Kirby's Epic Yarn

Kirby's Epic Yarn
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory, Good Feel
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Kirby
Platform(s)	Wii
Genre(s)	Platformer
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Input methods	Wii Remote
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	RK5E01, RK5P01, RK5J01, RK5K01
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Kirby's Epic Yarn (毛糸のカービィ Keito no Kābī, literally translated to "Kirby of Yarn") is the tenth platform installment of the Kirby video game series, developed for the Wii video game console by Good Feel, Inc., with supervision from HAL Laboratory. After five years of speculation, it was officially unveiled at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010. It is the first entry in the Kirby series on a home console since 2003's Kirby Air Ride and its first home console platform game since 2000's Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

Problems

Cut Scene Curtain

The curtain that is pulled to reveal cut scenes only half opens for some cut scenes.

4:3 Borders

When the Wii Aspect Ratio is set to 4:3, the game will add gray-green borders to the top and bottom of the screen to remain in 16:9. Kirby's Epic Yarn was designed to work this way, but to make Dolphin stretch the image to fill the entire 4:3 screen:

• In Config > "Wii" Tab - Set "Aspect Ratio" to "16:9"
• In Graphics Config > "General" Tab - Set "Display - Aspect Ratio" to "Force 4:3" (or use hotkey "4").

This method will distort the image, so it is not recommended.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Kirby's Epic Yarn since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r6265

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r6265	Windows Vista x86	AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.21GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4650	Perfect
r6268	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 3.4GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4870	Perfect
r6285	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.1GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4200	Perfect, loading slowdowns
r6285	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X2 550 @ 3.7GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4200	Perfect
r6285	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Perfect
r6286	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.6GHz	nVidia GeForce 9600 GT	Perfect
r6546	Linux Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64	Intel Core i7-920	nVidia GeForce GTX 260	Perfect.
r6858	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550	nVidia GeForce GTX 275	Perfect
r7264	Windows 7 x64	AMD Athlon	nVidia GeForce GTX	Slowdowns to 30 fps; Crashes on Rainbow Falls
r7289	Windows Vista x64	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600	nVidia GeForce GTX 470	Playable but Slowdowns to 20-30fps in some levels	SpReeD
r7670	Windows 7 x64	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Works totally fine. No slowdowns.	MegaJump
^3.0	Windows 7 x64	AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Perfect, huge slowdowns in some levels and boss battles.

Gameplay Videos

• Kirby's Epic Yarn on Dolphin Emulator (720p) SVN 6285
• Kirby's Epic Yarn Emulated On Dolphin SVN 6269