I really think the horned hat makes him stand out as a character and not just "some random kid."

About the hat...

You did in Animal Forest, so that makes 2 games

What do you mean?

He wore the horned hat in Animal Forest and Animal Crossing, so half of the games he's in have him wearing the hat

-Added the "viking hat"
-Made him a pixel thinner
-Made him stand up straighter

Oh, forgot about the Japan-only Animal Forest game...

And I'm not saying the hat shouldn't be on, I was just saying that it's not necessarily needed for Kirby to use it as his hat

Edit: Hope you don't mind, but I tried to fix him up a little bit:



Basically, I just made the hat curve more, flipped the mouth (for some reason, it was bugging me), and added a little more shading to the head. And I know we said that we're not doing the eyes like they appear in Animal Crossing, I just wanted to see if I could get it to look right...

I like your #3 with head #1 at the bottom. Maybe we can flip the eyes the other way so he's looking more forward?

So, like this?:



(The one to the right of the words "Ton's Edit")

Yeah, like that. let's see what everyone thinks.

That's probably about as good as it gets, using that face.

I'm liking where this is going.

He's crosseyed again.

Like the edits what about color shirts like he could have the Tom Nook shirt like in the beginning of the game or some other shirt instead of plain white.

I think it's looking good.

I figure the shirt will change design with each "color." Like Dedede or Ness in Brawl.

This is really starting to look good. Are we gonna stick with white or is that the pending color?

EDIT: Thanks Ton, I posted a bit slow.