Kirby Squad: Crystal Rangers

Kirby Squad: Crystal Rangers (also known as Super Kirby Squad in Europe) is a strategy action-adventure roleplaying game developed by Seashiba Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo NX. 
==Story==
One morning, Kirby receives a note that King Dedede once again stole all the food in Dreamland and must get it back. Along the way he finds Bandana Dee, who says he had a weird dream of seeing him alongside several other puffballs fighting against evil versions of him, King Dedede, and Meta Knight, but also says so he shrugs it off. After arriving at the castle, the two are shocked to find everything covered in a rainbow-like goop. Entering inside, they find Meta Knight fighting off against a corrupted King Dedede, who throws him against a corner. Meta Knight notices and says the substance to dangerous for them to handle, but they resist and decide to fight.
Once defeated, the corruption exits out of King Dedede's unconscious body and leaves the castle alongside the rest of the goo-like substance covering the castle, grabbing Meta Knight in the process. While Bandana Dee tries to wake the king up, Kirby notices a cage containing a saucer-shaped creature and tries to open it. Although angry at first, it calms down upon realizing that the corruption is gone. They introduce themself as Tekno and go on to explain that the corruption was once sealed by a group of ancient heroes but has since broken free, leading them to find eight puffball heroes across the galaxy which includes none other than Kirby himself. Before they head out though, they first must free Meta Knight from the corruption's grasp. With King Dedede now awake, the heroes set off to find Meta Knight.
== Gameplay ==
The player is placed in a top-down environment which can come in two different variations depending on whether or not they are near an area of enemies. Oftentimes, the player is able to freely move around and interact with certain objects and NPCs found within the area. However, interacting with an enemy in particular turns the environment into a grid-like pattern. Several other troops also emerge from the player character and move to random locations relative to them.
===Units & Attributes===
There are various aspects that distinguish units from one another. For instance, units are often grouped into called "squads," where one of them could have the following roles: Leader, Companion, Recruits, and Facilities. Leaders are the main units of a squad in that have a set of four abilities plus a special ability. Companions are their trusted second-in-commands with just as much power, and can even when the leader is down later on in the game. However, they only have two abilities alongside their special ability.
==Characters==
===Playable===
====Leaders====
Unit 	Description 	Special Ability
Kirby/Pink 	The star of the show, a cute and curious puffball with an appetite so large he can inhale enemies and copy their abilities! Or at least, that's what everyone thought.	Hypernova: inhale every enemy unit in a 16x16 radius.
Keeby/Yellow 	A young traveler of galaxies since he was a child. Having visited Popstar a few times, it feels as if Kirby has seen them before... 	Unpacked: drops a bunch of random items onto the field.
Korbi/Green 	A professional gardener and veternarian who collects and takes care of creatures who have been injured from recent Dark Matter attacks. 	Fusion: N/A
Kirbi/Ocean/Blue	Adopted into the royal family of a multi-elemental kingdom, she is soon on the verge of gaining the throne but not before dealing with herital affairs. 	Aether: N/A
Kuby/Orange 	Once an ordinary villager, after hearing noises in the nearby forest and deciding to check it out, he was never seen or heard from again by the townsfolk... 	Outro: N/A
Kirba/Teal 	As an aspiring artist, Kirba travels the stars for something to truly find her calling. Yet, she is still conflicted by the many ideas in her head. 	Masterpiece: N/A
Kori/Purple 	A traveling magician who performs all across the galaxy. However, there may be something more going on that meets the eye... 	Magic Trick: N/A
Kabi/Red 	The leader of a pirate squad who also seems to be one of the eight guardians, but always destroys and never speaks. Just what exactly are they planning? 	Straight Aim: N/A
====Companions====
Unit 	Squad 	Description 	Special Ability
Bandana Waddle Dee	Pink Team 	A waddle dee who takes on many titles: loyal servant of King Dedede, talented spear wielder, and one of Kirby's best friends. 	Waddle Whirl: creates random cyclones around field.
King Dedede 	Pink Team 	The chubby and self-absorbed ruler of Dreamland who Kirby has fought against (and alongside) for so many years. 	Clobberin': Wipes out all enemies on screen.
Meta Knight 	Pink Team 	This mysterious knight may not go well with Dreamland's otherwise cheery atmosphere, but he's still willing to give Kirby a helping hand. 	Sword Beam: clears all enemies in front of them.
Gooette 	Yellow Team	A purple blob that likes to gather information about places she goes to. Also has a strange resemblance to Gooey. 	Sticky Situation:
Ion 	Yellow Team	A mischevious little cat that is somehow able to emit electrical sparks from its body and power up certain devices. 	Shockwave:
Rokks 	Yellow Team	Rokks is... quite literally, a giant golem made out of boulders. He's also the go-to fighter when the team is in trouble. 	Rolling Stone:
Shepperd 	Green Team 	Korby's assistant, especially when it comes to animals. Despite their obvious love for them, they aren't as efficient in the field itself.	Herding:
Pyrette 	Green Team 	A crimson-feathered owl who's the main companion of Korbi. She's also immune to fire and can even spout it from under her wings! 	Wildfire:
Torpeda 	Green Team 	Shepperd's pet shark... or, is it a wolf? Either way, not only can they swim in water, but also control it! Isn't that sweet? 	Tsunami:
General Zob 	Blue Team 	His physique may seem a little grotesque to look at, but as head commander of Kirbi's army, he's one ghoul to reckon with! 	Horde:
Bullseye 	Blue Team 	 	Sharp Rain:
Tranquility 	Blue Team 	 	Zen:
Bouncer 	Orange Team	rubber ball. 	String Along:
Ping-Pong 	Orange Team	 	Paddle:
Velveteen 	Orange Team	 	So Alive:
Huet 	Teal Team 	 	Rainbow:
Screol 	Teal Team 	 	Writer's Block:
Clay 	Teal Team 	 	Pottery:
Fluffy 	Purple Team	pink sheep. 	Cotton Candy:
Mysmatch 	Purple Team	 	Distortion:
Bootlegs 	Purple Team	 	Roulette:
Chipp 	Red Team 	 	8-Bite:
Nana 	Red Team 	 	Nana Says:
Spectro 	Red Team 	 	Sym-phony:
=== Supporting ===
Name 	Description
Tekno	A
 	
 	
=== Miscellaneous ===
For a full list of possible units, see Kirby Squad: Crystal Rangers/List of Units.
==Trivia==
*The eight puffball guardians are based on Jungian archetypes, with Kirby himself said to be based around the "Innocent" archetype. 
**The only archetypes that do not correlate to a puffball are Lover, Everyman, Hero, and Ruler; instead, they are match with Miryna and her squad. However, this has not yet been confirmed by the developers.
*Two weeks prior to the game's release, a demo was released which went all the way up towards the end of Keeby's introduction, though the player could still participate in random battles against CPU.
*In Japan, all new leaders were said to be genderless to match with Kirby. However, in international releases, they were changed to have masculine pronouns with the exception of Kirbi, Korbi, and Kori who all had feminine pronouns.
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