10 Video Game Characters Before They Were Famous

7. Kirby

First Appearance: Kirby's Dream Land (1992)

Kirby is unequivocally the most famous pink puffball in video games (sorry, Jigglypuff). But before his future turned rosy, Dreamland's primary sucker looked positively pallid.

Was he/she/undefined feeling ill in advance of its debut? Apparently this sickness stopped Kirby from copying his enemies until Kirby's Adventure - quite appropriate for this literal pale imitation.