Video: Japanese Trailer For Kirby's Epic Yarn Will Knit Its Way Into Your Heart
A new trailer for Kirby's Epic Yarn hit Japanese airwaves today, and as expected it's overflowing with more footage of Kirby's adorable new art style.
What's less expected is that there's also some story details explaining why Kirby is suddenly made of yarn in the first place. Apparently it has something to do with Kirby finding a yarn tomato, which turns into a yarn wizard wearing a poncho, who sucks Kirby into a vortex contained in a sock. Or at least that's what I think is going on, if any readers out there understand Japanese and want to chime in then please feel free to do so and thanks to a translation from commenter Βορέας, it looks like I was almost right.
One day, while he was taking a walk, Kirby found a really delicious looking tomato. "Itadakimasu*", he said and swallowed it. But suddenly the owner of the tomato appeared. And Kirby was drawn into the mysterious stocking that the owner was carrying. There, it was a world where everything was made of yarn. Then, somehow, even Kirby's body had turned into yarn. * Japanese expression used before taking a meal.
But even if you don't understand the language, the footage speaks for itself showing new dinosaur-themed levels, new transformations like a dolphin and a firetruck (complete with fire hose and yarn-ified water effects), and a first look at King Dedede's yarn makeover.
Since this is a Japanese trailer, the date at the end is the Japanese release date of October 14. In the US Kirby's Epic Yarn will release a few days later on October 17 and in Europe in early 2011.
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Posted to Video Games, Videos on 2 September 2010
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One day, while he was taking a walk, Kirby found a really delicious looking tomato
"Itadakimasu*", he said and swallowed it
But suddenly the owner of the tomato appeared
And Kirby was drawn into the mysterious stocking that he owner was carrying
There, it was a world where everything was made of yarn
Then, somehow, even Kirby's body had turned into yarn
* Japanese expression used before taking a meal.
Is it just me or has there not been a lot of coverage of this game?
It looks absolutely fantastic to me! I was thrilled at the art style when I saw it at E3, but not many others seemed to care (the 3DS was damn impressive to be fair).
I'm totally stoked to get this game, though I definitely feel like one of the few.
You're not alone. The game does indeed look gorgeous and innovative.
The thing is, don't expect reporting because the industry has taken a turn for e-thugs with main coverage dedicated to shooters, war, and sport games.
Fantasy games are becoming ever more niche and marginalized.
Actually, a lot of the lack of coverage has to do with Nintendo not showing/revealing anything more about the game for us to cover. I'd love to give Kirby's Epic Yarn tons of coverage, but it's hard to write about news when there isn't any. Heck, I had to dig up a Japanese trailer for the game just to have an excuse to write about it.
Looks like Little Big Planet... but I love Kirby and I must be have this!