I used to be one of those guys when I first joined the Kirby fandom, but everytime I hear a discussion of the series writing that starts with "So the Lore is InSaNe-" and not like, "Kirby has a fun writing style that takes advantage of its cute exterior to tell cool stories that reward player's curiosity and leave lots of room for imagination-" I cringe so goddamn hard.
I kinda just hate that people approach things that encourage investment when they don't expect it as inherently absurd. Like it is fun to joke about how absurd Kirby lore can be, but it really often comes with an air of disrespect or exhaustion rather than like, appreciation that these games are made by people who want to tell interesting stories when they could easily make as much money just making polished enough fluffy kiddy platformers. And when it's not met with exhaustion, it's met with - like I said before - that tone that it's stupid for a series like this TO have devs who care about writing stuff for it. Which is a whole other thing about people not respecting things made to appeal to kiddie aesthetic or tone.
Maybe the state of low-stakes YouTube video essays just blows cause people play up ignorance and disbelief for engagement, but like I STG I hear people use this tone for like actual narrative based games sometimes. Some people don't like... appreciate when a game is made by people who care a shitton in ways that aren't direct gameplay feedback. And they especially don't appreciate it when it comes from something with any sense of tonal dissonance intentional or not.
Anyways, I love games made by insane people. I love games made by teams who feel like they wanna make something work or say something so bad. I love that energy, especially when invested into something that could easily rest on its laurels or which obviously won't be taken seriously. I love this in a lot of classic campy 2000s games, I love this in insanely niche yet passionate fanworks, and I love it in the Kirby series and its writing. Can we please stop talking about it like it's an annoyance or complete joke?
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like Bela and Cassandra LOCKED UP with an iron gate, hid the key INSIDE OF A PUZZLE just to make sure Ethan doesn’t get to Daniela-- it wasn’t just a locked door no no look at the iron gate and how the key was hidden Bela and Cassandra are NOT playing when it comes to keeping their baby sister safe 😭😭😭
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This isn't the game I mentioned replaying on my main, but I think halloween is a good time to recommend this game:
It's a silly and takes about 5 minutes to play
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saying “bl/3 is a bad game” and then following it up with “because jack isnt in it >:[ where’s jack i want more jack” is like winding up for a perfect pitch, and then turning and smashing the ball through a window and knocking someone into a coma
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sorry i havent posted in like. probably a year i’ve been obsessed with turtles recently and like several other things but that’s the most recent and most powerful one
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cloud's story slowly unfolds over the course of the game, and it takes a few times for most people to fully digest. that said, you learn everything you need to about him within the first ten minutes of the game. sarcastic, rude, deeply confused in most situations but plays it off as indifferent, both an extremely talented warrior AND someone who will dissociate multiple times during a mission during critical times like setting off a bomb. clearly mentally ill and in need of professional help, but no one has time to deal with that so everyone's just going to try and treat it like a personality quirk. that's him, that's my man.
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