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[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Just realized Kirby is not in Mario Kart; what is the deal with that?

 

[Captain Toad]

Because he sucks.

Spoiler

But, never swallows.

Seriously though, Mario Kart had always been just Mario Universe characters until very recently. It's not quite to the Smash Bros level in that regard.

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Because he sucks.

Spoiler

But, never swallows.

You could be right; but i suspect something deeper is going on....

 

[Zeroing]

Because he is pink and there’s another character using pink? Maybe?

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Because he is pink and there’s another character using pink? Maybe?

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Jirby?

 

[Tranquil]

Clicked on this thread to find out who Jirby is.

 

[DonJuanSchlong]

Jirby is the leaked new character?

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Because he sucks.

Spoiler

But, never swallows.

Seriously though, Mario Kart had always been just Mario Universe characters until very recently. It's not quite to the Smash Bros level in that regard.

Kirby is a tier one asset more deserving than some bullshit Mii character or one of browsers kids fleshing out the second to bottom row.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Is Jirby the hardworking redneck cousin of Kirby?

 

[Krappadizzle]

Cuz he blows....

 

[Jack Videogames]

Who jnows.

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Jirby is the leaked new character?

He's Kirby's evil twin brother made of molten steel. Their mother is a fallen cloud demon cloned from a super soldier DNA hybrid zombie virus

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Jirby?

 

[TransTrender]

What the fuck is a Jirby?

 

[Krappadizzle]

What the fuck is a Jirby?

 

[TransTrender]

For all we know, you're not wrong.

 

[Captain Toad]

Kirby is a tier one asset more deserving than some bullshit Mii character or one of browsers kids fleshing out the second to bottom row.

Bowser's kids are Mario universe, Kirby isn't. Miis got added to everything with Wio. Link was just recently added. Kirby ain't shit to Nintendo in comparison to Link.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Kirby is a tier one asset more deserving than some bullshit Mii character or one of browsers kids fleshing out the second to bottom row.

Kirby eats things and then mimics them for his own benefit.



Actually now that you mention it he is perfect for a game like Mario Kart.

 

[Woopah]

Because he's being added as an echo fighter to Smash instead.

 

[jshackles]

Jirby for Smash

 

[Umbasaborne]

J I R B Y

 

[Celcius]

Is this a drunk thread or have I somehow never heard of this Nintendo character?

 

[DonJuanSchlong]

Doesn't he have a step bruv named Derby? {}

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Kirby eats things and then mimics them for his own benefit.



Actually now that you mention it he is perfect for a game like Mario Kart.

Check it out- Kirby could be a weapon similar to banana but instead of spinning out the " kirby bubble" gets sucked into your kart intake and encapsulates your Kart in a bubble and you float up into the air and pop.

 

[Nester99]

Who’s Hirby?

 

[YukiOnna]

is Jirby the Wario of Kirby?

 

[Krappadizzle]

is Jirby the Wario of Kirby?

 

[Nobody_Important]

Who’s Hirby?

A german made sports car with supernatural powers.

 

[Jeeves]

They took our jirbies

 

[Ikutachi]

Mario Kart has a F-Zero track, so there should be one made for Dream Land at the very least. Kirby already has a racing game to get inspiration from.

 

[Rat Rage]

That's a good question. Maybe his arms are too small to hold a wheel?

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

That's a good question. Maybe his arms are too small to hold a wheel?

King Boo disapproves?

 

[Codes 208]

the better question is why isn’t captain falcon in the game but two stages are based on F-Zero

 

[Codes 208]

Also a more realistic answer is it’s likely due to the development teams for the characters. Mario franchise, link, animal crossing and splatoon are made in-house by Nintendo whereas Kirby is actually a second party franchise made by HAL/Hudson soft.

it’s the same reason why you don’t see pikachu or any other Pokémon playable in these games

 

[mcjmetroid]

I'm not sure what a Jirby is...
All I know is I want it dead...

 

[*Nightwing]

A german made sports car with supernatural powers.

Would be a great addition to Mario kart

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

the better question is why isn’t captain falcon in the game but two stages are based on F-Zero

Agreed 100%

 

[ShinraMiddleMananger]

Is this a drunk thread or have I somehow never heard of this Nintendo character?

Only 6 million forms of communication?

 

[_Ex_]

Just realized Kirby is not in Mario Kart; what is the deal with that?

He had his own racer once, and it sucked, and didn't sell very well.

Nintendo still hasn't forgiven Jirby for that.

 

[Ikutachi]

That's a good question. Maybe his arms are too small to hold a wheel?

Didn't stop King Boo.

 

[The_Mike]

Jirby?

Kirby after swallowing Jimbo.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Destruction Jirbey

 

[Bakkus]

Isn't Jirby the name for the fanfiction love romance between Jigglypuff and Kirby?

 

[theHFIC]

I picture Kirby wearing jeans.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Why not Capitan Todd and Tom Braider while we’re at it?

He had his own racer once, and it sucked, and didn't sell very well.

 

[jdforge]

 

[phil_t98]

Isn’t it MaRio Kart not Kirby/Jirby kart?

 

[mcjmetroid]

To answer the question a little more seriously though.

Having all the Nintnendo characters is what makes Smash Bros special. Doing this with Mario Kart and fans are gonna ask it for other Nintendo games and it'll keep going. I questioned them even having Link in it because I felt eventually we were going to get threads like this (and spelt like this too)

 

[Paasei]

At least after all this time the Jhy Guy is in the game.