| refs=<ref name="kirby starstacker">{{cite web|title=Kirby's Star Stacker for Game Boy|publisher = [[GameSpot]] |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gameboy/puzzle/kirbynokirakirakids/similar.html?mode=versions|accessdate=November 29, 2008}}</ref>
| refs=<ref name="kirby starstacker">{{cite web|title=Kirby's Star Stacker for Game Boy|publisher = [[GameSpot]] |url=http://www.gamespot.com/gameboy/puzzle/kirbynokirakirakids/similar.html?mode=versions|accessdate=November 29, 2008}}</ref>
| release= 1997 – Game Boy<ref name="kirby starstacker"/><br>1998 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System<ref>{{cite news|title='Kirby's Star Stacker'|url=http://www.nindb.net/kirby/kirbys-star-stacker.html|accessdate=2008-12-04|date=|work=[http://www.nindb.net NinDB]}}</ref>
| release= 1997 – Game Boy<ref name="kirby starstacker"/><br>1998 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System<ref>{{cite news|title='Kirby's Star Stacker'|url=http://www.nindb.net/game/kirbys-star-stacker.html|accessdate=2008-12-04|date=|work=[http://www.nindb.net NinDB]}}</ref>
| notes= *Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Kirby no Kirakira Kids'''''|カービィのきらきらきっず}}<ref name="kirby starstacker"/><ref name="kirby starstackerjp">{{cite web|title=カービィのきらきらきっず| language=Japanese|publisher = [[Nintendo]]
| notes= *Known in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Kirby no Kirakira Kids'''''|カービィのきらきらきっず}}<ref name="kirby starstacker"/><ref name="kirby starstackerjp">{{cite web|title=カービィのきらきらきっず| language=Japanese|publisher = [[Nintendo]]
The series revolves around Kirby, the series' protagonist, and his adventures in the fictional world of Pop Star. A common gameplay element is Kirby's ability to copy enemy skills, allowing him to use them to progress through levels. This and other changes in gameplay from traditional platform games distinguish the series from other entries in the genre.[3][4][5] Currently, the series contains twenty games. A one-hundred episode anime series based on the video games, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, was created in Japan and is currently shown weekly on 4KidsTV in North America.[6][7] The Kirby series is among the best-selling video game franchises with over twenty million games sold worldwide.[8] The franchise was conceived by Masahiro Sakurai as a game series for beginners, for which he partially attributes the series' success.[9]Kirby's Epic Yarn, a platform game for the Wii, is expected to be released in Fall 2010.[10]
