These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. But yesterday, September 28, its creator KWSK Karuta announced that it's stopping distribution after receiving a notice from HAL Laboratory. When not gaming or writing, I can usually be found scouring the internet for anything Tomb Raider related to add to my out of control memorabilia collection.

So far, it doesn't sound bad until you find out that the images of those cards showed the character with provocative outfits and positions. That seems relatively harmless on its own — despite the fact that it's a card game featuring Kirby, a pretty huge Nintendo property, that was being sold on the Japanese marketplace BOOTH — but when we tell you there's a micro bikini-clad Chef Kawasaki, you might raise an eyebrow. Official site for One Night Werewolf (they sell various styles of One Night Werewolf): https://1nite-jinro. Covering the industry since 2018, if a game has a strong story - or even better, the decisions you make determine the course of that story - odds are he's going to like it. A collaboration has been announced between Kirby (from HAL Laboratory) and One Night Werewolf (they make board games) to release a collaboration product using One Night Werewolf with the Kirby IP.

It isn't surprising to see unofficial content of a Nintendo game sold by fans being shut down by the developer or Nintendo themselves. This gave rise to the micro bikini memes, which in turn led to the creation of Chef Kawasaki's Microbikini Karuta. While you might not be able to get your hands on any risque Kirby cards, for the time being, there's plenty of other stuff for fans of the Nintendo mascot to be excited about. In each round, the player must quickly memorize the cards, as pink blossoms (sometimes white-and-red shurikens) float across the cards.

Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Even though HAL Laboratory has quickly put a stop to the cards being sold, it didn't manage to do so before a few fast-acting and thirsty Kirby fans got their hands on them.The rather risqué imagery aside, Nintendo and its partner studios are known to be extremely protective of their properties and likely would have cracked down on the use of the Kirby IP, whether Chef Kawasaki was in or out of a micro bikini. Chef Kawasaki’s Microbikini Karuta is based on 'karuta', a type of Japanese playing card that was introduced to the country by Portuguese traders back in the 1600s.