is a
fictional character in
Nintendo's
Kirby video game series created by
Masahiro Sakurai and developed by
HAL Laboratory. He first appeared in the
1993 video game
Kirby's Adventure as a nameless character remaining there until the game
Kirby's Avalanche. The character also appears in several
Kirby comic books, in the , and in the
Super Smash Bros. series. Meta Knight is a mysterious but honorable knight; due to this attitude he has played more a "friend or foe" role in the
Kirby series, which led
video game critics to debate his nature and allegiances. He has received mainly positive critical reception since his introduction; his development within the series, from a nameless character to one of Kirby's main enemies, was praised, and he has been described as a "cool" character by reviewers.