Yin-Yarn: Difference between revisions

|image= [[File:KEY Yin-Yarn artwork.png|300px]]

|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]'' (2019)

|game=<small>''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' [[Keychain|(Keychain)]]<br>''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' (cameo in [[Celebration Picture]])</small>

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{{about|the character|the boss stage|[[Yin-Yarn (boss stage)]]}}

{{quote|Nyahahahahaaa! Soon, [[Dream Land]] will be wrapped around my knitting needles!|'''Yin-Yarn''' in ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' and ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''}}

Like all natives of Patch Land, Yin-Yarn appears to be made entirely of fabric and yarn. He wears a green sombrero, purple sunglasses and an orange poncho with intertwining green and red stripes. He has a black {{UserLang|us=mustache|gb=moustache}} and an orange button for a nose. His true bodies are the two large wooden knitting needles he carries at all times, who bear a passing resemblance to maracas. The two unnamed needles are visually distinct from one another: the right left needle has two horns, purple eyes and a scowl, while the right one has one horn, yellow eyes, and a neutral expression.

{{quote|Yin-Yarn used the power of the Metamato to transform into a mighty robot tank!|[[Patch Plaza]] description of Mega Yin-Yarn}}

Yin-Yarn's second battle form continues the tradition of circular Kirby bosses, transforming him into a giant robotic version of himself known as '''Mega Yin-Yarn''', which is slightly larger than the [[Tankbot]]. He retains the green sombrero, but his body is now similar to Kirby's: a head attached to yarn-thin arms and spiked wheels for feet. His facial features are broadened, including his sunglasses, his nose, his {{UserLang|us=mustache|gb=moustache}}, and the near-present smile that could otherwise be mistaken for the top of his poncho. His knitting needles have also enlarged.

The description for Mega Yin-Yarn states that Yin-Yarn used the [[Metamato]]'s power to transform into his final form. However, going from the cutscene itself, it would appear that Yin-Yarn actually used the [[Magic Yarn]] to do that. It is actually the result of a mistranslation, as the original Japanese texts say that Yin-Yarn attempted to use the Metamato to take over the world instead.

Yin-Yarn is the primary antagonist and final boss of ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' and its port: {{KEEY}}. He separates his home world of [[Patch Land]] into seven pieces by stealing the [[Magic Yarn]] and one of the [[Magic Sock|Magic Socks]]. Using these artifacts, Yin-Yarn travels to [[Dream Land]], where he slowly begins turning its citizens and landscape into yarn and fabric.  

Seemingly unaware of the rum{{o}}rs concerning Yin-Yarn, [[Kirby]] spots an odd-looking [[Maxim Tomato]] on top of a bush and starts to inhale it. Yin-Yarn appears from behind the bush, making an unsuccessful attempt to stop Kirby from eating the tomato on his hat. Angered by the loss of his magic [[Metamato]], Yin-Yarn banishes Kirby to Patch Land, where Kirby is left to help retrieve the Magic Yarn with [[Prince Fluff]]. In Kirby's absence, Yin-Yarn continues to take control of Dream Land by sending a brainwashed [[King Dedede]] and [[Meta Knight]] to Patch Land in an attempt to stop Kirby. With Dedede and Meta Knight gone, there is no one to stand in the way of Yin-Yarn taking complete control over Dream Land–even if he doesn't have an idea what he'll do with it once he has total power.  

During the final battle with him, it is revealed that "Yin-Yarn" is actually a pair of sentient knitting needle brothers. The two of them are eventually defeated by Kirby, who returns to Dream Land after recovering all seven pieces of the Magic Yarn and using [[Prince Fluff]]'s Magic Sock to return home.

 

The events of the final battle strongly imply Yin-Yarn's true identity as the needles themselves, but it is only explicitly mentioned in the Japanese version.<ref>'''"A pair of knitting needle brothers,<br>who love to sing and dance. They tried to<br>take over the world with the power of the Metamato."''' - translated quote from Yin-Yarn's Japanese [[Patch Plaza]] description <br> (original Japanese: '''"うたとおどりが だいすきな あみぼうの<br>きょうだい メタモルトマトのちからで<br>せかいを せいふくしようとしていた"''')</ref>

* Both versions of Yin-Yarn's battle background music are renditions of [[Boss (theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards)|the regular boss theme]] from ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''. Unlike the other classic covers in this game, neither of these versions are acoustic; instead, they sound similar to how music is typically rendered in other ''[[Kirby (series)|Kirby]]'' games. This was done on purpose by composer [[Jun Ishikawa]], as he wanted to surprise players in the final battle.<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/kirbysepicyarn/0/5 Iwata Asks:  Kirby's Epic Yarn]</ref>

* Yin-Yarn's plot is very similar to that of [[Drawcia]] from ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse|{{KCC KPP}}]]''. Both invade Dream Land, changing its landscape so that it resembles the landscape of their home worlds, and place a curse on Kirby that deprives him of his conventional means of attack.

*In the Korean version, Yin-Yarn's knitting needles are named Amibo and Amore, like in Yin-Yarn's Japanese name. <ref>[https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%84%B8%EC%8B%A4%EC%88%A0%EC%82%AC Yin-Yarn on Namuwiki]</ref>

|'''Quotes from Yin-Yarn in ''Kirby's Epic Yarn/Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn''''' &nbsp;

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|jaM=Derived from:

*{{furi|編|あ}}み{{furi|棒|ぼう}} ([[Knitting Needles]])

*Amore (''love'' in Italian)

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|frM="Maille à l'envers" (purl stitch, literal meaning)

|esM=From the verb "zurcir" (to darn)

|koM=Knitter <small><br>Derived from:

*털실술 (''yarn'')

*사 (''a suffix designating something'') <small><br>

|de=Mega Grimmgarn

|deM=-

|it=Mega Malandrana

|itM=-

|fr=Méga Maillalenvers

|ko=메가 털실술사

|koM=Mega Knitter