Kirby Star Allies: The Original Art Book
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Kirby Star Allies: The Original Art Book
is a book filled with art related to Kirby Star Allies. It was planned and supervised by HAL Laboratory and published by ambit on March 16th, 2021. It consists of 200 pages divided into 3 chapters. The book includes art directly from the game, concept art, and unused designs. Also included are designer’s notes and director’s notes, small descriptions of many characters, and interviews with the programmers and the director. The book has only been released in Japan.
Overview
The book is an art book with almost every page having at least 5 separate artworks, if rough sketches are counted. Being released in 2021, it features content from not just the initial release of Kirby Star Allies, but artworks for every update up until the final one (Version 4.0.0) which was released on November 30th of 2018. The book also has many notes from the designers on things such as UI design, stage concepts, and even trivia such as which Kirby game a character first appeared in.
Contents
Chapter. 1 Artworks (pages 4 - 8)
The first chapter is also the shortest, with only 5 pages. It features art such as the Japanese box art of Kirby Star Allies, the Heroes in Another Dimension concept art, and art used in the news section of the Nintendo Switch system.
Chapter. 2 Making (pages 10 - 146)
This is the main part of the book, divided into 4 sections having art for all the new copy abilities introduced in Kirby Star Allies, friend actions, every dream friend, and every main story level and bosses.
Kirby/Copy Ability (pages 10 - 23)
The first 2 pages are all about normal Kirby. After that is artwork of Kirby’s copy abilities, starting with the abilities added in Kirby Star Allies, Festival, Artist, Spider, and Staff, It also features many screenshots of attacks Kirby can use with that copy ability. After those 4, Yo-Yo, Cleaning, and Cook are given their own pages, with the final page having art of every ability Kirby can have in the game.
Friends Actions (pages 24 - 35)
As the name suggests, it is a collection of art related to the 5 friend actions used in the game.
Dream Friends (pages 36 - 61)
Includes art for every dream friend in order of release, starting with Bandana Waddle Dee and ending with The Three Mage-Sisters. It shows Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! title screens, pause descriptions, and game over screens for every dream friend. It also has screenshots of many attacks the dream friends can use, along with the attack names.
World/Character (pages 62 - 146)
This section is further split into 5 subsections, with each having art for one main area of the main story. Each subsection has art for every stage in main story order, then all enemies appearing for the first time in that area in Kirby Star Allies, and finally all bosses fought in that area.
Chapter. 3 Extra (pages 148 - 200)
The final chapter of this book includes art for all of the postgame modes, sound room, 100% completion artwork, all the puzzle piece artworks, soundtrack artwork, and 2 interviews.
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 星のカービィ スターアライズ 公式設定資料集 Hoshi no Kābyi Sutā Araizu Koushiki Settei Shiryoushu |
Kirby of the Stars Star Allies Official Settings Data Collection |
