Kirby took over a section of Elephant & Castle in London this morning with the help of amazing guerilla knitting faction Knit the City. We were there to witness the event and here are the first pictures.
Elephant & Castle may have an awesome name but it has recently been voted as the greyest place in London. Which is why Nintendo thought the area could do with brightening up with some knitted pink blobs.
Visitors were treated to Kirby goody bag which included a copy of the brand new Wii game, Kirby's Epic Yarn - a day before it is released in the UK.
ONM blogger Colette Barr was one Nintendo fan who enjoyed the event. "The giant Kirby is so cool! These guys [Knit the City] are so clever. I really wish I could knit now!"
Nicholas Brown said that the event could convert him into a Kirby fan. "I've never been a massive fan of the Kirby games but I've followed the character and I really like the style of the game. I think this could be the start of my Kirby and knitting journey!"
If you're a Kirby fan, make sure you watch this week's episode of NintendoTV when it hits the Wii's Nintendo Channel tomorrow. Here's a trailer:
Nice! Shame I couldn't go due to the distance...
it looks amazing, shame i could'nt go
but maybe you can send me a knitted kirby??? please 
This is why we need magnet trains, I need to go to London when these events happen.
Great event, lots of fun and it really brightened up the area, got a free game, said hi to Gav and met some ONMers. According to the people that knitted the display, all has been taken already
Cool wish i could of gone too but is to far away. I would of loved a knitted Kirby & that blue thing next to Kirby (sorry don't no the name of it)
Prince Fluff!
You jammy bleeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppssssssssssss!!!!
I want knitted Kirby and Fluff!!!!!!!!!
That girl gets around a bit doesn't she lol.
Tomorrows ONM headline: "Colette marries Reggie Fils-Aime!".
I wish I could've gone, those knits look awesome. I'm getting Kirby's Epic Yarn, but not until my birthday on 2nd March, so 5 agonizing days to wait.
looks like fun, damn my general busyness, is it still on?
If I make my house the most colourful place in Britain will Nintendo give me a free copy of Black & White?
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Nintendo TV caught in the act of filming!
Really cheerful little event this was, everyone was really pleasant to chat too, the Kirby and Prince Fluff display was very well made, and so far I'm really enjoying playing through my copy of the game!
I wanted to go!
You could send me that giant Kirby to cheer me up ;D
AWESOME EVENT WITH LOADS OF KNITTED KIRBYS AND FREE EPIC YARN A DAY BEFORE RELEASE?
TAXI!!!
What a great picture XD Yeah I loved today, I'm glad I went. I can't believe how awesome those knitted Kirby and Pince Fluff were. So cute.....I wish I could knit!
What an awesome name, Prince Fluff
funny too. There should be a voucher in the new ONM so everyone can get there own knitted Kirby & Prince Fluff. Im sure those people wouldn't mind knitting for the mag 
Are you joking? ALWAYS IN LONDON D:<
could you get the game just by visiting? like for free??
I wish I lived in London.
AWESOME! lol my mum sews for her job so she would've just whizzed through like 50 kirbys
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Sneaky shot of Gav on the right, found on the Metro website. I'm on the left behind the guy in black, you can just see my blue jacket