{"id":133197,"date":"2023-04-18T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148144"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:30:00","slug":"kirby-gdc-panel-the-many-dimensions-of-kirby-now-available-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/18\/kirby-gdc-panel-the-many-dimensions-of-kirby-now-available-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby GDC Panel, &#8216;The Many Dimensions Of Kirby&#8217;, Now Available Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc4eae385b3b5\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cc4eae385b3b5\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"cWdt07ncRxU\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kirby got his very own panel at this year&#8217;s GDC, and for a while, many different outlets were sharing stories on how developer HAL Laboratory brought the pink puffball&#8217;s adventures into full 3D with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_and_the_forgotten_land\">Kirby and the Forgotten Land<\/a>. And now, you can watch the full 50-minute talk over on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>GDC has uploaded the presentation onto its <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Gdconf\">channel<\/a>. Hal Laboratory&#8217;s Executive Director Shinya Kumazaki is joined by Expert Director Tatsuya Kamiyama on the panel, and the two developers talk about the challenges of making a 3D Kirby game, Mouthful Mode, and how the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirbys_return_to_dream_land_deluxe\">Kirby\u2019s Return to Dream Land Deluxe<\/a> made the transition from the Wii to the Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Some rather lovely concept art for Forgotten Land and Return to Dream Land Deluxe is shown off, and if you&#8217;ve spent any time online over the past month, you may have seen a couple of photos of some rather amusing moments shared:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Make Kirby the Hero\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3f9414eeff9da\/make-kirby-the-hero.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3f9414eeff9da\/make-kirby-the-hero.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Make Kirby the Hero\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cWdt07ncRxU\">via YouTube \/ GDC<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hilarious comparisons aside, the talk is a really great look at how game development works, especially regarding the visual style and accessibility and depth that Kirby games aim for.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks following GDC, which took place from 20th to 24th March, we learned <em>a lot<\/em> about the terrifyingly adorable pink puffball, including the fact that he doesn&#8217;t actually eat his enemies. What a relief&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/kirby\/related-articles:147110 @ 2023-04-18T23:53:22+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be diving into this GDC talk? Let us know down below<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Kirby got his very own panel at this year&#8217;s GDC, and for a while, many different outlets were sharing stories on how developer HAL Laboratory brought the pink puffball&#8217;s adventures into full 3D with Kirby and the Forgotten Land. And now, you can watch the full 50-minute talk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}