Nintendo made plenty of announcements at its latest Direct about games old and new.

Yet for some corners of the internet, the eyebrow-raising Mouthful Mode in Kirby and the Forgotten Land really stood out as ripe for innuendo.

The mode lets Kirby inhale some impressively sized objects, from a car to a cone, a vending machine, and more.

Eurogamer Newscast: February's Nintendo Direct Digested

Kirby fans have since taken over the internet with their jokes, memes, and fan art of "Carby".

Carby

— Cheryl 🍡 (@cysketch) February 9, 2022
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fans:
BOTW2 pls
Mario Kart 9 pls
Mario move trailer pls

nintendo: carby

— hungrybox (@LiquidHbox) February 9, 2022
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Sensible Carby 🚙

— _kairy_draws_ (@_kairy_draws_) February 10, 2022
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For some, the announcement of more DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was the biggest surprise. But isn't this the real crossover we wanted from the Direct?

Mario Kart 9 is looking sick

— Mari ✨💖 (@marikyuutie) February 9, 2022
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Brains immediately began whirring at the possibilities. If Kirby can suck up a car, what's next? Memes ensue.

Get in the Eva, Kirby

— Ryan Locko (@ItsLocko) February 10, 2022
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Carby

— 🦑마엘🦑 (@gunyangjopduc) February 10, 2022
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kirby

— Alex M-O | Wishlist Rune Fencer Illyia! (@AMO_Crate) February 11, 2022
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KIRBY NO THATS THE ULTIMA WEAPON

— ⭐🌠 Emetkoto Supremacy @ P3S 🌠⭐ (@Supurreme) February 10, 2022
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wait so we weren't drawing kirby in rotom forms?

— cafhune 🌸💫 CosCarni F35 (@cafhune) February 10, 2022
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Kirby now has the ability to become VLC Media Player

— chris person (@Papapishu) February 9, 2022
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And after all that sucking, there's no doubt Kirby is exhausted.

Kirby and The Forgotten Land: Mouthful Mode

— 🖌✏ArtistInTraining✏🖌 (@benatic_bro) February 9, 2022
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land is due out on Switch on 25th March.

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