Kirby's Adventure: The Gourmet Quest

Kirby's Adventure: The Gourmet Quest is a spiritual continuation of the Kirby anime, Kirby Right Back at Ya! The movie has a similar casting to the anime, with most characters retaining their voice actors specific to their regions. America and the English speaking PAL regions received the 4Kids actors, despite 4Kids being defunct. The characters are also similar in their personalities, with the exception of King Dedede, who is softened down a bit later so he can be a protagonist along with Kirby and his faithful servant Meta Knight.
== Plot Summary ==
A star warrior named Kirby has crash landed on the country of Dreamland. A rogue Waddle Dee from the great King Dedede's army quickly gives Kirby a map, with certain locations marked as danger zones, where King Dedede had entrusted his friends with stolen foods. Kirby quickly embarks to all of the Danger Zones, meeting characters such as Bandana Waddle Dee and the noble Meta Knight. However, King Dedede's ploy turned out to be a trick to mask his true intentions, and what he does next will be a nightmare for Kirby to fix!
== Cimematic Novel ==
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== Characters (In Order of Appearance) ==
*King Dedede
*Waddle Dee(s)
*Kirby
*Frog
*Meta Knight
*Escargoon
*Whispy Woods
*Waddle Doo(s)
*Blade Knight(s)
*Bonkers
*Bandana Waddle Dee
*Coner(s)
*Paint Roller
*Mike
*Poppy Bro Jr.
*Star-man
*Mr. Shine
*Mr. Bright
*Twister
*Butterfly
*Sir Kibble(s)
*Sword Knight(s)
*Blade Knight
*Sword Knight
*Kracko
*N.M.E Salesman
*Dark Matter (mentioned)
*Nightmare
*Waddle Dee (chain)
== Cast ==
*Kirby - Makiko Ohmoto
*King Dedede - Ted Lewis
*Meta Knight - Eric Stuart
*Escargoon - Ted Lewis
*Bandana Waddle Dee - Ikue Ōtani
*N.M.E Salesman - Dan Green
*Nightmare - Andrew Rannells
*Paint Roller - Jason Griffith
*Mr. Shine - Tom Kenny
*Mr. Bright - Jim Cummings
*Poppy Bro Jr. - James Arnold Taylor
*Kracko - Xander Mobus
*Whispy Woods - Tim Storms
*Mike - Tom Kenny
== Promotion and Advertisement ==
The film was first announced at the 2020 E3 presentation, a first for a video game film.  It was later revealed the film would be part of a trilogy.  
An animated teaser was shown in a December Nintendo Direct later that year, showing off the story and art style of the film.  The characters confirmed to be appearing were Kirby, Meta Knight, and King Dedede.  
The film's release date was announced via a Japan exclusive direct, only existing to announce the Japanese date.  It is exclusive because the release dates between the regions are different.  
The American and PAL release dates were announced with an exclusive Direct right after E3 2021, along with the announcement of American merchandise releasing for the show.  
== List of Copy Abilities ==
*Beam
*Hammer
*Spark
*Mic
*Hi-Jump
*Cutter
*Tornado
*Sword
*Flame
*Ice
== Trivia ==
*Kirby speaks his Poyo Language from the original anime. This marks the first time he's done it since Kirby Mass Attack.
*The release dates are based on the Release Dates for Kirby's original game Kirby's Dreamland.
*Chef Kawasaki is not in the movie because his original voice actor has passed away since the original anime's production.
*Despite this movie being based on the original 4Kids dub, N.M.E goes by Nightmare in all versions.
*Tim Storms, the voice of Whispy Woods, holds the world record for lowest note ever produced by a human.
*The plot of this movie is based off both stories from the NES game Kirby's Adventure.
*However, the Gourmet Quest comes from a Superstar Subgame; The Gourmet Race.
*Heavy Mole is the only Kirby's Adventure boss not to appear in this movie.
*Whispy Woods is never actually named in the movie, but his identity is implied after he attacks Kirby when he tries to eat one of his apples.
*More on Whispy, Whispy doesn't retain his anime persona in this movie, instead opting for a more traditional game Whispy.
*Bandana Waddle Dee is voiced by Ikue Ōtani, the actress behind Pikachu. However, the titular Dee has no dialogue and only sighs and grunts to express emotion.
*Several abilities appearing in this movie aren't found in Kirby's Adventure.
*Kirby's inhale ability in the film is a happy-medium between the original anime's Hyper-Nova levels of suck power, and the game's sometimes useless inhale.
*The actor behind the Electric Powerhouse Kracko is also the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announcer!