Magolor

Magolor is a reoccurring character from the Kirby Series. He first Appears in Kirby's Return To Dreamland but he physically appears in every game since with the exceptions of Planet Robobot and Kirby And The Forgotten Land, although he is referenced in the former. He can be seen doing an odd variety of jobs depending on the game he appears in Including Engineer (Return To Dreamland, Return To Dreamland Deluxe), Theme Park owner (every game except Return To Dreamland and Star Allies), And Armor Shop owner (Team Kirby Clash, Super Kirby Clash Deluxe). He is also the owner of The Lor Starcutter which allows him to travel dimensions. It is unknown what dimension he is actually from because of this.
== Why He Rocks ==
# Magolor has considerably more personality than most Kirby characters given he can be talked to at any point during Return To Dreamland or its remake. He also appears as the shopkeeper in Super Kirby Clash and has dialogue in his own game mode further strengthening it.
# Hes a pretty likeable character. He is affable to Kirby and his friends and occasionally says something funny. He has a habit of saying serious things but in a non serious way or while adding a non serious thing. This makes him an enjoyable person to listen to, and gives you incentive to talk to him whenever new dialogue is available.
#* He even gets more dialogue during Ex Mode and The Remaster meaning theres still reason to talk to him on a replay.
# Magolor is one of the most important characters when it comes to explaining Lore. Even though it wasnt a huge focus until the next game, So much element's of the series story were revealed or initially tied to him. Theres a particularly notable example where he mentions the ancients and there home. That was home was The Forgotten Land which, first appeared in game released 11 years after Return To Dreamland. Overall, if it wasnt for him alot less about the Kirby Universe would be known and the hidden lore wouldnt be as interesting. 
# This also makes him incredibly interesting as you get the vibe he is older and has stories to tell.
# Everything above, makes his betrayal in Return To Dreamland genuinely hurt and is a MASSIVE improvement to the last one the series attempted. 
# Even while under the influence of the Master Crown he is never portrayed as pure or laughably evil. He even claims to be grateful of what Kirby and his friends did for him and seems genuine. This makes him stand out from other villains of the franchise.
#* He notably doesnt want to destroy any planets nor harm innocents in his conquests which is actually surprisingly rare for Kirby villains. 
# Despite his betrayal being completely shocking it makes decent (but not perfect) sense in hindsight. There is a fair bit of hints if you look hard enough making it both unpredictable and believable.
#* Ultimately, the Lor Appears damaged from an Attack. That would put into question as to why he was attacked.
#* The Sphere Doomers attack Kirby and crew throughout the game. However, despite being on Kirby's side for most the game, The Doomers help Magolor once he betrays the group. As it turns out, the Sphere Doomers are attracted to Energy (which is shown by them getting the Energy Spheres and clarified in the pause screens, aswell as actually mentioned by Magolor himself). Well what has more energy than the Master Crown, which Landia has the majority of the game? Landia was likely using them to hunt Magolor from a distance, not knowing exactly where he is.
#* The Super Ability enemies could also be seen in the same light given Magolors Attacks. While later additions to the franchise prove anyone can use them, its obvious they have atleast some tie to the Master Crown. Its possible Landia created the enemies to find Magolor.
#* He gets more excited the closer Kirby is to fighting Landia.
#* He mentions how powerful the Lor is in a combat scenario a few times and also has a line of dialogue that he would fight Landia if he wasnt a coward. Given he couldnt come up with a reason why Landia would attack him its clear Magolor was the one who attacked first.
#* This was also him trying to appear weak when its been pretty much confirmed, even in the original rtdl, that Magolor was already powerful on his own. Given how hard Landia try's to stop him, he may have even actually came close to winning on his own, when Kirby needed to team up.
#* He never even Mentions the Master Crown before his betrayal despite it appearing. This seems intentional. This way Kirby and crew assume its just a regular Crown that does nothing which, would mean the idea of Magolor taking it for himself wouldn’t occur to them nor would they decide to take it for themselves and/or destroy the Crown. 
#* It is implied he met Marx before Return To Dreamland though this is loosely implied. Even if this wasnt Marx, it was an unknown character who had met (and was probaly friends with) Kirby before. This would explain where he got his Plan B from as he wouldve known about Kirby's gullibility and over eagerness to help beforehand. 
# Because of the last 3 points, there is a genuine case to be made he is the single best written antagonist in series history. This is personal preference but, Magolors case is strong.
# The scene of his betrayal is AWESOME! all of main 4s reactions are iconic.
# All of his boss fights are amazing. Infact he is generally considered to have the best fight in the series and even one of the best Nintendo bosses in general. Although Star Dream and Chaos Elfilis' name come up alot to as best bosses in the franchise.
# This includes the Lor Starcutter fight which provides an awesome change of pace and one of if not the best final level in the franchise.
# His fights (Especially in rtdl dx) are considered to be difficult by most people meaning he escapes the tropes of Kirby being easy. This is good because hes a final boss making this difficulty spike fitting. 
# Literally every single song tied to him (rather for a boss fight or not) is great.
#* Crowned deserves a special mention, as its debatably more iconic than the character itself.
# All of his designs look pretty good
#* Deserving an Extra mentions are his boss forms in The Swicth verison. The lighting on them are perfect.
#* There also really well animated in all appearances. A notably excellent detail is during phase 1, the Crown has different animations vs the rest of Magolor's body moving on its own a throughout the fight hinting that it may be alive (something thats later confirmed in phase 2, Super Kirby Clash, as well as the Remaster)
# While not as good as Taranza's, he does have a great redemption. This is really showed in the remasters new Magolor Epilogue mode where he actually stops the Master Crown from being revived. He later escapes to the Dream Kingdom to build Merry Magoland which is a giant theme park, which is also explorable in the remaster (though its actual first appearance was in Kirbys Dream collection, released a year after Return To Dreamland cementing his redemption.). He is also among the many characters who return to stop Hyness in Star Allies however, he is notable as unlike most of the former main villains, he has no selfish or ulterior motives to wanting to help.
# Said Sub Game is awesome. It had a skill tree which works surprisingly well for this franchise and called back to the Original Return To Dreamland very well in several ways.
#* It also did an excellent job explaining all of Magolor's spin off experiences and cleared up alot of confusion on the timeline. Most notably it explained his reappearance in Star Allies.
# Said Theme park is responsible for several great minigames aswell as allowed several fan favourites to Return in Rtdl Dx. These include but arent limited to:
#* The Ability Challenge Rooms (which also appear on the Lor Starcutter )
#* The Magolor Races 
#* The Entire Dededes drumdash franchise
#* Ninja Dojo
# While it may seem random, him wanting to build a theme park is a natural evolution of his character, as he already had some of the attractions present on the Lor. It is ultimately believable he would have interest and know how to build a theme park making it a nice way to redeem the character.
#* Also the masks being sold there in Return To Dreamland Deluxe is a good nod to him selling armor (which has a different usage but is visually very similar) in the Kirby Clash series.
# He is playable in Star Allies, and has an amazing move set, just like his boss fight
#* He is later playable in Kirby Fighters 2 where he is significantly nerfed. He returns again in the remaster of his debut game where he retains most of his Star Allies move set but, needs to unlock it via the skill tree.
# While not as good as some of the other characters, His voice lines in all forms are good.
== Bad Qualities ==
# Given how much more focus he gets compared to other irregular characters he can be considered a Creators Pet. He already got more personality and lore surrounding him in his debut than most characters and he still gets more in spin offs, has a considerable amount of alternate outfits compared to pretty much every character besides Kirby himself, and is the Star Allies playable who has been brought back the most so far, with him being playable in 3 games. This is in spite of other characters that could use more development like Ribbon or Taranza. However, he is a minor example of one either way because he is also well liked by fans and he definitely isnt as overused as some of other characters who bring less to the table. 
# While his betrayal is a massive improvement over Marx' it still might not hold any impact as most of his dialogue is optional. This means only players who go out of there way to talk to Magolor will care. 
#* In addition, while this isnt Magolors fault, the fake villian (Landia) has almost no agency in the story until near the ending which really makes the reveal hes not evil less shocking than it could've been.
# While also not his fault, the Gem Apples he sells in Kirby Clash can be bought with real money and the game is very pay to win. Magolor's Shopkeeper outfit, while good, is usually the first thing people associate with that.
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