When Kirby is transformed into a tank for the first time, he can briefly be seen with the Rick the Hamster's color scheme.
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The game's promotional art from E3 2014 shows an unused cyan-colored Waddle Dee, suggesting the game originally included a fifth player.
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In the E3 2014 trailer for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, it was shown that Kirby is able to damage Whispy Woods by firing himself out of a cannon and hitting the tree's face. The cannon isn't present in the final game.
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One music track exclusive to the stage Woodland Battle is titled Beware the Forest Fungus. This name may be a reference to the music track from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Beware the Forest's Mushrooms, but this may be a coincidence.
When Kirby and the Rainbow Curse was shown at E3, the boss battle with Whispy Woods has a different level layout than the release version.
Near the end of the game Spoiler:where The Dark Crafter flees towards outer space, Elline and Claycia work together to turn Kirby into a rocket and chase after it. After Elline swipes Kirby once with the rocket picture she painted, Kirby will look almost exactly like Coo from Kirby's Dream Land 2 before Kirby is swiped again, turning him into a rocket.
The game was localized as Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush in Europe.
The game's frame-rate was purposely dropped by the developers to make the game have a more stop-motion feel.
