Kirby and the Starlights of Nightmare

Kirby and the Starlights of Nightmare is a Kirby game developed by Aetherpolis Games. The game is a 3D and 2.5D Metroidvania game, which is based on the concepts of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Kirby Super Star, Kirby Return to Dreamland, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Kirby Planet Robobot, Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, also begin based on the Subspace Emmisary and World of Light of Super Smash Bros Series.
This game brings back the Power Combos, Super Abilities, the Hypernova ability, the Robobot Armor and the Dream friends. And also adds a new mechanic, called Starlight Ashes, which are 5 pieces of a star, which you collect 5 of them, you unlock a Starlight Ability, which is a Upgraded Ability.
== Story ==
The story begins with the Planet Popstar in a twilight starry night sky, with calm music and the camera pans to the Dedede's Castle. King Dedede is playing cards with a Waddle Doo, meanwhile the waddle dees are sleeping, after a while a mysterious comet impacts to Planet Popstar, King Dedede surprised about the impact of the comet, decides to go the crash site.
When he went to the crash site with a pair of waddle dees, he saw one more thing... Another comet! now impacting to Dedede's Castle and destroying it. Viewing what is happening, a ginormous robotic battleship appears, sending comets to invade Planet Popstar, until the Halberd appeared to prevent the attack, but another comet impacted to the Halberd and now is falling down to the ground.
The camera switches to a forest, with Kirby sleeping, after hearding the comets impacting to Planet Popstar, which later runs to investigate.
== Gameplay ==
The gameplay of Kirby and the Starlights of Nightmare is a different one, now is a 3D Open World Metroidvania. For the most part, Starlights of Nightmare remains similar in core gameplay structure to most Kirby titles. Players take control of the titular Kirby and his allies in linear sidescrolling stages, making their way to the end of the level using jumping, dashing, and sliding moves on top of the classic Copy Abilities obtained from inhaling enemies. Unlike previous titles in recent memory, Kirby and his friends lack the ability to block attacks, limiting him instead to only a dodge maneuver that offers split-second intangibility at the cost of being vulnerable afterwards; this was implemented to encourage more aggressive gameplay. Gameplay is generally faster, with both Kirby and enemies being given increased speed to create tenser moments throughout.
An innovative addition to the metroidvania genre, is the mechanic of 3D and 2.5D scales. In the major part of the game is in 3D, but there are 2D-styled Warp Stars which teleport Kirby to an 2.5D part.
The collectibles are present in all the worlds.
== Game Modes==
===Adventure Mode===
The standard story mode, featuring Kirby and his friends in the newly dubbed Starlights of Nightmare! Kirby and his crew, with his new friend, Staria set off across Planet Popstar and 5 planets more to defeat the Starlights of Nightmare and prevent the domination of the outer space as possible.
===Extra Mode ===
The extra mode, this time the Extra Mode is canon to the standard story mode, not set in a alternate timeline, now being set after the adventure mode. In this mode, it adds more enemies and bosses, including a new post-game. 
===Sub-Games===
====Helper to Hero ====
A game mode unlocked by beating the main Story Mode once. Similarly to its Kirby Super Star Ultra version, it allows the player to play as one of 50 Helpers in the game. All Helpers are given similar movesets to the corresponding Copy Ability they grant Kirby, meaning that they're more powerful than how they play in the main mode. Up to 4 players can play in Helper to Hero, each one with a different Helper, as they traverse through a slightly modified story mode. Each world is compressed into one sitting that must be completed before the player's progress and time can be saved and recorded. Like prior Extra Modes, this mode is more difficult than the main quest. Many enemies appear larger and are more numerous than they were before. Bosses and mid-bosses now have "SP" at the end of their names (meaning "Special"), use a number of new attacks, and have alternate color schemes. Additionally, Cometion herself is not the final boss, but Starlight clones of the playable characters are. As such, a virtual version of Kirby is the final boss: Virtual Kirby 2.0. All sections requiring the Matter Rift ability in the main quest are skipped by the Helpers, as they cannot access that ability, or any at all. As such, Starlight Ashes aren't.
Copy Abilities that can grant different Helpers depending on the inhaled enemy are represented by only one of them, for example, Fire can give Hot Head, Galbo or Heat Phanphan as helpers, but of the three only Heat Phanphan can be played here. Additionally, some Copy Ability helpers are not available here: Laser Ball (Laser), Leafan (Leaf), Metarun (Metal), Needlous (Needle), and UFO (U.F.O.)
====Stratos Patrol 2.X====
1 Player
Strato Patrol 2,X, is a default shoot 'em up sub-game mode and sort of a sequel to Strato Patrol EOS from Kirby Mass Attack. In the game, the player controls one of 10 playable characters. Power-up packs can be collected to increase the shot's firepower. Helpers can be temporarily summoned by defeating enemies in consecutive chains. L/R buttons are called "Bombs"; they unleash a large attack wave which wipes out all enemies on the screen when pressed on. Clearing each level gives one additional use of the attack.
There are 10 Levels, each one containing a boss and getting increasingly difficult:
*Level 1 - Petroleum Woods: Clanky Woods.
*Level 2 - Resolution City: Holo Defense API
*Level 3 - Greedy Casino: Heavy Lobster
*Level 4 - Aquatica Metropolis: Mech Acro
*Level 5 - Train Station: Waddle Dee Train
*Level 6 - High-Tech Factory: Mecha Knight
*Level 7 - Rhythm Streets: D3
*Level 8 - Access Ark: President Haltmann
*Level 9 - Program Space: Star Dream
*Level 10 - Mysterious Dimension: Void Termina
====Kirby Quest: With the backs to our Dreamland====
Kirby Quest: WTBTOD is a sort sequel of Kirby Quest, their gameplay is the same, only now with 10 playable characters.
=====Chapter 1=====
Stage	Enemies 	HP	EXP
01 	Waddle Dee 	 	
02 	Waddle Dee X2 	 	
03 	Glubba 	 	
04 	Bonkers 	 	
05 	Glubba
Big Glubba 	 	
06 	Chef Kawasaki
Chef Shiitake	 	
07 	Spear Waddle Dee X2	 	
08 	Shadow Dedede 	 	
09 	HR-D3 	 	
10 	Dark Meta Knight 	 	
=====Chapter 2=====
=====Chapter 3=====
=====Chapter 4=====
===== Chapter 5=====
====The Arena====
1 Player
A game mode where the player confronts all bosses and mid-bosses fought in the main Story Mode consecutively as fast as they can without dying. Here, players are given five Maxim Tomatoes and a choice of two random Copy Abilities between battles in the rest room. Like in Planet Robobot, bosses are fought in the same order they were fought in Story Mode. The final boss is, once again, Cometion.
==== The True Arena====
1 Player
The True Arena is similar to The Arena, but putting the player against the SP versions of bosses found in Helper to Hero. This mode is unlocked by beating Helper to Hero once. Only four normal tomatoes and a single Maxim Tomato in an Assist Star are available in the rest room. Numerous returning bosses not seen in any of the other modes also appear, along with a new phase of Cometion, Cometion Soul OS. These returning bosses are:
*President Haltmann
*Mecha Kracko
*Hyness
* Shadow Dedede
*Dark Meta Knight
*Dark Matter
*Queen Sectonia
*Morpho Knight
====The Ultimate Arena====
1 player
The Ultimate Arena Arena is similar to The Arue Arena rena, but putting the player against the SP versions of bosses found in Helper to Hero. This mode is unlocked by beating Helper to Hero once. Only four normal tomatoes and a single Maxim Tomato in an Assist Star are available in the rest room. Numerous returning bosses not seen in any of the other modes also appear, along with a new final boss identical to Cometion, Chaos Souletion.
==Worlds==
This time there are 9 Worlds in that game, begin a 3D and 2.5D Open World Metroidvania, Kirby can travel to that worlds.
===Planet Popstar ===
Name 	Bosses encountered	Description
Cookie Hills 	Stardust Woods 	A grassy and very natural location. This place is ideal for nature lovers!
Castle Dedede 	Starlight Guarder 	The same Castle Dedede in person, but now is home of the Starlight Guarder
Bubble Pop Beach	Sweet Stuff 	An ideal place to have a break, with a calm beach and a fair of varieties.
Seaside Harbor 	Octo 	The abandoned harbor of the adventures of Planet Robobot
Sub-Aquatica Fortress
(Which there is the first piece of Staria's Ship)	Candra 	A sub-aquatic high-tech fortress submerged in the ocean, built by one of the Starlights of Nightmare, Candra.
===Planet Sylvaria===
Name 	Bosses Encountered	Description
Freezezy Climbing	Goriath 	An icy location for the ice-skating lovers.
Abandoned Mall 	Block Waddle Dee 	An abandoned mall, like that mall in Shiver Star
Ice-Cope Hills 	Freezy Rex 	A mountain where is going to make an avalanche.
Enigmansion 	King Golem 	A mysterious mansion infested of ghosts.
Robota-X Factory 	HR-H 	A factory which is going wild about the crisis situation.
Robota-X City
(Which there is the second part of Staria's Ship)	Robota 	Is a cybernetic city built by one of the Starlights of Nightmare, Robota.
===Planet Yuno===
Name 	Bosses Encountered 	Description
Magmatica Ocean 	Magman 	An dangerous territory made by Magma.
Fiery Foundry 	Pyribbit 	The interior of a volcano.
Copper Caverns 	Coily Rattler 	The deeper interior of the volcano.
Shadow Mineshaft	Shadowbite 	An abandoned mineshaft, where there are shadows luring
Underworld Ruins	Ancientam 	The remains of a mysterious ruins.
Hedron Headquarters
(Which there is the third part of Staria's ship)	Skullord and Hedron	Is the top of the volcano, where are nightstar soldiers commanded by Hedron, one of the Starlights of Nightmare.
=== Planet Carnivella ===
Name 	Bosses Encountered	Description
Miracle House 	Clanky Woods 	This is a path which leads to Toy Box Station.
Toy Box Station 	Toy Masher 	The station which stops the train.
Carnivella's Festival	Toy Dubior 	A fair where are having a festival.
Doodle Route 	Paintra 	The route which leads to domino City.
Domino City 	Wiz 	A very important city made of toys and fun.
Toy Block Coliseum
(Which there is the fourth part of Staria's Ship)	Spartok 	A toy-built coliseum where is happening a tournament of fighting. Spartok, one of the Starlights of Nightmare, joined to the tournament.
===Plante Halchion===
Name 	Bosses encountered	Description
Old Desert 	Lady Ivy 	A desert with a very hard sandstorm.
Sandy Canyon 	Moley 	A canyon with falling rocks.
Dedede Resort 	King Eelongo 	A resort created by King Dedede as his vacational house.
Abandoned Rails 	Mecha Hamsturr 	A desert with pieces of rails.
Mechanica Station	Robo Moley 	A station which appears a mechanical train.
Skull Express
(Which there is the fifth part of Staria's Ship)	Frenzy-1 	A mechanical train built by Frenzy-1, one of the Starlights of Nightmare.
=== Planet Odyssedia ===
Name 	Bosses Encountered	Description
Aquatidal Plateau	Giga Mam 	A tropical beach with beautiful oceans.
Jade View 	Pon & Con 	An extravagant walkway of Aquatidal Plateau
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
==Characters==
===Playable Characters===
Character	Information
Kirby 	Everyone's friend and perhaps the most ignorant protagonist of all time, motivated by food more than anything else, casually destroying god-level threats if they get in his way or threaten Dream Land. Kirby at his most basic is already plenty powerful, able to suck up almost all enemies that come across his path and having infinite jumps to traverse platforms, as well as being able to shoot air bullets underwater. Allow him to inhale and copy his enemy's abilities... well, that's where you'll be coming across trouble!
Bandana Dee	Bandana Waddle Dee, sometimes abbreviated as B.W. Dee or nicknamed Bandana Dee, otherwise known simply as Waddle Dee, is a character in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby Super Star. He is a Waddle Dee who wears a blue bandana. He has gone from being an insignificant, minor character in his first appearances to being a prominent figure who has appeared in almost every Kirby game to date since Kirby Mass Attack.
King Dedede	King Dedede, the self-proclamed "King" of Dream Land. King Dedede comes with a powerful inhale (although he cannot copy abilities like Kirby) and use his powerful hammer to defeat most enemies.
Meta Knight	After surviving the dangers of the unknown spaceship and saving Staria, Meta Knight helps Kirby during his quest in order to stop that comets of chaos, using his great sword techniques
Adeleine and Ribbon	Adeleine, the aspiring artist of Pop Star, was kidnapped and held captive in another planet along with other victims. After she is saved and tuned back to her normal self, she joins Kirby with her magic painting abilities, also with Ribbon.
Marx 	Kirby originally helped Marx in what he thought was a plan to stop the Sun and Moon fighting by going to Nova, but it turned out to be all part of Marx's conniving plan to take over Dreamstar. Marx reappears in this game as seeming ally, although he still seems to lie to Kirby. Some friend, huh?
Magolor 	Magolor is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the main antagonist and final boss of Kirby's Return to Dream Land. He tricks Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee into rebuilding his Lor Starcutter and defeating Landia so he could steal the Master Crown and conquer the universe.
Magolor returns in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition, where he apologizes for his actions by building Kirby a theme park. Ever since then, he has appeared in later games as an ally.
Daroach 	Daroach is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the main antagonist of Kirby: Squeak Squad, but would later apologize for his actions and become an ally in later games after Kirby rescued him when he was possessed. He is the leader of the Squeaks.
Taranza 	Taranza is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the secondary antagonist of Kirby: Triple Deluxe, but would later become an ally. He is a spider-like magician and a former servant of Queen Sectonia.
Susie 	Susie hails from the now disassembled Haltmann Works Company, and now finds herself in the Nova Zoo with a bunch of Kirby's other past foes. Unlike most of them, she respects Kirby as a warrior and knows it's better to team up with him than to try and destroy him. Susie tends to fly away when situations get bad- she knows if she stays too long anywhere, somebody will get hurt.
Jambastion Mages	The Three Mage-Sisters, also known as the Jambastion mages or the Three Generals of Magic, are characters that appear in the Kirby series, debuting as the secondary antagonists of Kirby Star Allies, but would later become allies. They are followers of Hyness and priestesses of the Jambastion Religion.
===Other Characters===
Character	Information
Staria 	She was a former member of the Starlights of Nightmare, she´s kind-hearted like kirby, when she heard about the true intentions of the Starlights of Nightmare, she betrays to them.
When she is seeing the chaos about the Starlights of Nightmare, she seeks the help of Kirby to Defeat them.
Waddle Daa	Waddle Daa is a pink, female Waddle Dee wearing a gold bow. She serves King Dedede along with Bandanna Dee and other Waddle Dees. She first appears in Kirby's Dream Land 3D as a playable character.
Lance Doo	He acts as a shopkeeper in Planet Popstar.
 	
 	
===Enemies===
===Mid-Bosses===
Character	Ability 	Information
Bonkers	Hammer 	Bonkers is a hammer-wielding simian. He attacks with his hammer, and by throwing exploding coconuts.
King Doo	Beam 	As expected from a Waddle Doo, he can use a beam whip attack, which appears essentially identical to a regular Waddle Doo's. King Doo can use the beam whip in the air after a jump and also has the Wave Beam ability, firing a large blast of energy sideways across the field. He also has a non-beam attack, which involves simply charging across the screen.
Bombar 	Missile, Bomb 	Bombar is a green personified fighter jet wearing antique, old fashioned aviator clothing consisting of a cream colored scarf and an orange flight helmet with a star design on it. His underbelly is a noticeably lighter-colored green than the rest of his body and he has brown feet.
Boxy 	Magic, Mini, Bomb 	Boxy is pink and resembles a large box or present with a big red bow on the top of her head and has a long stem that acts as a tail and has two green leaves at the end of it. Her mouth is large and jagged making her somewhat resemble a bear trap. Boxy has eyes similar to Kirby's eyes that are maroon and also has rosy cheeks.
Master Hand	Smash, Burning, Stone	Master Hand is a major boss character in the Super Smash Bros. series, appearing in all five titles as some kind of obstacle to the player (most commonly as a final boss). Although he is generally exclusive to the Super Smash Bros. series, Master Hand managed to make a surprise appearance as a mid-boss in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, granting the rare Smash Copy Ability to Kirby when inhaled. Also, Master Hand and his left counterpart, Crazy Hand, appear much later as the bosses of the penultimate level of the game. He is the main source of Smash in the game.
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
 	 	
===Bosses===
==Copy abilities==
==Items==
==Downloadable Content==
Main Article: Kirby and the Starlights of Nightmare/DLC
Downloadable Content will be available after the release of the game and will be split into various packs of various themes such as characters, worlds, etc.
===Character Pack===
*Nabi: Is a friend of Kirby that arrived in popstar a few days before the events of Kirby: Return of the Darkness.
*Dark Meta Knight: Is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the secondary antagonist of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. He is the Mirror World counterpart of Meta Knight.
*Chef Kawasaki: Is a character in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby Super Star as a mini-boss. In later appearances he appears as an ally or friend to Kirby.
*QBBY: Is the only non-Kirby character made by HAL Laboratory. He attacks by shapeshifting, and can adjust to certain gaps and hazards.
===World Pack===
*Access Ark: The headquarters of Haltmann Inc. it looks that now is rebuilt after the defeat of Star Dream Soul Os.
*Grape Gardens: This is a retro world from Kirby Adventure.
==Trivia==
*After the Attack of the Dark Comets, 
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