To celebrate the release of Kirby’s Epic Yarn tomorrow, Nintendo has been spreading a little Kirby love to the streets of Elephant & Castle today – which, according to a recent poll, has been voted the greyest place in the UK by 32 percent of Londoners. 

As the poor denizens of E&C come to terms with the news, Nintendo and the Kirbster were thankfully on hand to inject a bit of fun, twee and colour into their lives.  

As well as giving away copies of the game, to tie-in with Epic Yarn’s charming embroidered look Nintendo asked Knit The City to weave the Elephant a colourful Kirby seat cover to help transform one its uncomfortable concrete benches into something that a high-class Nan would be proud to sit on. Here are some pictures.