Where Has Kirby Been?

Kirby has been missing on consoles... His greatest game according to most fans, Kirby and the Crystal Shards, was the last truly great Kirby console game. What has Kirby been up to since the old Nintendo 64? Well he was in Super Smash Bros, but so is everyone else from Nintendo. Well, he had Kirby AirRide... I'm not even sure if that game even counts as a kirby game. Sure you play as him, but it was a racing game!
Nintendo made some dumb moves considering that his game for the 64 was so GOOD! Combining forms was a brilliant idea. Kirby has only had good games on the Gameboy Advance & Nintendo DS since then.
So Kirby has just been bobbling around out there for the Gamecube's existence. But now that it's Wii time, will Kirby actually make an appearance in his own game? I sure hope so, becuase I'm starting to miss the giant ball of pink fluff!