Kirby TV Channel is available again on Wii

So it's available again. I really enjoyed it last year and I made blog posts about every single episode! I wonder if I should tune in again? Hmm... I'm not sure.

Or why not? Why not be nerdy with regards to all things Kirby? :)

Well, if I do then I won't redo the same posts I did last year. I'll check on them for reference sake. It's pretty cool now that my blog has a bit of content archived now :)

American fans still don't have it. I wonder if anyone over there is upset about it?

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 51 and service ending announcement

On going into the Kirby TV channel today I got a message saying that the service will be stopping in 14 days. Then Kirby came along and gobbled it up. Maybe they'll bring it back soon? Because I know there are more episodes. The series is also beginning to be made available for the 3DS recently.

In this episode the town is planning a surprise party for Kirby to celebrate one year since he arrived in Dream Land. Everyone brushes him off when he shows up to play and, as these misunderstandings that all too often appear in these cartoon shows go, he packs up and runs away from home.

King Dedede mistakes the party preparations for a revolution at some point so the misunderstandings don't stop with Kirby.

The NME monster this time is a bomb throwing baddie and Kirby gets his bomb ability from it.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 50

King Dedede gets these doll replicas of himself from NME and gives them out among the people of Cappy Town. Little do they know that while they're sleeping, the king can hypotise them through the dolls.

After they get hypnotised the people find themselves loving and trusting King Dedede so much that they give all their money to his bank. Something happens though when King Dedede starts jumping around out of frustration due to lack of sleep...

No Kirby abilities this time.

About the ending... I can't help but wonder... is there a "2001: A Space Odyssey" reference in there?

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 49

Yes! The very first episode I ever saw of this show back when I was only vaguely interested in it!

This episode is all about animation production! King Dedede wants to make a cartoon series with him as the hero so he hires the folk of Cappytown to slave away and make all the drawings for his show. You also see other fun stuff like the voice actors and projectionists. The show they end up producing then depicts King Dedede as the star warrior hero instead of Kirby.

So it's a show within a show that parodies the show it's showing in! It is such a clever episode and it's what initially got me really interested in watching this cartoon to begin with.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 48

This episode is all about tourists! King Dedede decides to open Dream Land to tourism and has a tour bus and everything.

The tourists themselves are like foreign Cappys, styled after what seems to be a mixture of American and Japanese style tourists.

This is kind of going into big detail but I notice that the tour bus has the driver's seat on the left side. Japanese and Irish cars of course have the driver's seat on the right side. However, when tour buses come here from continental Europe they have the left side style of driver's seat on the bus. Maybe that's an extra detail they went into when making the cartoon? You know, since continental Asian tour buses going into Japan may have the left hand style as well? It's kind of thinking too much on my part but it interests me! :)

The NME monster this time is a lava tentacruel-like thing and Kirby fights it with Fire, then Ice when that doesn't work.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 47

This time the focus is on Waddle Dees! Also, by association, Waddle Doo who seems to be their leader.

King Dedede gets annoyed with the Waddle Dees so he decides to fire them all and get them replaced with a chore doing robot. Since the robot came from NME you can expect something to go wrong!

It's interesting to see the focus on the Waddle Dees and how they're like some kind of organised animal. The episode also makes references to the fact that Kirby looks a lot like them.

Kirby gets his stone ability this time.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 46

Part 2 of the spooky 2 parter.

So all the gang end up in the haunted house. They then see King Dedede and Escargoon venture inside and decide to scare them. The whole episode then becomes full of horror movie references like The Exorcist, Psycho and The Blair Witch Project. It's fun spotting the references!

The NME monster this time is a bone throwing creature and Kirby gets his fire ability in this episode.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 45

A spooky 2 parter! The residents of Cappytown decide to organise a Halloween-esque trail in the woods for the kids. It's kind of fun. King Dedede's scared expressions look funny! Also, I've never seen Escargoon get such an almighty beating from the king's hammer. Ouch!

This could very well have been a standalone but something appears at the end all of a sudden that makes it go into a 2 parter.

No NME monsters(that I know of anyway) and no Kirby ability, unless you count his nerves of steel and complete immunity to the spooky pranks that take place in this episode.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 44

We don't see much of Rik and his Australian accent but he's featured more prominently in this episode. Coo's there too.

Kirby and Co. visit Wispy Woods for a chat when Wispy tells them to go visit a friend of his that he's worried about. So the gang go visit him anyway and find Rik and his friends living there. A misunderstanding arises and they all get into a big fight. I got a feeling this was one of those learn-a-lesson episodes.

No NME monster but Kirby gets his cutter ability this time.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 43

Of all things this episode is all about the sheep! Well... one particular sheep who's gone bad(or baaad? Sorry)

This sheep is able to control and lead all the others and do its bidding which causes trouble for all the residents of Dream Land. It's a very interesting character actually, especially since it howls like a wolf. We don't know if it's influenced by NME or not.

Kirby gets his needle ability this time.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 42

Part 2 of the 2 parter. Everyone in town is worried about the asteroid/meteor thing flying towards the kingdom. It gets quite dramatic as well with everyone confessing their regrets to each other as well as some tender scenes where they appreciate their loved ones. Tiff researches to find an answer and eventually comes up with one about diverting the huge ball of fire away. There's only a slim chance that it'll work though!

There's a good feeling of suspense and dread in this episode and I was looking out to see if there was anything that seemed to be inspired by Majora's Mask. Other than the theme I couldn't see anything in particular.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 41

Another 2 parter! The episode card also has the same design as the previous 2 parter a few episodes ago.

King Dedede has nightmares about a firey red Kirby. We see one in the opening and it gets a little bit scary as it goes on! Anyway, he's so freaked out about Kirby attacking him that he goes off to see Mable the fortune teller to get his dream interpreted.

As you'd expect it's not about Kirby at all but rather it's symbolic of something else. What does the firey red Kirby symbolise? We'll find out more in the next episode!

Man, this is much more interesting than the two parter about the race! We also learn more about Mable the fortune teller and Samo the bartender who has an Irish accent.

The NME monster this time is a big ice elephant thing called "Fridgy". Kirby gets the fire ability this time.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 40

Knuckle Joe returns and he's working for NME!

He gives King Dedede a free demonstration which consists of flooding his kingdom with the generic type of enemies you'd see during a level in a normal Kirby game, although none of the actual enemies seem to be here (to my knowledge anyway).

Anyway it's a big shock to everybody to see Knuckle Joe return like this but the surprises don't end there!

Knuckle Joe's complexion now matches the way he appears in the games. Kirby gets the fighter ability this time.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 39

As expected an episode was skipped since 38 isn't available in English, even though it was dubbed in English before. I know that thanks to the splendid fanbase Kirby has!

Now for this episode!

King Dedede orders a monster that probably causes the most devastating damage. It's a tiny bug like creature; so small he didn't even notice it but when it enters someone's body, that person will be forgotten by everyone who knows them. It enters Escargoon's cheek and so the episode becomes centred around him and how everyone forgets him. It's quite upsetting for him and it makes for a very interesting episode!

Everyone treats him either with animosity or in the same polite manner as they would greet a stranger. Even the sheep — the ones that usually get the worst treatment in the series — treat him badly! Kirby befriends him, but whether he remembers Escargoon or not we don't really know. The funniest part is the name the police chief gives him!

When it's eventually figured out what the problem is and the monster leaves Escargoon's body everybody seems to be more panicked about it than any other monster that has appeared in the show to date.

I love this episode and the way it makes me think about what it would be like if I was in a scenario like that?

Episode 38 of "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!" unavailable?

On giving the timetable on the Wii's Kirby Channel a quick browse I see a blank gap where Episode 38 is supposed to be with the caption "Episode unavailable". What's that all about??

Well, after some quick googling and moogling I came across what the episode is all about. It features a famous author and a plot parodying one of the Harry Potter stories. That seems like a clever episode people might enjoy! I wonder why it's unavailable?

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 37

King Dedede and his underlings follow Kirby around with video cameras and do whatever they can to make him look like a criminal when they broadcast their special report on him throughout Dream Land.

There's one really funny moment when some of the Cappy folk are interviewed and their faces are pixellated, especially since they all have the same basic facial features!

You know what? It may or may not be intentional but I'm gonna say this is an episode that has an educational message about not believing everything you come across in the news.

The finale to this episode is very satisfying like all happy endings where the baddies have their plans foiled. The NME salesman appears very briefly but it's well worth seeing!

No monsters or Kirby abilities this time.

The episode card for this on the Kirby Channel is of a different design to every one of the others that came before it.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 36

Part 2 of the big racing saga and yes we do hear a narrator giving a recap.

The wacky racing antics continue for several laps and we see King Dedede carry out Dick Dastardly style tricks in an effort to trip up the rest of the racers. It's best to see for yourself what becomes of it all in the end.

Again, no NME monsters but there is a nice cameo with Kine the fish. Kirby really does get his wheel ability this time.

So I've noticed on the Kirby Channel the episode cards for these two racing episodes look different to all the other cards of the episodes I've watched up until now. Is that because these ones are special one offs or are the cards going to continue being like this from now on?

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 35

Part 1 of a 2 parter about a big race! We've seen the likes of this in other cartoons like Wacky Races and Dr. Slump.

You know that when it's something like this, how the race came about doesn't really matter — it's who's in the race. This episode just establishes who the drivers are. King Dedede, Tuff, the mayor, Kirby and Meta Knight all have their own cars and are competing against one another. Fololo and Falala are the commentators. Kirby uses his old spaceship modded into a car.

No NME monsters or abilities but the picture on the episode shows Kirby in a red backwards baseball cap so I guess that means we can expect to see his wheel ability in part 2?

By the way it was pretty weird hearing a narrator's voice at the end of this episode. I wonder if we'll hear it again at the start of the next one giving a recap?

God I would hate if this were to be made into a driving game!

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 34

Another Kawasaki episode! (love that guy) His real master arrives in Cappytown this time and really lets Kawasaki have it when he sees that his food isn't up to par. King Dedede also invites the master into his castle and cook for him and appears on tv. Lots of teacher/student drama ensues.

The NME monster this time is a giant corn on the cob that has an amusing attack involving popcorn. It's also the return of Kirby's cook ability.

I wonder if there's people who played Kirby's Fun Pak for the first time, having only watched the cartoon first? They wouldn't know Kawasaki's an adversary in that game.

Kirby Right Back At Ya! — Episode 33

A flying saucer starts coming to Cappytown every night to dump rubbish all over the place. This puts the whole town in a dilemma and they discuss various ways of what they're gonna do with it but all of their ideas happen to be environmentally unsafe. King Dedede even sends out a fire monster in the hopes of burning it up.

I guess you could say it's another episode with a message about the environment but it's extremely subtle and it doesn't really have any bearance on the plot about the flying saucer. It's only when the whole town tries to discuss various solutions and Tiff telling them that they're wrong that you could say that it's about the environment.

The NME monster this time is a CGI fire lion thing. Since it's made completely out of fire it looks fine in CG. I wonder if it's supposed to be like the firey lion thing from Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland? Anyway Kirby gets the Fire ability from it.