#on the last meta knightmare

[sortanonymous]

On the last Meta Knightmare...

Susie looked through her father's last notebook expecting to get an idea of what to do with her future. What did she get instead?

Chapter 7 of MKMIV: The Unforgettable Star-Studded Finale out now on AO3!

[kirbybecomesastarwarrior]

Shadowy Heart~

For those of you who were curious about Shadow Kirby's deal and what made him agree to it, it was the promise that he could start anew somewhere else and forget about who he was. No longer able to feel anything...

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Now let's go over Kirby & Shadow Kirby. While they both get along fine, there's one key element that stops them from being "friends." A key thing that Dark Meta Knight and Shadow Kirby have in common is envy for their real-world counterpart.

While Kirby does have the weighing responsibilities of guarding Dreamland... He has an incredible support system. Powerful & great friends he can rely on... and most of all a great father figure he can lean on... While Shadow does not...

I know I'm still writing "The Knightmare's End" (sorry guys, it's still a WIP some world-building & plot points I gotta chisel out)After the events of the story (and things do get really messy), Kirby and Meta Knight growing together, addressing each other's issues, healing on another... forging such a deep bond father-son bond with each other.

Especially seeing that his Meta Knight would do anything for him.

During the events "Amazing Mirror/Triple Deluxe" (those plotlines are fused). Meta Knight being trapped in the Mirror Dimension. When he sees SK, he is exposed to a different Meta Knight and was surprised by how starkly different they were.

This Meta Knight was panicked by the fact of being separated from his Kirby, and he was missing. (Kirby House was already missing due to the Dream Stalk... and was planning to look up the Dreamstalk but was confronted by Dark first... he wasn't aware that the Dimension Mirror was right near where Kirby was.)

This is only driven further (when Kirby saves Dedede during his fight with Taranza, to be precise). Meta Knight manages to trick him back into the Mirror world! And this happens... And epic butt-kicking ensues... Oh yeah, fun fact: after this, MK calls Dark Meta Knight Discount Meta Knight.

While Dark Meta Knight was planning to abandon the Mirror World and him! This only deepened when Dark Meta Knight decided to ignore Shadow for helping Kirby & Meta Knight.

Oh, poor Shadow, if only he had someone to turn to. Oh, Goodie Morgans here. (While Planet Robots's happening... Shadow meeting her during his hour of need.) Very quickly to gain his trust, and when the time was right

Shadow's plot line is (actually) a revival of the Gawain HC I cooked last year. Which I loved but had no idea where to put it, that is, until I started writing Shadow Kirby's character. And realised they hit the same character elements as each other (Gawain & Shadow).

(Specifics of the deal I will reveal later due to spoilers; But, his deal very much hits the same beats as his Gawians deal. )

Loneliness and neglect cause both to make a bad decision. Allowing Morgan to play on their insecurities...Shadow very much becoming Morgan's pawn... believing that she created him (well technically she did) completely forgetting that he was ever a part of the Mirror World. And very much uses the constructs of Shadow Kirby to plan on how to take out the real Kirby. And the very first thing Morgan orders Shadow Kirby to do... destroy Shadow Dedede.

Yeah, I foreshadowed it in this last post, but Shadow Dedede is dead as a doornail... Let's hope no one else dies by Shadow's hands; that'd be awful~ And one more thing he does this in front of Dark. >:D

Well, it finally revealed that plot element. I'm trying to drop as much lore until I can make the announcement (I know I've been alluding to it since January. There's one more piece of lore that I AM DYING TO SHARE WITH YOU! I promise I saved the best for last; almost ready!

Hope you guys stick around to see what happens next. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

[ringleader-inky]

Lily Orchard is stupid but what else is new?

So recently Lily has made a challenge that is as follows:

(Keep these rules in mind)

And AntGr and CrimsonEnder made a list of 50 of those charcters. Which Lily responded to and hoo boy is it bad.

Now I'm only going to be doing several characters from this list because 1. I don't know some of these characters and 2. I can only handle so much of Lily's stupidity. So with that out of the way let's get this show on the road.

Of course you'd put N here because you didn't understand his story to begin with. N definitely does fall under number 2 because he was raised by Ghetsis. You know... THE LEADER OF TEAM PLASMA! I've said this before, but I'll say it again N essentially grew up in a cult. That's not even mentioning that in black and white 2 they show that some of Team Plasma really did think they were freeing pokemon. You see part of Team Plasma split because some followed N's ideologies and others followed Ghetsis. They have a whole safehouse in Driftveil City where they protect pokemon separated from their trainers. But yeah N's ideology was totally swept under the rug guys.

First of all, Donkey Kong was actually a villain. It was in his very first game where he kidnapped Pauleen. You know.... this one. You were probably around when it came out Lily.:

So technically Donkey Kong is qualified for this list believe it or not.

As for Dedede and Meta Knight their case is quite simple.

In Dedede's case in the game Kirby's Nightmare In Dreamland. Dedede literally breaks the Star Rod that powers the Fountain of Dreams. Which allows the people of dreamland to have dreams, but since the Star Rod no longer powers it there's no dreams. However Dedede did this because he was trying to keep Nightmare from absorbing the Fountain Of Dream's power and taking over the world. Nightmare is cosmic deity that's evil will destroy Dreamland if he got out. So in that instance Dedede does have a point. After all if the Star Rod isn't in the fountain then Nightmare won't come out and kill everyone.

As for Meta Knight's case. Well... just look at fucking Meta Knightmare. The reason why Meta Knight wants to conquer Dreamland is because Dreamland is lazy. While that might not seem like a good point, consider that Dedede is stealing food from the people and how there's some sort of cosmic threat every year or so. You kinda start to see his point a little bit. But if that doesn't work then how about in Squeak Squad where he steals the chest from Kirby and Daroach. The chest had Dark Nebula inside of it and was sealed away. Therefore having someone try and open it would be a big fucking problem.

Last but not least... Edgeworth:

Before we get into why this point is bullshit I'd like to bring up this ask:

I bring this up because it proves that Lily doesn't know what the fuck she's talking about. You see Edgeworth isn't just a state prosecutor. HE'S A CHIEF PROSECUTOR! He's not just some joe shmo. Also really, prosecutor can't be evil? May I call Manfred Von Karma to the stand:

In case you don't know. This man is a prosecutor that had a perfect record. All of his defendants were served the guilty sentence. However the only reason why they were found guilty was because he forged evidence. Meaning Manfred is responsible for putting people innocent in prison. He even went so far as to murder Edgeworth's father. And guess who was his protege?

That's right none other than Miles Edgeworth himself!

Meaning that up till Phoenix had arrived Edgeworth was doing the exact same thing Von Karma did. Granted not forging evidence, but still putting innocent people in jail because of he wanted to keep his reputation and he didn't care for justice. Therefore in the first game Edgeworth was the villain. Whether you like it or not. And because Lily never specified that the villain had to be redeemed or not Edgeworth is viable enough to be on this list. So check fucking mate Lily.

[dark-meta-knight666]

Meta Knight is a literal threat if he ever decides to go unbreakable mask and full power takeover on Dream Land.

He's always wearing that stupid weak mask, you may suspect it's because his face looks cute but to be honest no one would give a flying fuck about he looks like since everyone in Dream Land looks cute (except for some creatures) and they would be hypocrites otherwise. Maybe it's to hold him back but then again in the older games he always seems mad that his mask broke. If Meta Knight mask wasn't unbreakable who knows how many fight phases with Kirby would last for.

Meta Knight also must hate Galacta Knight so bad he psychically rip him apart like a nendoroid, unlike Kirby who spare his life. This would also implied to every enemy he faces just to collect their souls.

Now this ain't a long stretch but Kirby murdering everyone for a cake isn't even worse than what Meta Knight would fucking do to Dream Land citizens. Even in Meta Knightmare show how this guy can demolish this whole land by himself for stupid reasons, he literally saw a feather and decided "I'm gonna beat up this big bird up infront of her children as she is a threat for me being strong."

He is willing to attack multiple weak ass Kirbies and but when it comes to psychical threats he decides just to stand there in fear just so he can get his ass beaten.

After Kirby stops Meta Knight from taking over, Meta Knight goes are full on hating Kirby arc, where he doesn't even give Kirby a sword, he even fights him in the mass attack's mini games for no absolute reason, why is he attack someone weaker than him. This borb will fight anyone who gets in his way, he will probably kick a baby who was in his line of sight because that baby is a threat to society as a justify agreement.

Meta Knight is a freaking crashout!

[metaknightsptsd]

meta knightmare headcanon #2

"From the moment you granted it free will, you knew it was inevitable that it would spring into rebellion eventually."

"You're far more powerful. You could have stopped it as it began... but why didn't you?"

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redesigned this thang after 5 years my sanity is healing, followup from my last post bout it

a few notes about the design you may or may not find particularly interesting!

The stripe pattern on his wings was heavily inspired by something that scared me as a child . One day, I had seen an eerie pattern of black lines had formed on the sides of an old wooden dollhouse I used to have that were not there before . While drawing this, I thought of it, so I included it .

Let me cook here---the wings themselves are references to jaws of Venus flytrap plants, and they are functionally like them too, so he could eat someone with his wings O_O

When colored, the jewel on his mask is the same as the jewel on Nightmare's pendant

[galacticnova3]

I Kirby truamatized by having to killed Nova and Star even though they had no choice in their actions?

This might sound weird coming from me, but I don’t think so. They might have felt bad about destroying Nova after the fact once they learned Nova was a person and not just a machine(remember the two have basically no chance to interact before a certain shithead shows up), and I like to think in the future after Meta Knightmare Ultra when Kirby is older they eventually meet again and get to actually really have a conversation and become friends, but like. From Kirby’s perspective at the time, Nova wouldn’t have been someone forced to do something they had no desire to; he was just a machine that needed to be stopped.

As for Star Dream, also no. Ignoring the significantly more headcanon-y parts of how I interpret Star Dream, they absolutely had a choice in their actions. Haltmann was a shitty person but he never had the goal of destroying all life, nor wished for anything that could have been misconstrued as such by any means that wasn’t intentional misinterpretation. They wanted to kill everyone even before their “ascension”, really, but lacked the means to directly do so; by assimilating Haltmann they effectively became their own admin unintentionally, thus granting them the ability to fulfill their own desires. When they were going down, they didn’t ask for mercy, or have a moment of clarity where they reconsidered their thoughts on living things— they just used the last few seconds of their existence to try to take Kirby down with them. If they had been given another chance, they would have still wanted to kill everything. They did not value life whatsoever; it was at best a means to an end, at worst an inconvenience and a threat. Star Dream was not someone Kirby could have changed for the better, because they would never see their disdain as a flaw, nor would they ever see Kirby or anyone else as anything other than vermin, let alone as equals.

[desultory-novice]

Once again, my ask box is so packed that I'm bundling a few of these so I don't have to take up everyone's day/dashboard with posts!

This time:

-The Fate of Mirror Galacta Knight -Traitor Magolor vs Elfilis?! -Kirby from Undertale?! (Silly) -Other Characters Babysitting 10 Kirbys -Magolor and Daroach Thievery Dynamics -A Redemption Arc for Zero?! -The Love-Love Stick is The Best

Anon, your concept that there WAS a Mirror Galacta Knight but that they were defeated - perhaps by Galacta themselves - is awesome!! I think the concept that either one or both Galacta's maybe even has a goal to see the other versions of themselves destroyed, pre- or post-sealing, feels very in character for Gala. Perhaps Gala knows of the Dimensional Mirror and doesn't like the concept of falling prey to it. Perhaps Gala truly does seek power and will only be confident in themselves when they are THE only one. Or perhaps they see what's coming and want to stop themselves from banishment and imprisonment across countless dimensions.

As for Galacta borrowing something in memory of his mirror self.. why not, right?! I think that's very cool! Aeon hero is able to turn their wings black and change his armor. It's not out of the realm of possibility! (Nothing is too fanfiction-y to have as a HC! Because neither headcanons or fanfic is something to be ashamed of! So please, indulge in all the fanfic-y thoughts that you wish!)

As for the last part, I totally believe that Magolor saw or encountered Galacta Knight at some point. (I always thought it would be funny myself if the first time Magolor is made aware of Gala is the Lor recording a snipped of Galacta's battle with Meta Knight in the Meta Knightmare Returns. You know, that easter egg where you can sometimes see the Starcutter in the background when Gala attacks? And so Magolor is going through the logs and notices, "Wait, was that a dimensional rift we just passed by? Whoa! Who's the dude who looks like an angry Kirby fighting Meta Knight?! ...Wait, weren't there legends of someone like that in those old texts?")

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@a-stardusted-sky

Ahh, thank you so much for the birthday wishes and the nice compliments! I hope you're having a lovely day yourself!

OMG, Traitor Magolor vs Fecto Elfilis in the battle of the big, self-important egos! I can't help but think that even though Magolor ought to have "unlimited power" thanks to the Master Crown, he feels a little limited in creative ways to use that power. Whereas Elfilis would probably have no end of ways to use their dimensional power to ruin Magolor's day! They're both super persistent though, so I imagine neither one would want to give an inch.

As for how Elfilis would react, I imagine those choice words would get even spicier upon seeing Magolor flitting around with the Master Crown. Honestly, if Elfilis has enough of an understanding of the powers made from THEIR power, they could simply toy with Magolor knowing that all they have to do is damage/overload the Crown and then just leave Magolor a gloopy mess.

Is it just me? Sometimes I think of Elfilis as one of those characters that doesn't even have WORDS when they get angry. I think their speech in Lab Discovera was somewhat practiced, and that the capsule had something of a restraining effect on their emotions. Whenever they're free, they're mostly seen roaring and wrathing at people (in contrast to the angelic beauty of their completed form.)

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@emeraldcoloredwinter

Not that shocking...!

Pictured: A Peaceful Family Reunion?!

(PS: are there still proponents of the theory that Sans is Ness grown up or was that exactly the kind of theory we make fun of Game Theories for now? I'm so out of the loop...!)

...But also, does that make Gaster Dark Matter? Or some other form of Matter? (...Stop! You shouldn't ask questions you aren't remotely equipped to handle the potential response to, Dess...!!)

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This is a concept that I absolutely love! And it's been explored so little from what I've seen?! There's that one, err, somewhat infamous(?!) animation series which... ah, congrats on them for putting in all that work to get it done, and I won't say anything negative about them including content that appeals to them personally when, from what I've seen, everything manages to stay in the proper rating. Plus, making a full animation series has got to be SUCH an endeavor that you likely need to write/draw what you love to keep yourself motivated/sane in order to finish but...it's not personally for me. ^^

(Reminds me a bit too much of some of the western animation of my childhood that I wasn't too fond of. Aka, the reason I pivoted to watching anime as soon as I had the chance. ^^; )

BUT that aside, I've also seen some cute fanart on Twitter and such of Magolor not babysitting the 10 Kirbys but commenting on them...and then trying to steal one or two of them while no one is looking to keep for the sake of teasing on his own!

But yes, the idea of other caretakers is rich!

I personally think, in an adventure scenario like Mass Attack, Magolor would have a great time "accidentally" misleading the Kirbys into non-lethal traps, just to see how they fare. Marx would absolutely be a pest to the mini Kirbys! I think, when the chips are down, he would defend them (Kirby is HIS to torment, after all!!) but in times of relative peace, he'd probably try to eat a few... just to see...

The Animal Friends are used to backing up Kirby and would step into the role with no problem. I think Rick would love to ferry the tiny Kirbys around, them clinging to his fur. I think Ribbon's reaction to the 10 tiny Kirbys could be very funny, although that probably depends on where you fall on shipping the two of them.

Meta Knight would be another one who would be really fun/zany for different reasons. I think he would initially TRY to be stoic and treat the 10 Kirbys as if they were as reliable on their own as regular Kirby but then the moment something happens to one of them (even if they ARE in fact okay) his stoic facade breaks and he becomes a nervous wreck/helicopter guardian mode!

The Mage Sisters feel like they would cover the whole spectrum of reactions! Francisca wanting to "keep" some for herself. Flamberge wanting to test how strong they are and laughing when they turn out to be only 1/10th the original Kirby's power. Zan being the one who just... can't stop being ~SHOOKETH~ about the whole thing. (And the fact that Flam and Fran won't stop giggling about the minis!)

Dark Meta Knight would probably swoop them up and them drop them on Shadow Kirby to deal with. Susie would probably be a relatively reliable helper, keeping in touch via her tech whenever any trouble shows... in exchange for the rights to merchandise the mini-Kirbys after everything is over. >w<

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@icedragonlizard

Hee! I got around to reading some of your dynamics posts, by the way! They're really good! (I still have more to read through yet!) But yes! This is super cute! Especially since both their tastes lean toward the collection of the ancient... and dangerous!

It's absolutely one of those things where one or the other will be proudly talking about their latest haul/salvage and the moment they have their eyes turned, the other is walking out the door with it!

Neither means the other any harm, so it doesn't hurt their friendship any. But there is absolutely a twinge of jealousy. 

"H-How did you...?! But... but... I've been looking for that EVERYWHERE!" "Looks like you were looking in the wrong places."

Everyone else is probably relieved by this strange dynamic they've got because it keeps most of the rest of THEIR collections safe!

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Hmm, you know, I'm not certain that Zero as they are COULD have a redemption arc. They feel too... primordial for that. As if they are nothing more than the incarnation of what they can become, which renders them nil (fufu...) to change.

But Zero 2.... yes. I think there's room there. I think Zero 2 is a lot like Void in that they are searching for identity after their destruction and resultant... rebirth? (Or simply the act of living on in a new form? Zero 2 is such a fascinating mystery!)

But I think about the fact that while Zero's theme is just mystery and weirdness and fight music, Zero 2's theme is so... sad. 

(Btw, I listened to Man on the Internet's Zero 2 with lyrics recently and really liked it. It had this great feeling of... inevitability to it? I'm typically a bit mixed on Kirby boss themes (:cough: I haven't yet found a Marx one I like though I really like some of the lyrical motifs in Itoki Hana's version :cough:) but I liked this one.)

Anyway, as for Zero 2's redemption, I think it would all tie back to the fairies, really. Zero 2 spent pretty much the entire length of the game possessing the Queen of Ripple Star and I'm one of those "you can't really possess someone/be possessed by someone without that having an effect on you. For both the possessor and the possessed."

And whether or not the Queen is one of the heroes of lore, we have reason to believe she is both a being of power and a powerful being for good. (Why else would Dark Matter target Ripple Star FIRST without getting near Popstar? Well, getting their non-existent tail kicked might have something to do with it! XD )

So basically, I imagine that either Zero 2 picked up...something from the Queen or that the Queen might take it upon herself to preserve some form of Zero 2. To give it a chance to redeem itself. Surely, this would wig out certain of the fairies, who still remember their home's invader, and I imagine Zero 2 to be something that would probably have a very hard time understanding the difference between doing good and doing evil - only that one gets praised and one doesn't.

They might never be able to understand. They might never be able to be a friend, or left alone with an innocent creature, as invasion and corruption could be so woven into their nature that they couldn't HELP but hurt it, even though no intention to do harm was there. But through a bond/a deal with the queen, they might be assist in helping other planets that Zero had harmed or at least be stopped from harming anyone else.

...I dunno. It's interesting though!

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@newthinkerer

I love the Love-Love Stick so much! You're right in that it's so uniquely Kirby's! Not just as an artifact, but as a representation of what Kirby would do when a genki dama's worth of power is sent his way! (Sorry for the random DBZ reference!

That and Dess loves magical girls / maho shoujo shows so the fact that is a really good approximation of a magical transformation wand is also excellent in my book! (Let Kirby Be A Magical Girl!!)

Speaking of the maho shoujo genre... a decent variety of finishing attacks are about "healing" the inner darkness/corruption/violence of their opponent/monster of the week rather than destruction. That Kirby would fight Zero with love in an attempt to heal them/the damage they have done to Popstar... It's all too good!

(The fact that it destroys them and all the Dark Matter too is a bit sad. But Void takes damage from Friend Hearts so...)

I like your idea about Gooey too. Either taken perfectly literal or as a metaphor -- that Gooey couldn't/was afraid to tap into their Dark Matter origins until he was shown enough love and acceptance that it was safe for him, emotionally, to do so.

...But of course, the other best thing about the Love-Love Stick is that Kirby KEEPS IT after the events of Dream Land 3 only to proceed to use it to bap people over the head with it in Star Stacker SNES!! Gryll, you have the honor of being defeated by the same weapon that was used to obliterate Zero. And yet, Gryll totally survived. Gryll strongest last boss canon?!?

[metasquire1]

Meta Knightmare: The Last Wish

[penumbraphantasm]

I really want to know more about Mr. Incognito since they aren't that much talked about like Bruno. Like why are they in the tower (suppose they're hired by the noise to watch her and that's why they always run away?) Plus who's the person in the trenchcoat. Take as long as you want to answer this

you can still probably guess who mr incognito is from one pose and some of the items. it both is and isn't who you think it is.

i think its fun when theres a bit of mystery left to things. part of me wants to tell about whoever's incognito and why but also part of me wants to keep it a secret, even though i'm not planning to actualize my ideas like, ever.

so i'll put the long answer under a read more and you decide if you wanna know lol

ITS THE NOISE!!!!

but also maybe not the noise we know. it's the other noise.

it was a rough idea but pretty much, this one is from an alt file where crumbling tower wasn't the victory lap it was supposed to be. noisette didnt make it out and theo noise didn't take it well. he feels regret abt not letting her know how much he cared abt her and treasuring their time together more. sad! anyways stuff happened and he's found his way into the file you play.

his default colors would be reminiscent of missing source textures and have noisette's pink but those parts could also change to match whatever color/pattern she's wearing. internal file names for sprites would be like spr_player (noisette replacing peppino, otherwise it'd be playerB for 🐇 lol), spr_playerN (noise) and spr_playerO (other noise, O is after N). the title screen would show 3 tvs but the last one is broken and inaccessible, leaving you with only 2 save slots.

The O. Noise, taking inspiration from ol' Noisette, disguises himself as Mr. N to the cognitO and tries to make sure this noisette will be fine on her adventure without messing with things too much. he'd lack access to his usual gear and maybe utilize scrapped stuff like the demolition button and grappling hook to help noisette clear obstacles in certain sections.

after you clear a file the first time, theo noise would disappear and you'd be sent back to the title screen and see the 3rd tv's been restored like nothing happened. if you select it, you'd then be able to play through the tower as noise (like kirby's meta knightmare time attack style)

ridiculous ambitious idea. unfitting for funny pizza game. also feels like noise overload, theres already so fucking many variations of this dude lol. did not pursue this any further but now you know if you read on ooouuugghh

(also im sure noisette, peshino, snick, etc came out of the tower just fine in the actual game. all those enemies in the credits made it out after all lol)

[lavenderbirchtrees]

On that last Meta knightmare theory post I Do like the idea that Nightmare and Meta are related but neither of them really acknowledge it, I think Meta does to some degree and it gives him reason to be less involved with him while Nightmare Does Not Give A Fuck

[sortanonymous]

On the last Meta Knightmare...

Flying to Gabbel in hopes of both capturing the oldest Mage-Sister and rescuing his daughter, surely nothing could go worse for Taranza, right?

Guess not ::(

And what do we have here?

Don't worry, these may be second-tier cars from 22 years ago, but they all turned out fine! This is from 2002, not 1952, for goodness' sake!

Chapter 18 of MKMIV: The Unforgettable Star-Studded Finale out now on AO3! (Although with how dark it is, I'm not sure if this presentation is exactly the most fitting.)

[zeravmeta]

we've seen cards like the mulcharmy in concept and design before as new releases meant to potentially creep older cards out of the meta by using their old gimmick in a new way (raigeki -> lightning storm is a p easy example of this) but a lot of the time they don't actually make the old cards disappear unless its from a more game warping circumstance (links introducing knightmares and giving all decks an easy removal tool at 2/3 mats so MST and other pals Mostly disappeared. and even then they do see use)

"imperm powercreeps veiler? lol now they can run 6 copies of veiler instead" is generally how it goes

you're 100% right in them testing the grounds here bc The Roach is top 5 in most divisive ygo cards ever and I can get wanting to make a Sort Of limited version of it available (i am of the controversial opinion that a card like maxx c is kind of necessary in the combo spam ages of today) BUUUUT in the case where maxx c avoids the ban hammer then konami have wrought a storm of bugs and jellyfish.

we are absolutely getting the last 3 types though they might have radically different effects since the first 3 we have already cover all potential places to summon from unless they do some truly buckwild shit like "your opponents GY/Banishment" but i dont see that happening itd be too absurd even for modern yugioh

Konami (potentially) killing Maxx C and replacing it with these guys is so funny to me

Like, it has to be on purpose that they designed the Cockroach Replacement to be Uwu cute jellyfish so at least duelists can’t be too upset with THIS THING

Murdering your game plan

[kirbybecomesastarwarrior]

Where is dark meta knight in this au?

When planning out Dark Meta Knight, I wanted to give him a proper reason to join "Star Allies..." It never sat right with me; there needed to be a better reason, not only that I wanted to make him integral to Meta Knight's character growth...And his character intertwined with Shadow Kirby... so he'll be mentioned as well.

KBASW'S Meta Knight (sealed his power) before the events of the anime (the reason why he can't fly), so guess who had his power sealed up as well... Dark Meta Knight. He wasn't simply sealing off his power this was a "painful experience." And he is absolutely pissed... BEING ASHAMED OF THE RAW GODLY POWER HE POSSES. Like Meta Knight... Dark Meta Knight couldn't use his magic or wings for YEARS, gutted that he had to endure these years of suffering.

(DMK very much serves as an unexpected consequence of MK locking away his powers...)

Shortly after (the events of Knightmare's End), Dark Meta Knight decided that he wanted to permanently separate from his counterpart. He didn't want his actions to be dictated by his weak reflection. He is very much obsessed with becoming the real one & becoming his own person instead of his reflection.

He can't trust Meta Knight...HE HATES BEING A REFLECTION IN GENERAL! His actions will always be dependent on him, and he must separate himself from Meta Knight. (It was at this point Dark developed a bad habit of blaming MK for everything negative thing that happened to him.

(I kinda mixed "The Amazing Mirror & Tripple Delux" plot lines together in this both are happening at the same time)

Of course, Dark Meta Knight is thwarted, but Meta Knight genuinely feels guilty for putting his mirror counterpart through the same pain he endured. This whole incident makes Meta Knight realize how little he values & takes of himself. (Basically, that's his lesson for his arc. via mirror reflection...)

Dark Meta Knight, however, isn't done in the story.... during this whole debacle, he doesn't take into account someone really important: Shadow Kirby.

Despite all of this... Dark Meta Knight actually has a deep care for Shadow Kirby. However, in a very tough love type of way and unlike Meta Knight, who learns to put his walls down & isn't afraid to show a more vulnerable & affectionate side to him... Dark Meta Knight just can't put his pride & ego aside. (SK & DMK's relationship is similar to that of Rick & Morty.)

This is why Shadow Kirby assists Kirby in helping stop Dark Meta Knight (because he didn't want Dark Meta Knight to leave him... </3). However, this does lead the Dark Meta Knight to lash out at Shadow Kirby and blame him for not being able to leave the Mirror World resulting in him ignoring Shadow Kirby...

Failing to see the bigger picture, Shadow Kirby just didn't want to be "ABANDONED!" (This was what he was basically doing, selfishly not realizing all the people he was going to leave behind for power & independence...)

Resulting in Dark Meta Knight conjuring a colossal mistake all his own, no one to blame but himself...I'm not ready to reveal Shadow Kirby's characterization just yet, but unfortunately for Dark... Shadow isn't as forgiving as Kirby. And plays right into Morgan's hands... helping comfort the lonely and vulnerable Shadow.

But even when Dark runs to save Shadow, it's far too late...

And this will be the last time Dark Meta Knight sees Shadow Kirby the way he is now...

Morgan's the one warped Shadow Kirby's body to its current state... basically to his current design... (first said here). At this point, you can probably understand why Dark Meta Knight is more than willing to join Star Allies...

Thank you for the question and perfect timing I've been dying to reveal this. This really started out as a way to "explain" game lore into the story when I was originally started, but I love how it turned out. Thanks again I hope you enjoyed the post.

[startistdoodles]

What If Prisma was the one you played as in The Forgotten Land ala metaknightmare? What would her campaign mode be called and what would change?

Maybe like...Prisma's Royal Road??? Or something?? I am terrible when it comes to naming things sorry haha :')

Unlike the main story of Forgotten Land, in this mode, 1-ups and lives are a thing. If you die, you have to start over at your last checkpoint (which are at the start of every level).

Prisma will have access to special points she can collect akin to the ones in Knightmare, so you can collect them up and access special powers. These powers can be activated using the left d-pad buttons:

Press up to heal, press right to speed up, press down to summon a support friend (a Simirror will appear and help you for a few minutes or until he takes too much damage) and press left to activate a super attack (Prisma will unleash a large blizzard attack that acts as a screen wipe like Crash)

The mode would be like the others in the series where it consists of harder bosses and less food items and 1-ups. So it's quite a challenge.

Playing as Prisma, her moveset would be a mix of Mirror and Ice, with some of her own special attacks in there too. Her fighting style is focused more on distance so playing her as you would Dedede or Meta Knight isn't as effective.

At the end of the mode, she would face off against Phantom Dark Matter Blade, which would happen after a fight with Morpho.

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Yeah I’d honestly love a meta knightmare or dddtour style extra mode. I’ve played those modes to death on my ds/3ds games, something about them are just really fun!

I have to wonder if they’ll have Magolor be an unlockable post game/post extra mode secret character? They do have him all set to go from Star Allies and this is his original game… not to mention Magolor’s popularity. I’m not expecting it in the slightest but it’s fun to speculate

That's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking about last post! I just think it'd be neat :)

I wonder what the final boss for something like that would be? Would it be some kind of Parallel Magolor type deal, where they introduce a clone character for him? The other wave three guys have those, I think he deserves a turn. (A parallel form would make the most sense, since those guys are heavily associated with Another Dimension.)

Alternatively, it might have a completely different final boss like the modes you mentioned do. I can't think of any existing characters that would make sense for that, though.

I'm certainly not expecting anything like this, but it's lots of fun to speculate.

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Five burning questions about Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe

We’re getting a lot of RtDL DX info today to the point where I wish we’d actually gotten a Nintendo Direct (mini). Well, there’s only a month and a half to go anyway, so in due time I will have answers to these important questions:

Will we be able to play Extra Mode from the get-go? I’m replaying RtDL in Extra Mode right now, and I don’t mind having to play the normal mode to unlock it. But Kirby and the Forgotten Land let you play Wild Mode from the get-go, and I thought it made a lot of sense because since Triple Deluxe, the series has shifted from offering Extra Games as Kirby. Recent games seem to prefer either Meta Knightmare-type time attack modes where you play a non-Kirby character, or weighty post-game content with levels that differ significantly from the main story levels (like Heroes in Another Dimension’s completely different levels or Isolated Isles’ significantly compressed and remixed take on the main mode’s stages). So I wonder if we’ll have a difficulty selection + lots of post-game content, in lieu of the Main Game + Extra Mode approach ...

The New Challenge Stages have to be in Merry Magoland as post-game content ... right? These were in Kirby’s Dream Collection and basically comprised the original Magoland. They also showcased abilities that didn’t originally have Challenge Stages in RtDL, like Spark, or Parasol, or even Smash (which wasn’t even in RtDL as an ability!) Plus you would race Magolor with an ability of your choosing while he basically tries to kill you! It seems plausible that they might at least include the Magolor Races in some kind of Colosseum-like feature alongside the boss rushes ... but it might just be wishful thinking. also if the game includes the credits from Kirby’s Dream Collection then first I will cry and second I will give the game an automatic 11/10

Can we still retry boss rushes from the last failed boss, instead of having to restart from the first boss? This was a great feature in Kirby and the Forgotten Land’s boss rushes, and it would be an absolute godsend in this game’s Arena given that I always failed it at the third- or second-to-last boss before finally getting through it on the Nth try. (If they ever remake Planet Robobot in HD then I want this feature in that remake too. Basically if you have a shooter boss in your Arena mode then please let me just retry that one a few times in a row ...)

Can we have one of the Merry Magoland souvenir masks be Qbby? There are 86 of them for god’s sake (we all know why 86) so surely you can spare one for Qbby? No? Oh well, BoxBoy will still live on in my heart, at least. Also all four characters can wear each others’ faces ... ? That’s not a question, just bemusement.

Can Ultra Sword!Kirby still very occasionally wield a giant golden paper fan? These are important questions to ask, you know.