Nintendo has admitted that it abandoned three unfinished Kirby games over the past few years. In a recent interview, one of the series’ producers detailed the rocky past of the popular franchise.
"There are three lost Kirby games,” he told Iwata Asks.
"The first one is the one that pictures were shown of at E3. It was a Kirby game based on the concept of four-person simultaneous gameplay. That was when I learned how difficult it is to make a game that is both multi-player and single-player.”
"The second one was an experiment with extremely challenging gameplay that placed Kirby in 3D space and allowed players to freely move around. But unfortunately, we weren't able to achieve the quality we hoped for and it never reached completion.”
"The third one involved an animated Kirby sort of like a pop-up book. We renewed the Copy Abilities, and tried to power it up. We spent 11 years...making and abandoning these three games.”
Most recently, Kirby’s epic yarn enjoyed great success, and a new addition to the franchise is already in the works.
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