Kirby Lore ► The Dark Matter Trilogy

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2018
  • Book Four.
    Score by LittleVMills / Paintings by Mothman /
    Zero-Two at 7:45 by x-Ebee-x / Blame Woolie
    Shirts! tinyurl.com/woolz
    References:
    ► Kirby 20th Anniversary Encyclopedia Artbook
    ► wikirby.com
    ► kirby.wikia.com
    ► SourceGaming sourcegaming.info/2018/03/22/the-beginners-guide-to-kirby-lore/
    ► SirTapTap: sirtaptap.com/articles/kirby-canon-horrifying/
    ► That one meme with the timelines
    ► The great VaatiVidya :D
    Woolie Versus: Season 2
    Vergil, waifus, and stands are real.
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Комментарии • 1,4 тыс.

  • @googleygareth
    @googleygareth 5 лет назад +4067

    "Hey got any good horror videos you wanna watch for Halloween?"
    Yeah man, Kirby.

    • @halodragonmaster
      @halodragonmaster 5 лет назад +50

      GoogleyGareth YOU NOT WRONG.

    • @owlhead6503
      @owlhead6503 5 лет назад +38

      Yup this KIDS GAME is a horror fic

    • @trupotato
      @trupotato 5 лет назад +96

      Rated E for "Everyone leave the room -- this is very Mature!"

    • @jacpas2012
      @jacpas2012 5 лет назад +7

      that model of pat you have, you can make it dance to everything.

    • @seldomstudios6351
      @seldomstudios6351 5 лет назад +14

      yeah i know
      Kirby right back at ya is some scary sh*t right there

  • @BinaryDood
    @BinaryDood 5 лет назад +3014

    Kirby is more lovecraftian cosmic horror than Bloodborne

    • @FlutterSwag
      @FlutterSwag 5 лет назад +74

      @@griff5401 would meta Knight and elieen get along ?

    • @serdash6548
      @serdash6548 5 лет назад +184

      Sure enough kirby got something that bloodborne doesnt, and that's subtlety

    • @gamersxpro1234
      @gamersxpro1234 5 лет назад +38

      I wouldn't be surprised if both universes were some how connected.

    • @darkraioxxx
      @darkraioxxx 5 лет назад +20

      Eileen would love Meta Knight

    • @Zimran03
      @Zimran03 5 лет назад +3

      Rodeen ok but what is this song called

  • @aganaom1712
    @aganaom1712 5 лет назад +2282

    "i want some light reading"
    the entire expanded universe of the lord of the rings
    "i want to do nothing but learn the deepest and most subtle intricacies of the universe and perceive the inner machinations the human mind through an interactive medium"
    kirby lore

    • @transhumanistgamer8963
      @transhumanistgamer8963 5 лет назад +183

      You can squander your gifts with the easy shit like getting a PhD at Harvard in quantum physics or you can truly put the limits of human knowledge to the test by pressing pause in a Kirby game during a boss battle.

    • @muniramawar5115
      @muniramawar5115 5 лет назад +81

      Pausing for lore is a skill only obtained by intellectual genius’s and vinny from vinesauce as well as everyone in the chat of his planet robobot streams.

    • @jrcsmash2150
      @jrcsmash2150 5 лет назад +38

      Kirby Lore is best Lore.

    • @roaringthunder115
      @roaringthunder115 5 лет назад +6

      Wow

    • @powerONdelta
      @powerONdelta 5 лет назад +2

      you wont get that if youre watching this

  • @cynical_perks8725
    @cynical_perks8725 5 лет назад +1279

    The idea that Kirby himself is a cosmic horror to a thing like Zero is... intriguing, to say the least.

    • @NimhLabs
      @NimhLabs 5 лет назад +170

      If at any point you do not think to consider Kirby in someway a horrifying creature... rethink things.
      The horror... the fear... the Hiiii

    • @EEBE64
      @EEBE64 5 лет назад +77

      Well he does have infinite power. It would be wise to fear kirby.

    • @JamesAxis13
      @JamesAxis13 5 лет назад +86

      A cosmic powerful being can be killed or eaten by a pink fluff ball that can eat any and everything. Good thing pink stuff is on our side.

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 5 лет назад +26

      @@JamesAxis13
      Supposedly.

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +88

      Kirby is on the side of whoever respects the integrity of his cake.

  • @SrPelo
    @SrPelo 5 лет назад +1791

    You LITERALLY named the new born form of Zero in Star Allies before the update!!!!! 8:45
    I love your kirby Lore videos!!!

  • @KoolSchrank
    @KoolSchrank 5 лет назад +825

    Me after finishing a Kirby game:
    what a cute little story
    Me after 2 hours of Kirby lore:
    WTF

    • @FurnaxIkki
      @FurnaxIkki 5 лет назад +54

      @That Green One Let's be honest. Haltmann was a scumbag, but considering what he started as, and what Star Dream did to him, are all kinds of unsettling.

    • @ToxicPea
      @ToxicPea 5 лет назад +57

      The Kirby fanbase welcomes you openly.

    • @randomuser4960
      @randomuser4960 5 лет назад +14

      Not to mention what he wanted in the first place... bringing his dead little sweet pea back to life...

    • @skaianDestiny
      @skaianDestiny 5 лет назад +8

      @@randomuser4960 And yet she was closer to him than he realized...

    • @jupitersgodzilla7114
      @jupitersgodzilla7114 4 года назад +3

      Smash Bros: First time?

  • @melonyswife
    @melonyswife 5 лет назад +1297

    Don’t forget: the dark matter threat was so important that Samus Aran had to investigate

    • @FrahdChikun
      @FrahdChikun 5 лет назад +327

      It may have also been due to Popstar housing a few Metroids. Samus couldn't find them though, but Kirby was able to minimize that lesser threat compared to Zero

    • @christianlorrain877
      @christianlorrain877 5 лет назад +99

      Wait really? I didn't know that, so that means that mario kirby and metroid are all linked

    • @screm2067
      @screm2067 5 лет назад +185

      Along with Gyromite, F-Zero, Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, and basically *everything from the Great Cave Offensive*

    • @NimhLabs
      @NimhLabs 5 лет назад +100

      Well, if there is a link from F-Zero to Kirby--this officially links Star Fox to Kirby.
      That being said... I consider the Great Cave Offensive as less canon than the Subspace Emissary. It was just a fun little treasure hunt that was not actually part of any real plot in the Kirby series.
      Great Cave Offensive is either not canon... of a Big Lipped Alligator Moment. Somehow... Kirby... could... have... a.. owie... just... owie...

    • @technomancer3373
      @technomancer3373 5 лет назад +7

      Disgusted Dedede wait when did this happen?

  • @spinyjustspiny3289
    @spinyjustspiny3289 5 лет назад +608

    For extra Prepare To Cry: Dark Matter the Swordsman's original motive was allegedly feeling so lonely and unloved that it decided if people would treat it like something to fear then it will BE something to fear.

  • @DinsRune
    @DinsRune 2 года назад +330

    Okay, but nobody is giving Woolie praise for the "They Die" segment.
    That's some good-ass existential cosmic horror. You're an excellent writer, Woolz.

  • @anonrabbit9468
    @anonrabbit9468 5 лет назад +787

    "The Cosmic Pink Thing"
    Holy shit that's strong. That's a strong name.

    • @phobos5323
      @phobos5323 5 лет назад +28

      Talk about a Color From Outer Space!

    • @Toast-com
      @Toast-com 5 лет назад +50

      "Cosmic Pink Thing." Has destroyed literal gods.

    • @jakoski
      @jakoski 5 лет назад +20

      Well, you need to properly enunciate it in order to fully convey the weight it carries.
      The Cosmic Pink THING.

    • @bup3482
      @bup3482 5 лет назад +20

      HEY GUESS LOOK ITS MY FAV NINTENDO CHARATER THE COSMIC PINK THING

    • @seanbrown8700
      @seanbrown8700 3 года назад +7

      @@jakoski Zero: "I fear no cosmic horror. But that *THING*. Frightens me."

  • @isaacargesmith8217
    @isaacargesmith8217 5 лет назад +373

    "HES ZERO, HES ZERO, IM ZERO. Are there ANY more zeros I should know about here?"

  • @georgewilson7432
    @georgewilson7432 5 лет назад +351

    All this is made even more unsettling by the fact Shinichi Shinomura, one of the key developers of the Zero concept, seemingly has disappeared, vanished as if they never existed. All accounts about Shinomura are scarce, incomplete and contradictory. Once the Zero games were done, Shinomura just faded away.

  • @masterspoiler2367
    @masterspoiler2367 5 лет назад +943

    I love how throughout these videos you barely mention Kirby at all. You allude to him, certainly, and he appears in the game footage, but you always manage to keep the focus away from him and what he represents. It's almost as if your saving him for something... something BIG.

    • @jenniffersantiago730
      @jenniffersantiago730 5 лет назад +21

      Yeahhhhh!!!

    • @omega-xis1943
      @omega-xis1943 5 лет назад +116

      It would be the biggest troll if he just said “oh and there’s Kirby”.

    • @thecataking6933
      @thecataking6933 5 лет назад +46

      I’m guessing that one of the last episodes in this series is going to specifically be about Kirby, and that’s why he hasn’t mentioned him

    • @AmaiarAiramand
      @AmaiarAiramand 5 лет назад +28

      Hum... he in fact mentioned him in the first video. Not by his name, but rather by his... origins. Dark origins.

    • @gregstinkston7634
      @gregstinkston7634 5 лет назад +31

      The pink thing that swallows planets in is gaping maw

  • @legosaurg7979
    @legosaurg7979 5 лет назад +195

    All you have to lose is your free will,
    and nothing of value was lost.

  • @mrfandangojimmies7117
    @mrfandangojimmies7117 5 лет назад +1617

    Hey Woolie, you okay with a few points from a resident Kirby Lore nut?
    Zero had no personality, no wishes or desires. It just existed. It floated around, it didn't really observe because well... it just didn't care.
    Cut to the original gameboy game where Dedede was defeated- it humbled him and made him angry with Kirby. It caused him to try and play the hero in adventure with the fountain of dreams (which he failed at) so that he could get the same amount of praise but it didn't work out. His jealousy and anger grew.
    It's this jealousy and anger that somehow got Zero's attention. The strong emotional feelings drew Zero closer and why it keeps going after Dedede to possess him as it gained the want to learn more about emotion. Dark Swordsman is a mockery of what Dedede imagines a hero would be (notice they have the same yellow/red triangle thing going on).
    Gooey was spawned on the opposite side- a part of Zero got close to Kirby and his pure heart and it led to the unfeeling white sphere learning about kindness and compassion. Gooey is a fragment that's trying to copy all the good qualities of the life on popstar (and it's why it shares Kirby's ability to copy)
    Zero's main body starts acting on it's own after that but it's why Void Termina (a play on Final Zero) is such a treat to lore fans. It's Zero reborn from negative energy which leans it to the corruption side of things but Kirby (again) is nearby so part of it is trying to mimic Kirby. It's why it's constantly flipping between DM/Kirby/Zero's faces, the thing is ripping itself apart trying to figure out what it wants to be and why the secret boss has the tagline that "maybe it can come back as a pure friend next time."

    • @hollow1279
      @hollow1279 5 лет назад +209

      MrFandango Jimmies Did you know that in the manual for KD2 it states that Dark Matter Swordsman was jealous of dreamland peace and friendship? That and he was suffering from loneliness.

    • @mrfandangojimmies7117
      @mrfandangojimmies7117 5 лет назад +123

      Yeah, later games kinda retconned that though so you can go with either honestly. I'm just going with what's considered "recent"

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 5 лет назад +103

      at some point, not sure where so not sure if its official, but somewhere someone stated that 02 was incapable of feeling positive emotions and was angry and jealous of the other lifeforms that could.
      it cetainly explains the melancholic tone of its battle theme

    • @mrfandangojimmies7117
      @mrfandangojimmies7117 5 лет назад +72

      Nah, it just didn't interact with anything so it's first influence was negative. If it was incapable of joy or anything then Gooey wouldn't of came into being and VT wouldn't be able to lean towards Kirb at all.
      There's a japanese column that came out a little while ago that dropped all pretense and stated that Void is Zero and Hyness is obsessing over Dark Matter and it's original being and was trying to call it back in a controlled state. He wanted dark hearts to make it pure evil and leave the pure hearts out as he didn't want anything positive to influence it.
      ja.kirby.wikia.com/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9#cite_ref-0
      Can check it out here

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 5 лет назад +43

      note that I mentoned 02, zero's second form after his first defeat, not Zero. what I mentioned was specifically attributed to 02, as in somethign went wrong after it came back and it became unable to feel joy.

  • @Brutalyte616
    @Brutalyte616 5 лет назад +604

    *_Within the tumultuous Void, beyond the reach of existence, It can be found._*
    *_It has no name It can call its own, for It existed before names. It is an existence born of the abstract chaos that came before all things. It is a raw, primal thing that knows only Itself, for It is what you would call Nothing, the absence of Anything, and in the beginning, Nothing was all that there was and had ever been. In this way, this singularly infinite existence came into its own, for though It was Nothing, It was also Everything, for there was only Nothing and Nothing Else._*
    *_So It was for unsung eternities until the inevitable happened; Something came into existence. Something Else, Something Different, Something That Was Not Nothing. This was a strange thing; It was Nothing, and Everything should be Nothing, for wasn't that the natural order of things? But that had changed now._*
    *_Nothing was no longer Everything; It was just Nothing. Something Else had become Everything, a new Everything; Everything Else. This was anathema to Nothing, for now Nothing was somehow less than Everything, so It hated Everything Else and sought to return Everything Else to Nothing, so there would only be Nothing and Nothing Else, and then Everything would be just as It had been before: Nothing._*
    *_So It has been for unsung eternities, and all things know Nothing, for It was once Everything and It will be again within the fullness of time._*
    *_You would know It as 'Zero'._*

    • @lazy7789
      @lazy7789 5 лет назад +41

      where did you get this cosmic horror concept of zero

    • @Brutalyte616
      @Brutalyte616 5 лет назад +53

      @@lazy7789 I just decided to start waxing poetic once I realized how much I could play around with the name 'Zero'.

    • @lazy7789
      @lazy7789 5 лет назад +46

      this deserves to be on the main kriby text description for Zero

    • @ro-337
      @ro-337 5 лет назад +8

      Bravo

    • @umapessoa240
      @umapessoa240 5 лет назад +13

      This... this is beautiful... I have no other words.

  • @edwardramasamadesiderio471
    @edwardramasamadesiderio471 5 лет назад +581

    Don’t let this distract you from Woolie defending the Gameboy Classic because of Kirby.

    • @Ellievsgod
      @Ellievsgod 5 лет назад +45

      Too late I'm distracted

    • @leehollings79
      @leehollings79 5 лет назад +12

      Gameboy? More like Gamecuck!!!...damn it, I've become what I hate. Time to dissaaapeeeaaaaarrrr-....

    • @thom14777
      @thom14777 5 лет назад +1

      What do ya mean?

    • @thom14777
      @thom14777 5 лет назад +1

      What's a Gameboy classic?

    • @LieseFury
      @LieseFury 5 лет назад +1

      @@thom14777 the original Game Boy.

  • @susanaalmeida593
    @susanaalmeida593 5 лет назад +505

    Kirby is the greatest piece of existenstial, cosmic horror ever conceived.

    • @berandom2000
      @berandom2000 3 года назад +13

      But he use those powers to help and protect others instead of causing terror and spread chaos.

  • @sarafontanini7051
    @sarafontanini7051 5 лет назад +169

    I heard somewhere that Zero's goals in Kirby 64 are out of envy towards all living things, unable to feel positive emotions, it lashes out at the other entitites of the universe capable of feeling what it cannot
    "I feel nothing
    I feel nothing
    I FEEL NOTHING!
    If I can't be happy
    Then why should
    any one else?"

    • @syweb2
      @syweb2 5 лет назад +19

      I see this get thrown around a lot. While I like it a lot, I can never seem to find the source.

    • @bigbluebuttonman1137
      @bigbluebuttonman1137 5 лет назад +11

      TBH, if it feels nothing, it should be incapable of feeling envy as an implication of that state of mind. I think it would want to eliminate free will, thinking it's some sort of "unnatural state of mind."

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 5 лет назад +13

      @@bigbluebuttonman1137 from 'nothing' I mean it can't feel happy or compassioante or whaever, but it CAN feel ahte, envy and other thigns and so its pissed off
      I was just doing lyrics to his song, cut me some slack

    • @theequalizer694
      @theequalizer694 5 лет назад +5

      so basically "sorry i cant be happy so none of you can"

    • @KaikaiDokeshii
      @KaikaiDokeshii 3 года назад +6

      _"Demon in pink, who can't think what I think! Why should you be the only one to dream?"_
      -Man On The Internet

  • @chiaknight
    @chiaknight 4 года назад +50

    What I think draws Dark Matter to Dedede is his insecurity. It’s a weakness of the mind, which makes it easy to control. Dedede is ashamed of his past mistakes, and it makes him afraid to do anything, for fear of messing up again. However, he hasn’t been possessed in a while. In Star Allies, we learn that Dedede has finally resolved to better himself and become a better example for his people. Now, he’s more than physically strong-He’s mentally strong.

    • @AntasmaTheBatKing
      @AntasmaTheBatKing 2 года назад +6

      I feel bad for Triple D... He doesn't do anything because he doesn't wanna f*** up again... Just like how I isolate myself so I don't start anything...

  • @angeldude101
    @angeldude101 5 лет назад +130

    An interesting pattern emerges when you look at what weapons are effective against Dark Matter:
    *Rainbow* Sword
    *Love-love* Stick
    *Crystal* Gun
    Triple *Star*
    And last but not least:
    *FRIEND HEARTS*

    • @IronianKnight
      @IronianKnight 5 лет назад +34

      Lucky Charms are the opposite of Zero, you heard it here first

    • @vriis
      @vriis 5 лет назад +1

      The fuck are you getting at

    • @Me-lb1br
      @Me-lb1br 5 лет назад +6

      I'm following a pattern of friend ship

    • @charlien6123
      @charlien6123 4 года назад +3

      Anything holy with love can kill zero

  • @DevonPalmer98
    @DevonPalmer98 5 лет назад +334

    It just keeps going, I can’t believe how much lore this little vore monster has

  • @Dabednego
    @Dabednego 5 лет назад +254

    So is Kirby the reason why Woolie is a nihilist, or is being a nihilist why Woolie loves Kirby?

    • @NimhLabs
      @NimhLabs 5 лет назад +28

      The Gingerman wants to screams... because he does not know.

    • @Azelf89
      @Azelf89 5 лет назад +11

      The Answer: Yes

  • @MrAl360
    @MrAl360 5 лет назад +150

    Yeah baby, Dark Matter. The first ever secret final boss that made “WAIT, WHO’S DAT?!?” Little Lucha wasn’t ready for that hype.

    • @BESM1984
      @BESM1984 5 лет назад +1

      Blew my mind the first time!! This video bringing back so many memories

  • @TheStrxggler
    @TheStrxggler 5 лет назад +299

    More Lore from VaatiWoolia. Nice.

  • @nevy4256
    @nevy4256 5 лет назад +152

    This is the first lore video where I ended up feeling genuinely unsettled by the topic. Good fuckin' job, Woolie. Everyone who helped on this did a great job.

    • @dragowolfraven3806
      @dragowolfraven3806 Год назад +2

      Yep. The idea of being a voiceless passenger in your own body is terrifying.

  • @Brawler1993
    @Brawler1993 5 лет назад +114

    Jesus Christ, I think this was the most disturbing one yet. It definitely had the most disturbing artwork.

  • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
    @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +289

    Think of the poor souls that witnessed dark matter for the first time. Also Void Termina is not really a part of Dark Matter but supposedly an elder god that embodies the concept of light and darkness in a single being according to Star Allies. That's probably why it looks like Dark Matter and Kirby's species and has been shown using some of their powers. Kirby would then likely be a creature born to oppose Zero's darkness by his very nature and explain why Zero is unable to corrupt Kirby.

    • @EnderbrineJr
      @EnderbrineJr 5 лет назад +76

      I always thought Void Termina was more like a progenitor of both dark matter and the kirby species. That once it dies or is destroyed, it could be reborn as one or the other which was to hint that dark matter and Kirby are related in the sense that one is an absolute good and the other an absolute evil.

    • @mrfandangojimmies7117
      @mrfandangojimmies7117 5 лет назад +6

      Zero and Void Termina are one and the same so shrug.

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +31

      @@EnderbrineJr It's also possible but the game don't say much about that. We know that Void Termina is an algamation of light and darkness and that it existed for eons but beyond that there is no proof that Void Termina is more than an incarnation of both force of the universe that just happens to be Zero and Kirby. It is very likely that Void Termina is the progenitor of both and I also believe this but it is never hinted at directly in Star Allies unlike the fact that Void Termina is indeed an incarnation of both light and darkness and possess abilities usually exclusive to either Kirby's species or Dark Matter. There is actually some proofs that Void Termina may be the progenitor since Dark Matter is known to be able to manifest its own memories physically since Robobot. Both Void Termina and Kirby are implied to do that during their final battle. Gooey, Miracle Matter and Void Termina himself also seems to have copy abilities that link them all with Kirby as some sort of network representing the nature of the Kirby universe. Kirby's species is light, Dark Matter is darkness and Void Termina is the Essence of Chaos that exist above the established balance.
      I've seen some trying to say that Void Termina can mean final Zero but it is actually pretty wrong. zero as a concept imply that something is lacking from what was here. Void/Nil mean the absence of everything including the concept of zero as nothing can be missing from everything else if nothing exist in the first place. End Nil/Void Termina actually mean the end of nothingness, which would actually fits its possible nature as the progenitor of light and darkness and with them the balance of the universe. Void Termina is also one of the only Kirby character who is canonically a God in-universe, even Zero is never refered as that.

    • @sebastiansandoval4861
      @sebastiansandoval4861 5 лет назад +2

      Watch his video on void termina he already knows, he said it to state his relevance, as the only one confirmed as zero related is dark nebula (and gooey, and dark matter)

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +4

      @@sebastiansandoval4861 he never really mention that Void Termina is an incarnation of light and darkness, the video ends when he reveal Void Termina's and Kirby's similar appearance. The problem is that in this video, he seems to imply that Void Termina is a part of Dark Matter like Dark Nebula, which is not completely true as far as we know since Void Termina is not just darkness.

  • @sleepyespurr2922
    @sleepyespurr2922 5 лет назад +72

    I used to think Kirby 64 had a lot of weird Evangelion imagery in it.

    • @l1ghtd3m0n3
      @l1ghtd3m0n3 4 года назад +3

      SleepyEspurr Wouldn’t be surprised if the later games drew from it, ESPECIALLY Robobot.
      I get heavy Gurren Lagan and Evangelion vibes from that game.

    • @Hegaems
      @Hegaems 2 года назад

      The enemy 'Spark-i' in Kirby 64, "Rami" in japanese, is a clear reference to the 5th angel in Evangelion, Ramiel

  • @Graysett
    @Graysett 5 лет назад +174

    Mmm... What's that smell? This taste...? Ah yes, it's some GOOD. SHIT!

    • @ImmaLittlePip
      @ImmaLittlePip 5 лет назад +10

      What's that smell?
      You mean your salami leg, his salami leg, their salami leg or Carl's shoes?

    • @Graysett
      @Graysett 5 лет назад +6

      It's been at least a decade since I've watched that show and I STILL heard it in his voice. Well played.

    • @sailorshark3334
      @sailorshark3334 5 лет назад +13

      ITS BLUD

    • @KevlarCaviar
      @KevlarCaviar 5 лет назад +3

      THIS IS THE TASTE OF A KIRB, WOOLIO WOOLOVANA!

  • @supersonicxz1
    @supersonicxz1 5 лет назад +87

    Dark matter, the first living Woolie Hole.

    • @jbark678
      @jbark678 5 лет назад +9

      Soon Woolie will reveal that he is Zero and the Woolie Hole will consume all, but for real this time.

  • @IexistIguessidk
    @IexistIguessidk 5 лет назад +25

    Quick side note: The original japanese instruction manuel for Dreamland 2 stated, that Dark Matter (Swordsman) came to Dreamland because it was envious of the bond of the residents of Popstar. So it really was an independent incarnation of Dark Matter.

  • @misterhighflyer2973
    @misterhighflyer2973 5 лет назад +35

    _Just multiply life by Zero, and they'll have nothing to worry about _*_anymooooore..._*

  • @dotheneedful55
    @dotheneedful55 3 года назад +7

    My grandchildren: Grandpa, please tell us a bedtime story!
    Me: *A single blood tear falls from my eye*

  • @CoriSparx
    @CoriSparx 3 года назад +11

    _"Eviscerated and gutted to the core, in a fit of unfathomable rage, the bloodied, weeping eye of the Embodiment of Long-Suffering rips itself out of its torn socket, casts off its old flesh, and moves in to kill the cosmic pink _*_thing_*_ that devours celestial bodies within its gaping maw..."_
    The fact that this is literally an accurate description of something depicted _on-screen_ and _in-game_ in a freaking KIRBY game... Just... Holy fuck.

    • @very_not_emo
      @very_not_emo 5 месяцев назад

      turns out kirby is the most metal game ever made

  • @mightykid9581
    @mightykid9581 5 лет назад +223

    Clicked so fast it was still private

  • @myttydohun4851
    @myttydohun4851 4 года назад +7

    Sakurai: uhhh....yeah! yeah, what this guy said!

  • @diegorojas2049
    @diegorojas2049 5 лет назад +22

    *You are Zero. You are the most tragic existence in the universe. A tragedy so great, no one knows about you. You are an existence of pure negativity. You ARE negativity. You are what others wish to avoid at all cost. The universe has decided you are pure negativity. The universe has denied your existence any form of positivity. Your happiness has been denied. Your joy has been denied. Your love has been denied. You look at those capable of such emotions, and feel jealous for them. Those are your greatest desire, yet you will never achieve them. The universe will never allow you to achieve them. You desire them so much, you feel disgust for them, you loathe them, you HATE them. Those are your unreachable goal, hanging far too tall for you to ever reach. Should you ever reach them, however, you will not be negativity anymore. You will not be Zero anymore. You will not be anymore. Your existence will be erased for daring to oppose the rules of the universe. Your desire is your biggest dream that you can never obtain. Your desire is your greatest enemy that opposes you. Your desire is the sword of Damocles that will end your existence. Your desire, therefore, must be eliminated. That happiness, that joy, that love you want, hate, and fear so much, must be eliminated.*

  • @memansocool
    @memansocool 4 года назад +8

    Zero: Why, I'm Zero.
    *Gooey and Dark Matter pop out*
    Void: What kind of fool do you take me for?! He's Zero, he's Zero, you're Zero, I'M ZERO!! IS THERE ANY OTHER ZERO'S I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?!
    Kirby: poyo
    Void: I'm outta here.

  • @Mark3MSK
    @Mark3MSK 5 лет назад +44

    I want Woolie to narrate life

  • @gelphaze1229
    @gelphaze1229 5 лет назад +15

    This is why Zero is my favorite character in kirby, A being that don't explain it motives or reasons why it does what it does And its existence deifies what we understand and that fascinates me.

  • @JanusHoW
    @JanusHoW 5 лет назад +19

    You better get working on a Book Five, because Kirby Star Allies now has ANOTHER secret final boss that needs to be dealt with.
    ASTRAL BIRTH VOID.

    • @theuglyfruit7704
      @theuglyfruit7704 4 года назад +1

      The arena bosses are not confirmed to be cannon

  • @ffffffffROTHY
    @ffffffffROTHY 5 лет назад +106

    I love how you worked that completely incorrect description Prima wrote into this.

    • @christianlorrain877
      @christianlorrain877 5 лет назад +1

      Wdym?

    • @kayaplaaya9875
      @kayaplaaya9875 5 лет назад +1

      Wdym?

    • @maxbearington7565
      @maxbearington7565 5 лет назад +27

      There is an enemy in the cloud level of Shiver Star, that was referred to as 02 instead of its actual name.

    • @creativebeetle
      @creativebeetle 5 лет назад +14

      pretty brilliant way to do it too. I mean, even if its an error... is still technically official right?
      Almost makes it seem intentional with the way he described it.

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +7

      @@creativebeetle Prima guides are not official sources, they are aproved as official guides to beat the games but they are not an official source when it comes to the lore of anything.

  • @_Adie
    @_Adie 5 лет назад +24

    "You are zero"
    Well damn, thanks Woolie...

  • @skeletshoo
    @skeletshoo 5 лет назад +16

    Yeah, The SCP Foundation, Lovecraft books, Creepypasta and all that stuff is nice but I like more scary stuff.
    Like Kirby.

  • @AgentNine
    @AgentNine 5 лет назад +9

    0:13
    Why does it sound like he's talking to us directly?
    8:49 - 9:12
    *Dear. God... Its too late.*

  • @l1ghtd3m0n3
    @l1ghtd3m0n3 4 года назад +11

    Kirby then: “Pink puffball stops gluttonous penguin monarch”
    Kirby now: “An endless struggle between the powers of the Void, with some superadvanced tech and dark magic on the side”

    • @Roanan.
      @Roanan. 11 месяцев назад

      "Grief-stricken father awakens machine god in a vain attempt to bring back his daughter, who never left him in the first place."

  • @goodlydraws6007
    @goodlydraws6007 2 года назад +9

    Holy shit is this cool. “They die” is incredibly impactful.

  • @ChristopherMoom
    @ChristopherMoom 5 лет назад +5

    Hey
    Wave 3 DLC for Star Allies is here
    There's a lot of juicy stuff in it

  • @Kite403
    @Kite403 5 лет назад +42

    This dark take on Kirby's background lore gives me chills everytime :D

    • @SegaMaster172
      @SegaMaster172 5 лет назад +21

      “Dark take”? It’s always BEEN this dark!
      You’ve just been too distracted by the oh so adorable characters and scenery to even consider really looking into the deep and disturbing lore of Kirby laid throughout the main story-driven games.

    • @Kite403
      @Kite403 5 лет назад +3

      That's essentially what i was meaning lol ^^' Kirby 64 kinda tipped me off to the horrors when i was a kid.

    • @Legoluigi26
      @Legoluigi26 5 лет назад +5

      This is actually sugarcoating the darkness of the lore.

    • @mill2712
      @mill2712 Год назад +1

      Your avatar image looks as if she is staring straight into the crimson eye of Zero.

  • @puffythedestroyer8878
    @puffythedestroyer8878 5 лет назад +28

    This is the first of these I’ve seen from you Woolz. And I confess: Kirby or not, some possible Pat related in-joke or not. I’m impressed and pleased by the imaginative delivery, wording, and presentation of this. Especially when you don’t directly watch the screen and just listen. Woolie, you and those who helped have genuine talent.

  • @jondoh6477
    @jondoh6477 5 лет назад +10

    Gooey: Who am I? Who are you guys, what's for dinner?
    Dark Matter: Fite me m8.
    0: *SUMBIT*
    *0* 2: *Die.*

  • @phobos5323
    @phobos5323 5 лет назад +6

    These videos made me understand why Woolie thought Kirby being the last one standing Smash Ultimate was so fitting.

  • @cloudmouthed384
    @cloudmouthed384 5 лет назад +78

    This is a genuinely amazing video. The writing is evocative, but also incredibly considered. The visual presentation is top notch. Music choice and line delivery are perfect tone-setters. And most importantly, this (even more than other Kirby Lore videos) makes me want to explore Kirby further. Passion projects succeeding so absolutely like this got me into making videos in the first place. Thank you for taking your time with this.

  • @Tokanova
    @Tokanova 5 лет назад +21

    And then Kirby ate Zero and took a nap.

  • @swagmudkip2065
    @swagmudkip2065 4 года назад +12

    Mario lore: Welcome! Would you like chicken nuggets?
    Sonic lore: Hello sit down and do something lazy
    Kirby lore: W E L C O M E T O H E L L
    zelda lore: Poyo

    • @iR-80
      @iR-80 3 года назад

      true dat

    • @very_not_emo
      @very_not_emo 5 месяцев назад +1

      kirby lore is what zelda wishes it was

  • @soraboy93
    @soraboy93 5 лет назад +4

    oh good Woolie also subscribes to the notion that Dark Matter Swordsman is as unique as Gooey
    Gooey found happiness in friends
    Dark Matter Swordsman found purpose in anime,edginess and swords

  • @LordEmperorBoss
    @LordEmperorBoss 4 года назад +6

    I just had a theory. Going by what I’ve learned so far.
    What if Zero, Void Termina, and Kirby are just the past, present, and future of the same entity who’s existence is basically stuck on loop like a broken record?
    An endless cycle of consumption, assimilation, and replacement.

  • @darkmetaknight8623
    @darkmetaknight8623 5 лет назад +15

    I think a possibility when it comes to kirby's origin is that he is a species related to the ancients or possibly was created by them as their last master piece, possibly they saw the true form of void termina and created their own "version" as a weapon to combat it, or they enhanced one of their own kind, and hid it away on popstar to prevent its corruption as many of their stronger creations tended to be , hence kirby, who kills gods and cosmic beings as a pass time and takes naps afterwards

  • @sinistropteryx3113
    @sinistropteryx3113 5 лет назад +13

    Glad to know there’s a Kirby villain that sends people to the sunken place. Thanks Woolie

  • @jamaldavis831
    @jamaldavis831 5 лет назад +18

    I've heard of Dark matter many times when i was young. But never actually seen him for myself

  • @Wignut
    @Wignut 3 года назад +5

    _Kirby book gets released_
    Moms: "Oh this is cute, I'll get one for Jimmy"
    The Book: 6:31

  • @zombielion526
    @zombielion526 5 лет назад +19

    Don't forget even in the face of this good content to pray for Woolie to be haunted for no more than 4 months.

  • @thepeanutgallery9980
    @thepeanutgallery9980 5 лет назад +8

    Me: “oh hey let’s see what these videos are finally about”
    Woolie: “You are zero”
    Me: *immediately offended*

  • @MilesQuickster
    @MilesQuickster 5 лет назад +5

    You know what's odd about Kirby history? King Dedede seems to be the most aware inhabitant of the lands in the series and indirectly tries to save everyone from the risks and impending danger.
    Think about it, he tried to stop Kirby from releasing Nightmare from the Fountain of Dreams, he found himself victim to being masked, (I haven't played any other Kirby games in full, but) and in Brawl, he...um, made, found, somehow had revival badges (with his face on it) [to prepare] for the death wish (butterfly attack) of Tabuu. Kirby, Ness and Luigi were the only ones with the badges to revive from the aftermath of the attack, and awoke Dedede from his trophy state. He then cheered to see they were alive and knew his badges worked.
    I've always liked these subtle details about characters and their histories

    • @AntasmaTheBatKing
      @AntasmaTheBatKing 2 года назад +2

      "I personally wouldn't call King DeDeDe a villain. Heck, I wouldn't even call him an anti-hero. Sure, he's done some bad things, and he has a bad attitude sometimes, but... Doesn't everyone? It's all about how you look at things, and looking for the best in people. Everyone deserves a second chance... Everyone. Even this big guy! It takes a real hero to be beaten up and ridiculed by EVERYONE... And still have the heart and will to do good."
      -Conner the Waffle, "King DeDeDe is a Hero"

  • @nooneinparticular5256
    @nooneinparticular5256 5 лет назад +37

    *first sees the thumbnail*
    "Hah. Some new Dark Souls, or Warhammer 40K lore, thing... Wait, Kirby lore? You kidding me? What did VaatiVidya, or the 40 Facts guy run out of..."
    *sees name*
    "Woolie?! From the Best Friends? Whuh...? Nah, that can't be right. Must be somebody else. Like WoolenSleevelet. Let's check this thing out."
    *starts to watch*
    "Yeah, I figured. It couldn't have been..."
    *hears more, listening to the voice*
    "My god... it IS WOOLIE! Mah baby boy! He has his own channel, now!?"

    • @TimeLordNivek
      @TimeLordNivek 4 года назад

      The artist for the thumbnail does create Warhammer 40k art as well.

  • @nnooooooooooooo
    @nnooooooooooooo 3 года назад +9

    It's a shame the metal cover of Zero Two's theme isn't available on it's own. Would absolutely be my jam if it was.

    • @RAWowner333
      @RAWowner333 Год назад +3

      It's little V's. It's on his patreon

  • @HolloTheRaven
    @HolloTheRaven 5 лет назад +6

    I absolutely loved Zero Two as a kid; something about it fascinated me to no end. I always imagined it was a being that could only understand misery, but this video adds so much more depth to its character.

  • @jdtheba9171
    @jdtheba9171 5 лет назад +21

    Story time with Mr. Madden. Dark matter is everything.

  • @spectral1064
    @spectral1064 5 лет назад +5

    I never thought that something so unassuming on the surface as Kirby would concepts this deep and abstract. Thinking about it now, there really are some very mysterious and inexplicable things lurking in Kirby's reality. Not to mention, Kirby himself is somewhat of an enigma.

  • @chimueladro7135
    @chimueladro7135 3 года назад +3

    Me before getting into kirby: what a cute pink ball
    Me after getting into kirby: mom come pick me up im scared

  • @resdamalos
    @resdamalos 5 лет назад +8

    Have I told you how much I unironically love this series?

  • @christophergyamfi7550
    @christophergyamfi7550 5 лет назад +21

    Great interpretation of storytelling, thought provoking lore, amazing choice in music, amazing artwork with a good amount of horror mixed in
    You are doing something really interesting, can’t wait to see what you’ll cover next.

  • @coolguyman16
    @coolguyman16 5 лет назад +17

    I've been waiting for this! Great job! I still prefer the more sympathetic interpretation of Zero being a lonely being that just doesn't know how to be good (since it's made of negative energy), but the hard Eldritch interpretation is great!

  • @tinaz4628
    @tinaz4628 5 лет назад +44

    5:31 I guess you can say that the image is . . . . DEDEDESTURBING?

  • @Pokeninja7
    @Pokeninja7 5 лет назад +16

    And people say "Kirby's a kid's game"

  • @iR-80
    @iR-80 3 года назад +4

    who would win:
    The incarnation of Satan himself
    some pink circle thing

  • @WildArmACF
    @WildArmACF 5 лет назад +10

    Ok these are way too good. So very dark.. i cant wait for the next one. I certainly didn't expect it to be told from Zero's mind.

  • @Nickle_King
    @Nickle_King 2 года назад +5

    The Mirror that reflects the world hard enough to consume it. The entity that desired nothing more than to corrupt the collective unconscious. The thieves that stole an artifact of reality warping power. The knight who despises yet protects the peace of the land. The jester that, in a bid for power, convinces two celestial bodies to go to war.
    There is so much more that could be done with this. Would love to see it.

  • @Retigator
    @Retigator 5 лет назад +69

    After the earth died Emil became zero. Nier:Automata is a prequel to Kirby.

    • @BaneDane_JB
      @BaneDane_JB 5 лет назад +5

      But SPOILERS wasn't it Emil self destructing that ended the world in that ending of Automata

  • @hollow1279
    @hollow1279 5 лет назад +7

    No mind to think.
    No will to break.
    No voice to cry suffering.

  • @darkraioxxx
    @darkraioxxx 5 лет назад +10

    Aaaah sweet child of Zero, returned to the dream...A bottomless void, a bottomless stomach. Accepting of all that there is and can be.

  • @Drendermen78
    @Drendermen78 5 лет назад +14

    Actual Matter cannot be destroyed.
    One day they will return...

  • @Skyrider346
    @Skyrider346 4 года назад +4

    I NEED the guitar remix in this video!

    • @RAWowner333
      @RAWowner333 Год назад

      It's little V's. It's on his patreon

  • @AlexisFloofer
    @AlexisFloofer 5 лет назад +4

    What a good video to be watching at 2AM

  • @Crimson-Hat
    @Crimson-Hat 5 лет назад +16

    The Earth has had a long history of pain, misery, suffering, and war all brought about by our free will as humans. The will to take that which is not ours. The land, the objects, the very lives of those who posses what we want. All by our free will. Perhaps... Once we become of one mind we can see how much we've wasted over the 1000s of years, many beings as one. One mind. One Heart. What is said here in this video is true. Loss of free will is no real loss at all.

    • @jenniffersantiago730
      @jenniffersantiago730 5 лет назад +5

      There is one crucial flaw in this concept:what if we are all part of an evil mind?

    • @federcyrah
      @federcyrah 5 лет назад

      ... *LOSS* ...

  • @bobbypetrelli6844
    @bobbypetrelli6844 5 лет назад +9

    “And in the name of Zero. Amen”

  • @supersonicxz1
    @supersonicxz1 5 лет назад +55

    Man Nintendo is sending some weird subliminal messages through their games.

    • @LieseFury
      @LieseFury 5 лет назад +8

      Nintendo doesn't develop the Kirby series, it's HAL Laboratories

    • @PineappleAndStuff
      @PineappleAndStuff 5 лет назад

      @@LieseFury but he said Hal?

    • @LieseFury
      @LieseFury 5 лет назад +2

      @@PineappleAndStuff says Nintendo on my screen

    • @Lh0000
      @Lh0000 5 лет назад +2

      Eh I’m sure it’s fine, I mean I only woke up doing ancient rituals to invoke lovecraftian gods like 3 times!

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +4

      Nintendo owns most of HAL and the Kirby IP is officially owned by Nintendo. Kirby games are officially Nintendo games with HAL as a dev. Nintendo could choose another dev to do their Kirby games but they don't since HAL knows how to do their jobs. Also since the IP is owned by Nintendo, everything in it probably has to be aproved in the first place. There is no way this stuff would be in the games if Nintendo was against it from a legal standpoint.
      Studios working under Nintendo usually have quite a lot of creative freedom as long as the new games fit the criterias of quality and tone set by past games. Reminder that Nintendo also own and aprove of Fire Emblem, which often uses incest as a plot point. Xenoblade is also technically developed internally by Nintendo (Monolith is an internal studio unlike HAL and IS) and these series plot points usually revolve around the nature of humanity, God and religion itself. They also technically co-own Bayonetta but that's a special case.
      Nintendo doesn't care about what is in the game as long as it fits the tone and Kirby has been on the verge of Eldritch horror since the second game, so they clearly don't think that would be detrimental to the series as a whole.

  • @tbot6140
    @tbot6140 5 лет назад +14

    Guess this means Magolor is a dark matter as well. Considering the fact that he was trying to hide it. The mask he wears covering his mouth was probably mean to seal the eyeball. But it is revealed in his soul form. There's a lot of variations of zero and dark matter through kirby bosses, and enemies like the waddle doo. The waddle doo being a possessed version of a waddle dee. Perhaps magolor's death scream wasn't even magolor screaming. It was zero himself. All these years trying to stop kirby, but still, gets defeated time and time again. In agony screaming. I believe there's much more, but i don't know so myself.

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад +6

      Magolor's soul is actually Magolor deformed by the Master Crown. Since the Master Crown is now confirmed to be linked with Void Termina, which is supposed to be an incarnation of both light and darkness, it is actually more likelly that Void Termina tainted the Master Crown with its power giving everyone who fall victim to it the appearance of darkness itself. The True Arena is actually an AU and Magolor survived in canon and is even a good guy now, so he is clearly not an incarnation of darkness.

    • @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx
      @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx 5 лет назад

      @@ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      So the True Arenas in every Kirby games are bad endings?

    • @Lh0000
      @Lh0000 5 лет назад

      That...... kinda makes sense actually....

    • @ghirahimlefabuleux8984
      @ghirahimlefabuleux8984 5 лет назад

      @@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx Let's just say that the japanese description of Void describe him as a being that serves as the origin of all "chaotic possibilities" alongside "Soul Matter" and "Dark Matter" amongst other things so all the AUs are also technically canon but in their own realities since they are canon to the omniversal constant that is Void. They are not always bad endings since Magolor is one of the rare "Soul" that is saved in normal playthrough. Sectonia and Haltmann/Star Dream dies anyways the difference being the degree of suffering and madness they go through. In these case they are not "bad endings" but "worse ending" really.

  • @Bashuraptor
    @Bashuraptor 9 месяцев назад +3

    I wish there were more of these videos. They're so good.

  • @thegitgudneighborhood
    @thegitgudneighborhood 5 лет назад +21

    Yo, just came back to RUclips and gotta say: Pretty sure VaatiVidya's started his "Prepare to Cry: Remastered" 'cause a lore channel devoted to a _man's_ series has him scared. Keep it up, Woolie, I'm getting ready for a video on the truth of Rick.
    - Awsm Chimera

  • @MikeDaddy
    @MikeDaddy 5 лет назад +10

    Kirby sure does have uplifting and cutesy games

  • @cheese4g
    @cheese4g 5 лет назад +18

    Woolie, please do an audiobook of H.P. Lovecraft using this exact voice. I'm begging you.

  • @skullman-us7wn
    @skullman-us7wn 5 лет назад +5

    So, when will you make a video on our adorable pink eldritch defender? He who's unending hunger and childlike nature has pulled us from doom time and time again?
    Praise be to the puffball messiah.

  • @nono9543
    @nono9543 5 лет назад +15

    Yes, indeed. It is called Dream Land.

  • @Slipdash
    @Slipdash 5 лет назад +5

    I wanted to watch a video on kirby lore not have an existential crisis.

  • @chasethemaster3440
    @chasethemaster3440 3 года назад +7

    These videos are great it sucks that there’s only four because I think your my favorite Kirby lore channel

  • @BinaryDood
    @BinaryDood 5 лет назад +7

    This came to mind when watching the new Smash World of Light Trailer:
    "
    A few notes:
    -Kirby is the only one that in his own games has fought Master Hand and Crazy Hand regularly
    -Kirby fights Cosmic Abstractions in his own games almost on the daily, making him the most likely to succeed this mission
    - Master/Crazy Hand are a metaphor for the player. The puppeteer of the "characters" who would be the puppets. It goes more in depth than this and is recommended to watch the video "Ultimate Smash Bros. Theory: Smash is Autistic" to understand how and why.
    - When this new entity destroys all the hands it might be about a meta-narrative about it wanting to break free from any sort of control, even the players control. If the characters are the vessel for the "player" to defeat any adversity in the Smashverse, then this abstraction chooses to defeat both the "hand" and the "tool", with the 1% surviving being Kirby. When Kirby absorbs the Master Hand in his games he gains the ability "Smash". We might see a similar new ability if story mode allows.
    - The army of clones is just that (replacing the player). But more interesting is how the Abstraction isolates itself behind a barrier, this leads me to...
    - The Abstraction we see here might be another incarnation of ZERO from the Kirby series. Zero is sort of the main antagonist of the series and can't materialize itself directly in the universe and has to use Dark Matter for vessels, normally combining with other entities as well. Zero lives isolated in a hyperzone, inaccessible to everyone else. When Zero got defeat, Zero2 emerged and looks like an angel of like, though forever bleeding from it's eye. The game describes it as "Benevolent creature", meaning it's possible that it's original deeds were something that we couldn't understand and it's first killing result in its sadness (bloody tears) . I thought this makes sense because of "The world of light" title, even the way it destroys all the heroes is through beams of light rather than anything resembling darkness or other more typical motifs for villains. The beams seem to come from a black-hole however, and that itself could be the opening for the hyperzone. The new abstract body-vessel of Zero resembles less of a form due to complete materialization proving being not very useful in it's previous attempts, and locks itself behind a barrier so that none may access the hyperzone where the real Zero lives.
    "

  • @ArcaneWolf765
    @ArcaneWolf765 5 лет назад +5

    God I love watching these. It's literally the series I never knew I wanted until now.

  • @applestar1308
    @applestar1308 5 лет назад +5

    Never realized how deep Kirby was. Can't judge a book by its cover