Starfy? Really? Actually, the katakana says something different, like Stafy. Both sound silly, though.
Today Nintendo released a massive list of games that are coming our way this year, and included under their own first-party titles is something called The Legendary Starfy, sitting there on the list, expecting us to know what it is. If it's so "legendary," then why have we not heard of it before?
Oh, okay. So we have heard of it before. It's Densetsu no Stafy, a platformer that has never shown its face here in America. Starfy is a cute little swimming star with a mouth and eyes. I know that sounds creepy. He does this kind of floaty water platforming thing. Hey, you might have seen him in Super Smash Bros Brawl as an Assist Trophy (video after the jump).
Starfy has a history dating back to the Game Boy advance, and now he's finally coming to America on the DS. I don't know why Nintendo thought this would be a good time for his U.S. debut. Maybe they thought the game cameos were enough. Or maybe it's that good of a game. We'll see.
Enjoy the wacked-out Stafy music video from Japan above.
...in Brawl
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Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
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He's really easy to kill in Brawl... I hope he's not in his own game.
That would suck.
Now WHERE ARE MOTHER 1 AND 3?
Ahem. Sorry about that...
i love that clam. he so crazy.
glad its coming over though
starfy for brawl :D
the twisted part was that it fit, and scared me a little.