Unlike most of Kirby’s iconic abilities, Needle Kirby has never received any merchandise at all. This is probably because he’d be a huge safety hazard.
However, not even something small that would be harmless like a keychain or sticker of him exists. Needle Kirby is completely merch-free.
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"Retro game magazine ads" have a slop problem because it's so easy to fake them. But like if you know what magazine ads looked like in 2008 you can pretty easily tell even without the timeline contradiction. Most ads did not in fact look like iPod ads. Or brat
