7643]

"If you resist the suck I'll give you the blow" -Gayfruit 2024

[@fauxdude9756]

10:19 actually in kirby right back at ya its explained that lololo and lalala were actually a single being named prince lola who got split in half by the iconic NME monster splice 'n slice, which you would know if you weren't a FAKE FAN

[@SighFi]

and in the english dub were named fololo and falala (fofa). for some fucking reason. they just could NOT decide on their names huh

[@MorreKorb]

Bro that show isn't even canon to Kirby, no way it's canon to fucking adventures of Lolo.

[@ingothasnolife8040]

​@@MorreKorb^ this

[@superdialga8923]

And then Kirby fucking kills slice and splice on screen by cutting him in half

[@SighFi]

.........yeah the kirby anime was fucking weird

[@hecatia666]

I remember for the short time i had a gameboy color before it got stolen, this was the only game we could afford and every day i played it and tried to clear it as fast as possible and sometimes doing one life bar runs I'm so glad grayfruit is playing the kirb

[@BigBoy257]

I hope you find the jerk who stole it

[@lancelee338]

23:05 what a trainwreck of words

[@BigBoy257]

Jorked up

[@oked99]

bad day to have ears

[@elijahkeay3906]

18:35 this is like some Dark Souls boulder respawning type developer japes

[@clambert-p-mormon]

love the enthusiasm in the description. feels like something kirby would write.

[@MarxSoul2001]

would love to see more kirby content by grayfruit! (fun fact! there does exist a kirby's dream land remake! it's the spring breeze mode of kirby super star. sadly, as much as that game (and the ultra version especially) is peak, idr if they did the really cool audio thing he described with the warp star...)

[@rheenusthebeanus]

I LOVE GRAYFRUIT, GRAYFRUIT #1 FAN RIGHT HERE. I LOVE PEGGING AND MAKING SPREADSHEETS!!!!

[@Artidume]

Fun Fact! The F in grayfruit stands for Spreadsheets :)

[@strangemat]

Gray Fruit. Pink Ball. I have everything I need.

[@cristobalromanb]

BABE WAKE UP NEW GRAYFRUIT VIDEO

[@carlosemilio5180]

The Kirby (LOL!):

[@napalmzombie848]

New strean idea: Grayfruit hunts down Stefan and confronts him about lying to him about Kirby's Dreamland.

[@Makzutheamazing]

fun fact: as revealed in one of sakurais videos, the enemies in this game don't have collision and aren't programmed to move. rather; movement of every individual enemy in the game was manually animated by sakurai himself. like thats something i'd expect from a unity asset flip but it's in a game released on a console which entire game catalogue isn't even a gigabyte.

[@bungusbajablast2877]

he also programmed the game using a trackball and an onscreen keyboard

[@ingothasnolife8040]

Yea Sakurai is a Crazy game developer, he made a ton of cool games but he also scares me.

[@Superflystickguy]

Had to lock in against the penguin and turned into an elephant for a solid 20 seconds

[@Genyosai03]

20:33 genuine scream of regret lol

[@amperscore]

It’s always the vods I actually watch that get edited into videos the next day

[@ChimpsR4]

15:52 it actually kind of got a remake as a game in Kirby Superstar, albeit it’s missing some content from the original. Also Kirby Superstar Ultra is the best video game of all time

[@elib2363]

Today, grayfruit showed me that kirby is cool actually. And not simple and lame.

[@BigBoy257]

He gets cooler with every game too!

[@ingothasnolife8040]

They're Fun Games that only get better with each game! I'd recommend trying to play'em yourself!

[@oaktoaster8599]

15:28 I hate how good this syncs up with kirbys mouth

[@DasTechniker]

thank you for this scrumptious video gray man, I will watch it after I un-flood my basement

[@Gamebeastie]

I can't believe I just realized the mt ddd intro is cinematic af, the super dynamic camera movement is kinda like subspace's

[@FirionLeFleur]

My favorite piece of Kirby media is the Paintra animations with aqua teen hunger force dialog.

[@cometmilkshake]

*_I HAVE A DEMON INSIDEA MEEEEEE_*

[@thefaceofchlo5390]

-Claims his knowledge is from the anime -Doesn't recognize the Kabu enemies (Cries in true Kirby fan)

[@50cal10b]

I think playing through all the kirby games would be fun. Idk if it was just for fighting games, but he did say something about not wanting to do a full series like he did with all the street fighters, but kirby games are generally pretty short and feel perfect for that kinda thing

[@jaylus5694]

27:33 Unironically pretty close to what Void is in actual Kirby lore.

[@bloodakoos]

32:16 "your entire moveset is in my vault. and i've got the key" cuts to him with 1 hp lmao

[@galaxy-maker]

Pulled a gray fruit vid at 1 minute :D that’s my new PB. Loving the content dude keep it up!

[@AshyMuted]

What if it was Kirby's Scream Land and instead of jumping around he just yelled

[@victikirby15]

This video is longer than a single playthrough of Kirby’s Dreamland. How does the fruit man do it

[@ingothasnolife8040]

@@victikirby15 Extra Mode :)

[@earthquack30]

So this ISN'T the Kirby game with the pinup lady room

[@miniboss000]

nah that's dreamland 2

[@bulkypigeon]

I would love to see you play more of the Kirby series! 64, Forgotten Land, and Robobot are my favorites, but literally all of them are good. Star Allies is usually the most maligned, but at worst its a bit short. It still is a wild ride in its final act, which is a feature all modern kirby games share.

[@ajquestion9559]

i hope grayfruit plays more kirby games. so many bangers

[@pixelpal786]

Glad to learn what exactly Jenkum is from a Kirby video, Thank you Mr. Fruit.

[@bz6398]

"I don't think I'll make this a main vid channel" 1 hour later "Yeah I think I'll make this into a main channel video."

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

You know what to do boys. Time to force gray fruit to learn the entire kirby lore, starting with void termina and the ancients tribes.

[@Chad2Underscores]

Time for Kirby to be Fruit guy's obsession he references at least once a stream.

[@StrykerMagnum]

I had this game as a kid and I remember playing it a bunch! Sure, it's short, but I had fun just seeing how many times I could loop, or trying to max out my score.

[@smallkidneyjoe4046]

towards the end there you really had to become a balloon to beat dedede. thats how we know you're the true kirby master.

[@flabberghastio]

a series of grayfruit playing old kirby games would be genuinely delightful

[@hgmd3284]

The “goomba stomp” is actually Kirby faceplanting. That happens after a bit of falling.

[@grac7791]

I love how grayfruit actually randomly stumbled onto a big Kirby lore theory in the community that Kirby is actually made of dark matter

[@InkInkly]

thank goshness i watched the vod, now i can enjoy the video properly

[@a_soup_can]

31:45 the sound kirby makes when i wring his stupid puffed-up face

[@coke_the_gal2813]

everytime greyfruit mimics game sounds i flash back to a comment under on of his peggle videos noting how good he is at mimicing. christ he's good

[@angelrojas-hg8ud]

He's this🤏 close of discovering trax and I can't wait for that stream

[@ingothasnolife8040]

THE KIRBY VIDEO IS REALLLLL, The Chat Members' Dream came True!!! Here's some interesting info about the mysterious people in the Credits, "Sunny Day" is Satoru Iwata, however as far as I know we still to this day do not know who in the world Bubby & Cipher are, there's just not much info on them for whatever reason. Tho as someone in this comment section has said, the reason for these pseudonyms is because japanese companies at the time didn't want competitors stealing the Devs from their work on the games they've made.

[@MaxTheSwagMasterC]

quick turnaround on this one. long live elden ring dedede

[@relieved860]

its peam

[@kailor8764]

The fuck I JUST watched the vod. Also funny that the edit is about the same length as the base game.

[@viclarson2968]

Please please please let this be a series of kirby games I'd be so happy

[@Kawi31]

one of the best kirby games imo, its short but in no way is that bad, it makes it really fun to quickly play through

[@BimbelyGimbly]

Oh, this was quick, didn't expect this to be a main channel vid so fast. Not complaining, but hey, it's nice.

[@phantomgrape]

grayfruit i would go CRAZY for more kirby videos ougghg

[@okesska7481]

4:23 "i feel like there's a song in superstar saga" i got great news

[@Cmanorange]

what is a kirb??!! a kawaii little puffball of secrets!

[@Flowtendo]

i'm kirbin out, glad to see a cool channel play a cool game series, the rest of the kirby games are also bangers, they're delightful, plus THE LORE, THERE'S SO MUCH LORE AND CALLBACKS

[@SidShakal]

15:48 omg yes, music channels dropping out for sound effects is something SOMEONE has got to bring back in some game or other

[@RobinOfYlisse]

I too have nostalgia about audio channels cutting out, it's crazy how much it happens in NES-GBA games

[@THEBEEDOOBOP]

I wonder what happened to the Kid Who Always Lied on every elementary school playground. I bet they're in HR now

[@inigoo]

dinner

[@cometmilkshake]

I recommend Trip World for anyone else who is a big fan of "short and easy but immensely charming platformers for the game boy"

[@nonbuddy]

the turnaround on editing this vod is kind of insane

[@TheJumbaco]

Always thought the squeak squad music was only from that game, so surprised to find out it's also from the superspicy curry in this one

[@ReddFiveOhOh]

i just finished the vod today, after falling asleep at like the 50 minute mark so i rewatched it

[@photonic083]

19:07 the "water bottle" is called an "energy drink": and is a purchasable item in Kirby and the forgotten land.

[@ZizZap4]

Now we've gotta convince him to play Superstar or Superstar Ultra by mentioning it has the entirety of Kirby's Dreamland included.

[@NerfPlayeR135]

31:40 I don't think I've ever heard someone _deflate_ while playing a game.

[@sulfurstreak5368]

A TAS speedrun of dreamland extra mode just released a couple days ago. Its pretty cool, worth checking out

[@pizza-frank]

4:32 I can finally use this useless tidbit of knowledge. You can kill the cannons with the lollipop invincibility if you stand on them for long enough. I thought I was so cool as a kid when I figured that out.

[@Weldedhodag]

i remember playing this game so much on my 3ds when I was younger, I was able to beat it in about 25 minutes

[@scaryjello1212]

When i was like 5 my dad showed me how to go on online emulators and play Kirby Adventure, absolutely cinema

[@jackiesstories2038]

I remember playing this game during breaks in elementary school, it's so short we would try and see how many times we would beat the game during a single break. I think our record was around 6

[@darkridoom]

This video is longer than it takes to beat this game

[@thanksomuch1557]

you would love Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland, the GBA remake of Kirby's Adventure on the NES, which introduced copy abilities, meta knight, kirby fighting gods, etc. It's a super cute game.

[@ShubhamGupta-ir2gn]

Honestly, not as good as the original.

[@ingothasnolife8040]

@@ShubhamGupta-ir2gn yea no I'd just recommend playing the original game lmao, which grayfruit will likely do.

[@ShubhamGupta-ir2gn]

@@ingothasnolife8040 I mean, the Remake IS nice and all. But the NES version is just more Impressive graphically and gameplay wise. Also, THE BUTTER TOWERS DON'T SPIN IN THE GBA VERSION 😭

[@ingothasnolife8040]

​@@ShubhamGupta-ir2gnliterally unplayable (like, did they not feel like programming?????)