Editing Lip

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Lip debuted as the protagonist of the 1995 Japanese puzzle game {{uv|Panel de Pon}}, appearing as the main playable character in the game's single-player story mode. In the story, Lip uses her [[Lip's Stick|flower wand]] and puzzle skills to free the fairies of her world from a curse set by the demon king Thanatos. The true ending reveals that Lip's mother, the goddess Cordelia, was testing Lip's ability to succeed her as the fairy queen. Lip is described as energetic and tomboyish with a fierce sense of justice, vowing to use her flower wand for the forces of good.

Due to a stigma relating to female-led video games in the 1990s, ''Panel de Pon'' was rebranded and released overseas as ''{{s|mariowiki|Tetris Attack}}'', with the characters from the first game replaced by those from the {{uv|Yoshi}} series (with earlier plans during localization for it to feature characters from [[Rare]]'s ''Killer Instinct''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SMWikiOfficial/status/1294653713706037250]</ref>), alongside a Game Boy port which would be re-localized to Japan with ''Yoshi'' characters intact. As such, Lip remained relatively unknown outside of Japan.

Lip would become the mascot for the ''Panel de Pon'' franchise as a whole, despite ironically being technically absent for a majority of its installments, such as ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Puzzle League}}'' for the Nintendo 64 and ''{{s|bulbapedia|Pokémon Puzzle Challenge}}'' for the Game Boy Color, though Lip's stage can be accessed as a secret level in the latter.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Puzzle_Challenge#Panel_de_Pon_GB Pokémon Puzzle Challenge - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref> She was also absent from the [[GameCube]] title ''{{s|mariowiki|Nintendo Puzzle Collection}}'', this time being replaced by a new cast of fairies. For over a decade, Lip would only receive scattered cameo appearances, such as other [[Intelligent Systems]] franchises like {{uv|Fire Emblem}} and ''{{iw|mariowiki|Paper Mario}}'', as well as a guest in the ''{{iw|mariowiki|Satella-Q}}'' series.

Lip would finally make a prominent appearance also plays an important role in the Japan-only 2008 [[Wii]] release ''{{s|mariowiki|Captain Rainbow}}'', in which she dreams of becoming a magician.

The first known international reference to Lip or her universe outside of ''Smash'' was the "Flower Fairy" costume set in the ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo'' update. This set, which does not otherwise reference Lip by name, can be earned by the player's [[Villager]] through clearing milestones in the ''{{s|nookipedia|Animal Crossing: Puzzle League}}'' minigame. She would later make her first formal international appearance outside of ''Smash'' upon the release of her origin game on the ''Nintendo Switch Online'' service in May 2020.

[[File:kirby box.jpg|100px|thumb|Kirby's [[Stone]] transformation into Lip's Garbage Block in ''Brawl''.]]