When Kirby's Epic Yarn was announced, there were a few among us who cynically suggested that it looked like a new IP that Kirby had been shoehorned into. It would appear that cynicism has won the day, with Nintendo admitting this was the case.
The game was originally pitched as Fluff's Yarn, and starred what one can only assume is the co-op character in the final game, Prince Fluff. Nintendo told the creators at Good Feel that it wanted Kirby to be in the game during the Summer of 2009, a move that concerned producer Etsunobu Ebisu at first, since his team put a lot of effort into the Fluff character.
Nevertheless, Epic Yarn received a pink transfusion and now stars Kirby, with Fluff relegated to a support role. So there you go!
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8:40 AM on 10.07.2010 | 
Miyamoto: Replace the character with Kirby, Samus, Link or Mario. Your choice. We're going to make MILLIONS because people lap that stuff up.
Regardless, I am actually looking forward to this.
That said, I still say Kirby's Air Ride is underrated as all hell.
I said this before Kirby's Epic Yarn was revealed at E3, if Nintendo had of put Kirby as a pink ball in FlingSmash, people would be all over the game, but just because its a new IP, that nobody can identified with, no one gives a shit about it. This is why Nintendo does this, because they know that its smarter to put a established character in a new game!
Very good point. Nintendo has been pushing a lot of new IPs over the last 10 years (with one cling down the pipeline I do believe) and it's true, they do go virtually ignored.
But I think this would've been an attention getter with it's style.
Either way, I'm happy, and I'm a totally Kirby fan and he hasn't console love in for-fucking-ever, so I'm good.
The deal was I would either need a great new IP or a new console Kirby before I got really pumped about another Nintendo game. So I'm good.
Ninja'd
Once again, Nintendo fails to take risks in venturing with new IPs, and plays safe with one of their "sure things." I've lost most of my respect for this once-great company because of this kind of crap.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to step outside for a moment and scream expletives because I KNOW I'm STILL going to buy this game and frickin' love every minute of it. I did the same thing with Super Mario Galaxy 1....I LOATHE The Plumber's existence, but that game was AWESOME.
But hopefully this doesn't follow that instance. I'm expecting a reasonable game.
It's true though, if this wasn't a Kirby game a lot of people who are itching to play Epic Yarn wouldn't care for it. I could be wrong though, I hope I am.
Remember that bear game? just let kirby breathe.
I ALWAYS read it as EPIC YAM
Also, if Prince Fluff's initial design is the same as his current, kicking him out in favor of Kirby was a great move. He doesn't seem like an appealing character at all. I don't understand why, but Kirby's P2 sidekicks always really turn me off.
This is kinda shitty, really, and leaves me torn. On the one hand, Kirby is fucking adorable and I love him more than my parents. On the other hand, I'm a strong supporter of the notion that Nintendo needs to start making new IPs again, especially after the 3DS is fucking loaded with ports and remakes.
But i know nobody is going to buy it, but they will still complain about the lack of new ips, just like every goddamned year.
People find comfort in familiarity.