Metroid Prime 4: Beyond amiibo
Kirby at Kura Sushi
Did you know that in Japan, they have café restaurants with a Kirby theme? You can get Kirby themed food, get Kirby souvenirs at the gift shop, and even the music in the background is remixed music from the game! I would totally go to one of those if I ever went to Japan, but I don’t think I could afford to go there in the foreseeable future. So it’s lucky that Kura Sushi is doing a promotion as of this writing with Kirby! Kura Sushi is a chain of conveyor belt sushi restaurants. When you go there, if you eat enough sushi plates, you can get little prizes! Most of the time, the prizes are anime related, so I’m usually not interested in that. But a few years ago, they had Pac-Man prizes so you know I had to go to that and I even wrote an article about it here. A little while later they had Tetris prizes, but I didn’t like any of those so I didn’t go then. But a couple of years later they did have Pikmin prizes so I wrote an article about that, too. So now let’s take a look at the Kirby stuff they have this time. The promotion lasts until the end of January, so depending on when you read this, you might be able to check it out yourself, too!
Sonic the Hedgehog Toys in Burger King Kids Meals
Kirby Air Riders amiibo: Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee
Kirby Air Riders was recently released, and of course I got it. I’m a big fan of the first game on the GameCube (and Kirby in general) and this was really the game that sold me on the Switch 2. And of course they have amiibo figures to go along with it. The first batch of them is Kirby on a Warp Star and Bandana Waddle Dee on a Wing Star. The cool thing is that you can swap them out of their rides and onto the other, kind of like Skylanders: Swap Force. So let’s take a look at them!
My Brother and Nephew’s Second YouTube Video!
Unplugged: GamerDad Holiday Guide 2025
Happy Holidays! After two decades of a GamerDad Unplugged Holiday Guide I think it’s finally time to say boardgaming has officially gone mainstream. There’s no better time to get (or get your friends and family) into the hobby than an extended holiday break. There are boardgames out there to meet up with almost any taste. Boardgames are timeless, just as good today as they will be years in the future, so a purchase today will still be serving you well into the future. As we at GamerDad have done for the past 20-odd years, it’s time for an annual rundown of recent boardgames well worth your time. Feel free to delve into some past year’s guides for 2024, 2023, 2022, or older as they’re still great candidates for your consideration. You might not find all these titles at your local mega-mart but many can be found online or in a friendly local game store. Some may argue $70+ boardgames (or more) are expensive, but compare that to video gaming (and where multiple copies are required for multiplayer play) and the economics of boardgaming shows their true value. For each game, I’ve provided the publisher (to help you find it), an approximate MSRP (you can probably find it lower), the number of players, the expected time for one game, and the manufacturer’s recommended ages. These age listings are often set for legal reasons and I would say most could easily be skewed lower for experienced younger gamers.
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Hallmark 2025 Video Game Christmas Ornaments
Kirby Alarmo
Normally Kirby welcomes you to Dream Land, but with Alarmo he now can help you leave it. Nintendo’s alarm clock, which I’ve talked about last year, lets you download new alarms and characters every so often, and earlier this year I’ve even written about that. And now there’s a Kirby themed alarm for Alarmo as well. So let’s take a look at it.






