Any Kirby fan should be very familiar with what is happening in this video, and understands who Kirby is as
a character in general, but how many of you have ever REALLY thought about what is going on here? A
simple plot for a Nintendo classic, or a thinly veiled Marxian fable?

Kirby lives in a time of corruption, greed, and oppression of the proletariat. he himself combines hte strengths
of all the citizens of Pop Star to form an unstoppable machine. King DeDeDe, a crude caricature of a over
fed, over payed, and over privileged bourgeois, has hoarded all the food(resources, money, means of
production, etc.) for himself in his palatial mountain top estate. All the Pop Star inhabitants are forced to go
hungry unless one of their own rises against the clearly incompetent capitalist front.


The ugly face of capitalism?

When Kirby storms DeDeDe's castle he quickly and easily dispatches the lazy and ultimately inferior penguin
king. Kirby then turns into a hot air balloon( I have no clue) and redistributes the wealth evenly among the
working class.

Kirby and DeDeDe are not the only members of the cast who fall in with these themes. The series even
features a character named Marx. While this character is a villain with self centered motives he is an
example of a those who operate under the name or communism or Marx, literally int his case to serve their
own selfish goals. He puts up a valiant effort but is eventually defeated by the people(Kirby). MetaKnight
serves as the might of the successful capitalist societies, especially their armed forces. For all their might,
resources(the halberd), and veil of invulnerability he always is bested by Kirby.

The implications of the story are more of a mystery. Is Kirby spreading communism a good or bad thing? As
members of a capitalist society are we supposed to be contributing to some one changing our way of life
with our actions( by playing as Kirby or our actions in real life)? Are we able to trust the narrative we are
presented with in the game? As an American directly contributing tot he spread of communism is somewhat
haunting.

Or you know, I could be reading to into things...