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|title=<center>Kābīfamirī</center>
|title=<center>Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Kirby Family</center>
|image=KFam.jpeg
|image=KFam.jpeg
|imagecaption=the title art for the box art
|imagecaption=Logo for the game.
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=09 Sep 2020
|foundby=Anonymous (4chan)
}}
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Kābīfamirī, also known as Kirby Family, was a '''program developed by HAL Laboratory'''. It was a collection of 32 pre-set patterns forming the like of characters from the Kirby series, which, when transmitted by the Game Boy Color to a special embroidery machine manufactured by Jaguar, the pattern selected is reproduced on cloth. It was the spiritual successor of Mario Family, a '''Japan-only''' Game Boy Color game that operated exactly the same way.
'''''Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Kirby Family''''', also known as '''''Kirby Family''''', was a program developed by Natsume and was a collection of 32 pre-set patterns forming the like of characters from the Kirby series, which, when transmitted by the Game Boy Color to a special embroidery machine manufactured by Jaguar. The pattern was selected by being reproduced on cloth. It was the spiritual successor of ''Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Mario Family'', a Japan-only Game Boy Color game that operated exactly the same way.
Screenshots and promotional artwork confirm several of the patterns that could have been embroidered. These included Kirby in four poses, Ribbon, Waddle Dee, Emp, and Chacha
Screenshots and promotional artwork confirm several of the patterns that could have been embroidered. These included Kirby in four poses, Ribbon, Waddle Dee, Emp, and Chacha.
== Cancellation ==
 
The program was showcased along with the embroidery machine at Nintendo Space World 2001, but the plans to retail it outside of the event for ¥6,800 on September 10, 2001 were scrapped for unknown reasons possibly due to the game releasing late in the life cycle of the Game Boy.
==Cancellation==
== Avaliability ==
The program was showcased along with the embroidery machine at Nintendo Space World 2001 with a release date of September 10th, 2001, and the price going for ¥6,800 (or $62.99 U.S. dollars as of 4/26/2021). However, the plans to retail it outside of the event were scrapped for unknown reasons, likely due to its predecessor's poor sales, and the embroidery machine's inaccessibility to the game's target audience.
Only 2 screenshots of the game exist and how the title would have looked on box art, but it's highly likely the game will ever see that light of day or resurface on the internet.
 
== Gallery ==
==Availability==
<gallery>
Only 2 screenshots of the game existed initially, including what would of been the logo on the box art.
KFam_Scr2.gif|ScreenShot of the Title Screen
 
KFam_Scr3.gif|ScreenShot of the Pattern Making
On September 9th, 2020, on 4chan, an archive labelled platinum.7z was leaked to the public. Inside it were among other things the Game Boy Lot Check (which includes both Game Boy and Game Boy Color master ROMs of diverse games, including those that never saw the light of day). Among them was either the final build or a release candidate of Kirby Family, seemingly content complete. The ROM is entirely compatible with the embroidery machine and functions identically to had the game been released commercially.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px>
KFam_Scr2.gif|Screenshot of the title screen from the build showcased at Spaceworld 2001.
KFam_Scr3.gif|Screenshot of the pattern making from that build.
Kirby_Family_Title.png|Screenshot of the title screen from the leaked release candidate/final build.
Kirby_Family_Select.png|Screenshot of the image select screen from said leaked build.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
<ref>[https://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/Kirby_Family Info About The Game], Retrieved 17 June '18 .</ref>
*[https://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/Kirby_Family Info about the game.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18
<ref>[https://www.start-game.com/2015/07/guia-oficial-nintendo-spaceworld-2001/ Spaceworld 2001 Guidebook Scan featuring info about the game], Retrieved 17 June'18 .</ref>
*[https://start-game.com/2015/07/guia-oficial-nintendo-spaceworld-2001/ Spaceworld 2001 Guidebook Scan featuring info about the game.] Retrieved 17 Jun '18
[[Categories: Lost video games]]
*[https://tcrf.net/Jaguar_Mishin_Sashi_Senyou_Soft:_Kirby_Family Info about the game.] Retrieved 16 Feb '21
*[https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby_Family Information and pictures about the game.] Retrieved 16 Feb '21
 
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Latest revision as of 18:17, 14 April 2023

KFam.jpeg

Logo for the game.

Status: Found

Date found: 09 Sep 2020

Found by: Anonymous (4chan)

Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Kirby Family, also known as Kirby Family, was a program developed by Natsume and was a collection of 32 pre-set patterns forming the like of characters from the Kirby series, which, when transmitted by the Game Boy Color to a special embroidery machine manufactured by Jaguar. The pattern was selected by being reproduced on cloth. It was the spiritual successor of Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Mario Family, a Japan-only Game Boy Color game that operated exactly the same way. Screenshots and promotional artwork confirm several of the patterns that could have been embroidered. These included Kirby in four poses, Ribbon, Waddle Dee, Emp, and Chacha.

Cancellation

The program was showcased along with the embroidery machine at Nintendo Space World 2001 with a release date of September 10th, 2001, and the price going for ¥6,800 (or $62.99 U.S. dollars as of 4/26/2021). However, the plans to retail it outside of the event were scrapped for unknown reasons, likely due to its predecessor's poor sales, and the embroidery machine's inaccessibility to the game's target audience.

Availability

Only 2 screenshots of the game existed initially, including what would of been the logo on the box art.

On September 9th, 2020, on 4chan, an archive labelled platinum.7z was leaked to the public. Inside it were among other things the Game Boy Lot Check (which includes both Game Boy and Game Boy Color master ROMs of diverse games, including those that never saw the light of day). Among them was either the final build or a release candidate of Kirby Family, seemingly content complete. The ROM is entirely compatible with the embroidery machine and functions identically to had the game been released commercially.

Gallery


References