History YMMV / KirbyCanvasCurse

* FridgeBrilliance: Drawcia having a connection to the Dark Matter doesn't seem all that implausible when you consider a few things. For starters, her Sorceress form is quite similar to Dark Matter Blade which is most noticeable in the games intro. The final boss of this game is actually quite similar in concept to the TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamland3'': The first phase has a slow paced battle theme against the main antagonist and the second has a fast paced theme against a spherical monster with a prominent eye.

* HilariousInHindsight: The surreal sketchbook landscape and childishly giggling posters making up The World of Drawcia makes it look like Kirby crossed over into one of the witch's domains in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica.'' Drawcia herself resembles one of the witches from that series, making some fans wonder [[spoiler:what she may have been like as a human MagicalGirl before turning into that form, let alone Drawcia Soul.]]

* CommonKnowledge: [[spoiler: Drawcia Soul]] is not a result of Drawcia being possessed by Zero in the Japanese version of the game. No such evidence of this exists outside of rumours and how Kirby games were scarce on details, leaving a lot of things up to speculation.

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: A lot of fans ship Drawcia with [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark Matter Blade]], despite Dark Matter Blade having been killed off years before Drawcia came into existence. The main reason people ship the two is that the boss fights against Drawcia and Dark Matter Blade are rather similar: Kirby first faces a more humanoid form (Drawcia Sorceress, Dark Matter Blade), [[SequentialBoss followed by]] a blob-like EldritchAbomination form (Drawcia Soul, Real Dark Matter). However, people also make Drawcia have a similar backstory to Dark Matter Blade: it's widely accepted that Dark Matter Blade attacked Dream Land because [[FriendlessBackground he didn't have any friends]] and [[GreenEyedMonster was jealous on Dream Land for being a land in which everyone is everyone's friend]], so they made Drawcia jealous on the fact the inhabitants of Dream Land were "more real" than her. The ship became HilariousInHindsight with [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Paintra's reveal]], since it implies Drawcia attacked Dream Land out of loneliness, not unlike Dark Matter Blade, [[spoiler: and with [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void's existence]], Void being implied to be the precusor of Dark Matter and, as such, Dark Matter Blade's ancestor, as well as Void referencing Drawcia.]]

* EvilIsCool: The game's reception aside, Drawcia is pretty popular among fans for both [[CuteWitch her usual look]] and her [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment Soul form.]]

* EvilIsCool: The game's reception aside, Drawcia is pretty popular among fans for both [[CuteWitch her usual look]] and her [[SurpriseCreepy Soul form.]]

*** She gets worse when you realize that Drawcia Soul doesn’t aim for Kirby most of the time, she aims her attacks towards the screen. The screen as in ''you'', the ''player''. The one who has assisted Kirby throughout this entire adventure. Drawcia ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou knows that you’re there and actively tries to attack you!]]''

*** She gets worse when you realize that Drawcia Soul doesn’t aim for Kirby most of the time, she aims her attacks towards the screen. The screen as in ''you'', the ''player''. The one who has assisted Kirby throughout this entire adventure. Drawcia ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou knows that you’re there and actively tries to attack you]]''!

** ''Canvas Curse'' introduced the concept of Soul forms for the final bosses to the franchise, and as the first of them Drawcia is fittingly outright horrifying - a giant, five-eyed marbled glob of paint that rapidly changes color and constantly utters distorted screams and laughter from her gigantic mouth. Upon defeat, her mangled body twists in on itself as she is sucked into the canvas she spawned from. Combined with the increasingly disturbing laughter during her transformation, and you had potentially the most disturbing ''Kirby'' final boss until [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Fecto Forgo]] came along.

** ''Canvas Curse'' introduced the concept of Soul forms for the final bosses to the franchise, and as the first of them Drawcia is fittingly outright horrifying - a giant, five-eyed marbled glob of paint that rapidly changes color and constantly utters distorted screams and laughter from her gigantic mouth. Upon defeat, her mangled body twists in on itself as she is sucked into the canvas she spawned from.

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: A lot of fans ship Drawcia with [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark Matter Blade]], despite Dark Matter Blade having been killed off years before Drawcia came into existence. The main reason people ship the two is that the boss fights against Drawcia and Dark Matter Blade are rather similar: Kirby first faces a more humanoid form (Drawcia Sorceress, Dark Matter Blade), [[SequentialBoss followed by]] a blob-like EldritchAbomination form (Drawcia Soul, Real Dark Matter). However, people also make Drawcia have a similar backstory to Dark Matter Blade: it's widely accepted that Dark Matter Blade attacked Dream Land because [[FriendlessBackground he didn't have any friends]] and [[GreenEyedMonster was jealous on Dream Land for being a land in which everyone is everyone's friend]], so they made Drawcia jealous on the fact the inhabitants of Dream Land were "more real" than her. [[spoiler: The ship became HilariousInHindsight with [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void's existence]], Void being implied to be the precusor of Dark Matter and, as such, Dark Matter Blade's ancestor, as well as Void referencing Drawcia.]]

* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: A lot of fans ship Drawcia with [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark Matter Blade]], despite Dark Matter Blade having been killed off years before Drawcia came into existence. The main reason people ship the two is that the boss fights against Drawcia and Dark Matter Blade are rather similar: Kirby first faces a more humanoid form (Drawcia Sorceress, Dark Matter Blade), [[SequentialBoss followed by]] a blob-like EldritchAbomination form (Drawcia Soul, Real Dark Matter). However, people also make Drawcia have a similar backstory to Dark Matter Blade: it's widely accepted that Dark Matter Blade attacked Dream Land because [[FriendlessBackground he didn't have any friends]] and [[GreenEyedMonster was jealous on Dream Land for being a land in which everyone is everyone's friend]], so they made Drawcia jealous on the fact the inhabitants of Dream Land were "more real" than her.

* HarsherInHindsight: Having knowledge of [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Paintra]] makes The World of Drawcia sadder. Given how dark it is and that there are no enemies aside from the paintings that giggle and reveal their disturbing smiles when the player approaches, the world apparently reflects the emptiness Drawcia was feeling ever since she was separated from Paintra, since during ''Canvas Curse'', Paintra is nowhere to be seen.
** This association got even worse with ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''; [[spoiler: it's TrueFinalBoss, Void, has a name that means "emptiness", is implied to be the progenitor of [[DarkIsEvil Dark Matter]] and makes references to Drawcia]].

** This association got even worse with ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''; [[spoiler: it's TrueFinalBoss, Void, means "emptiness", is implied to be the progenitor of Dark Matter and makes references to Drawcia]].

* EndingFatigue: Ironically, it suffers from both this and [[ItsShortSoItSucks the opposite problem]]. If you attempt to go for OneHundredPercentCompletion, be prepared to sink in several hours, as you have to clear the story mode ''[[HardModeFiller five times]]'', plus finish Rainbow Run under the target times and complete the hardest difficulty of each of the sub-games. While the main story can be beaten in about three hours, getting 100% completion bloats that up to over 15 hours, even for an experienced player.

* EndingFatigue: Ironically, it suffers from both this and [[ItsShortSoItSucks the opposite problem]]. If you attempt to go for OneHundredPercentCompletion, be prepared to sink in several dozen hours, as you have to clear the story mode ''[[HardModeFiller five times]]'', plus finish Rainbow Run under the target times and complete the hardest difficulty of each of the sub-games. While the main story can be beaten in about three hours, getting 100% completion bloats that up to over 15 hours, even for an experienced player.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: Several critics have expressed disappointment at the game’s length, as it can be beaten in roughly three hours.

* ThatOneSidequest: Getting an A Rank in Paint Panic Level 3. The minigame requires the player to put some distance between Kirby and an ActionBomb by completing several drawings as quickly as possible, but is extremely strict when it comes to detecting the player’s inputs. Some drawings take up to 4 different strokes to be finished, and the Paint Roller battle every few rounds further slows Kirby down, essentially turning the minigame into a LuckBasedMission.

* GoodBadBug: The game is supposed to solve Kirby running into intersecting lines drawn by the player by detaching him, but this is interpreted as a massive gain in speed and launches him into the opposite direction. The TAS takes advantage of this by using pixel perfect scribble placement to make Kirby so fast he clips out of bounds, skipping large swathes of each stage.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: The game was very well-received and is generally considered one of the best among the Nintendo DS’s launch titles. However, several critics have expressed disappointment at the game’s length, as it can be beaten in roughly three hours.

* ThatOneSidequest: Getting an A Rank in Paint Panic Level 3. The minigame requires the player to put some distance between Kirby and an ActionBomb by completing several drawings as quickly as possible, but is extremely strict when it comes to detecting the player’s inputs. Some drawings take up to 4 different strokes to be finished, and the Paint Roller battle every few rounds further slows Kirby down, essentially turning the minigame into a LuckBasedMission.