Editing Kirby's Epic Yarn

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|caption=Box art for '''''Kirby's Epic Yarn''''' from various regions
|developer=[[nwiki:Good-Feel|Good-Feel]], [[HAL Laboratory]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|designer=[[Kentaro Sei]]
|released='''Wii''':<br>{{Released|Japan|October 14, 2010|NA|October 17, 2010|Australia|February 24, 2011|Europe|February 25, 2011|South Korea|September 1, 2011}}<br>'''Wii U (digital)''':<br>{{Released|Europe|May 21, 2015|Australia|May 21, 2015|NA|July 28, 2016|Japan|August 9, 2016}}
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|predecessor=''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''
|successor=''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]''
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'''''Kirby's Epic Yarn''''' is a sidescrolling 2D platformer and a spin-off game in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], developed primarily by [[mariowiki:Good-Feel|Good-Feel]]. Despite being in the same genre, the game departs from the main ''Kirby'' series in several key ways, chief of which being the setting, art style, and [[Kirby]]'s moveset: instead of inhaling enemies to gain their powers, Kirby uses a [[Yarn Whip]] to unravel his foes or wrap them up into projectiles. As implied by the title, the game is centered around a yarn and fabric aesthetic, and the setting, story, and stage gimmicks play heavily off this theme, from Kirby interacting with buttons, patches, and threads to reshaping himself and other characters by various means.

Another key aspect of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' is its accessibility and ease of play. Unlike most other platformers, it is not possible for the player to lose the game, with damage to Kirby and his [[Multiplayer|second-player]] companion [[Prince Fluff]] being punished only by losing [[bead]]s instead of actually having a [[stamina|health meter]] or [[1-Up|extra life]] counter. As such, the only real difficulty the game presents is entirely to the player's discretion, taking the form of earning [[medal]]s in stages by completing them with more beads, or by grabbing all of the optional collectibles. These collectibles include pieces of music that can be listened to in a [[Patch Plaza|separate area of the game]] and pieces of [[furniture]] and [[fabric]] which can be used to decorate [[Kirby's Pad|an apartment]] given to Kirby in the game's world of [[Patch Land]].

Originally beginning as a non-''Kirby'' game, ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' would eventually gain the pink puffball as its main character and be shown at E3 2010, to much critical acclaim. The game was subsequently released for the [[Wii]] later that same year in Japan and North America and in 2011 in other regions; this game would also be the first game in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]] to be officially localized into Canadian French and Latin American Spanish for the North American market. ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' would later be ported to the [[Wii U]] as a downloadable eShop title in 2015 and 2016. In 2019, the game received an enhanced port for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], titled ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''.
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==Story==
[[File:KEY Cutscene 1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kirby is sent to [[Patch Land]] by [[Yin-Yarn]].]]
One day in Dream Land, a mysterious wizard named [[Yin-Yarn]] arrives and sows havoc among the citizens. The sorcerer uses his power to gradually turn all of Dream Land into yarn and twist its inhabitants to his dominion (for reasons even he fails to understand). Meanwhile, [[Kirby]] is foraging for food, unaware of the changes occurring in Dream Land, and ends up [[inhale|inhaling]] Yin-Yarn's [[Metamato]] when the sorcerer tries to jump him. Yin-Yarn then with anger uses a [[Magic Sock]] to banish Kirby into [[Patch Land]]: a world made entirely of yarn and textiles, but which has recently been broken into several pieces by Yin-Yarn when he stole the [[Magic Yarn]] holding it together. When Kirby arrives in Patch Land, after taking a moment to see that he has been transformed into yarn, he notices a blue yarn boy being chased by a monster. Kirby tries his usual method of [[inhale|inhaling]], but the wind just passes right through his yarn body and he fails. Instead, Kirby discovers that since he ate the Metamato, he can now [[Transformation (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|transform]] into a new shape by turning into a [[car]]. In this form, Kirby rides towards the boy and ferries him away to safety.

After escaping the monster, the blue yarn boy introduces himself as [[Prince Fluff]], and tells Kirby about the trouble in Patch Land and the missing Magic Yarn. Hearing this, Kirby agrees to help, and the two proceed to travel through the land, collecting strands of Magic Yarn from various foes in order to gradually stitch the kingdom back together. Meanwhile, in Dream Land, Yin-Yarn is continuing his conquest, and in the process, captures both [[King Dedede]] and [[Meta Knight]] and turns them into mind-controlled opponents for Kirby and Fluff. After battling and freeing these two from Yin-Yarn's control in two separate lands, enough Magic Yarn has been collected to fully restore Patch Land and in so doing, restore power to the other Magic Sock that Prince Fluff was carrying. Using this, Kirby and Fluff are able to travel back to Dream Land and stop Yin-Yarn.

After venturing through the yarn-ified Dream Land, Kirby and Prince Fluff encounter Yin-Yarn and do battle with him. After a lengthy struggle, Yin-Yarn is seemingly defeated, but before Kirby and Fluff can finish their [[Kirby Dance|victory dance]], Yin-Yarn's sewing needles grab the last piece of Magic Yarn and use it to reconjure Yin-Yarn as Mega Yin Yarn. In response, Meta Knight flies by and drops a [[Metamortex]] for Kirby and Fluff to use to assume the mighty [[Tankbot]] transformation and battle the reconstituted foe. After a lengthy exchange of missile fire, Mega Yin-Yarn is reduced to a pile of string and Kirby and Fluff grab the fleeing sewing needles and hurl them back towards Patch Land. From here, Dream Land finally returns to normal, and Kirby along with it. Before parting with Prince Fluff, the blue yarn boy gives Kirby one of the Magic Socks so that the two can visit each-other any time. Kirby ends his long adventure by taking a nap in the woods with the sock at his side, despite it smelling a bit.

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==Gameplay==
[[File:KEY Cool Cave 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kirby in the [[Cool Cave]] stage of [[Hot Land]].]]
''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' is - like the main ''Kirby'' series games - a side-scrolling 2D platformer where the main objective is to reach the end of stages by dealing with enemies, obstacles, and occasional boss fights. However, ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' takes a fundamentally different approach to the gameplay. Despite Kirby still being the protagonist, he plays very differently from his main-series counterpart due to being a yarn outline: he can no longer hover, inhale, or gain Copy Abilities. Instead, Kirby's moveset revolves around using his [[Yarn Whip]] to lasso enemies and other objects and using his various [[Transformation (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Transformation]]s to better navigate his surroundings and deal with obstacles. When Kirby uses his Yarn Whip on an enemy or other such object, he can either unravel them to remove them from play or wrap them up into a [[yarn ball]], which can then be used as a projectile to deal with other enemies and roadblocks. Kirby's Transformations give him the power to speed up by turning into a [[car]], slow his descent by turning into a [[parachute]], swim more effectively as a [[submarine]], or pound down obstacles and switches as a [[weight]], among other things. Using all these abilities together along with the more potent but more situational [[Metamortex]] transformations allows Kirby to tackle everything in his way as he moves through each land and stage.

Unlike the main ''Kirby'' series and most other action-based video games, ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' does not feature a [[stamina|health]] or [[1-Up|extra life]] system. In fact, it is not actually possible for Kirby to fail a regular stage or boss fight, unless of course the player quits out. Instead, when Kirby takes damage, he is knocked back and loses [[bead]]s; the main collectible item and in-game currency. Beads are found all throughout the stages, both out in the open and from enemies and other obstacles when they are dealt with. Collecting a certain amount of beads and reaching the end of a stage will award the player with a [[medal]] and may also unlock bonus content, including extra stages. Beads are also used to purchase [[furniture]] and [[fabric]] from the respective shops in [[Quilty Square]], which can be used to decorate [[Kirby's Pad|Kirby's apartment]] in Patch Land. Over the course of the game, the [[Quilty Court|apartment building]] itself can be expanded and new neighbors invited in, assuming Kirby has all the requisite items needed (including collectable furniture pieces which can only be found in stages). Kirby can then play [[Sub-Game|mini games]] with his neighbors which place Kirby in specific challenges which can be failed, but which offer more rewards if succeeded.

Although ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' can be played without issue with only one player, one of the game's main features is its two-player co-op, with the second player taking the role of Prince Fluff. Prince Fluff has all of the same abilities as Kirby, and the two can travel together, work together, and interact with each-other in various ways, including using their Yarn Whips to grab and toss each-other around or using one's head for a boost. Additionally, some of the Metamortex transformations combine Kirby and Fluff together into a single entity, with the character who touched the vortex taking on the primary role while the other one assists in some way.

==Patch Land==
[[File:KEY Patch Land artwork.png|thumb|right|250px|The world of '''Patch Land''', consisting of seven distinct areas.]]
{{main|Patch Land}}
After inhaling [[Yin-Yarn]]'s [[Metamato]], Kirby is abducted and thrown into a world known as [[Patch Land]], which is a world divided into seven distinct sections. When Kirby first arrives, these sections have been torn from each other and float adrift. To bring them back together again, Kirby and [[Prince Fluff]] will need to obtain the pieces of [[Magic Yarn]] from various minions of [[Yin-Yarn]], typically [[Boss]]es. Once Patch Land is fully stitched back up, Kirby and Prince Fluff travel to Dream Land where they face [[Yin-Yarn]].

===Areas of Patch Land and Dream Land===
The following are all of the lands that Kirby visits in ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'', in chronological order. The first seven are all part of Patch Land, while the last takes place in Kirby's home of Dream Land:
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=3|Areas of Patch Land & Dream Land &nbsp;
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!Land
!Locations and normal stages
!Boss
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Quilty Square Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Quilty Square]]'''}}
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*[[Patch Castle]] (stage)
*[[Fabric|Fabric Shop]]
*[[Furniture|Furniture Shop]]
*[[Patch Plaza]]
*[[Quilty Court]]
**[[Kirby's Pad]]
|None

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Grass Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Grass Land (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Grass Land]]'''}}
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*[[Fountain Gardens]]
*[[Flower Fields]]
*[[Rainbow Falls]]
*[[Big-Bean Vine]]
*[[Mole Hole]] (extra)
*[[Weird Woods]] (extra)
|[[Fangora]]

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Hot Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Hot Land]]'''}}
|
*[[Pyramid Sands]]
*[[Lava Landing]]
*[[Cool Cave]]
*[[Dino Jungle]]
*[[Temper Temple]] (extra)
*[[Dusk Dunes]] (extra)
|[[Hot Wings]]

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Treat Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Treat Land]]'''}}
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*[[Toy Tracks]]
*[[Mushroom Run]]
*[[Sweets Park]]
*[[Melody Town]]
*[[Cocoa Station]] (extra)
*[[Dark Manor]] (extra)
|[[Squashini]]

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Water Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Water Land]]'''}}
|
*[[Splash Beach]]
*[[Blub-Blub Ocean]]
*[[Secret Island]]
*[[Deep-Dive Deep]]
*[[Boom Boatyard]] (extra)
*[[Fossil Reef]] (extra)
|[[Capamari]]

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Snow Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Snow Land]]'''}}
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*[[Snowy Fields]]
*[[Cozy Cabin]]
*[[Mt. Slide]]
*[[Frosty Wheel]]
*[[Frigid Fjords]] (extra)
*[[Evergreen Lift]] (extra)
|[[King Dedede (boss stage)|King Dedede]]

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Space Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Space Land]]'''}}
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*[[Future City]]
*[[Tube Town]]
*[[Mysterious UFO]]
*[[Stellar Way]]
*[[Moon Base]] (extra)
*[[Outer Rings]] (extra)
|[[Meta Knight (boss stage)|Meta Knight]]

|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Dream Land Preview screenshot.png|200px]]<br>'''[[Dream Land (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Dream Land]]'''}}
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*[[Whispy's Forest]]
*[[Tempest Towers]]
*[[Cloud Palace]]
*[[Castle Dedede (stage)|Castle Dedede]]
*[[Meta Melon Isle]] (extra)
*[[Battleship Halberd (stage)|Battleship Halberd]] (extra)
|[[Yin-Yarn (boss stage)|Yin-Yarn]]

|}

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==Transformations==
[[File:KEY Sweets Park screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|250px|Kirby making use of his [[Car]] transformation to navigate a stage.]]
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Normal transformations are different forms that Kirby can shapeshift into at will (With the exception of the Pendulum and Submarine, where Kirby must latch onto something or dive into water respectively).
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=4|Normal transformations &nbsp;
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!Transformation
!Button execution
!Description
!Notes
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|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Car artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Car]]'''}}
|← or → twice quickly
|Kirby/Fluff turn into a small automobile, allowing them to travel much faster and gain momentum, but losing the ability to turn quickly.
|In the [[Frosty Wheel]] stage, the [[Car#Sleigh transformation|Sleigh]] is used instead, which has slightly different properties.
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|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Parachute artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Parachute]]'''}}
|Hold 2 in midair
|Kirby/Fluff transform into a small parachute which falls very slowly and can be directed slowly to the left or right, similar to the [[Parasol]] [[Copy Ability]] in main series games.
|This transformation can also be used to ride along wind currents.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Pendulum artwork.png|50px]]<br>'''[[Pendulum]]'''}}
|Latch onto a suitable button with the [[Yarn Whip]]
|Kirby/Fluff can swing from certain buttons as a pendulum on a rope. Using ← or → allows them to shift their momentum, and pressing 2 releases the form, conserving momentum gained into a potential jump.
|This transformation is used to ring the [[Goal Game|bonus bell]] at the end of stages.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Top artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Roll Up]]'''}}
|Hold 1 after grabbing a target with the [[Yarn Whip]]
|Kirby/Fluff turn into a spinning top and transform something they've grabbed into a [[Yarn ball]], which can then be thrown as a projectile.
|
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Tube Town 3.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Snake]]'''}}
|Push + Control Pad toward a narrow opening
|Kirby/Fluff turn into a single strand of yarn that can travel through narrow tunnels. In this form, they are forced to move constantly along the tunnel, only being allowed to change direction to go backwards or turn at a junction. They revert to normal automatically upon exiting the tunnel.
|
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Submarine artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Submarine]]'''}}
|Enter water
|Kirby/Fluff turn into a small fish-like submarine which is propelled by repeatedly pressing 2. In this form, they can no longer jump unless it is outside of the water at its surface, but retain the Yarn Whip.
|
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Weight artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Weight]]'''}}
|↓ in midair
|Kirby/Fluff turn into a weight and drop rapidly to the floor, crashing through most enemies and yarn/cloth blocks in the process.
|In [[Mysterious UFO]], when the gravity is turned down, the weight cannot be used to attack.
|}
Other more situational or purely cosmetic transformations also exist, which can be seen on the [[Transformation (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Transformation]] page.

===Metamortex Transformations===
[[File:KEY Tankbot.png|thumb|250px|Kirby making use of the [[Tankbot]] Metamortex transformation, one of several in ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''.]]
These can be accessed by jumping into a [[Metamortex]]:
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!colspan=4|Metamortex transformations &nbsp;
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!Transformation
!Controls
!Description
!Notes
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|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Digger artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Digger]]'''}}
|← or → to move<br>2 to jump<br>1 to dig + control pad for digging direction
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into bulky spherical digging machines with claws that are used both for locomotion and to dig through cotton. These claws can also be used to attack enemies.
|This is one of the transformations where Kirby and Fluff remain separate.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Dolphin artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Dolphin]]'''}}
|Control pad to steer<br>Hold 2 to swim<br>1 to use a charge attack
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into large dolphin-like forms which can move quickly in water, but lose the ability to maneuver on land. By building up momentum, they can leap out of water in arcs to gain significant height.
|This is one of the transformations where Kirby and Fluff remain separate.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Fire Engine artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Fire Engine]]'''}}
|← or → to move<br>Point Wii Remote to aim<br>Hold 1 to spray water<br>2 to jump
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into little fire trucks that can drive back and forth and spray water at fires to put them out.
|This is one of the transformations where Kirby and Fluff remain separate.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Off-Roader artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Off-Roader]]'''}}
|'''Player 1:'''<br>Hold 1 to move<br>2 to jump<br>'''Player 2:'''<br>shake Wii Remote for a boost
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into an off-road vehicle which can only move towards the right, but at high speed. Hitting/using a boost allows the Off-Roader to move faster and plow through enemies/obstacles for a short time.
|The second player turns into a booster for the main vehicle.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Rocket artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Rocket]]'''}}
|Control Pad to move<br>Press 1 repeatedly to fire spreading shots<br>Hold 1 to fire a line of shots
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into small rocket ships that continually fly upward. As they travel, they can freely move around and fire star shots at oncoming enemies.
|This is one of the transformations where Kirby and Fluff remain separate.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby UFO artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Saucer]]'''}}
|Control Pad to move<br>Hold 2 to capture<br>Press 1 to release charge 
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into flying saucers that can float freely through the air and capture objects, including beads and enemies, with a tractor beam. When enough enemies or blocks are captured, a charge is built up which can be released to destroy obstacles and defeat enemies.
|This is one of the transformations where Kirby and Fluff remain separate.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Spin Boarder artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Spin Boarder]]'''}}
|'''Player 1:'''<br>Press 2 to jump<br>Press 1 to spin<br>'''Player 2:'''<br>Press 2 to flap to assist with jumping
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into a bulky penguin-like figure riding a surf board. Movement is automatic in this form, with the only other actions being the ability to jump and spin to attack enemies, bouncing off them if done in midair. 
|The second player turns into a small bird perched on the boarder's head which can flap its wings to assist with jumping and spinning.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Star Shooter artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Star Shooter]]'''}}
|Control Pad to move<br>Press 1 repeatedly to fire spreading shots<br>Hold 1 to fire a line of shots
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into [[Starship]]s that continually fly forward. As they travel, they can freely move around and fire star shots at oncoming enemies.
|This is one of the transformations where Kirby and Fluff remain separate.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Tankbot artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Tankbot]]'''}}
|'''Player 1:'''<br>← or → to move<br>Tilt Wii Remote to aim and press 1 to fire a missile<br>Hold 2 to hover slowly upwards<br>'''Player 2:'''<br>Tilt Wii Remote to aim boxing glove<br>Press 1 to punch <br>Press 2 to Rocket Punch and tilt Wii Remote to steer<br>Shake Wii Remote to cause boxing glove to rotate rapidly
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into a big round tank on treads that is packed with weaponry. Movement is limited and rather slow, but endless missiles can be fired at enemies.
|The first player becomes the robot itself while the second player pilots. The second player gains control of a boxing glove that can be used in various ways to attack enemies.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KEY Kirby Train artwork.png|75px]]<br>'''[[Train]]'''}}
|Point Wii Remote and hold A to draw tracks<br>Press B to change direction
|Kirby and/or Fluff transform into a small train that can ride on tracks drawn using the Wii Remote. They move forward automatically and attach to tracks, can only be made to turn around, and will boost when touching a boost patch.
|The second player becomes another cart on the train, and can draw their own train tracks.
|}

==Enemies==
[[File:KEY Lickeur screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Lickeur]], which only appears in a [[cutscene]].]]
''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' is home to a large number of [[Enemy|enemies]], many of which are unique to this game (and ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''). Nearly all of them are made of yarn outlines, similar to Kirby and Prince Fluff, and of these, most can be unraveled using the [[Yarn Whip]] or defeated using a [[yarn ball]], [[Weight]] transformation, or other attack. The following table lists every named enemy in ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'':
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!colspan=3|Standard enemies &nbsp;
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!Enemy
![[Patch Plaza]] caption
!Description
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Amprey screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Amprey]]'''}}
|''This creature lives deep in the ocean. Don't be shocked if you see it!''
|A water-dwelling snake-like creature that moves along predetermined paths and carries beads along its tail. <br>Amprey cannot be defeated, and must be avoided.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Anemonee screenshot.jpg|50px]]<br>'''[[Anemonee]]'''}}
|''This guy smiles all the time, because he only has to wait for food to come his way.''
|An anemone-like creature that will attempt to entangle Kirby or Fluff in its tendrils. <br>It can be defeated using a Yarn Ball or other attack.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Balloon Waddle Dee screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Waddle Dee|Balloon Waddle Dee]]'''}}
|''This yarn Waddle Dee has lots of balloons. He wants to fly high!''
|A Waddle Dee who floats upward using balloons. <br>If Kirby stands on the balloons, they will slowly shrink until they pop, causing the Waddle Dee to fall.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Battins screenshot 1.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Battins]]'''}}
|''This bat strikes when you get close. He's a silent hunter.''
|Battins hangs from ceilings and will attempt to swoop at Kirby or Fluff with his fangs out when they draw near.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Blipper artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Blipper]]'''}}
|''These funky fish wear goggles. Is it fashion? Come on, they're fish.''
|A round fish who attempts to bump into Kirby while in the water, but is helpless on land.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Bobber Clod screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Bobber Clod]]'''}}
|''I hope this guy is a good swimmer, in case that spike pops his ring.''
|A [[Uniclod]] that can float on the surface of water using his inner tube.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Boinger screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Boinger]]'''}}
|''This weirdo will give you quite a lift if you jump on its head just right!''
|A floating cloudy spring that Kirby can use to leap over big chasms.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Bomber screenshot.png]]<br>'''[[Bomber]]'''}}
|''This walking bomb has a skull on it. When it starts blinking, run!''
|Bomber returns, acting the same as usual. <br>It can be collected using the [[Yarn Whip]] to be used as a bomb to clear obstacles.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Bow Waddle Dee screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Bow Waddle Dee]]'''}}
|''This fake Waddle Dee has a bow and some odd aiming skills.''
|A Waddle Dee equipped with a bow and arrows. <br>Kirby can grab the arrows or the bow using his yarn whip to use against the Waddle Dee.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Bronto Burt artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Bronto Burt]]'''}}
|''Burt is a powerhouse. He can carry quite a load even while flying!''
|Bronto Burt cannot harm Kirby directly in this game, but he can carry bombs and other enemies in to harass the pink yarn ball.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Buttonbee screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Buttonbee]]'''}}
|''Yellow means CAUTION. Watch out for that stinger!''
|A flying yellow button that may turn hostile and attack Kirby with its stinger.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Buttonbug screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Buttonbug]]'''}}
|''Red means DANGER. This bug will chase you down, so be careful!''
|A flying red button that actively seeks and hunts Kirby or Fluff.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Buttonfly screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Buttonfly]]'''}}
|''Green means GO, but you still want to be careful around this guy!''
|A flying green button that cannot directly harm Kirby or Fluff.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Calderon screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Calderon]]'''}}
|''This angry little guy erupts constantly. Watch out for lava burns!''
|A lava-dwelling creature that spews hot rocks from its head. <br>It can only be defeated using a Yarn Ball.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Candlemander screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Candlemander]]'''}}
|''This hothead is very territorial, so don't get too close!''
|A burning red salamander that crawls along walls and will try to charge Kirby as a fireball if he gets too close.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Chilly screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Chilly]]'''}}
|''Chilly shoots a frigid blast from his body! That's not cool, dude.''
|Chilly appears on the scene with his usual attack, which can freeze Kirby and Fluff solid.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Cutfish screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Cutfish]]'''}}
|''This guy moves freely through the water and attacks quickly! Watch out!''
|A spiky fish that will try to chase Kirby down. <br>It can be defeated using the [[Dolphin]] [[Metamortex]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Cyclod artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Cyclod]]'''}}
|''He'll tackle you with all he's got! It won't hurt, but you may go flying!''
|A round-headed creature that tries to throw Kirby and Fluff around by headbutting them. <br>He also likes to [[Truck Monster|drive trucks]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Dandan artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Dandan]]'''}}
|''This master shoots out balls of energy. Get up close to take him out!''
|A headband-wearing creature that shoots [[Fighter|Force Blasts]] out of his mouth. <br>These blasts can be collected and tossed back using the Yarn Whip. <br>He also likes to [[Truck Monster|drive trucks]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Danglerfish screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Danglerfish]]'''}}
|''Dweller of the deep, this monster uses his light to distract his prey!''
|A large deep-sea fish that tries to inhale Kirby and Fluff, but can be defeated by pulling on his light.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Dropso screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Dropso]]'''}}
|''These guys are always by themselves at parties. They're real ceiling drips!''
|An animate drop of water that drips from ceilings and can be wrapped up into yarn balls.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Emba screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Emba]]'''}}
|''This guy loves his burning lifestyle and definitely hates water.''
|A living ball of fire that can be defeated using the [[Fire Engine]] [[Metamortex]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Embaconda screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Embaconda]]'''}}
|''Some say there are beads hidden in this snake's burning body! Can you believe it?!''
|A snaking creature made of fire that can be destroyed using the Fire Engine Metamortex to yield beads and treasures.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Embird screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Embird]]'''}}
|''These are Hot Wings's kids. They'll come after you just like their mom!''
|Small birds made of fire that fly at Kirby during the [[Hot Wings]] boss fight.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Flamer screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Flamer]]'''}}
|''Approaching this spinner causes it to erupt into flames. I warned you!''
|Flamer returns to crawl along walls and try to tackle Kirby and Fluff. <br>Its body emits light in dark places.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Freezo screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Freezo]]'''}}
|''Freezo may look festive, but it's an ice-cube party if you touch him!''
|An icy variant of [[Shotzo]] that can freeze Kirby or Fluff solid with his shots. <br>Unlike Shotzo, Freezo can be defeated using the Weight or a Yarn Ball.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Gator screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Gator (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Gator]]'''}}
|''His bite is dangerous, but he can't do much with a closed mouth!''
|A stationary upward-pointing gator that tries to chomp on Kirby and Fluff as they jump on his nose as a platform.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Gordo screenshot.png]]<br>'''[[Gordo]]'''}}
|''He has a spiky body but soft eyes. It's just better to avoid him.''
|Gordo returns, serving the same indestructible hazardous role as usual.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Grizzo screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Grizzo]]'''}}
|''That pink headband means business! Grizzo will charge you with all his might!''
|Grizzo makes a brief appearance in this game. <br>His charge can break through [[Star Block]]s.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Jelly Jr screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Jelly Jr.]]'''}}
|''This jelly floats around, shocking anything in its way with 10,000 volts!''
|A small water-dwelling jellyfish that occasionally flares up with electricity.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Li'l Kracko screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Li'l Kracko]]'''}}
|''These are Krackos-in-training. They're not very strong, but they sure work well as a team!''
|A smaller variant of [[Kracko]] that appears alongside its larger namesake in [[Cloud Palace]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Magmotamus screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Magmotamus]]'''}}
|''These guys live in magma. They sink if you step on them. Careful!''
|Lava-dwelling legless creatures that act as slowly sinking platforms if stepped on.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Sword Mariner screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Mariner]]'''*}}
|
<tabs>
<tab name="Cannon Mariner">
''This mariner has a cannon. Don't take his strange head lightly!''
</tab>
<tab name="Spear Mariner">
''This mariner will shish your kebab if you're not careful!''
</tab>
<tab name="Sword Mariner">
''This mariner has a sword. He's clearly under Yin-Yarn's control.''
</tab>
<tab name="Whistle Mariner">
''This mariner may try and call for backup troops! That's not good...''
</tab>
</tabs>
|Blocky blue [[Soldier]]s that carry a variety of weapons and are found in [[Boom Boatyard]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Octopea screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Octopea]]'''}}
|''These are Capamari's wacky kids. They all attack at once.''
|Small round-headed orange octopuses that try to attack Kirby during the [[Capamari]] boss fight.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Ooki screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Ooki]]'''}}
|''This cheeky monkey is bananas about throwing beads everywhere!''
|A harmless tree-swinging creature that tosses beads at regular intervals until it runs out.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Orbitfly screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Orbitfly]]'''}}
|''This space bug likes to attack in formation with a swarm of its closest friends.''
|A bright blue flying button that attacks in swarms out in space.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Parasol Waddle Dee screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Parasol Waddle Dee]]'''}}
|''This yarn Waddle Dee's parasol keeps him safe from rain, sun, or foes!''
|A Waddle Dee that wields a parasol which blocks yarn whips and projectiles. <br>Kirby can stand atop the parasol if angled upward.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Rolling Clod screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Rolling Clod]]'''}}
|''This big lug will just keep rolling until he hits something.''
|A large round rolling creature covered in spikes. <br>He can be defeated using a Yarn Ball or the Weight (but the latter method will also hurt the attacker).
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Sawgill screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Sawgill]]'''}}
|''This guy packs one of the most dangerous saws in the ocean!''
|A saw shark that tries to pursue Kirby and Fluff in the water.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Scarfy screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Scarfy]]'''}}
|''The face of an angel? Sure...as long as you don't get Scarfy mad!''
|Scarfy returns to harass Kirby, and are immune to his yarn whip, but can be defeated through other means.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Sea Jelly screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Sea Jelly]]'''}}
|''It must feel nice to float around all day. Beware of its stinging tentacles!''
|An inappropriately-named air-dwelling jellyfish that shoots irritating spores at Kirby and Fluff.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Shelby artwork.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Shelby]]'''}}
|''Snails are lonely, so when he sees someone new, he tackles them with joy!''
|A snail-like creature that attacks by rolling into a ball and quickly charging, contrary to normal expectations of his speed.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Shotzo screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Shotzo]]'''}}
|''This indestructible cannon packs quite a wallop!''
|Shotzo appears once again, serving the same purpose as usual by firing regular shots at Kirby and Fluff.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Slobba screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Slobba]]'''}}
|''This sticky-tongued monster will try to lick just about anything!''
|A bulky creature that tries to lap up Kirby or Fluff with its tongue.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Sneak Sack screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Sneak Sack]]'''}}
|''This thief steals beads and disappears if you touch him!''
|A bag-shaped creature that runs from Kirby and Fluff and grabs any beads he comes into contact with. <br>He drops beads if defeated from afar, but will disappear otherwise.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Snip-Snap screenshot.jpg|50px]]<br>'''[[Snip-Snap]]'''}}
|''This snapper lives in tight spaces. It can stretch like you wouldn't believe!''
|A snaking line creature that tries to chase after Kirby or Fluff when they are navigating passages in the [[Snake]] form. <br>They can be made to plug into electrical outlets.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Sword Soldier artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Soldier]]'''*}}
|
<tabs>
<tab name="Cannon Soldier">
''This soldier has a cannon, so you better look out! Those shots are dangerous!''
</tab>
<tab name="Spear Soldier">
''This soldier wields a spear... Do you think he gets paid more than the Sword Soldier?''
</tab>
<tab name="Sword Soldier">
''I bet this guy wouldn't be such a big shot without his sword!''
</tab>
<tab name="Whistle Soldier">
''This soldier can call for help, so be sure to deal with him quickly!''
</tab>
</tabs>
|Squared-off footmen who wield varying weapons but are not particularly threatening in small numbers.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Soocher screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Soocher]]'''}}
|''These guys work behind the seams to stitch together new platforms!''
|Small squiggly creatures that move quickly through fabric to sew new platforms during the [[Yin-Yarn (boss stage)|Yin-Yarn]] boss fight. <br>Their needles will prick Kirby if he makes contact with them.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Space Jelly screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Space Jelly]]'''}}
|''This alien being floats through space, dropping energy spheres everywhere!''
|A large space-faring jellyfish that shoots out balls of electricity.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Spear Waddle Dee screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Spear Waddle Dee]]'''}}
|''This fake Waddle Dee recklessly twirls around a spear. Look out!''
|A Waddle Dee carrying a spear that can prick Kirby or Fluff on contact. <br>The spear can be taken using the Yarn Whip.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Spore Jelly screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Spore Jelly]]'''}}
|''A Spore Jelly just floats about, dropping spores on everything. Surprise!''
|Contrary to its name and description, Spore Jelly appears in the [[Outer Rings]] stage to attack Kirby and Fluff using energy projectiles.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Sulkworm artwork.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Sulkworm]]'''}}
|''This big slug likes to crush his foes. He spits some mean thread, too!''
|A large caterpillar that attacks using silk balls and body slams.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Stogue screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Stogue]]'''}}
|''This ghost gives off a nice glow. Wrap him up and use him as a lantern!''
|A spectral ball of light that harms Kirby on contact. He can be wrapped up into a ball to help Kirby see in the dark.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Swadclod screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Swadclod]]'''}}
|''This enemy is wrapped in bandages and mystery... So he thinks.''
|A Cyclod (or Sneak Sack) wrapped in bandages to resemble a mummy. <br>Swadclod can attack by extending his bandages.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Waddle Dee Truck Monster screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Truck Monster]]'''}}
|''Don't let this crazy hot rod win! Show him who's the king of the road!''
|A truck monster is either a Waddle Dee, a [[Cyclod]], or [[Dandan]] driving a truck. <br>They are faced on the road in [[Pyramid Sands]], [[Dusk Dunes]], and [[Frigid Fjords]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Twiggy Woods screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Twiggy Woods]]'''}}
|''These trees live in the forests of Dream Land. They have great leaves!''
|Smaller cousins of [[Whispy Woods]] that drop [[Gordo]]s from their canopies unless stopped.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY UFO screenshot.png|100px]]<br>'''[[UFO (enemy)|UFO]]'''}}
|''This creature's moves are unpredictable, and his aim is very precise!''
|UFO appears in late game stages to shoot lasers at Kirby and Fluff.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Uniclod artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Uniclod]]'''}}
|''Uniclod is very proud of his horn... That's why he wants to spear everyone with it.''
|A Cyclod with a horn on his head who charges Kirby and Fluff to attack them.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Waddle Dee artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Waddle Dee]]'''}}
|''Yin-Yarn made these impostors! They look just like the real ones!''
|Fake Waddle Dees made of yarn that are helpless without some other implement. <br>They also like to [[Truck Monster|drive trucks]].
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Waddle Doo artwork.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Waddle Doo]]'''}}
|''This big-eyed Waddle Doo may be a fake, but that beam is as nasty as the real thing!''
|Waddle Doo uses his beam attack to harass Kirby and Fluff as usual.
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>There are multiple variations of these enemies.

===Mid-Bosses===
While not strictly distinguished from common enemies, Mid-Bosses in ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' serve as more substantial obstacles for Kirby and Prince Fluff to overcome. The following table lists all of them, whether they be mentioned in the Patch Plaza or not:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!colspan=3|Mid-Bosses &nbsp;
|-
!Name
![[Patch Plaza]] caption
!Description
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Blast Mariner screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Blast Mariner]]'''}}
|''This huge mariner shoots a huge cannon. Steal his huge shots and return huge fire!''
|A larger version of [[Mariner|Cannon Mariner]] who needs to be hit multiple times to be defeated.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Battleship Halberd screenshot 2.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Combo Cannon]]'''}}
|N/A
|The Combo Cannon appears as an obstacle for Kirby to overcome on the [[Battleship Halberd (stage)|Battleship Halberd]] stage. <br>It fires large button cannonballs and shoots out a yarn laser.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Gate Core screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Gate Core]]'''}}
|N/A
|A variant of the [[Reactor]] that appears in the [[Moon Base]] stage.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Kracko screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Kracko]]'''}}
|''The fluffy body looks soft, but that big eye will shoot bolts that are anything but...!''
|Kracko appears as a mid-boss in the [[Cloud Palace]] stage. <br>He attacks using lightning and by sending out [[Li'l Kracko]]s. <br>As he sustains damage, he becomes smaller and smaller.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Battleship Halberd screenshot 3.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Reactor]]'''}}
|N/A
|The Reactor appears as an obstacle for Kirby to overcome on the [[Battleship Halberd (stage)|Battleship Halberd]] stage. <br>It shoots out fire from its cannons and summons UFOs at a regular interval.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Space Kracko screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Space Kracko]]'''}}
|''This is one of Kracko's distant relatives. He attacks along with his Li'l Krackos.''
|A dark version of Kracko that appears in the [[Outer Rings]] stage. <br>He attacks in a similar manner to Kracko, though he also shoots out meteors.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Whispy's Forest Tankbot screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Whispy Woods]]'''}}
|''This forest king has lived in Dream Land for ages. He's always in Kirby's way.''
|Whispy Woods blocks Kirby's path at the end of [[Whispy's Forest]]. <br>He tries to throw apples and air bullets at Kirby, but these can be easily shot down by the [[Tankbot]]'s missiles.
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Wicked Willow Screenshot.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[Wicked Willow]]'''}}
|''Scary inhabitant of Weird Woods, this is one spooky tree!''
|A roadblock tree that lets out spores and is weak against the [[Saucer]] [[Metamortex]]'s lightning attack.
|}

===Bosses===
Each land aside from [[Quilty Square]] has a stage dedicated to a boss encounter. The bosses of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' are as follows:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!colspan=4|Bosses &nbsp;
|-
!Boss
![[Patch Plaza]] caption
!Description
!World
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Fangora artwork.jpg|150px]]<br>'''[[Fangora]]'''}}
|''This flaming guardian can breathe fire but will drop its guard when tired.''
|A large green dragon that attacks using fire breath and its pointed tongue, but tires easily.
|[[Grass Land (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Grass Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:Kirby's Epic Yarn 2010 E3 Hot Wings Battle.png|150px]]<br>'''[[Hot Wings]]'''}}
|''This guardian of the volcano shoots fire from her wings! Avoid getting burned!''
|A large phoenix that attacks using its fiery wings and by sending [[Embird]]s after Kirby, but is weak to Yarn Balls.
|[[Hot Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:Squashini.png|150px]]<br>'''[[Squashini]]'''}}
|''The villain of Treat Land has more than a few mean tricks up his sleeve!''
|A wily gourd-headed magician that attacks using many magic tricks, but has a weak spot under his hat.
|[[Treat Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:Capamari.jpg|150px]]<br>'''[[Capamari]]'''}}
|''This sea monster is rather vain. I wonder what the deal with that knit cap is...?''
|A giant octopus that disguises itself as a squid using a knit cap. <br>Its weak point lies on its head between the eyes.
|[[Water Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY King Dedede artwork.jpg|100px]]<br>'''[[King Dedede]]'''}}
|''This selfish Dream Land king wields a big hammer that's almost as big as his mouth!''
|King Dedede is made to fight Kirby after being transformed into a yarn outline and tied to puppet strings. <br>Attacking King Dedede causes the strings to drop, which can then be pulled on to unravel them.
|[[Snow Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Meta Knight artwork.jpg|150px]]<br>'''[[Meta Knight]]'''}}
|''This space guardian fell under Yin-Yarn's spell! Luckily, it all worked out!''
|Meta Knight is made to fight Kirby after being transformed into a yarn outline and given flaming swords. <br>Each of these swords needs to be destroyed in turn in order to break the spell.
|[[Space Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Yin Yarn artwork.png|150px]]<br>'''[[Yin-Yarn]]'''}}
|''This sorcerer uses his knitting needles to weave his evil all across Dream Land!''
|The main villain of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''. <br>Yin-Yarn attacks by using his knitting needles and the power of the [[Magic Yarn]] to conjure enemies for Kirby to fight.
|[[Dream Land (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Dream Land]]
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY Mega Yin-Yarn screenshot.png|150px]]<br>'''[[Yin-Yarn|Mega Yin-Yarn]]'''}}
|''Yin-Yarn used the power of the Metamato to transform into a mighty robot tank!''
|Yin-Yarn takes a form similar to a [[Tankbot]] in a last-ditch effort to defeat Kirby and Prince Fluff. <br>The heroes in turn become a Tankbot to retaliate against him, and a battle of flying missiles ensues for the fate of Dream Land and Patch Land both.
|[[Dream Land (Kirby's Epic Yarn)|Dream Land]]
|}
{{clear}}

==Neighbors==
Neighbors live beside [[Kirby's Pad]] in Quilty Court. All can be contacted for playing mini-games.
{| class="wikitable"
!Neighbor
!Game
!Apartment
|-
|{{Center|[[File:Zeke_KEY_artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Zeke]]'''}}
|[[Zeke's Hide-and-Seek]]
|Apartment 102
|-
|{{Center|[[File:Beadrix_KEY_artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Beadrix]]'''}}
|[[Beadrix's Run]]
|Apartment 201
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY_Carrie_artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Carrie]]'''}}
|[[Carrie's Transport]]
|Apartment 202
|-
|{{Center|[[File:KEY_Buster_artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Buster]]'''}}
|[[Buster's Training]]
|Apartment 301
|-
|{{Center|[[File:Mara_KEY_artwork.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Mara]]'''}}
|[[Mara's Race]]
|Apartment 302
|}

==Staff==
The following is a list of staff who have worked on ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'':
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
!colspan=2|Staff of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' &nbsp;
|-
!Position
!Developer(s)
|-
!Director
|[[Kentaro Sei]]
|-
!Planning Director
|Atsushi Kono
|-
!Planning
|Yuichi Abe<br>Yuta Bundo<br>Akira Kawase<br>Yosuke Suda<br>Takanori Mori<br>Yudai Shibata<br>Tomoya Sugiyama<br>Yasunori Fujimoto
|-
!Programming Director
|Hironori Kuraoka
|-
!Programming
|Yuhei Matsuda<br>Naoya Abe<br>Yuji Shibata<br>Yasuhiro Masuoka<br>Keita Sakunaga<br>Satoshi Kobayashi<br>Kazunobu Sameshima<br>Tomonori Kowari
|-
!Design Director
|Kazumasa Yonetani
|-
!Design
|Atsuko Ichii<br>Akiko Izumi<br>Asami Kawabata<br>Yoshihiro Hobo<br>Yuko Ito<br>Yoshie Nobe<br>Ayaka Miyazawa<br>Satoko Ozaki<br>Sachiko Hara<br>Mehumi Watanabe<br>Akiko Konagaya<br>Misako Akaike<br>Ayano Otsuka<br>Yuichi Nakamura<br>Masaya Okada<br>Masahiko Toda
|-
!Music & Sound Effects
|[[Tomoya Tomita]]
|-
!Programming Advisor
|Koichi Yagi
|-
!Visual Concept
|Tadanori Tsukawaki
|-
!Game Design Concept
|Madoka Yamauchi
|-
!Assistant Director
|Keita Kawaminami
|-
!Special Thanks
|Yoshikazu Isono<br>Mayuko Sato<br>Manabu Matsumoto<br>Hiroshi Fujie<br>Tomohiro Minemura<br>Masahiro Shiotani
|-
!Sound
|[[Tadashi Ikegami]]<br>[[Jun Ishikawa]]<br>[[Hirokazu Ando]]
|-
!Voice
|Makiko Ohmoto ([[Kirby]])<br>Tomoko Nakamura ([[Prince Fluff]])<br>Yuko Tsuga ([[narrator]] - Japanese)<br>Pablo Magaz (narrator - Latin American Spanish)<br>France Marien (narrator - French-Canadian)<br>Dave White (narrator - North American English)<br>Paul Vaughan (narrator - British English)<br>Olivier Deslandes (narrator - European French)<br>Wolf Kähler (narrator - German)<br>Massimo Marinoni (narrator - Italian)<br>Carlos Riera (narrator - European Spanish)<br>Sun Lee (narrator - Korean)<br><br>Side UK<br>Martin Vaughan (Casting Director for the UK version<ref name="e-mail">E-mail response from Martin Vaughan</ref>)<br>Chris Skrzyper (Sound Engineer for the UK version<ref name="e-mail"></ref>)
|-
!Technical Support
|Tomohiro Umeda
|-
!Debug
|NOA Product Testing
|-
!NOA Localization Management
|Nate Bihldorff<br>Reiko Ninomiya<br>Tim O'Leary<br>Leslie Swan
|-
!NOA Localization
|Gema Almoguera<br>Hélène Bisson-Pelland<br>Anne-Marie Laperrière<br>Ed Murray<br>César Pérez<br>Scot Ritchey
|-
!NOE Localisation Management
|Erkan Kasap<br>Paul Logue<br>Micky Auer<br>Matthew Mawer
|-
!Localisation Coordination
|Barbara Wallace<br>Amaury Bagnariol
|-
!Translation
|Ed Murray<br>Scot Ritchey<br>Philip Reuben<br>Anne-Marie Laperrière<br>Hélène Bisson-Pelland<br>Anthony Fouillen<br>Julien Venault<br>Frithjof Koepp<br>Jesko von Werthern<br>Maurizio Minunni<br>Giacomo Iacumin<br>Gema Almoguera<br>César Pérez<br>Jónatan Marcos Millán<br>Miguel Sánchez Esteban<br>Rika Yamamoto
|-
!NOE Quality Assurance
|Stefania Montagnese<br>Oliver Bates<br>Brian Sim<br>Gurcharn Jeer<br>Sabrina Jouillat<br>Jonathan Bolzer<br>Marie Pinault<br>Sascha Voß<br>Christian Keller<br>Zoran Tasevski<br>Pasquale Miceli<br>Marco Maspero<br>Pietro Bargagli Stoffi<br>J. Ignacio León López<br>Diego Ruiz Pomares<br>Ramón Aguas Ferrero
|-
!Korean Localization Management
|Yu Fukaya<br>Hyokjin Jung<br>Kimiko Nakamichi
|-
!Korean Localization
|Dongyeon Kim<br>Yunhye Lee
|-
!Korean Product Support
|Jonghoon Park<br>Ilho Kim
|-
!Korean Product Testing
|Junbong Lee<br>Sungmin Park<br>Seokju Kim<br>Kitae Kim<br>Jaeyoon Jung<br>NOK Debug Team<br>Mario Club Co., Ltd.<br>Akihiro Sakatani
|-
!Artwork
|[[Tetsuya Notoya]]<br>Rieko Kawahara<br>Yumiko Sano<br>Siyoung An<br>Jiyoung Shin
|-
!Artwork Support
|Hisayo Osanai<br>Sachiko Nakamichi<br>Keiko Uetani<br>Kieko Inoue
|-
!Character Supervisor
|Masanobu Yamamoto
|-
!Coordination
|Emi Watanabe
|-
!Producer
|Etsunobu Ebisu<br>Yoichi Yamamoto<br>Nbuo Matsumiya
|-
!Senior Producer
|Shigeharu Umezaki<br>[[Masayoshi Tanimura]]<br>Hiroshi Sato
|-
!General Producer
|Shinya Takahashi
|-
!Executive Producer
|[[Satoru Iwata]]
|-
!colspan=2|Developed by [[nwiki:Good-Feel|Good-Feel]]<br>[[HAL Laboratory]]<br>[[Nintendo]]<br><br>Nintendo, Good-Feel and HAL Laboratory, Inc. are the authors of this software for the purpose of copyright.<br>All rights reserved.<br>©2010-2011 Nintendo / Good-Feel<br>©2010-2011 HAL Laboratory, Inc. / Nintendo
|}

==Nintendo eShop description==
''When Kirby incurs the anger of a sorceror{{sic}}, he is transported to a world made completely of cloth and yarn! Guide Kirby through uniquely crafted levels in Patch Land, taking on a variety of forms in his common actions and transforming into powerful vehicles. Prince Fluff can also aid in the adventure with a 2nd player!''

==Trivia==
*The use of the word "yarn" in the game's English title may refer to both definitions of the word; the actual material of the game world, and that the game is a narrated story. The same can be said for "epic", as it can be used as an adjective or as a type of story.
*This game retains a few elements exclusive to [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|the anime]], such as the inclusion of "poyo" in Kirby's vocal exclamations and the use of "-zoi" after some of Dedede's dialogue in the Japanese version of the game.
*The art design of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' bears similarities to Japanese TV commercial for ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', which aired in 1993. The commercial showed Kirby made out of fabric eating up other enemies, similarly to ''Kirby's Epic Yarn''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-0nHaksVcc ''Kirby's Adventure'' Japanese commercial]</ref> It is unknown if this commercial was an inspiration for the game or not.
*''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' originally started as a non-Kirby game starring a character named Fluff named ''Fluff's Epic Yarn'',<ref>{{Cite|I see. By the way, Kirby’s Epic Yarn wasn’t originally intended to be a Kirby game. You really did start from scratch and for a while were making a completely new title called Fluff’s Epic Yarn. Fluff, the main character at that time, shows up in Kirby’s Epic Yarn, too. A "world of yarn" has been the setting for this game from the very start. How did you come up with the idea of a world of yarn?|Satoru Iwata|[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Kirby-s-Epic-Yarn/Iwata-Asks-Kirby-s-Epic-Yarn/1-Using-Real-Yarn-and-Cloth/1-Using-Real-Yarn-and-Cloth-206925.html Iwata Asks: Kirby's Epic Yarn - Part 1: Using Real Yarn and Cloth]}}</ref> (Japanese: ''Keito no Fluff'', lit. "Fluff of Yarn"), which is where [[Prince Fluff]] comes from. However, in the summer of 2009, it was decided to turn the game into a ''Kirby'' game, as the original prototype didn't meet Good-Feel's expectations, and they thought that attaching Kirby would make the game more enjoyable.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101010120727/http://wii.ign.com/articles/112/1126374p1.html IGN article about the story of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' (archive)]</ref> The internal codename of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' and ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]'' is "fluff".
**Notably, the original idea of making a game featuring a world of yarn was provided by Madoka Yamauchi, the same person who directed ''[[mariowiki:Wario Land: Shake It!|Wario Land: Shake It!]]''.<ref>{{Cite|The person who came up with the original idea was Madoka Yamauchi, director of Wario Land: The Shake Dimension. He’s Planning Section Manager of Good-Feel, and one day he came to me with that idea. When I asked him how he came up with it, he said it just sort of came to him.|Ebisu|[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Kirby-s-Epic-Yarn/Iwata-Asks-Kirby-s-Epic-Yarn/1-Using-Real-Yarn-and-Cloth/1-Using-Real-Yarn-and-Cloth-206925.html Iwata Asks: Kirby's Epic Yarn - Part 1: Using Real Yarn and Cloth]}}</ref>
**According to [[Tomoya Tomita]], the original story of ''Fluff's Epic Yarn'' involved Prince Fluff searching for his lost mother. The [[Flower Fields (theme)|staff credits theme]] was initially planned to be the stage theme for [[Fountain Gardens]], which would reflect the bittersweet emotions that Fluff had been feeling in the story. As development progressed, Tomita decided to create a more conventional theme by taking the theme he wrote for [[Flower Fields]] and giving it a fuller arrangement, which is how [[Fountain Gardens (theme)|the final theme for Fountain Gardens]] came to be. Tomita also included this motif into the theme of the level [[mariowiki:Yoshi and Cookies|Yoshi and Cookies]] from ''[[mariowiki:Yoshi's Woolly World|Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' as an easter egg.<ref>[https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2017/03/17/tomoya-tomita-interview/ An Interview with Game Composer Tomoya Tomita - Hey Poor Player]</ref>
*The developers of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'', [[nwiki:Good-Feel|Good-Feel]], have also released ''Yoshi'' games with similar concepts: ''Yoshi's Woolly World'', ''[[mariowiki:Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[mariowiki:Yoshi's Crafted World|Yoshi's Crafted World]]''.
**Interestingly, the data for every stage in this game appears deep in the files of ''Yoshi's Woolly World''. These were most likely used for testing in the early stages of development.

==Gallery==
{{Main|Kirby's Epic Yarn/gallery}}

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja={{furi|毛糸|けいと}}のカービィ
|jaR=Keito no Kābyi
|jaM=Yarn Kirby
|esA=Kirby's Epic Yarn
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|esE=Kirby en el reino de los hilos
|esEM=Kirby in the kingdom of the threads
|frA=Kirby's Epic Yarn
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|frE=Kirby - Au fil de l'aventure
|frEM=Kirby - On the thread of adventure
|de=Kirby und das magische Garn
|deM=Kirby and the magic Yarn
|it=Kirby e la stoffa dell'eroe
|itM=Kirby and the fabric of the hero
|ko=털실 커비 이야기
|koR=teolsil keobi iyagi
|koM=Yarn Kirby Story
|zhTrad=Kirby's Epic Yarn<br>毛線卡比<ref>[https://www.nintendo.tw/wii/wii_software.htm Nintendo Taiwan Wii game list]</ref>
|zhTradR=Máoxiàn Kǎbǐ
|zhSimp=Kirby's Epic Yarn
|zhM=-<br>Yarn Kirby
|pt=Kirby's Epic Yarn
|ptM=-
|nl=Kirby's Epic Yarn
|nlM=-
|ru=Kirby's Epic Yarn
|ruM=-
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rk5j/ Official Japanese website]
*[https://www.kirbyinformer.com/kirbys-epic-yarn ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' on Kirby Informer]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20230128074608/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_Kirby_Epic_Yarn.pdf English, French and Spanish manual (NA print)] (archive)

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