Kirby, Nintendo Take to the Skies

By: Peter Schmitz

Monday September 22, 2008

Nintendo celebrated the highly anticipated release of Kirby Super Star™ Ultra on Nintendo DS™ by releasing thousands of pink, cloud-like images of Kirby in the skies over four U.S. cities with areas that share his name (Birmingham, AL, Memphis, TN, Kingston, PA and Medford, NJ) Capitalizing on Kirby’s floating abilities; the multi-city launch event drew national attention to Kirby’s resurgence, introduced younger consumers to the beloved Kirby character and drew excitement for the launch of Kirby Super Star Ultra. Excitement ran high as commuters, shoppers, children and people of all ages gathered in groups to identify the pink characters floating gently through their skies.

The Flogos, as they are called, are creations made from environmentally-friendly soapy bubbles and lighter-than-air gas. It’s been sixteen years since Kirby, the popular super, tough pink puff, made his first appearance and Nintendo is celebrating by releasing Kirby Super Star™ Ultra for Nintendo DS on Monday, September 22.

The game features three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that you can play with up to three friends, a slew of new adventures including updated graphics and fully rendered movie scenes.