This is not the first Kirby game to have its cover art changed to look more serious and "gritty" for the US release; in fact, TV Tropes named a page after this phenomenon, and Kirby Air Ride is currently the featured page art at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanKirbyIsH... (caution, TV Tropes will consume your free time, only click when you have a few hours to spare).
P.S. Since the link chopped off half way through the name of the wiki page, I'll just mention that the page is titled "American Kirby is Hardcore".
Buying a cartridge of an old game just to preserve a non-blurry copy of the sprite. Now THAT's dedication.
Great article though!
Also I’m very entertained by the ‘big bonus foods’ - that hamburger is ridiculous.
What do they mean by this?
I have not... A video showing what it's talking about would have been a good addition to this article.