<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Platforming </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player, multiplayer </Td> </Tr> <P> Kirby's Epic Yarn is a platform video game developed by Good - Feel and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console . It is the tenth installment of the Kirby series and was released in October 2010 in Japan and North America and in February 2011 in Australia and Europe . It is the first entry in the Kirby series on a home console since 2003's Kirby Air Ride and its first home console platform game since 2000's Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards . </P> <P> The game follows Kirby, who has been transformed into yarn and sent to Patch Land, a world made completely out of fabric . He must help Prince Fluff by collecting seven pieces of magic yarn that are used to stitch Patch Land together in order to stop the game's antagonist, Yin Yarn . Kirby's Epic Yarn utilizes a unique craft - based visual style; the game's characters and environments consist entirely of yarn, fabric, and other craft materials . Unlike most games in the Kirby series, Kirby is unable to inhale or fly, instead relying on the ability to morph into other objects, such as a parachute, a car, and a submarine, as well as larger objects such as a tank and a steam train . </P>

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