Kirby’s whole thing is that he has a huge mouth, and anything he swallows he either absorbs their powers or transforms into. If he swallows Mario in a Smash fight he gets a red hat. In more recent times, if he puts a car in his mouth, he turns into a car.
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That’s a neat gameplay idea, but it also leads to questions. What if Kirby swallows a whisk? Or a hammer drill? What if he swallows something dangerous, or something shaped in a way that causes his (presumably) viscous insides to contort in a way that might do him some damage?
Or, most importantly, what if he puts someone hot in his mouth? This last question, at least, was answered at GDC last week, and it was answered in the most definitive way possible, with HAL Laboratory executive director Shinya Kumazaki telling Polygon:
No sharp angles. Still round. But he’s got a hat. Not ideal—I was hoping for more of a “Handsome Squidward” effect here—but it’s also probably what we should have expected given the series’ and character’s history.
