Kirby

Kirby is a platformer franchise developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. The first game released in 1992 on the Game Boy. The franchise stars a young pink creature named Kirby as he fights to save his home planet by a variety of threats. As of March 2024, the Kirby franchise has sold over 51.32 million copies worldwide.

Games[]

Main series[]

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
1992	GB	Kirby's Dream Land	5.13	^[1]
1993	NES	Kirby's Adventure	1.75	^[1]
1993	GB	Kirby's Pinball Land	2.19	^[1]
1994	SNES	Kirby's Dream Course	0.369^JPN	^[2]
1995	SNES	Kirby's Avalanche	Unknown
1995	GB	Kirby's Dream Land 2	2.36	^[1]
1995	GB	Kirby's Block Ball	0.064^JPN	^[2]
1996	SNES	Kirby Super Star	1.44	^[1]
1997	GB	Kirby's Star Stacker	0.069^JPN	^[2]
1997	SNES	Kirby's Dream Land 3	0.076^JPN	^[2]
2000	N64	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards	1.77	^[1]
2000	GBC	Kirby Tilt 'n Tumble	1.23	^[1]
2003	GCN	Kirby Air Ride	1.34	^[1]
2004	GBA	Kirby & the Amazing Mirror	1.47	^[1]
2005	DS	Kirby: Canvas Curse	0.655*	^[2]^[3]^[4]
2006	DS	Kirby: Squeak Squad	2.27	^[1]
2010	Wii	Kirby's Epic Yarn	1.85	^[1]
2011	DS	Kirby: Mass Attack	1.22	^[1]
2011	Wii	Kirby's Return to Dream Land	1.93	^[5]
2014	3DS	Kirby: Triple Deluxe	2.66	^[1]
2015	Wii U	Kirby and the Rainbow Curse	0.58*	^[6]
2016	3DS	Kirby: Planet Robobot	1.64	^[1]
2017	3DS	Kirby Battle Royale	0.33*	^[7]
2018	Switch	Kirby Star Allies	4.38	^[1]
2022	Switch	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	7.52	^[5]
Total sales			44.292

Remakes[]

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
1998	SNES	Kirby's Super Star Stacker	Unknown
2002	GBA	Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land	2.10	^[1]
2008	DS	Kirby Super Star Ultra	2.99	^[1]
2012	Wii	Kirby's Dream Collection	0.421	^[2]^[3]
2019	3DS	Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn	0.025^JPN	^[2]
2023	Switch	Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe	1.46	^[8]
Total sales			6.996

Digital Spin-offs[]

Year	Platform	Title	Sales (millions)	Ref
2014	3DS	Kirby Fighters Deluxe	0.017^JPN	^[2]
2014	3DS	Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe	Unknown
2017	3DS	Kirby's Blowout Blast	Unknown
2020	Switch	Kirby Fighters 2	Unknown
2022	Switch	Kirby's Dream Buffet	0.019^JPN	^[2]
Total sales			0.036

Notes[]

* include VGChartz numbers
- Kirby: Canvas Curse | 0.315 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.310 (NA) [NPD] + 0.03 (EU/Other) [VGChartz]
- Kirby's Dream Collection | 0.246 (JPN) [Famitsu] + 0.175 (NA) [NPD]
^JPN currently only Japanese sales number available
Kirby's Avalanche is the only Kirby title to not release in Japan because it is a re-skinned version of Super Puyo Puyo.
Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby Tilt 'n Tumble, and Kirby's Dream Collection did not release in Europe or PAL regions.
Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's Pinball Land, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby: Squeak Squad, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Kirby Star Allies, and Kirby and the Forgotten Land have all sold over 1 million copies in Japan alone.^[2]

References[]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16
Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present, Updated as of June 2023
- CESA Games White Papers. Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2023. https://www.cesa.or.jp/survey/book/hakusho/detail001_2023.html.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 ^2.9 https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://www.npd.com/industry-expertise/video-games/ As of July 2011 for Kirby: Canvas Curse, as of Janurary 2013 for Kirby's Dream Collection
↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/1138/kirby-canvas-curse/?region=All
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/231108e.pdf
↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/82963/kirby-and-the-rainbow-curse/?region=All
↑ https://www.vgchartz.com/game/204847/kirby-battle-royale/?region=All
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230509_3e.pdf

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[sales22-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 Nintendo software and hardware sales data from 1983 to present, Updated as of June 2023
CESA Games White Papers. Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2023. https://www.cesa.or.jp/survey/book/hakusho/detail001_2023.html.

[2] CESA Games White Papers. Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association. 2023. https://www.cesa.or.jp/survey/book/hakusho/detail001_2023.html.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 ^2.9 https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/game-search

[:223-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://www.npd.com/industry-expertise/video-games/ As of July 2011 for Kirby: Canvas Curse, as of Janurary 2013 for Kirby's Dream Collection

[4] ttps://www.vgchartz.com/game/1138/kirby-canvas-curse/?region=All

[:2-5] 5.0 ^5.1 https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/231108e.pdf

[6] ttps://www.vgchartz.com/game/82963/kirby-and-the-rainbow-curse/?region=All

[7] ttps://www.vgchartz.com/game/204847/kirby-battle-royale/?region=All

[:1-8] ttps://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2023/230509_3e.pdf

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