Fun with Kirby
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Who is Paul Rose?
Paul is probably better known as Mr Biffo – the creator of legendary teletext games magazine Digitiser. These days, he mostly writes his videogame ramblings over at Digitiser2000.com. If you want more Biffo in your eyes, you can catch him as the host of Digitizer The Show at www.bit.ly/biffo2000.
I’ve
been on a bit of a Kirby kick of late. I’ve always had a bit of a moist spot for the pink, spherical, whatever-it-is, and his impressive set of lungs. In terms of core gameplay mechanics, I always felt the franchise deserved more credit than it seems to have received. I’ve never really understood why Kirby – though wildly successful by the metric of most game series – was always relegated to Nintendo’s second-tier brands.