Board Thread:King for A(nother) Day Discussion/@comment-43491575-20200118163836/@comment-31549837-20200527171402

I appreciate how 4 of my 5 favourite characters across both KFADs are all next to each other on the poster. It 100% has to be a coincidence, but it’s nice to look at.

71.161.223.100 wrote: Another question:

I assume they wouldn't get it since that would kind of make them overpowered, but Kirby hails from Planet Popstar and is thus an alien, so wouldn't Men in Black get him?

Was there ever an exclusion written for that?

And even so, do they still get songs relating to aliens within the Kirby franchise? i.e. Antagonists that have come from other planets (Sectonia, Haltmann) or dimensions (Dark Matter, Magalor) since the Combine don't come from another planet to my knowledge, they appear in the Half-Life universe from a dimensional rift caused by the resonance cascade, so that technically means aliens in MiB's sources don't have to be from other planets or worlds. It’s hard to debate what can be considered an alien for MIB’s sources. I’d say that just because Kirby’s from Pop Star doesn’t equal him being alien, but the anime effectively did make him one by having him crash land on Pop Star. And when it comes to many of the villains being from other planets, well... it’s complicated. I’d just say no due to large Dedede overlap.

This does bring up what should and shouldn’t be considered an alien. I personally feel for MIB’s sources that whatever is highly implied or outright said to be an alien is what should count. Not just if the creature comes from another planet or not, though exceptions could possibly be made (like what you said with Half-Life, which falls into the former category).

As an example, I don’t know if MIB get the Mario Galaxy soundtracks, even though Lumas could potentially be considered aliens. Since it hasn’t been mentioned and didn’t get a remix, I’d personally say no, though I could be wrong.

Meanwhile, I think at least a few tracks from Partners In Time could count for them, as the Shroobs are implied to be your typical aliens way more than Lumas (I think the start of the game even straight up called them aliens).

Regardless, it’s a bit of a slippery slope what can and can’t be considered alien stuff for MIB.