Line #7 Trivia/KirbyStarAllies


1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** Creator/MakikoOhmoto reprises her roles as Kirby and [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Susie]].
3	** Though credited as general director, Shinya Kumazaki plays King Dedede (and by extension Parallel Dedede) and Void Termina.
4	** Composer Hirokazu Ando voices [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Magolor]], [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Taranza]] and Void Termina.
5	* AscendedFanon: The Waddle Dee from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby 64\|The Crystal Shards}}'' was commonly interpreted by fans as Bandana Dee from ''Super Star Ultra'' onwards, prior to having a finalized design. Adeleine & Ribbon's [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lzNnFef0bYg trailer]] appears to confirm this theory, with Bandana Dee showing up at the end alongside Kirby, Dedede, Adeleine, and Ribbon.
6	* ContentLeak: Shortly after Wave One of Dream Friends released, dataminers were able to uncover the next two waves, revealing all of the upcoming Dream Friends, with only [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Ribbon]] remaining a surprise due to her being a duo with Adeleine.
7	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: ''Star Allies'' actually sticks closer to the cancelled ''Kirby GCN'' game than the actual successor, ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', not only featuring the return of Helpers and the use of them for four-player co-op, but also featuring the scrapped Knight design with [[spoiler:Morpho Knight]].
8	* DescendedCreator: Composers Hirokazu Ando and Yuuta Ogasawara provided the uncredited voices for Void Termina, [[VoiceOfTheLegion along with]] general director Shinya Kumazaki and ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe'' director Yumi Todo.
9	* DevelopmentGag:
10	** The {{superboss}}, [[spoiler:Morpho Knight, was originally supposed to appear in the cancelled Kirby Platform/GameCube game]], albeit with a different sword.
11	** [[spoiler:Star Allies Sparkler's Japanese name, Twinkle Star Allies,]] is a direct reference to ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand'''s working title, ''Twinkle Popo''.
12	* DummiedOut: [[spoiler:While he ''is'' a Bonus LegacyBossBattle in the ''Heroes in Another Dimension'' credits, there is data in the game files for a proper boss fight with Marx, including a boss health bar and a ''battle theme'' tagged to it, though they go unused and were likely added as a way to [[DevelopersForesight make sure that he is still fightable]] like every other boss. The GameMod to re-implement it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-i-TIEKH8 did not take long.]] Curiously, he is tagged as a MiniBoss.]]
13	* FandomNod:
14	** The game gives some credit to a common fan theory, that the anime also used, [[spoiler:specifically the one that Kirby is actually a friendly EldritchAbomination. When fighting Void Termina, the dark god of chaos worshiped by the game's cult, its core forms a face that looks almost exactly like Kirby's, color scheme and all. The pause screen description calls this Void Termina's true form. And that's not even getting into the Dark Matter/Zero connections.]]
15	** An Adeleine and Ribbon focused [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1FqDhcn0AM trailer seems]] seems to have given credence to a popular theory regarding Bandana Waddle Dee being the same Waddle Dee as the one that starred in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards''. In the end, the trailer has Kirby, Adeleine, Ribbon, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee all running together with Adeleine painting food for everyone, just as she did for the gang back in ''Kirby 64''. However, a similar interaction on the title screen & main menu features Parasol Waddle Dee instead. [[ZigZaggingTrope On the other hand]], Bandana Waddle Dee can ''also'' appear in the interaction. Make of that what you will.
16	* MilestoneCelebration: A year late, but all the iconic characters over the course of the series being PromotedToPlayable plus [[spoiler:the option to turn Kirby back to his very first design when you beat Soul Melter EX in ''The Ultimate Choice'']] point to this game being a 25th anniversary celebration.
17	* ProductionNickname: Like most of the ''Kirby'' games, ''Star Allies'' was given a development nickname: in this case, "Eclair".
18	* RefittedForSequel:
19	** The idea of [[spoiler:Zero making a reappearance was originally meant to be in ''[[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Planet Robobot]]''. Star Dream's first form was originally meant to be a roboticized version of the creature, as shown in that game's concept art. For one reason or another, however, the idea was scrapped in favor of connecting it with [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Nova]], and the Zero-related ideas were retooled into Void Termina.]]
20	** ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' was originally intended to feature Adeleine as a playable character[[note]](and Waddle Dee, who got his chance in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' as Bandana Waddle Dee)[[/note]] while the game was developed for the Nintendo 64DD, and was in fact [[https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/04/kirby-64-the-crystal-shards-beta/ playable in beta builds]]. The idea was scrapped however, when the game moved from being a 64DD game to a regular Platform/Nintendo64 cartridge due to the failure of the former. Fortunately, and 18 years later, Adeleine (alongside Ribbon) would finally have her playable debut in this game as part of the third wave of Dream Friends.
21	** [[spoiler:Morpho Knight was originally planned to be used in the cancelled [=GameCube=] game.]]
22	* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Void Termina is voiced by Hirokazu Ando, Yuuta Ogasawara, Shinya Kumazaki and Yumi Todo reciting the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha Iroha poem]] in unison, with the idea behind it being to make it sound like a VoiceOfTheLegion.
23	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
24	** According to some [[http://www.siliconera.com/2018/11/21/kirby-star-allies-spits-out-more-details-regarding-mage-trio-and-the-ultimate-choice/ game production info]] revealed in an issue of ''Nintendo Dream'', the team had considered giving Adeleine voice acting, even considering picking a staff member to voice her, but decided against it so that she wouldn't [[SuddenlyVoiced feel too much like a different character]].
25	** Early datamines of the game found empty textboxes attributed to Magolor, implying he would've had a more important role in the game's story rather than being just another Dream Friend -- though it's also entirely possible they were just left over from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''.
26	** More datamined files pointed towards Hyness, of all characters, being playable at some point, complete with fully finished recolors for all four playable slots. These files were removed from the version 4.0.0. update, and HAL later confirmed that this update would be the last.
27	** Director Shinya Kumazaki [[https://kotaku.com/kirby-star-allies-developers-explain-how-they-improved-1833813511 stated]] that there were other characters they wanted to incorporate as Dream Friends, including [[VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse Drawcia]], [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse Elline]], [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Shadow Kirby]], and [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Galacta Knight]]. These and other characters were ultimately excluded, deciding that only one Dream Friend should represent each game and that only mainline games (meaning no spinoffs or remakes) would be represented.
28	** Unused code in the game shows that at one point, the Helper system was based on ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', with Kirby summoning a Helper from his Copy Ability (though the game doesn't actually clear Kirby's Copy Ability due to the code for that being skipped over).
29	** Driblee and Floaty the Cell Core underwent multiple changes as can be seen [[https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Driblee?so=search&file=Water_Friend_Concept_Art_1.jpg here]], [[https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Driblee?so=search&file=Water_Friend_Concept_Art_2.jpg here]], [[https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Floaty_the_Cell_Core?so=search&file=Float_Slime_Concept_Art_1.jpg here]], and [[https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Floaty_the_Cell_Core?so=search&file=Float_Slime_Concept_Art_2.jpg here]].
30	* WorkingTitle: The game was initially announced as ''Kirby for Nintendo Switch''.

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