Former Nintendo employees are talking about the difference between Kirby games' box art in Japan and the west. While it was previously noted during a developer interview in the 2010s that Kirby typically had a fiercer countenance in the west to appeal to American buyers, this new discussion goes into a bit more detail on the Kirby game decision.
Kirby has been around for a long time, being one of the few remaining popular game characters still receiving new games that first appeared on a black and white console. It turns out that Kirby's origins in Kirby's Dream Land play a role in why his appearance looks different on some game covers.
A critically-acclaimed Kirby game is reportedly getting a remaster for the Switch, which, if true, could replicate a similar occurrence on the 3DS.
In a recent chat with Polygon, former Nintendo localization director Leslie Swan and former Nintendo Minute host Krysta Yang both talked about the iconic puffball and why some of the game covers in the Kirby series have looked different in the west. According to Swan, the main change was to appeal to tween and teen buyers in the US. Swan points out...
