That's an interesting take. The most "cutesy" game I had pre-Christmas 2010 is the Wii and Mario series.

Also, sucks about the "men's game" situation. That itself shows their childish side, and I've seen very bad cases of it in real life. :/

tell em to blow it out their ass, Duke Nukem Style

Some games are just hard to play around people, perhaps Kirby's cuteness makes it one of those. Strangely I never came across the issue with LBP even though that game is abnormally cute for the platform, but that's mostly because the only people around me that would make fun of me are also gamers so they would play the game with me and quickly shut up, I suppose you could try that with one of your family members to see if the inherent fun of the game stops them from deriding it.

Personally I've only really been made fun of by my friends while playing some of the more nichey Japanese games with ridiculous stories like Eternal Sonata (watch the final cut scene to that if you have the time and brain cells to spare one day) and ToS2 or more pervy games like Ar Tonelico 2 because it's just embarrasing when your main character keeps yelling "MAXIMUM PENETRATION" whenever you do his best attack. 

Don't get me wrong, they're not particularly mean or hurtful about it. They know I've been playing games all my life and they've accepted that I just play whatever I like playing, I suppose they just feel a bit shaky watching me play a game that looks overly simple for someone my age. They don't tell me what I should or shouldn't play - in fact they're the ones to come to me for suggestions and advice for games - they just whine a bit when I play something that looks like it would appeal only to really young children.

Anyway, I'm sure they'll get used to Kirby over-time. You could educate them a bit about how the game plays so they'll understand it a bit better, explain to them that it's not so easy completing levels while holding on to all your gems. If you have an extra Wii Remote you should give them a chance to try it out themselves. Since Mario and Wii family games are all they've seen from you prior, I'm not too surprised by their reaction to Kirby's Epic Yarn. I'm sure if you just inform that it is a great game they'll accept it in no time. 

yeah... kiddie...

Ouch! thats kinda harsh, from what I read in gaming websites and magazines KEY actually received pretty good reviews and scores, It is also doing pretty decent sales wise, and back to topic , who cares what the game looks like if its fun play it, man I remember one time watching my little girl cousin she fell asllep and I spent about 1-2 hours playinh her "cooking mama" ds game.

I just laugh when my parents say that. For any video game, matter of fact.

Oh don't mind what I said, I was just referring to what has been talked in this thread.

In all seriousness, RCT, you should only play mature games for mature people (like myself). Like this, no weird family discussions like this will ever be brought up again.

Might be best. I did this years ago back when I was starting high school. Not that I think family was being mean just that they can be incredibly inconsiderate. It's pure ignorance in the end. So instead of having to deal with it, getting made and saying something I might regret I just removed myself from the situation when it came to play games. It's why I till this day don't put my systems on a TV or in room that is shared by others. I used to have my systems in my room but not I have them in a game room that I'm pretty much the only one that goes into. When I finally have my own house I'll continue to do the same thing. It's easier and less of stress then having to do deal with situations like this.

It coming from family does make it worse compared to it just coming from friends I agree.

If they ask why you are moving the system just be honest. You don't like being made fun of the way you were. So to stop it from happening you are just moving the games to your room so you can play in private. So no one else has to see the games you like or play. Don't act upset about it or anything either. Just be calm and honest about it.

I actually find spectator response to JRPG's hilarious, going by my personal experiences. I finished Lost Odyssey recently and numerous members of my family have caught a few gameplay and cut-scenes. I remember one of my sisters asked me oh my god what the hell is she wearing? when she took a good look at one of the characters (Ming). Another one I can't forget is when my brother watched a cut-scene with me and after it had finished he asked me about the woman with the glasses; I told him that was Sarah, Kaim's wife. He said to me that Kaim had done well for himself, because Sarah had absolutely massive tits. 

Sometimes people can get the wrong idea though. When my mother walked in while I was in a hot-spring scene while playing Muramasa, she immediately noticed Momohime with only her towel and just looked at me with a questioning expression. It was still really really funny, though.