KimiOmega Or, rather he is, but he's trying his darndest to snap out. Either way, this explains why his hand is on his head. I think we underestimate yin-yarn... And maybe everyone else...
I'd like to point out that, in this game, Meta Knight's eyes are normally yellow, and they turn purple when under Yin-Yarn's control. Likewise, Dedede's eyes are blue by default, but turn purple when possessed. Purple is the only color actually relevant to Yin-Yarn's control.
I think the reason why Yin-Yarn is spelled the way it is is because Yin-Yarn is actually just nothing more then a pair of needles that use their power to create to cause trouble. The needles I think are named Yin and Yarn hence the combined name for both of them.
I always think the most underrated Kirby games are the ones that try unique and creative gameplay mechanics and tend to stray away from traditional platforming. Epic Yarn, Mass Attack, both of the Curse games.
Nightmare: "I want to shroud Dreamland in darkness and make everyone have endless nightmares!" Dark Matter: "I want to influence the entire galaxy with dark presence and take over every world to make more of me!" Magolor: "I want to become an evil overlord and make everyone in the galaxy bow down to me and destroy those who dare oppose me!" Yin-Yarn: "I want to turn Dreamland into yarn and...uhh..."
Star dream: I want to exterminate all life in existence Sectonia: I want to cover the whole world in a plant Void: I want to destroy all worlds Dedede: I stole some food
the reason for Mega Yin-Yarn's description saying it was made from the Metamato was most likely an error, as it was clearly seen that the Knitting Needles created it.
They acknowledge the existence of Kirby and the amazing mirror and squeak squad (as in putting them in their other Kirby title made by Hal Lab.) which were made by flagship instead of Hal so why not.
I feel like the other bosses were possessed by Yin Yarn too, He probably found the biggest, strongest, creatures out there he could find, beat them up, and then used the magic yarn to stitch red buttons on them allowing full control. We see the exact same thing happening with Dedede and Meta Knight.
When I first saw this game, me, being the little noob that I was (and still am), I though the Maximum Tomato and the Metamato were the same thing. Only diff. was that the Metamato was... well, yarn!
If Fluff had a magic sock just like Yin-Yarn, then I wouldn't be surprised if Fluff had eaten a Metamato before the game. The twist that it was the needles all along was crazy, but Meta's eyes being yellow hints at their OG colour, and him fighting possession more than Dedede, who is knocked unconscious. What's really interesting is that Dedede could transform into a rolling ball even without a Metamato. That, or they're not too hard to find, making Fluff's having powers all the more believable. The exclusive use of purple to symbolize possession is confirmed in Meta's case once more in Star Allies. Yin-Yarn didn't know what his evil plan was because he was a creation/manifestation of the needles, who weren't used to being free-thinking individuals, given that they are artifacts like how the Ancients made other tools like so. Their motives beyond getting creative with Magic Yarn are unknown too. Or maybe the trio was just bored of Patch Land (it's a small world), and couldn't think of what to do first now that they ruled everything and faced so many possibilities.
I remember playing Kirby Epic Yarn with my brother, the game just felt completely different, considering the fact that there are no copy abilities in this game, but even though so, this game was still pretty fun in my opinion.
If the knitting needles were the masterminds and creators of Yin-Yarn the entire time, that probably explains why Yin-Yarn had no idea why he wanted to do with Dreamland. Yin-Yarn was just a vessel created by the needles to carry out their own goals
I would like to bring up something going back to your Haltmann and Star Dream video about Susie. During Meta Knightmare Returns Star Dream shows off that he is able to access a space-time transporting system, which is what he uses to bring about Galacta Knight. This could've been how Susie was able to return from Another Dimension. This is also evidenced through the portal Star Dream creates for Galacta Knight is the same ones seen in Return to Dreamland used to enter Another Dimension and as you state, Susie was indeed trapped in Another Dimension which is how she got data on the Sphere Doomers. It could also be shown that it was used before this battle as Star Dream says before the fight "This was prohibited by the previous admin" possibly referring to Susie's return. I hope this info helps you Meteorz
I imagine the Metamato is what made the yarn magic, allowing the creating of Mega yinyarn and what made Kirby able to transform. Would fix the lore inconsistency anyway.
I think it was so close because of yin-yarn's meddling. He was turning dream land to yarn so maybe it connected the two spatially instead of just magically and after his spell was undone dreamland went to its original location or a rift closed or something of the like.
I think the extra magic yarn is a spare. In case one was stolen from Patch land. Why there aren’t more spares could be due to naivety on prince Fluff’s part since this kind of disaster he would have never seen coming.
If there’s more places than just Patchland to get magic yarn then the magic yarn the knitting needles were using could easily also serve as ingredients for Metamatos
Something tells me that yarn came from somewhere else in the patchwork possibly a core spot or could be simply have been left overs from the world but I wonder what happened to the needles?
I love Epic Yarn, but it seems to be ignored by Hal. To be fair, it was developed by Good Feel and not Hal Laboratories, but Daroach and Dark Meta Knight weren’t either! I dunno, I just wish Prince Fluff made a cameo or something in Star Allies or another game. It would be cool!
I really don't like Yin-Yarn honestly, he's such a lame ass villian that serves no threat whatsoever imo...To me he's by far the least intimidating villian in the entire Kirby franchise. He feels & acts like a character I would see in a Dora the Explorer episode.
Octopus Cookie Yeah I'll go as far & say even less than Dark Nebula, at least Dark Nebula has some connection with the Dark Matter race with him being related to the race & all.
Meta Shade I think him being lame is entertaining. It's his dynamic. Epic Yarn wasn't even supposed to be a Kirby game originally, much less a main series one, so it makes sense that there'd be a major tonal difference.
While not the most powerful kirby villain, yin yarn is definetly one of the smartest. Meteorz are you gonna do a top most powerful kirby villains video?
i think the thing about the needles is that they created patch land as both good and evil yin/yang yin/yarn but eventully, the purple one became more powerful it began to manipulate the other, seeing as how meta knight and dedede have purple eyes, also in the little argument thing between them, purple gets the last word, maybe with some kind of persuasion or threat to yellow
NOTE if you and your allie hold up during the knitting needles mini cutscene you will softlock the game (i did this on accident once so im here to put this glitch here)
Man, now I wonder how Yin-Yarn was created. Considering how you did say that he was made up of magic yarn, it could be possible that there's more to his knitting needles that the developers SHOULD have mentioned in like some QnA. Like really, did the needles just exist for the sole purpose of creating some host who had planned to turn the entire universe into yarn? Man, even I feel confused saying that. Also... Your Star Allies stream... I have to be brutally honest; considering how it starts literally like one hour before I get out of school, I feel like that if I want to join- believe me, my ignorance comes from my curiosity- I'd probably want to watch videos from like the first few worlds JUST to catch on to stuff. But really, it depends on whether or not I want to do it in the first place or how long you might be streaming (somehow I don't believe your audience would want another case of a 9 hour stream.) Apologies if you take it the wrong way, but still, duty calls and unfortunately, that duty is high school. :(
hey Meteorz, I've been keeping somewhat track of the games; i'm starting to get a vibe that they're playing the long game, that they're telling one huge story, the true arena acting as the "long term" and maybe the true timeline; the main stories being an alternate, standalone, one-in-a-lifetime type deal, whereas the true arena is where kirby KEEPS going on adventures.
Not likely. It's been stated by developers that side-modes like the True Arena are like "what if" scenarios, or AUs in fandom slang. They don't directly apply to the main timeline (unless you're Galacta Knight, who likely has his own personal continuity), but show aspects of the Kirby Universe that could happen (or are happening outside of the main adventure).
Wait... if meta knights eyes turn purple AND yellow (i know he touched on this in the vid but im going to give it my own perspective) What if meta knight never was completely under yin yarns control. What if he was still strong enough to fight it. I wonder...
did you know kirby's epic yarn was not for kirby only for prince fluff but miyamoto said that the game should be kirby's game and prince pluff as his partner
One interesting thing I noticed when watchin your video was Dedede's castle. 0:08 as we can see it's not his usual castle with the eyes, but the one from the anime. I thought it was a bit weird, so I looked into it and found out that the anime ended about one year before Epic Yarn came out. Aug 9 2009 the anime ended and Oct 15 2010 Epic Yarn came out to be more precise. That combine with the fact another company made this game, makes me think they were trying to cash in on any lingering popularity the anime might had or at the very least familiarize them and sort of bridge the gap between the games and the anime. But I do find it weird the castle was the only mention of the anime in the game. Me personally I think Epic Yarn takes place in the anime univers, but that's just me.
Dedede also had the anime version of the castle in kirby squeak squad, a canon game, so it's probably just a reference. Also it taking place in the same universe as the anime doesn't make much sense considering how much stuff from the anime is missing
One think I like to bring up is DeDeDe's castle here 0:12. It's not his usual castle you know the one with the eyes, but the one he had in the anime. Sure it's not one-to-one but close enough. Could Epic Yarn take place in the anime cannon?
I thought Meta knight's eyes were flashing yellow and purple to indicate that he was trying his hardest not to be possessed.
KimiOmega
Or, rather he is, but he's trying his darndest to snap out. Either way, this explains why his hand is on his head.
I think we underestimate yin-yarn...
And maybe everyone else...
T L G yep! totally!
Meta Knight is resisting
Since this is the top comment of this video he'll no doubt mention this in a Kirby Canon 2.0
I thought the reason he put his hand over his head was because he was guarding do kirby/prince fluff wouldn't attack him.
I'd like to point out that, in this game, Meta Knight's eyes are normally yellow, and they turn purple when under Yin-Yarn's control. Likewise, Dedede's eyes are blue by default, but turn purple when possessed. Purple is the only color actually relevant to Yin-Yarn's control.
Also the Jamba heart
Makes me sad we never got Prince Fluff as a dream friend considering Kirby has a sock that could summon him at any time.
I think the reason why Yin-Yarn is spelled the way it is is because Yin-Yarn is actually just nothing more then a pair of needles that use their power to create to cause trouble. The needles I think are named Yin and Yarn hence the combined name for both of them.
I always think the most underrated Kirby games are the ones that try unique and creative gameplay mechanics and tend to stray away from traditional platforming. Epic Yarn, Mass Attack, both of the Curse games.
Is Mass Attack underrated? Woah
Wait epic yarn is underrated?
Wait squeak squad is underrated
But, epic yarn is the best rates Kirby game in all the Kirby series...
Air ride?
Nightmare: "I want to shroud Dreamland in darkness and make everyone have endless nightmares!"
Dark Matter: "I want to influence the entire galaxy with dark presence and take over every world to make more of me!"
Magolor: "I want to become an evil overlord and make everyone in the galaxy bow down to me and destroy those who dare oppose me!"
Yin-Yarn: "I want to turn Dreamland into yarn and...uhh..."
What if yin-yarn was only compelled to take over because of the knitting needles?
“I’ll think of something.” -Yin-Yarn
@@notto5937 oh, good theory
Star dream: I want to exterminate all life in existence
Sectonia: I want to cover the whole world in a plant
Void: I want to destroy all worlds
Dedede: I stole some food
Gryll: I just played tetris
Dark nebula: I don't know what I was doing
Prince Fluff as a dream friend, make it happen, NIntendo
Ayy Arr Dee best they make him 3d instead of 2d..
hes gonna be having whip ability
Yes please!
I would be okay with that
Taranza, Magolor and Fluff would be a great 3rth Wave
the reason for Mega Yin-Yarn's description saying it was made from the Metamato was most likely an error, as it was clearly seen that the Knitting Needles created it.
TF099 channel maybe they metamato was the magic yarn...
It said in the Europe one yin yarn transformed into a giant tank
Maybe metamatos are made from magic yarn
@@jerrytrout8343 But then where does all that magic yarn come from
Maybe it was some weird left over from development that somehow wasn’t caught during translation?
It would be a little weird to see Patch Land pop up in a future game.
I would appreciate the addition though.
Liniko Andrord I would love prince fluff as a dream friend.
They acknowledge the existence of Kirby and the amazing mirror and squeak squad (as in putting them in their other Kirby title made by Hal Lab.) which were made by flagship instead of Hal so why not.
PLEASE HES MY SON
I wish he was a dream friend
Fun fact, Prince Fluff was originally gonna be a dream friend, but that was sadly scraped because Epic Yarn is a Spin-off.
I hope Prince Fluff becomes a DLC dream friend in the future.
Me too!
Well there's going to be 30
He wasn't...
He was originally, but that was sadly scrapped since Epic Yarn’s not canon.
The Kirby Canon episode on Star Allies is gonna be a hecking movie. Calling it now.
Hyness seems like an interesting character
AustenArts makes sense because when he speaks fast as lightning he mentions MANY things.
You hecking hecks!!
"last stitch effort"
Nice one. =)
3:45 A last stitch effort, that’s a good one.😆
I feel like the other bosses were possessed by Yin Yarn too, He probably found the biggest, strongest, creatures out there he could find, beat them up, and then used the magic yarn to stitch red buttons on them allowing full control. We see the exact same thing happening with Dedede and Meta Knight.
Man part of me wishes they brought Prince Fluff into Star Allies as a Dream Friend
When I first saw this game, me, being the little noob that I was (and still am), I though the Maximum Tomato and the Metamato were the same thing. Only diff. was that the Metamato was... well, yarn!
Kirby: Normal Poyo
Prince Fluff: Childish Poyo
Meta knight: *Poyo in Future*
If Fluff had a magic sock just like Yin-Yarn, then I wouldn't be surprised if Fluff had eaten a Metamato before the game.
The twist that it was the needles all along was crazy, but Meta's eyes being yellow hints at their OG colour, and him fighting possession more than Dedede, who is knocked unconscious. What's really interesting is that Dedede could transform into a rolling ball even without a Metamato. That, or they're not too hard to find, making Fluff's having powers all the more believable.
The exclusive use of purple to symbolize possession is confirmed in Meta's case once more in Star Allies.
Yin-Yarn didn't know what his evil plan was because he was a creation/manifestation of the needles, who weren't used to being free-thinking individuals, given that they are artifacts like how the Ancients made other tools like so. Their motives beyond getting creative with Magic Yarn are unknown too. Or maybe the trio was just bored of Patch Land (it's a small world), and couldn't think of what to do first now that they ruled everything and faced so many possibilities.
I remember playing Kirby Epic Yarn with my brother, the game just felt completely different, considering the fact that there are no copy abilities in this game, but even though so, this game was still pretty fun in my opinion.
3:45
"As a last STITCH effort..."
I want to watch this video, but I can't with "Profasia gaming" 's stupid spoiler thumbnail. Why does he want to spoil everything for everyone?
NintenUs thumbnail also has the “final boss” I think
Cough cough views cough cough
NintendYoshi you want a TH-camr who uploads final bosses but don't Spoil them in thumbnails, see Beard Bear
When you have the power to spoil a game for an entire community, you do that.
Block the channels then, that’s what I did so I didn’t get spoiled!
3:52 TANKfully...
Puns...
He’s gonna be th new Chuggaaconroy. I know it
but wait....
Is Patch Land Another planet? Or exist elsewhere?
probably a planet.
i mean i was talking about Where the planet exist.
Dank Pretzel, it's pants, duh! /s
But if patch land is flat, how does it retain gravity, and wouldn't it crumple up or something?
Oooooohhhh thanks
The piece of magic yarn came from another pair of socks obviously
If the knitting needles were the masterminds and creators of Yin-Yarn the entire time, that probably explains why Yin-Yarn had no idea why he wanted to do with Dreamland. Yin-Yarn was just a vessel created by the needles to carry out their own goals
3:38 and 3:39 I always thought that was meta knight trying to stop the mind control since meta knight’s normal eyes are yellow
3:59 he gives Kirby the tank power up to “TANK” on mega yin yarn! lol did u guys get the joke?
I would like to bring up something going back to your Haltmann and Star Dream video about Susie. During Meta Knightmare Returns Star Dream shows off that he is able to access a space-time transporting system, which is what he uses to bring about Galacta Knight. This could've been how Susie was able to return from Another Dimension. This is also evidenced through the portal Star Dream creates for Galacta Knight is the same ones seen in Return to Dreamland used to enter Another Dimension and as you state, Susie was indeed trapped in Another Dimension which is how she got data on the Sphere Doomers. It could also be shown that it was used before this battle as Star Dream says before the fight "This was prohibited by the previous admin" possibly referring to Susie's return. I hope this info helps you Meteorz
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👏🏻Prince
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I imagine the Metamato is what made the yarn magic, allowing the creating of Mega yinyarn and what made Kirby able to transform. Would fix the lore inconsistency anyway.
He’s doing it for the lols
When I saw Kirby star allies lore I was like WOW that's kind of a lot. Can't wait for you to do a Kirby canon video on that game.
The fact that meta knight's eyes are flashing purple and yellow is showing him fighting the control of Yin-Yarn.
I think it was so close because of yin-yarn's meddling. He was turning dream land to yarn so maybe it connected the two spatially instead of just magically and after his spell was undone dreamland went to its original location or a rift closed or something of the like.
A Sock may be a faster way of travel than a warp star
I think the extra magic yarn is a spare. In case one was stolen from Patch land. Why there aren’t more spares could be due to naivety on prince Fluff’s part since this kind of disaster he would have never seen coming.
I love this kind of videos^^
So, with it being in two weeks, I hope he makes that second episode of what is Kirby cannon he brought up last April fools day
I love how you played all Kirby epic yarn before making this (?)
Prince fluff is one of my favorite characters.
Kirby has became a long way from a beginners game for young children to a god slayer game.
3:41
You mean that they were the *STICH-* ient?
Ok, i’ll stop.
Ultra Nebby [Luker Boiz] No! That was comedy gold!
Guys the final boss of Star Allies is Steve From Minecraft sorry I don’t care if I spoiled it
Why did you spoil it?
Mr Diglett donkey screw you!
Nas T haha keep on crying I don’t care 😂😂
😂
But you got to admit, the part when Funky Kong and Robbie Rotten came in was unexpected
Patch land might not be that close usually, patch land and planet pop star might just be in the same solar system
Personally I lhink the reason Metaknight's eyes flash purple and yellow is probably because he's trying to fight against Yin yarn's control over him
darkmetaknight7 same
3:46 last STICH effort? Eh? I’ll see myself out.
2:15 hey i would be confused as hell if I saw a person made of yarn pop up next to me
... Meta Knight's eyes are naturally yellow. The flashing between yellow and purple was him resisting the brainwashing.
If there’s more places than just Patchland to get magic yarn then the magic yarn the knitting needles were using could easily also serve as ingredients for Metamatos
Epic yarn underrated
Something tells me that yarn came from somewhere else in the patchwork possibly a core spot or could be simply have been left overs from the world but I wonder what happened to the needles?
This was the first Kirby game I bought myself. (others were presents or gifts) Definitely worth it
I finished the entire series ending with this one
Watched all of these so far in one sitting.
So when can we expect an episode of Kirby Canon for Hyness and Void Termina?
What if the needles were Yin Yarn. One would be Yin the other would be Yarn.
Kirby canon more like KIRBY GETS SHOT OUT OF A CANNON
First appearance of kirby car?
Kirby just barfed the meta-mato into Prince Fluff's mouth after he rescued him. LOL.
Ooh yeet, new WIKC vid! I hope that whispy woods one is comin soon!
They knitted a robot in a last STITCH effort
He probably knitted a super meta tomato or maybe because kirby is yarn so the ability can just go straight to yin yarn 2
Can't wait to see something on Void Termina!
Epic Yarn was the game I played as a kid and I'm still playing it today. I mean literally I have my Wii on right now and playing it as I type.
well i mean if a massive piece of living yarn came up to you you would be stunned in place
I love Epic Yarn, but it seems to be ignored by Hal. To be fair, it was developed by Good Feel and not Hal Laboratories, but Daroach and Dark Meta Knight weren’t either!
I dunno, I just wish Prince Fluff made a cameo or something in Star Allies or another game. It would be cool!
I really don't like Yin-Yarn honestly, he's such a lame ass villian that serves no threat whatsoever imo...To me he's by far the least intimidating villian in the entire Kirby franchise. He feels & acts like a character I would see in a Dora the Explorer episode.
Meta Shade
He's better than Dedede and Dark Crafter in my minion.
He's fun as a threat in my opinion.
Meta Shade even less than Dark Nebula?
Octopus Cookie Yeah I'll go as far & say even less than Dark Nebula, at least Dark Nebula has some connection with the Dark Matter race with him being related to the race & all.
Meta Shade
I think him being lame is entertaining. It's his dynamic. Epic Yarn wasn't even supposed to be a Kirby game originally, much less a main series one, so it makes sense that there'd be a major tonal difference.
Dedede is better than Yin tho... He settles his rivalry with Kirby and he turns into a pretty cool guy.
When Meta Knight gives kirby the power up it looks like void soul from kirby star allies
Even tho Epic Yarn isn’t canon to the main Kirby series since it’s a spinoff, it’s still a pretty awesome game 😎.
While not the most powerful kirby villain, yin yarn is definetly one of the smartest. Meteorz are you gonna do a top most powerful kirby villains video?
i think the thing about the needles is that they created patch land as both good and evil yin/yang yin/yarn but eventully, the purple one became more powerful it began to manipulate the other, seeing as how meta knight and dedede have purple eyes, also in the little argument thing between them, purple gets the last word, maybe with some kind of persuasion or threat to yellow
And the needles went all the way back to patch land... which they broke apart again.
NOTE if you and your allie hold up during the knitting needles mini cutscene you will softlock the game (i did this on accident once so im here to put this glitch here)
Man, now I wonder how Yin-Yarn was created. Considering how you did say that he was made up of magic yarn, it could be possible that there's more to his knitting needles that the developers SHOULD have mentioned in like some QnA. Like really, did the needles just exist for the sole purpose of creating some host who had planned to turn the entire universe into yarn? Man, even I feel confused saying that.
Also... Your Star Allies stream... I have to be brutally honest; considering how it starts literally like one hour before I get out of school, I feel like that if I want to join- believe me, my ignorance comes from my curiosity- I'd probably want to watch videos from like the first few worlds JUST to catch on to stuff. But really, it depends on whether or not I want to do it in the first place or how long you might be streaming (somehow I don't believe your audience would want another case of a 9 hour stream.) Apologies if you take it the wrong way, but still, duty calls and unfortunately, that duty is high school. :(
Kirby physically Stitch the entire planet together an entire planet
kirby canon of Morpho Knight?
They also turn purple and star allies under the the hearts control
I can't wait to watch Meteorz play Kirby Star Allies
hey Meteorz, I've been keeping somewhat track of the games; i'm starting to get a vibe that they're playing the long game, that they're telling one huge story, the true arena acting as the "long term" and maybe the true timeline; the main stories being an alternate, standalone, one-in-a-lifetime type deal, whereas the true arena is where kirby KEEPS going on adventures.
Not likely. It's been stated by developers that side-modes like the True Arena are like "what if" scenarios, or AUs in fandom slang. They don't directly apply to the main timeline (unless you're Galacta Knight, who likely has his own personal continuity), but show aspects of the Kirby Universe that could happen (or are happening outside of the main adventure).
Yin-Yarn takes over Planet Popstar even though he doesn’t know what to do after
This is surprisingly recent
Wait... if meta knights eyes turn purple AND yellow (i know he touched on this in the vid but im going to give it my own perspective) What if meta knight never was completely under yin yarns control. What if he was still strong enough to fight it. I wonder...
Maybe the Metamatoes are made of magic yarn, so that is why there was more magic yarn and the description said they used a metamatoe
Next episode should be about te villains from KSA.
Are you gonna make a video about the butterfly?? :P
So Kirby loses the Succ to the Socc
did you know kirby's epic yarn was not for kirby only for prince fluff but miyamoto said that the game should be kirby's game and prince pluff as his partner
EPIC YARN PORT COMING TO 3DS!!!!
Can't wait to see all the "what is kirby canon" episodes you'll make immediately after finishing Star Allies :D
Yin-Yarn be like to that bell:
SHAD-AP! IM TRYING TO SLEEP!
3:54 did you mean: TANKfully?
I'll see myself out.
What a coincidence, I just finished that game and this popped up
This is the first Kirby game I play
Kirby star allies came out just a day after you did this video
time for a star allies themed episode!
WAIT UNTIL THE UPDATE OF STAR ALLIES TO DO ANOTHER KIRBY CANON! (theories about marx and dream friends...)
Can you please do Hyness, the 3 mages, and Void Termina next?
Yin yarn should be brought back as a throwback boss similarly to dark meta knight in triple deluxe or the clones/holograms in planet Robobot
"Mind if I sock it to ya?"
One interesting thing I noticed when watchin your video was Dedede's castle. 0:08 as we can see it's not his usual castle with the eyes, but the one from the anime. I thought it was a bit weird, so I looked into it and found out that the anime ended about one year before Epic Yarn came out. Aug 9 2009 the anime ended and Oct 15 2010 Epic Yarn came out to be more precise. That combine with the fact another company made this game, makes me think they were trying to cash in on any lingering popularity the anime might had or at the very least familiarize them and sort of bridge the gap between the games and the anime. But I do find it weird the castle was the only mention of the anime in the game.
Me personally I think Epic Yarn takes place in the anime univers, but that's just me.
Dedede also had the anime version of the castle in kirby squeak squad, a canon game, so it's probably just a reference.
Also it taking place in the same universe as the anime doesn't make much sense considering how much stuff from the anime is missing
One think I like to bring up is DeDeDe's castle here 0:12. It's not his usual castle you know the one with the eyes, but the one he had in the anime. Sure it's not one-to-one but close enough. Could Epic Yarn take place in the anime cannon?