Okay, from the beginning. The idea of Kirby was born in the late 1980's by Masahiro Sakurai, born 1970. The first-ever Kirby game came out in April 1992, Kirby's DreamLand. Well, back then, Kirby didn't look like the cute little guy you might've seen in Brawl or Super Star Ultra. Back then... he looked more like a monster. Google it if you don't believe me. Anyways, the name Kirby wasn't originally Kirby. It was originally... Popopo! It was changed because, well, we have two theories. The major one, there was a brand of vacuum cleaners named Kirby, and since Kirby inhales a lot, that's where the name came from. The other one was named after John Kirby, who saved Nintendo from a suing crisis from Universal Studios.
Anyways, Kirby is a pink puffball. In scientific terms we call him a fungi. However, fungi don't have humongous appetites from apples to Mario, so in Sakurai's world, we call him, well, a Kirby.
To get the idea of what Kirby looks like, first draw a circle. Draw to oval shapes under the circle - Kirby's feet. One faces left. The other right. Now in the middle of the circle draw two long ovals, about a third of the length of the circle - the eyes. Now draw a curvy line about two-thirds of the way up in each oval, curving down. Draw a triangle with the point facing down under the eyes. The mouth. Without the mouth, Kirby is virtually useless. Anyways, draw two circles to each side, which are his arms. There. You've got yourself a Kirby.
Kirby lives on DreamLand, Pop Star. When Dark Matter is playing with dynamite and got himself blew up, Dark Mind got too stupid and decided to fight with Dark Nebula instead, Drawcia turned herself into a ball, Dyna Blade fell out of a tree, Galacta Knight is trying to make herself more prettier, Grill cooked himself for King Dedede for dinner, Marx is playing hopscotch with Marx Soul, Meta Knight turned good (which he is, mostly), Miracle Matter got himself stuck in a wall, Nightmare's sleeping, Wham Bam Jewel is clipping Wham Bam Rock's nails, Zero is having a fit and Zero Two is on strike, Kirby spends his day like any other citizen of Dream Land, Pop Star. Not much is revealed about Kirby's actual life in the games, but it's highly probable that he plays with Waddle Dees, sleeps, and eats. However, when Dark Matter recovers from the dynamite, Dark Nebula stopped fighting with Dark Mind, Drawcia turned back into herself, Dyna Blade's wing recovered, Galacta Knight decided that being Aphrodite isn't good for her, Dedede barfed up Grill, Marx stopped hopping around with his Soul, Meta Knight tries to turn Dream Land into a pancake again, Miracle Matter got out of the wall, Nightmare decided that naps were poisonous, Wham Bam Jewel thought that Wham Bam Rock's nails smell bad and quit, Zero got out of its fit and Zero Two went back to work because it got a better pay, that's when Kirby is in trouble. he has to go and save Dream Land... again!
Okay, okay. I'll start about Kirby now. He eats his enemies. That's how he fights. Gross, right? Nope. In some way, Kirby makes it look cute!
No, no, no. Kirby doesn't cut them up and eat their guts. He eats them whole. When he spits them out, he simply... er... well, they go out in a star. Simple as that. In fact, everything, about Kirby is about stars. Doors, Warp Stars, abilities, etc. However, when Kirby swallows them, he can copy their abilities. So a beam enemy, such as Waddle Doo, inhaled equals Beam Kirby! So, yeah.
There you go. Kirby is a pink puffball with an endless appetite and a bottomless pit as a stomach. He eats his enemies whole and copies their abilities. Everything he does everyone thinks it's cute. In Kirby Right Back At Ya (or Hoshi no Kaabii in Japan, Kirby of the Stars) Kirby even makes cute squishy noises with his feet when he walks!
So, yeah. There you go. Welcome to the wacky world of Kirby.
