Kirby Factsさんのイラストまとめ

Francisca and Flamberge have been implied to share a romantic bond with each other. Shinya Kumazaki states that their bond "may be deeper than [just comrades]", and in a Kirby_JP Twitter post, Flamberge states that Francisca's drawing is so cute that it "makes her chest fire up".

[It's 2021! A Cappy New Year to you all. I hope good things come to you all going forward into the new year, and I hope I'm able to provide you all with more content!

Let's just hope this NME monster doesn't crash the celebration...]

In 2011, Nintendo partnered with the Starlight Children's Foundation for a contest where fans could draw on a coloring page and invent a new Super Ability. One of the abilities shown in the contest gallery was "Doctor Kirby", which would later appear in Kirby: Planet Robobot.

(from left to right) Artwork of Drawcia, Dreamstalk Sectonia and Taranza as drawn by Shinya Kumazaki, the current director of the Kirby series.

In her 2013 autobiography “Pokémon Taught Me the Meaning of Life”, Shōko Nakagawa, who is one of the hosts of Pokémon Sunday, reveals that originally Spiky-eared Pichu was planned to be a regular Pichu with red cheeks and a white color palette.

During development of Pokémon Red and Blue, Kōji Nishino, who inspired Snorlax’s design, was nicknamed Kirby at Game Freak because he’d usually eat a lot and sleep. This joke ended up being implemented in Snorlax’s Japanese name, Kabigon (kabi being pronounced as “kaabii”).

Various level concept art and background sketches for Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Many of these concepts did not make it into the final release.

Despite King Dedede’s sprites always being depicted with gloves, older artwork for the series depicts him with human-like fingers (left). It wasn’t until 1996’s Kirby Super Star where he was depicted in artwork with gloves (right).

Mildes (left) and the larger mid-boss version, Marching Milde (right) from the Yoshi series bear a striking resemblance to Kirby, both being pink balls with red shoes and bright red cheeks.

Kirby Board Game! was one of 5 toys that was distributed in Wendy's Kids' Meals to advertise Kirby: Right Back at Ya! in November 2003. The players move a set number of spaces determined by drawing cards and the first one to reach the finish space wins.