Ask Guru Gobbo #127

1) I didn't change the Fan Art Gallery to anything; the Gallery Administrator did. For those of you unaware, on April Fools Day, he swapped out the language file to the Dutch version, which just made everything look hilarious.

2) Squeaky Bogg took over the site. Who cares about Kirby, anyways? This was supposed to be another little April Fools joke, but then I just thought, "Nah, I'll just keep it this way." That li'l bugger has a mind of his own. Plus, I think due to not appearing on the mainpage title image and browsers' stingy image re-cache rates, a lot of people didn't notice that this happened on April Fools. I think I was suppose to build up a little more of it in my news post on that day, but I was already pushing two separate things in it.

They actually make demo versions different than the publicly released version? Is that something new, 'cuz I never noticed it when I was a kid. Curse you, Boy and His Blob. You'd always reset just when I figured out how to get you to morph into something good. Why was I in the store for so long playing a demo game? And who am I talking to?

Wasn't that matter addressed specifically in the Mailbag itself? Really, I'm asking. Wasn't it. Maybe it was answered but delayed in posting. Yes, the cast is suppose to rotate some, with Ometon and myself as staples. That way, when the "What's your favorite" rolls around for the hundredth time, it's not wholly the same answer most of the time.

1) Kirby, technically, was never in that spot. Just his name was there. Unless, of course, you are speaking strictly on names. Frankly, I never thought names were all too adorable. Except for "Kelly". I want to huggle that name.

2) It wasn't spelled out clearly enough before? Fine then. There isn't a "membership". There is no global sign-up at Rainbow Resort. You can sign-up for the Forums or CuteNews commentary. Those are about the only "blanket" membership things at the site. Why you'd get an idea that anything else would be out there is a mystery.

That I can tell, no. They lack any name. No official notice is given to them that I can see. I guess when it's as simple a thing as a bomb,, even Japan says, "Okay, we ain't gotta name that." Meanwhile, the Norse would call it Skyburst the Fallen, Son of Frugort, scorcher of the ground it lands upon.

1) Yes, a ball could wear a hat, but it'd look totally ridiculous. It rolls around and would require, rather than just the face of Kirby spinning about, every hat sprite to roll around as well. It's a lot less tacky to just wipe hats out of the equation and keep the bald scalp. Kirby doesn't need hats, after all.

2) Have you paid attention to Chilly or Sir Kibble over time? The one does a 180° flip on body type and the other actually questionably becomes an entirely different enemy by the name of "Lord" Kibble. They change the way things look. Only the recycled graphical Game Boy games kept sprites all the same.

3) You are reading way to much in a light hearted joke there, Tripper.

4) They look like a standard medallion to me. It's sorta like the "Star Rod" from Adventure and Paper Mario. Same concept, different item.

5) I don't watch internet videos recreationally. If I need to watch some wretched load as a manner of research, then I boot it out, mute the sound, and scan through it. It's not really watching. Picking, really.

6) If things have it right, which it's hard to tell given the shaky basis of nomenclature, Meta Knight is said to never be named in America until his Avalanche appearance. In Japan, however, they are more liberal with information, such as discussing the name of Sweet Stuff's Tinsels and such. There, he was always just Meta Knight, no questions asked, ever since day one in Adventure. ... From what I can tell.

7) Scarfy had to change since the way Kirby was played changed. Back in Dream Land, the only way to kill a Scarfy was hitting it with a oral projectile. I know this tended to have to be an air pellet. In Super Star, since enemies had actual life bars and the powers had collateral damage causing splash effects, these taps would set them off. Snooter just took on this behavior to he extreme. Scarfy was left the "no eating" guy while Snooter turned into the "one-hit kill" guy.

I'm pretty sure you don't pay attention. It's where it's always been, Dedede-Daimyo's Fan Art Showcase. Did you try looking where it was? 'Cuz it never moved, never went anywhere. In fact, I'm pretty sure the main page to the site (the non-2 one, the splash) still links there.

1) That's like asking "Why does the Kirby series do original, whimsical, or charming things?" It's pretty much your answer, too.

2) 100% Completion should only be beating all the sub-games. Not every game should have a grocery list of collectables. That defeats the gimmick of the sub-games that do have that for a reason. And, being Helper to Hero with every Helper isn't much? You crazy, Tripp. Change your name to Tripp Crazy.

3) The Waddles are in Canvas Curse for no reason! Congratulations, you solved one of the universe's great mysteries -- Kirby's designers plain don't care.

4) It'd make sense that, if she drew things at one time that they were one color and another at another moment, that they would have to be different creations. Unless, they slowly grew to be more like their real counterparts overtime and shifted to the regular hue or she only had the lesser used purple paint left by the time of the final showdown. Of course, those are just bull reasons that I could flop around and try to convenience people are the real and right way, but no. I'm pretty sure those guys are just the folks trapped in Drawcia's painted world. They're just regular Dream Landians, and Kirby kills them ruthlessly. What a blood thirsty, heartless fiend.

5) You can eat Broom Hatter in Dream Land 2, Super Star, and more notably Crystal Shards, Amazing Mirror, and Squeak Squad and not get the Clean ability. You know why? 'Cuz the Clean ability wasn't in those games. Kirby already gets an ability from every player in the Smash series. Do you honestly think they'd put more on that pile by allowing him to copy an ability from a character who only appears sometimes against one particular character? Also, Kirby mimics a playable character. Doo ain't that. They'd be stretching so far to add that little novelty to the game, and for what end? No real value in it other than, it would seem, appeasing you.

The animated series has a crack writing team. Unfortunately, rather than meaning "top notch", I mean they are on the stuff. A lot of it. It's a children's show for one, and I don't think they really cared a lot for piecing things together. You have to remember that the only consistent fact with the cartoon is how inconsistent it is.

Besides, the animators don't know what's going on. They are just given a list of things to animate. You think any of what's happening in any show, let alone this one, makes any sense without explanation? No. Their directions could have just missed mentioning the two characters or they could have ran out of room or just simply forgot to put them in. It wouldn't be the first flub in animation seen.