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Kirby's Epic Yarn

While walking through Dream Land, Kirby discovers a tomato and decides to eat it. Yin-Yarn, the evil sorceror who possessed the tomato (revealed to be a Metamato), appears and magically banishes Kirby into…

85 14 October 2010

Kirby's Epic Yarn is an adventure developed by Good-Feel, released 14 October 2010 on Wii U and Wii.

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What Kirby's Epic Yarn is

Kirby's Epic Yarn is an adventure game developed by Good-Feel and released in 2010. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kirby's Epic Yarn is a 2010 platform game developed by Good-Feel and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is an installment of the Kirby series and was released in October 2010 in Japan and North America and in February 2011 in Australia and Europe. It is the first entry in the Kirby series on a home video game console since 2003's Kirby Air Ride for the GameCube, and its first home console platform game since 2000's Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards for the Nintendo 64.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby's Epic Yarn is the 59th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. It arrived 2 years after Kirby Star Ride. The next entry was Kirby Mass Attack in 2011. Its critic score of 85 is 7 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Kirby's Epic Yarn holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Players rate it 78, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Kirby's Epic Yarn launched on 14 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition, God of War: Ghost of Sparta.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Kirby's Epic Yarn — frequently asked questions

When did Kirby's Epic Yarn come out?
Kirby's Epic Yarn was released on 14 October 2010 for Wii U and Wii.
Does Kirby's Epic Yarn have multiplayer?
Yes. Kirby's Epic Yarn supports multiplayer, including co-op.

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