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Kirby was once called Popopo

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A pink vacuuming blob deserves a suitably ridiculous title. Before settling on the name we know, the creators temporarily called their spherical protagonist Popopo, which sounds less like a brave hero and more like a rejected bubblegum flavor.

Kirby was once called Popopo
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