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| The anime series has Kirby speaking only in babble consisting mainly of the word "poyo". It follows a similar inflection to ''Melee'' Kirby, but is often exaggerated further. | | The anime series has Kirby speaking only in babble consisting mainly of the word "poyo". It follows a similar inflection to ''Melee'' Kirby, but is often exaggerated further. | ||
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| ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' | | ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' | ||
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*''[[Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble]]'' | *''[[Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble]]'' | ||
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' | *''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' | ||
*''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' (uncredited)<ref name="shmup"/> | *''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' (uncredited)<ref name="shmup">{{cite|Did you know, there's actual real voice acting in Nightmare? We even went down to see Makiko Ohmoto to record her. [...] The clips we actually used in the game are few and far between, though. Kirby speaks when he takes damage, but otherwise the voicework is all kept to the subliminal level. As you can imagine, when pixelated sprite characters like Kirby start speaking clearly it feels really unnatural. That's not the only reason either. I also think that by having a voice, it will end up typecasting Kirby as a certain type of character. So for those reasons we only used his voice in five places... three for the Mike copy ability, and two instances for when he takes damage.|[[Masahiro Sakurai]]|[https://shmuplations.com/kirbynightmare/ ''Nintendo DREAM'' interview, translated by shmuplations.com]}}</ref> | ||
*''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'' (uncredited) | *''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'' (uncredited) | ||
*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' | *''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
KSS Mike 2.mp3|The second Mike voice from ''Kirby Super Star'', | KSS Mike 2.mp3|The second Mike voice from ''Kirby Super Star'', which sounds similar to Kirby's current voice. | ||
KSS Mike 3.mp3|The third Mike voice from ''Kirby Super Star''; this is Masahiro Sakurai saying "Chesto!", a Japanese battle cry. | KSS Mike 3.mp3|The third Mike voice from ''Kirby Super Star''; this is Masahiro Sakurai saying "Chesto!", a Japanese battle cry. | ||
Kirby voice sample - SSBB unused.mp3|An unused Kirby voice clip from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. | Kirby voice sample - SSBB unused.mp3|An unused Kirby voice clip from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''. | ||
KTD Kirby burned voice.mp3|Kirby's voice when he gets burned in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''. | KTD Kirby burned voice.mp3|Kirby's voice when he gets burned in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''. | ||
KTD Kirby squashed voice.mp3|Kirby's voice when he gets squashed in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''. | KTD Kirby squashed voice.mp3|Kirby's voice when he gets squashed in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''. | ||
Cook Kirby Humming Kirby Dance.mp3|[[Cook]] Kirby's humming of the [[Kirby Dance]] tune in ''Kirby Star Allies''. | Cook Kirby Humming Kirby Dance.mp3|[[Cook]] Kirby's humming of the [[Kirby Dance]] tune in ''Kirby Star Allies''. | ||
KNiDL Mike 1.wav|Kirby's first Mike scream from ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''. | |||
KNiDL Mike 2.wav|Kirby's second Mike scream from ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''. | |||
KNiDL Mike 3.wav|Kirby's third Mike scream from ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''. Like his other two screams in ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'' this is voiced by Makiko Ohmoto. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' and ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'', Kirby is voiced by Makiko Ohmoto in an uncredited role. Only five unique voice clips are used: two for getting hit, and three for using [[Mike]]. In an interview with ''Nintendo DREAM'' magazine, [[Masahiro Sakurai]] stated that he limited the amount of voice clips Kirby had in ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'' because he felt that having a pixelated Kirby speaking clearly would be "unnatural", and because he felt that having Kirby speak too much would "typecast Kirby as a certain type of character".<ref name="shmup"/> | |||
**These sound effects are numbered 11–12 and 60–62 in the Sound Test for ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''. The Mike ability is absent from ''Kirby & The Amazing Mirror'', but the Sound Player does feature the hit sound effects as numbers 7 and 8. | |||
*''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'' and ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'' are the only games in the ''Kirby'' series where Kirby can be heard unambiguously shouting "poyo". | *''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'' and ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'' are the only games in the ''Kirby'' series where Kirby can be heard unambiguously shouting "poyo". | ||
*Because of Kirby's ability to copy his opponents in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, Kirby always has more voice clips in these games than any other individual fighter, and often rivals the announcer for number of voice clips. | *Because of Kirby's ability to copy his opponents in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, Kirby always has more voice clips in these games than any other individual fighter, and often rivals the announcer for number of voice clips. |