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Outside of the games and limited home video releases of the anime, merchandise has traditionally been scant, but does exist. [[wikipedia:Viz Media|Viz Media]], a US subsidiary of Shogakukan, publishes [https://www.viz.com/kirby a number of Kirby books] for the North American market, in particular ''[[Kirby Manga Mania]]'' and ''Kirby: Art & Style Collection''. Additionally, Nintendo's New York store holds launch events for Kirby games,<ref>Nintendo NY tweets about launch events for [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/461609850531639297 ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''], [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/566355904673480705 ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse''], [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/740928099403988992 ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''], [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/975386306489585664 ''Kirby Star Allies''], and [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1507734115830972421 ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'']</ref> sells Kirby merchandise,<ref>Example tweets from Nintendo NY: [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1076916261676900352] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1134160120563326976]</ref> and introduced a set of Kirby statues (originally from the ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' Universal CityWalk pop-up) to the upper level to commemorate the release of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''.<ref>Nintendo NY tweets about the statues: [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1512259831993880608] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1512446948367810564] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1515057371386564612]</ref> Kirby also seems to occasionally make appearances at the store for no particular reason.<ref>Kirby sightings reported at/by Nintendo NY: [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/569198410500337664] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1558111463553880065]</ref> | Outside of the games and limited home video releases of the anime, merchandise has traditionally been scant, but does exist. [[wikipedia:Viz Media|Viz Media]], a US subsidiary of Shogakukan, publishes [https://www.viz.com/kirby a number of Kirby books] for the North American market, in particular ''[[Kirby Manga Mania]]'' and ''Kirby: Art & Style Collection''. Additionally, Nintendo's New York store holds launch events for Kirby games,<ref>Nintendo NY tweets about launch events for [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/461609850531639297 ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''], [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/566355904673480705 ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse''], [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/740928099403988992 ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''], [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/975386306489585664 ''Kirby Star Allies''], and [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1507734115830972421 ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'']</ref> sells Kirby merchandise,<ref>Example tweets from Nintendo NY: [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1076916261676900352] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1134160120563326976]</ref> and introduced a set of Kirby statues (originally from the ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' Universal CityWalk pop-up) to the upper level to commemorate the release of ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''.<ref>Nintendo NY tweets about the statues: [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1512259831993880608] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1512446948367810564] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1515057371386564612]</ref> Kirby also seems to occasionally make appearances at the store for no particular reason.<ref>Kirby sightings reported at/by Nintendo NY: [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/569198410500337664] [https://twitter.com/NintendoNYC/status/1558111463553880065]</ref> | ||
HAL Laboratory and Nintendo appear to | HAL Laboratory and Nintendo appear to making a stronger marketing push for the ''Kirby'' series in the United States beginning with the 30th anniversary, with examples of this including a temporary ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''-themed pop-up attraction at [[wikipedia:Universal CityWalk|Universal CityWalk]] in Hollywood,<ref>[https://wdwnt.com/2022/03/full-walkthrough-of-kirby-and-the-forgotten-land-3d-pop-up-now-open-at-universal-citywalk-hollywood-this-weekend-only/ Overview of the ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land'' CityWalk pop-up]</ref> a limited ''Kirby''-themed bubble tea flavor available at Kung Fu Tea (which continued being sold without the ''Kirby'' branding when the promotion ended),<ref>[https://www.kungfutea.com/kung-fu-tea-partners-kirby-the-forgotten-land Announcement of the ''Kirby'' Kung Fu Tea collaboration]</ref> and more licensed merchandise, including statues from First4Figures<ref>[https://www.first4figures.com/kirbytm-we-love-kirby.html The "We Love Kirby" statue from First4Figures]</ref> and other products for retailers like BoxLunch.<ref>[https://www.boxlunch.com/pop-culture/shop-by-license/kirby/ Licensed ''Kirby'' merchandise at BoxLunch]</ref> As a result, while the series isn't quite at the same level as its native Japan, it is not quite as scarce in the United States as it once was. | ||
=== Canada === | === Canada === |