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Thursday, November 28, 2013

The Birds of Gaming on the Festival of Lights

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - The holiday of turkey meets a Menorah.

It is a very rare occurrence that the first day of Chanukkah is on the same day as Thanksgiving. To commemorate this rare occasion, KoopaTV is going to honour nine birds (for the nine prongs on the Chanukkah Menorah) that made quite an impression on us. From videogames, of course.

Hanukkah Chanukah Chanukkah Thanksgiving Menorah birds Nintendo video game Falco King Dedede Rawk Hawk Squawks Captain Vul Chatot Polly Staraptor Medli
Don't light the candles.


From left to right: Falco Lombardi (Star Fox), King Dedede (Kirby), Rawk Hawk (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door), Squawks (Donkey Kong Country), Captain Vul (Kirby Super Star), Chatot (Pokémon), Polly (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney), Staraptor (Pokémon), and Medli (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker).

Honourable mentions: Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie) and Dyna Blade (Kirby).


Have a happy Thanksgiving to all of KoopaTV's American readers. Have a cheery Chanukkah to all of our Jewish readers. If you're not in either of those categories, then feel free to look at any other article on the site.


For Thanksgiving in 2014, KoopaTV expresses their thanks.
For Thanksgiving in 2015, it's not even on Thanksgiving.
For Thanksgiving in 2016, Ludwig expresses his thanks.
For Thanksgiving in 2017, KoopaTV gets rid of a staffer.
Pokémon-involved Menorahs return in Chanukkah 2022.
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10 comments :

  1. AnonymousDecember 16, 2014 at 7:22 PM

    Objection! *Blackquill desk slam* Not even an honorable mention for Taka?

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    1. Ludwig Von KoopaDecember 17, 2014 at 7:14 AM

      Dual Destinies just came out. <_<;

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    2. Ludwig Von KoopaDecember 17, 2014 at 7:15 AM

      ...Also this was pretty much one bird per franchise. Except Kirby, apparently.

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    3. AnonymousDecember 17, 2014 at 9:48 AM

      Well, I guess Polly does win over Taka...

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    4. Ludwig Von KoopaDecember 17, 2014 at 6:41 PM

      Exactly. ^.^

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    5. UnknownDecember 30, 2014 at 7:54 AM

      Chatot and Staraptor are both from Pokémon.

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    6. Ludwig Von KoopaDecember 30, 2014 at 8:04 AM

      We considered Chatot to be from a sub-series specifically (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of ____).

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  2. RawkAugust 25, 2017 at 5:04 AM

    Kass

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  3. Captain StitchOctober 16, 2022 at 12:37 PM

    I don't think it's fair to have two Pokémon birds here, one should be a Huebird of Happiness from Rhythm Heaven Fever. Have we talked about that series before? It's one of my favorites. I don't think it's particularly Jewish, but it is pretty weird all the same.

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    1. Ludwig Von KoopaOctober 16, 2022 at 5:42 PM

      Chatot represents the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series while Staraptor represents the mainline Pokémon RPGs.

      If a Rhythm Heaven bird would be here, it'd be one of the Blue Birds.

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