Quirby - Quirby64 (PLAYER)

[DragonDePlatino]

Going with what Chris said, why not look at Kirby's moves from Superstar Ultra? That game had lots of close-combat moves which still had some good range. Generally, to make up for his stubby arms, a lot of Kirby's physical attacks used some large bits of motion blur or short-range projectiles, like you can see here:

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Just...make sure not to overdo it! Fill up those 64x64 boxes more but no OP vulcan jabs!