Pink, round and cute... It's Kirby, and the adults are crazy about it

• Kirby and the Forgotten World

  releases Friday on the Nintendo Switch.

• The gluttonous little pink ball celebrates its 30th anniversary and as many games, and has made a place for itself in the hearts of gamers thanks to a simple but rich gameplay.

• The

  Kirby

  are a real playground and innovation for Nintendo.

"Now that the kids have had fun with

, it's time for the real guys with…Kirby!"

This meme is not the only one to be shared on social networks and to account for the impatience of players for

, a new game dedicated to Nintendo's little pink ball and available since Friday on Switch.

Less known than Mario, Zelda or Pikachu, Kirby is nonetheless an iconic character, with already 30 years of existence and as many games.

And so, its childish design hides a richness, for young and old alike.

Is time for adults to have fun.#NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/oZnn6iSnkc

—Sharon |

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Eric is a 42-year-old video game fan.

But Kirby, he didn't really believe in it: “I've known about the license for a long time, but I didn't play it, I saw it as a platform game for kids, a kind of even more childish Mario.

So uninteresting.

's rave reviews for the

Nintendo DS in 2009 caused him to set his assumptions aside.

A surprise, a discovery: “In terms and possibilities of gameplay, it explodes Mario.

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With great power comes a great appetite

When drawn in 1992 by the young Masahiro Sakurai, future creator of the

, Kirby is still called Popopo and his form is only temporary, in order to facilitate the work of the animators and before finding him a definitive look.

Except that the team attaches itself to this ball with arms and feet, and decides to keep it.

Its name comes from the American lawyer John Kirby, who in the 1980s defended Nintendo against Universal in the Donkey Kong versus King Kong case.

As for his power, he is limited in the first game,

on Gameboy, to suck up enemies like objects.

Like Pac-Man then.

But from the sequel

on NES, he doesn't just swallow his enemies, he also absorbs their powers.

The little pink ball can be formidable with a sword, a hammer, a lasso, a yo-yo, a parasol, bells or as a tornado, doctor, fridge!

“The kawai side of the character has turned into great pleasure in the game, explains Eric.

My wife hadn't done a platform game since

on NES, and she spent our vacation a few years ago on

.

The gameplay is both accessible and rich, with just the right amount of challenge and wonder.

And sometimes what-the-fuck.

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Kirby and the Forgotten World

, the first in 3D, arises there, with evolutionary transformations and above all a new power, Transmorphism, where Kirby has eyes bigger than his stomach and swallows a light bulb, car, freight elevator or vending machine. .

The result on the screen is as funny as it is practical.

“Now, I often expect a Kirby more than a Mario, admits Eric.

and

are Nintendo's blockbusters, want to make the revolution with each next-gen passage, like

and

on the Switch, but the playing field and innovation are more to be found on Kirby's side.

Or other "minor" but no less interesting and exciting characters and games, like

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