Kirby Super Star: Difference between revisions

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* Main Games

** '''DynaBlade''': A mysterious creature named Dyna Blade is terrorizing Dream Land, [[Running Gag|and it's up to Kirby to stop it]]. Adds a world map, some additional powers, and a couple extras, but in the end is mostly an intro game like ''Spring Breeze''.

** '''Gourmet Race''': Kirby and Dedede race to see who can eat the most food while still reaching the finish line first. It's pretty straight forward. Very notable for its music: the Gourmet Race theme "Run, Kirby, Run" is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY7xg92aNrY one] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjdol0qcvQ of] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHz7mQ_pDRs the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIbpSSQXYw most-][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGA8eHiGFRw remixed] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OXSLiYdrKU songs] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEIEOB5KRYU on] [[YouTube]] and one of [[The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|two]] sources of the THIS VIDEO CONTAINS [[Memetic Mutation|meme]]. And that's just a sample.

** '''Revenge of Meta Knight''': Meta Knight is setting out to conquer Dream Land in his massive flying battleship, the Halberd, [[Rule of Three|and it's up to Kirby to stop him]]. In this game, the levels are timed -- failing to clear it within a certain amount of time results in a loss. Also noted for the story -- Meta Knight and his crew can be heard talking about Kirby attacking, and the crew is visibly [[Mook Horror Show|freaking out]] as he [[Battleship Raid|lays waste to the Halberd.]]

** '''Milky Way Wishes''': The Sun and the Moon are fighting, throwing day and night into chaos, [[Overly Long Gag|and it's up to Kirby to stop them]]. This game takes Kirby to other worlds to find the wish-granting Galactic Nova, and since the enemies on these worlds are different than the usual ones, Kirby can't absorb their powers; instead, he has to find the Deluxe Copy Essences around the levels, after which point he has those powers forever, and can shuffle through them. {{spoiler|It turns out that Marx, who sent you to find Nova, was [[Unwitting Pawn|using you to get Galactic Nova's power]] in order to [[Take Over the World|rule Popstar]]. Kirby has to rush back to stop him in a [[Final Boss|climactic]] [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield|final]] [[Best Boss Ever|battle]].}}

** '''Samurai Kirby''': Kirby faces off in a first-strike duel with five increasingly tough opponents. Like the Quick Draw game in Kirby's Adventure/Nightmare in Dream Land, it's a game of reaction time.

** '''[[Megaton Punch]]''': A contest of <s> strength</s> timing, the challenge is to line up the strength and timing meters just right to deliver a strong enough punch to [[Earthshattering Kaboom|break Popstar in half.]] Remixed in ''[[Kirby and The Amazing Mirror]]'' as Crackity Hack.

 

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* Main Games

** '''Meta Knightmare Ultra''': You play as Meta Knight through abridged versions of the original main games, excluding ''Gourmet Race'' and ''The Arena''. Meta Knight has a whole suite of moves at his disposal, and uses them to [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|thrash his way through the stages.]]

** '''Helper to Hero''': Instead of playing as Kirby, you choose one of his helpers (characters based on an element that Kirby absorbed, usually controlled by computer or by a second player) and run though a shortened version of ''The Arena''. This can create [[Self-Imposed Challenge|quite a challenge]]: sure, winning as Bonkers ([[Drop the Hammer|Hammer]]) or Plasma Wisp ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Plasma]]) isn't too bad, but how about winning with Capsule J2 (Jet) or Wheelie (Wheel)? Not to mention getting the best time...

** '''Kirby Card Swipe''': Kirby plays [[wikipedia:Karuta|Karuta]].

 

* [[Abandon Ship]]: Discussed near the end of ''Revenge of Meta Knight''. {{spoiler|They decide to fight Kirby one last time before doing so.}}

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore|American Meta Knight is Hardcore]]: The "Meta Knight's Counterattack" part of the game was changed in the occidental release to "[[Revenge]] of Meta Knight" and Meta Knight's new dialogue makes him sound clearly villainous. They even made him threaten Kirby to ''[[Never Say "Die"|death]]''! Those changes have been maintained in ''Ultra'', [[Bowdlerization|sans]] the "Prepare to die!" line.

* [[Animated Actors]]: Implied by the {{spoiler|unlockable blooper reel}} in ''Ultra''. Complete with laugh tracks.

* [[Bad Samaritan]]: {{spoiler|Marx.}}

* [[Balloon Belly]]: As usual, Kirby's and Dedede's standard attacks result in this. In addition, Dedede will balloon up if he beats you in Gourmet Race.

** One of the enemies faced during the Computer Virus boss went by the name of Red Dragon in both versions of ''Super Star''. When ''Ultra'' came out, the foe was rechristened with the [[Unfortunate Name]] of Grand Dragon in the Japanese version. For obvious reasons, this was changed to Great Dragon for English releases.

* [[Eternal Engine]]: The Halberd in Meta Knight's Revenge and Mecheye/Mekkai in Milky Way Wishes.

* [[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: Instead of the usual Dark Matter-esque [[Eldritch Abomination]], {{spoiler|Marx}} is just {{spoiler|one of the tiny, cute, marshmallow-like denizens of Popstar who manages to gain ultimate power with a [[Batman Gambit]] involving Kirby and the wish-granting comet Galactic Nova.}}

* [[Gameplay Roulette]]: Each sub-game (not counting minigames) works differently from one another. To be fair, they all revolve around the same mechanics.

* [[Item Get]]: Everytime you open a chest in The Great Cave Offensive, you'll get a fanfare and then the information about the item you got.

* [[Kiss of Life]]: Somewhat of a variant; Kirby/Meta Knight and their helpers can eat any health item and then "kiss" their partner, and then the partner will also get healed. Called "face-to-face food transfer" in the manual. Somewhat [[Squick|Squicky]] if you point out its similarity to a certain [[Shock Site]]...

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The description for Revenge of the King says that King Dedede has gotten serious since he was beaten by Kirby many times in the past.

* [[Light Is Not Good]]: {{spoiler|Galacta Knight}} might count, if we actually knew whether he was good/evil. Even if he's not outright evil, the fact that his sheer power meant his very existence posed a threat to the galaxy qualifies him.

** Also, {{spoiler|the Sun and Moon fighting was part of Marx's plan, though this was only made clear in ''Ultra''. It was only implied in the original.}}.

* [[Miles Gloriosus]]: Captain Vul is the most dedicated of Meta Knight's men to killing Kirby, even sacrificing the ship's well being when he releases Heavy Lobster. However, [[The Unfought|he never goes after Kirby himself]], and when the ship begins crashing, he's the first one to escape.

* [[Monster Is a Mommy]]: Dyna Blade, who has [[Gender Bender|switched]] between mommy and daddy throughout the series. [[Broken Base|Fans take both sides.]]

* [[Nerf]]: The playable Meta Knight in ''Ultra'', compared to his appearance in ''Nightmare in Dreamland''. He can't control his jump height and his higher speed became a temporary powerup.

* [[Never Say "Die"]]: ''Ultra'' turns Meta Knight's original death threat of "Prepare to die!" to [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|"Come meet your doom!"]]

** This made his design from the original ''Super Star'' resemble something like [[Blackface]].

* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]: Meta Knight is surprisingly hostile in ''Revenge of Meta Knight'', compared to his usual [[Worthy Opponent]] self. Apparently, this was partly due to the translation, and partly due to some ulterior motive like fixing all of Dreamland's problems through a benevolent dicatorship.

* [[Power Copying]]: As always, Kirby can inhale some kinds of enemies to obtain their power (except in Milky Way Wishes {{spoiler|unless you managed to find a secret star which contains the Copy ability}}). The powers are as follows:

** Another one that appears in the Super Star Ultra updated remake of the game: in the new game mode "Revenge of the King," Kablua fires what seems to be Bullet Bills from the [[Super Mario Bros.]] series during the boss fight.

* [[Suspicious Videogame Generosity]]: You'll know you're about to hit a boss room when you reach a single room with nothing but Copy Essences and a Maxim Tomato.

** The Subspace Emissary levels of ''Brawl'' resemble this game so much that it may have been an attempt at salvaging a cancelled Kirby game.

* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Captain Vul's reaction to the rest of the crew's reports that Kirby destroyed Main Cannon #2.

* [[Underground Level]]: Cocoa Cave in Dyna Blade, the Underground Forest in The Great Cave Offensive, and Cavios/Cavius in Milky Way Wishes.

* [[Video Game Remake]]: ''Ultra''

* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: {{spoiler|Marx}} is one of the creepiest villains to ever appear in the series. Most games aimed at ''adults'' would stop short of a final boss with an attack that involves a '''''BLACK HOLE dimension of pure death'''''.

 

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