Kirby: Legends of the Elemental Crystals

Kirby: Legends of the Elemental Crystals (星のカービィ：元素結晶の伝説 in Japan, meaning Kirby of the Stars: The Legend of Elemental Crystals) is an upcoming Kirby game for the Nintendo Switch and will be the 33rd game in the series being in development by Shooting Star Studios, Playmobil Interactive and of course, HAL Laboratory and is going to be released in Fall 2019.
==Story==
There's Kirby, sitting and sleeping as always while King Dedede and his minion Bandana Dee are thinking on making a prank on him. Meanwhile in the galaxy, Meta Knight is traveling. Captain Vul notices something big and tells Sailor Dee to tell Meta Knight about this. When they look, they see some kind of spaceship near them and approaching Popstar. Meta Knight immediately flies to Popstar to tell the others about this.
Then Meta Knight finds Kirby sleeping and wakes him up (thus ruining King Dedede and Bandana Dee's plans on making a prank on him). Meta Knight tells Kirby about the "spaceship". Coincidentally, the spaceship they were talking about just arrives Dream Land. A shadow silhouette appears near them and runs. Kirby and Meta Knight follows it and they see the silhouette stealing all 8 elemental crystals, leaving zero crystals behind to escape from Kirby and Meta Knight. After stealing it, a worried being appears yelling at herself and complaining about what happened. She sees Kirby and shows herself as Princess Twinkle. She's the guardian of the Elemental Crystals.
She tells Kirby that without them, darkness and chaos would fall upon Popstar. She also tells him that the Crystals possess a great power that may even change the fate of people. Kirby is worried about this and decides to help Twinkle. Meta Knight joins them too, and King Dedede along with Bandana Dee appear behind them and yelling that they will also go with them. After this, Kirby and friends start their newest adventure to save Pop Star as well as the whole universe from this evil being.
When they finally got to the Chaos Dimension, they are ready to fight the evil being, who reveals himself to be Night Bird. How evil?! After a long battle against it, though, it was defeated.
However, right before they completely celebrated, the dead creature turned into a midnight skeleton hawk. The second battle started, but ended another long while later. But the true final battle began. The Dark Eagle Mind was however defeated after a long battle and smashed into the main reactor. The place started to EXPLODE! Kirby and friends escaped and they glided down safely to the ground. Everyone clebrated with a party and all is well in Popstar. The end.
==Gameplay==
The gameplay of the game is pretty similar to the classic Kirby games due to being a side-scrolling platform game, but it also brings back and shares similarity with the gameplay from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, as the 2.5D gameplay is similar. Some parts of the game are completely 3D however (like 3D Mario games). Kirby is able to make his standard moves like jumping, running, swimming, inhaling, etc. With the inhale move, just like in almost all of the Kirby games, Kirby is able to swallow objects and enemies, so he can copy his opponents' abilities to use them, however, Kirby can lose an ability if requested or if enough damage is received. Another way to get opponents' abilities is by using Copy Pedestals found in some parts of the stages. 
Kirby: Legends of the Elemental Crystals brings back returning standard abilities, as well as new ones. The health bar returns as usual, and food is used to replenish the health bar (the Maxim Tomato replenishes the entire health bar). There are a few items that are required in some stages such as protecting umbrellas, cannons, Warp Stars, etc. The game supports up to a total of 4 characters, those are Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede, and a new character, minion of King Dedede, Bandana Dee, each character having their own abilities, advantages, as well as disadvantages. The player can also change Kirby's color. Minigames such as The Arena and The True Arena appear after completing the game. If the player completes the game 100%, The True Arena will be unlocked. Other Minigames however, can be unlocked by collecting a determined amount of Ancient Gears.
There are 8 levels, each one containing a determined amount of stages, depending on which level the player is. Each level has a Boss, and various stages can also contain Mid-Bosses. Stages may also contain Ancient Gears, which are collectible items in the game, there's a total of 150 Ancient Gears, and an amount of 100 is needed to make the Dimension Traveler operate again, and defeat Night Bird, the main villain of the game. After the player finishes a stage, a little bonus can be played. In this bonus, some stars containing something inside them appear, they may contain any type of food, a Maxim Tomato, an extra life, or a Gordo, which gives nothing. The player can launch the character from a cannon, and depending on which direction the character is shot, he/she will get or not the items shown on the way. Then the character will make a winning move, different to each character. Kirby makes the Kirby dance, Meta Knight swings his sword, King Dedede makes some poses with his hammer and Bandana Dee dances with his custom speardance. Each level has an hub where you can access its stages. The stage's hubs are accessed from The Playmobil 7.5 Star Hotel, which appears to be the main hub in the game with various rooms to practice moves, complete challenges, buy items, and decorate rooms as well. The Dimension Traveler is also inside The Playmobil 7.5 Star Hotel and the player can play minigames and see the Copy Abilities' movesets.
==Modes==
===Multiplayer Adventure===
1 to 4 players (Nintendo Network Support)
In this mode you can freely play in all of the unlocked levels and stages with your friends. You can also play with people online with the Nintendo Network Connection. Players can perform the ability to ride on each other. They can also share food to replenish everyone's health (including helpers) and can perform other abilities (such as Kirby inhaling and spitting other players, or King Dedede throwing others at higher places).
===Story===
1 to 2 players
Only two players can play in this mode. Here is where the player has to pass stages and levels to unlock them to be player in Multiplayer Mode, and where the detailed story takes place, with 3D cutscenes and everything. Player 1 is Kirby, while Player 2 can be either Meta Knight, King Dedede or Bandana Dee.
===Minigame Room===
1 to 4 players
This mode contains various Kirby themed minigames. Only 3 minigames are in the game from the beginning, with other 3 being unlockable.
===The Arena===
1 to 4 players (Nintendo Network Support)
Players in this mode will confront all of the bosses from the story and can also choose their abilities before starting to use them thoughout the battles. The final boss is Night Bird.
===The True Arena===
1 to 4 players (Nintendo Network Support)
This mode is actually similar to The Arena, as the player needs to battle with Bosses and choose their abilities before starting. However, bosses in this mode are not regular ones, instead they're in their Midnight counterparts, and their names start after a Moon. Bosses from past Kirby games can be found here, such as Marx, Zero Two and Daroach. The final boss is Dark Eagle Mind.
===Sound Test Room===
A mode where you just listen to music and sounds shown in the game. This mode needs to be unlocked, and it is unlocked after completing Story Mode. It doesn't have to be 100% completed to unlock it.
===Theater Room===
This mode allows the player to see all of the cutscenes seen throughout the story, from minor cutscenes to cutsenes that do even have dialogues. This is avaiable when you complete Level 1.
===Option Room===
This is a mode where the player can adjust the game's settings such as the sound, music, screen ratio, controls, etc. And even delete the game file's progress, but after being deleted the game data cannot be restored, so be careful and make sure that you don't regret in later on. Some extra options can be downloaded as DLC.
==Minigames==
As said before, this mode contains various Kirby minigames. There are 3 minigames available from the start, and another 3 unlockables. To see the rules, gameplay, unlocking criteria and other stuff from the minigames, please see:
Main page: Kirby: Legends of the Elemental Crystals/Minigames
==Characters==
===Enemies===
*Acchi
*ArmorDee
*Bang-Bang
*Balloon Bomber
*Babut
*Baton Waddle Dee
*Bio Spark
*Birdon
*Blade Knight
*Blipper
*Blow Dust
*Boing-Cappy
*Bouncy
*Bomber
*Bronko
*Bronto Burt
*Bun
*Bubble Head
*Burning Leo
*Buzzy Bat
*Caller
*Cappy
*Capsule J2
*Chilly
*Cool Spook
*Cupie
*Dale
*Droppytear
*Flamer
*Flappy
*Foley
*Fow
*Galbo
*Gaw Gaw
*Gim
*Gip
*Glunk
*Gnight
*Gordo
*Heat Phanphan
*Hiboki
*Hina
*Hole
*Hot Head
*Knuckle Joe
*Laser Ball
*Leafan
*Lightning Bomber
*Lovely
*Metarun
*Needlous
*Noddy
*Oohroo
*Pengy
*Pichikuri
*Plasma Wisp
*Poppy Bros. Jr.
*Rocky
*Rozy
*Sanchang
*Scarfy
*Shadaz
*Shotzo
*Simirror
*Sir Kibble
*Skully
*Skylly
*Sparky
*Squishy
*Starman
*Stoppy
*Tavow
*Togezo
*Twister
*UFO
*Uppydown
*Waddle Dee
*Waddle Doo
*Voolck
*Vortex
*Walky
*Water Galbo
*Whattar
*Wheelie
*Whippy
*Whispy Woods Jr.
*Witchy
===Mid-Bosses===
Image	Mid-Boss 	Health	Copy Ability	Description
 	Bonkers 	150 	Hammer 	Bonkers is a hammer-wielding simian. He attacks with his hammer, and by throwing exploding coconuts.
 	Bugzzy 	160 	Suplex 	Bugzzy is a giant bug with two legs. He attacks by grabbing and throwing the player, charging at him, and also by shooting small ladybugs.
 	Chef Kawasaki 	115 	Cook 	Chef Kawasaki, a cook that attacks with everything he has, plates, a frying pan, etc. If the player is caught in the frying pan , Kawasaki will cook him/her.
 	Shadow Kirby 	170 	None 	Shadow Kirby is Kirby's alternate form, from a different dimension. Shadow Kirby attacks the player with, exactly, all of Kirby's attacks, he can inhale the player, jump and run at him/her, etc.
 	Haboki 	150 	Clean 	Haboki sweeps the ground, creating dust clouds that can harm Kirby, and occasionally leaps, making two dust clouds appear where it lands.
 	Iron Mam 	130 	Mace 	Iron Mam attacks with punches depending on how far Kirby is from her. If the hero is next to her, she will just punch him. If he is a short distance away, she will throw her fist in his direction. If he is far away, she marches across the screen, punching the ground.
 	King Doo 	100 	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.
 	Kracko Jr. 	132 	Cloud 	Kracko Jr. attacks mainly just by moving around the screen, trying to collide with Kirby. He also can make Waddle Doos or bombs, a trait that the elder Kracko lacks.
 	Little Blade 	120 	Wing 	Little Blade is Dyna Blade's little counterpart. He's weaker than Dyna Blade, but uses similar moves, and lacks of other moves that Dyna Blade can do. Little Blade attacks by flying across the screen, and can also bite the player.
 	Mawsaw 	148 	Ninja 	Mawsaw is a tricky and big mouse. Mawsaw uses various ninja moves to attack, he can charge at the player, get and throw him/her to damage him/her. He can also throw knifes, and can jump from the walls.
 	Meta-Knights 	Varies	None 	Four knights with various weapons- Ax Knight, Javelin Knight, Mace Knight, and Trident Knight. Kirby needs to defeat each one separately to defeat the mid-boss. They each can be inhaled like normal enemies (but it takes longer to inhale them), and they even appear as normal enemies sometimes.
 	Phantomizer 	152 	Axe 	Phantomizer is a big ghost whose ability is the manipulation of cutting axes, throwing and smashing them at Kirby to damage him.
 	Mr. Frosty 	110 	Ice 	A walrus with overalls who throw ice blocks, swallows and freezes Kirby, or just runs around with its mouth open.
 	Poppy Bros. Sr.	80 	Bomb 	The jumping larger version of Poppy Bro Jr. He hops all over the stage and throws bombs, which can be shot right back at him.
 	Sandoron 	160 	Sand 	A big hand made of sand which can use various moves to trap and damage Kirby. He can crumble and reappear in another side of the stage.
 	Queen Dee 	75 	None 	Queen Dee has some abilities, unlike normal Waddle Dees. However, those abilities are from Waddle Dees that wield a weapon, such as a parasol, or a spear. Queen Dee can attack with the parasol and descend slowly with it. She also attacks by throwing spears and also by jumping around.
 	ZazzBeez 	126 	Gravity 	ZazzBeez is a giant Bee with legs. He's a stronger version of Bugzzy. He attacks with similar attacks to Bugzzy, however, he also can shoot honey balls and can attack by throwing spikes.
===Bosses===
Image	Boss 	Abilities 	Health 	Description
 	Whispy Woods 	None 	300 	
Whispy Woods attacks by spitting wind at Kirby and shaking himself to throw big apples at him. Whispy can also swallow Kirby and spit him out to damage him. The battle against Whispy is similar to his battle in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, as you can move around him.
 	Lololo & Lalala 	None 	120 (60  each)	Lololo and Lalala's battle has similarities to past Kirby games, but there are some differences. They move green blocks and sometimes Gordos at the sides in a maze-like stage. After Kirby performs enough damage on them, they will fly and will charge at him.
 	Kracko 	Beam, Cloud 	420 	Kracko moves around the screen trying to hurt Kirby. He can shoot thunderbolts and can make a electric shield around him. Kracko can throw his gold spikes around and can summon Co-Krackos.
 	Cockraich 	Lava 	 	This huge enemy walks on the walls, swinging its tail, to hurt Kirby. It spits huge lava balls and can try to stomp Kirby.
 	Master Hand & Crazy Hand	Fighter 	 	Master Hand and Crazy Hand's battle is basically pretty similar to the battles of the Super Smash Bros. series battles of both hands. They make various moves together such as clapping, ounching, launching missiles, etc. trying to hurt Kirby.
 	Dyna Blade 	None 	 	Dyna Blade will fly and try to dive at Kirby, she'll also try to bite him. She is able to fly to the background and then dive at the front screen trying to hurt Kirby.
 	Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright	Burning, 	 	Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright have to be battled using the Shooting Star. Mr. Shine will shoot fireballs at Kirby while Mr. Bright will summon little stars. They both can also dive at Kirby and perform some moves together.
 	Midnight King Dedede 	None 	 	Midnight King Dedede is a false King Dedede created by Night Bird. Kirby must battle him and Midnight Knight before fighting against Night Bird himself. He mimics all King Dedede's moves.
 	Daroach 	Fire, Spark 	 	
Daroach returns in The True Arena. He'll reuse most abilities from his past appearances.
 	
Kabula 	None 	 	Kabula must be fought with a Shooting Star. Kabula will move upwards and downwards and will sometimes dive at Kirby. Kaula is able to shoot missiles.
 	Galacta Knight 	None 	 	Galacta Knight is a warrior that uses several sword techniques. He reuses his moves from past games. He can only be fought in The True Arena.
 	Marx 	Cutter, Beam 	 	Marx returns but is only fought in The True Arena. Marx reuses his moves from past games.
 	Midnight Knight 	None 	 	Rose Knight is a false Meta Knight created by Rozery that must be fought as well as Rose King Dedede, before Rozery. He mimics Meta Knight's moves.
 	Night Bird 	Dark, Rose, Cutter 	 	Rozery is the final boss. Rozery is able to perform various magical attacks such as teleporting, diving at Kirby, using cutting petals, creating voids, using big brambles to trap Kirby, etc. In the second phase of the battle he'll grow wings and will use the other Rose Scepter, making him much more powerful.
 	Midnight Skeletal Hawk 	Dark, Rose, Leaf 	 	Rozery's transformation. He will also teleport and do most moves he could do in his previous form, however, he's now able to summon enemies to attack Kirby, and can heal himself if not interrupted in time. Master Rozery will also throw dark magic at him and will try to hurt Kirby making big, spiky plants come from the ground.
 	Dark Eagle Mind 	Dark, Rose, Cutter, Leaf	 	Rozery Soul is Rozery's "resurrected" form. He'll do most moves Rozery is able to plus some more tricky moves. He's also seemingly faster and stronger. He can only be fought in The True Arena, making him the true final boss.
==Levels and Stages==
Level Nr.	World 	Name 	Stages	Magic Orbs	Boss(es) 	Description
Level 1 	Pop Star 	Vegetable Island 	5 	15 	Whispy Woods 	A grassy and easy level with valleys, trees and a lot of vegetation. Some stages are played underground.
Level 2 	Pop Star 	Strawberry Desert	5 	12 	Scorpeon 	A level featuring dunes, pyramids and various ruins.
Level 3 	Pop Star 	Peanut Beach 	5 	18 	Lololo & Lalala	An oceanic level with beaches, seas, and also coral caves.
Level 4 	Pop Star 	Butter Building 	6 	20 	
Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright	This level contains a large tower that extends up into the sky. Some stages are located on the clouds instead of the tower.
Level 5 	Pop Star 	Lemon Land 	6 	20 	
Kracko 	Is a strange level, containing stages that are played either on the land, on the clouds, in the ocean, etc.
Level 6 	Pop Star 	Cookie Crater 	7 	15 	Cockraich 	A level set outside and inside of a volcano. With lavafalls and craters blowing up everything.
Level 7 	Pop Star 	Vanilla Valley 	7 	19 	
Dyna Blade 	This level's theme is icy and snowy  throughout. Some levels are set inside icy caves and snowy mountains.
Level 8 	Strange Galaxy	Halberd 	5 	21 	
Kabula 	This level is located inside Meta Knight's Halberd.
Level 9 	Strange Galaxy	Dire Dimension 	7 	10 	
Master Hand
Crazy Hand	A level set in a strange place, being in a specie of zero-gravity dome.
Level 10 	Dark Dimension	Dark Dimension 	1 	0 	
Midnight King Dedede
Midnight Knight
Night Bird
Midnight Skeleton Hawk
Dark Eagle Mind	This is a boss level where the final boss is fought. It is a dark, eerie, alternate dimension with various stars 
===Stage Guide===
====Vegetable Island====
#Lvl. 0: Kirby's House
#Lvl. 1: The Adventure Begins
#Lvl. 2: Crystal Caverns
#Lvl. 3: Green Leaves
#Lvl. 4: Yogurt Yard
#Boss Lvl.: The Forest of Whispy Woods
====Strawberry Desert====
#Lvl. 5: The Hot Boot
#Lvl. 6: Muncher Sands
#Lvl. 7: Pyramid Action Machine
#Lvl. 8: The Pyramid
#Boss Lvl.: Scorpeon's Egyptian Saloon
====Peanut Beach====
#Lvl. 9: 
To be continued...
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