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[[File:KDCSE history menu.png|thumb|250px|A portion of '''Kirby's History''', represented as a long hallway that Kirby runs up and down.]] | [[File:KDCSE history menu.png|thumb|250px|A portion of '''Kirby's History''', represented as a long hallway that Kirby runs up and down.]] | ||
{{Quote|Let's celebrate Kirby's anniversary by looking back at the history of the Kirby series!|Main menu description of "Kirby's History".}} | {{Quote|Let's celebrate Kirby's anniversary by looking back at the history of the Kirby series!|Main menu description of "Kirby's History".}} | ||
'''Kirby's History''' is one of the three main modes selectable from the main menu in ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]''. In this game mode, [[Kirby]] walks through a long and lavishly-decorated hallway to look at all of the games in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]] that had been released up to that point (2012), as well as a few extra items. Each game or item comes with a description, along with a view of the box art and some demo snippets of the game or media in question. Additionally, a collection of real-world events are mentioned as trivia points to give additional context to each year represented in the hallway. The hall itself has a stop for each year between 1992 (the release of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'') and 2012 (the release of ''Kirby's Dream Collection''), with an additional stop for years prior to 1992. | '''Kirby's History''' is one of the three main modes selectable from the main menu in ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]''. In this game mode, [[Kirby]] walks through a long and lavishly-decorated hallway to look at all of the games in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]] that had been released up to that point (2012), as well as a few extra items. Each game or item comes with a description, along with a view of the box art and some demo snippets of the game or media in question. Additionally, a collection of real-world events are mentioned as trivia points to give additional context to each year represented in the hallway. | ||
The hall itself has a stop for each year between 1992 (the release of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'') and 2012 (the release of ''Kirby's Dream Collection''), with an additional stop for years prior to 1992. Most of the tall pillars in the hallway are topped with golden statues of Kirby, but statues of Rick, Kine, Coo and a Waddle Dee also appear on the pillars; these are randomly placed every time the mode is loaded. | |||
==Overview and controls== | ==Overview and controls== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Since the release of ''Kirby's Dream Collection'', many of the world records mentioned have been broken: | *Since the release of ''Kirby's Dream Collection'', many of the world records mentioned have been broken: | ||
**The record for largest lollipop, mentioned at the 1994 stop, was broken exactly one day before the game's release in Japan (July 18th, 2012), with the new and current record weighing in at 7,003 pounds (3176.5 kilograms). Notably, the record is mislabeled on Guinness as 3176.5 metric tons.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-lollipop Largest lollipop record on Guinness]</ref> | **The record for largest lollipop, mentioned at the 1994 stop, was broken exactly one day before the game's release in Japan (July 18th, 2012), with the new and current record weighing in at 7,003 pounds (3176.5 kilograms). Notably, the record is mislabeled on Guinness as 3176.5 metric tons.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-lollipop Largest lollipop record on Guinness]</ref> | ||
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**Cal Ripken Jr.'s record, mentioned at the 1995 stop, now stands at 2,632 games and is still unbeaten.<ref>[[wikipedia:Cal Ripken Jr.|Cal Ripken Jr. on Wikipedia]]</ref> | **Cal Ripken Jr.'s record, mentioned at the 1995 stop, now stands at 2,632 games and is still unbeaten.<ref>[[wikipedia:Cal Ripken Jr.|Cal Ripken Jr. on Wikipedia]]</ref> | ||
**The [[wikipedia:world population|world population]] stands at eight billion as of 2022. | **The [[wikipedia:world population|world population]] stands at eight billion as of 2022. | ||
**The Japanese version mentions a record-breaking heat wave in 2010, which has since been followed by further record-breaking heat waves in [[wikipedia:2018_Northeast_Asia_heat_wave|2018]] and [[wikipedia:2022_Japan_heat_wave|2022]]. | |||
*The English and Japanese versions disagree on which year the world's population reached six billion, which reflects similar disagreement in official statistics. The [[wikipedia:United Nations Population Fund|United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA) initially publicized 1999 as the year six billion was reached (which is reflected in the English version of the game), while later estimates by the UNFPA place 1998 as the year in question (which is reflected in the Japanese version).<ref>[[wikipedia:World population milestones#Six billion|World population milestones on Wikipedia]]</ref> | *The English and Japanese versions disagree on which year the world's population reached six billion, which reflects similar disagreement in official statistics. The [[wikipedia:United Nations Population Fund|United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA) initially publicized 1999 as the year six billion was reached (which is reflected in the English version of the game), while later estimates by the UNFPA place 1998 as the year in question (which is reflected in the Japanese version).<ref>[[wikipedia:World population milestones#Six billion|World population milestones on Wikipedia]]</ref> | ||
*Some of the information included in the game descriptions is misleading: | *Some of the information included in the game descriptions is misleading: | ||