A Keychain is a collectible item first appearing in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and later appearing Kirby Fighters Deluxe, and Dedede’s Drum Dash Deluxe as cameos.
Physical Appearance[]
A keychain takes the form of a sprite from a past Kirby game. These sprites can be of a character or object.
Games[]
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[]
There exists 256 keychains in the game. Most appear as silver and blue medallions with a question mark on them, with a star outline connected by a small chain. Rare keychains are gold and rainbow medallions with a question mark on them, with gold wings extending from the sides and a star outline connected by a small chain.
Keychains are found within stages and are even given as prizes for landing on cloud 1 in the Goal Game. StreetPassing a player who also owns a copy of Kirby: Triple Deluxe will cause Bandana Waddle Dee to appear mid-stage and toss Kirby one. Once the stage is completed, the keychains Kirby collected are revealed. The hero can pick up keychains he already has, so collecting them all is time-consuming. Alternatively, Bandana Waddle Dee may toss one if two players have StreetPassed each other a few times.
Some of the keychains a player has collected appear on the mode select screen. These keychains are typically group together based on a common theme. These keychains will also dangle and tilt in real time with the player's Nintendo 3DS system.
Players can view their collection of keychains in the Keychain Collection menu. The player can take a closer look at a singular keychain by selecting it. Each keychain can be rotated to view the back; Nintendo and HAL Laboratory logos exist on the back of each one. Missing rare keychains have their slot filled with a rainbow background. Upon receiving ten of the same keychain, the green pin becomes an orange star. This is the maximum number the player can collect of each keychain. Every keychain in this menu will also dangle to the system's gyroscope feature. Additionally, the player can buy keychains for three Play Coins apiece; after purchasing five, a stage must be finished before more can be bought. Rare keychains cannot be purchased with Play Coins and must be found hidden inside stages.
After collecting every keychain, the revamped Hypernova theme can be heard when viewing them.
List[]
Name | Game | Type | Location | Image | Icon |
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Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Floating Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Warpstar | Normal | Various | |||
Fainted Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Mint Leaf | Normal | Various | |||
Superspicy Curry | Normal | Various | |||
Waddle Dee | Normal | Various | |||
Bronto Burt | Normal | Various | |||
Twizzy | Normal | Various | |||
Grizzo | Normal | Various | |||
Lololo & Lalala | Normal | Various | |||
Kabula | Normal | Various | |||
King Dedede | Normal | Various | |||
Whispy Woods | Rare | Old Odyssey, Stage 1 | |||
Shocked Dedede | Rare | Wild World, Stage 4 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Inhaling Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Sword Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Stone Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Kirby in Cannon | Normal | Various | |||
Maxim Tomato | Normal | Various | |||
Waddle Doo | Normal | Various | |||
Sparky | Normal | Various | |||
Hot Head | Normal | Various | |||
Sword Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Poppy Bros. Sr. | Normal | Various | |||
Bonkers | Normal | Various | |||
Fire Lion | Normal | Various | |||
Kracko | Normal | Various | |||
Meta Knight | Normal | Various | |||
King Dedede | Normal | Various | |||
Nightmare's Power Orb | Rare | Endless Explosions, Stage 2 | |||
UFO Kirby | Rare | Wild World, Stage 3 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Cutter Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Rick & Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Kine & Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Coo & Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Bouncy | Normal | Various | |||
Elieel | Normal | Various | |||
Masher | Normal | Various | |||
Sir Kibble | Normal | Various | |||
Efreeti | Normal | Various | |||
Master Green | Normal | Various | |||
Mr. Frosty | Normal | Various | |||
Nruff & Nelly | Normal | Various | |||
Ice Dragon | Normal | Various | |||
Dark Matter | Rare | Endless Explosions, Stage 5 | |||
Rainbow Drop | Rare | Old Odyssey, Stage 4 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Swimming Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Yo-yo Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Mirror Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Wing Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Jet Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Wheelie Rider | Normal | Various | |||
Macho Statue | Normal | Various | |||
Blade Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Parasol Waddle Dee | Normal | Various | |||
Gim | Normal | Various | |||
Knuckle Joe | Normal | Various | |||
Bio Spark | Normal | Various | |||
Plasma Wisp | Normal | Various | |||
Tac | Normal | Various | |||
Bugzzy | Normal | Various | |||
Bonkers | Normal | Various | |||
Bronto Burt | Normal | Various | |||
Cappy | Normal | Various | |||
Squishy | Normal | Various | |||
Lovely | Normal | Various | |||
Axe Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Chef Kawasaki | Normal | Various | |||
Chameleo Arm | Normal | Various | |||
Meta Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Dyna Blade | Rare | Fine Fields, Stage 2 | |||
Marx | Rare | Wild World, Stage 5 | |||
Starship | Rare | Lollipop Land, Stage 1 | |||
Captain Vul | Rare | Old Odyssey, Stage 7 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Needle Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Clean Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Parasol Rick | Normal | Various | |||
Spark Kine | Normal | Various | |||
Needle Coo | Normal | Various | |||
Clean ChuChu | Normal | Various | |||
Como | Normal | Various | |||
Gabon | Normal | Various | |||
Wapod | Normal | Various | |||
Mumbies | Normal | Various | |||
Nruff & Waddle Dee | Normal | Various | |||
Pacto | Normal | Various | |||
Bobo | Normal | Various | |||
Tick | Normal | Various | |||
Broom Hatter | Normal | Various | |||
Poppy Bros. Jr. | Normal | Various | |||
Blocky | Normal | Various | |||
Pon & Con | Normal | Various | |||
Acro | Normal | Various | |||
Sweet Stuff Drawing | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 3 | |||
Dark Matter | Rare | Fine Fields, Stage 4 | |||
Love-Love Stick | Rare | Lollipop Land, Stage 3 | |||
Boss Butch | Rare | Wild World, Stage 7 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Sword Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Burning Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Freeze Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Hammer Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Hi-Jump Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Invincible Candy | Normal | Various | |||
Scarfy | Normal | Various | |||
Coner | Normal | Various | |||
Gordo | Normal | Various | |||
Shotzo | Normal | Various | |||
Sir Kibble | Normal | Various | |||
Sword Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Twister | Normal | Various | |||
Needlous | Normal | Various | |||
Laser Ball | Normal | Various | |||
Flamer | Normal | Various | |||
Rocky | Normal | Various | |||
Bomber | Normal | Various | |||
Cool Spook | Normal | Various | |||
UFO | Normal | Various | |||
Mr. Frosty | Normal | Various | |||
Mr. Tick-Tock | Normal | Various | |||
Phan Phan | Normal | Various | |||
Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright | Normal | Various | |||
Heavy Mole | Normal | Various | |||
King Dedede | Normal | Various | |||
Nightmare Wizard | Rare | Old Odyssey, Stage 5 | |||
Star Rod | Rare | Fine Fields, Stage 1 | |||
1-Up Meta Knight | Rare | Lollipop Land, Stage 6 | |||
Kirby on the Phone | Normal | Various | |||
Angel Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Missile Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Mini Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
4-Color Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Chip | Normal | Various | |||
Snooter | Normal | Various | |||
Roly-Poly | Normal | Various | |||
Leap | Normal | Various | |||
Mirra | Normal | Various | |||
Prank | Normal | Various | |||
Cupie | Normal | Various | |||
Boxin | Normal | Various | |||
Bang-Bang | Normal | Various | |||
Cookin | Normal | Various | |||
Heavy Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Golem | Normal | Various | |||
Box Boxer | Normal | Various | |||
Bombar | Normal | Various | |||
Master Hand | Normal | Various | |||
Mega Titan | Normal | Various | |||
Gobbler | Normal | Various | |||
Dark Meta Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Dark Mind | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 2 | |||
Master Sword | Rare | Lollipop Land, Stage 2 | |||
Dimension Mirror | Rare | Wild World, Stage 2 | |||
Ball Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Stone Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Wheel Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Balloon Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Kirby in Cart | Normal | Various | |||
Waddle Dee Ball | Normal | Various | |||
Waddle Doo Ball | Normal | Various | |||
Meta Knight Ball | Normal | Various | |||
Dedede Ball | Normal | Various | |||
Spear Waddle Dee | Normal | Various | |||
Bouncy | Normal | Various | |||
Soarar | Normal | Various | |||
Blipper | Normal | Various | |||
Thudd | Normal | Various | |||
Bloon | Normal | Various | |||
King Dedede Drawing | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 4 | |||
King Dedede | Normal | Various | |||
Paint Roller | Normal | Various | |||
Para Matter | Normal | Various | |||
Drawcia | Rare | Endless Explosions, Stage 3 | |||
Magical Paintbrush | Rare | Fine Fields, Stage 6 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Bubble Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Animal Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Magic Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Metal Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Ghost Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Maiga | Normal | Various | |||
Cret | Normal | Various | |||
Uja | Normal | Various | |||
Foley | Normal | Various | |||
Starman | Normal | Various | |||
Wheelie | Normal | Various | |||
Gaw Gaw | Normal | Various | |||
Bubble Head | Normal | Various | |||
Acchi | Normal | Various | |||
Bun | Normal | Various | |||
Metalun | Normal | Various | |||
Squeakers | Normal | Various | |||
Spinni | Normal | Various | |||
Storo | Normal | Various | |||
Doc | Normal | Various | |||
Mrs. Moley | Normal | Various | |||
Bohboh | Normal | Various | |||
Dark Daroach | Rare | Lollipop Land, Stage 4 | |||
Triple Star | Rare | Fine Fields, Stage 3 | |||
Gold Waddle Dee | Rare | Wild World, Stage 1 | |||
Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Cutter Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Fire Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Mike Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Chef Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Sleep Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Quick Draw | Normal | Various | |||
Waddle Doo | Normal | Various | |||
Burning Leo | Normal | Various | |||
Chilly | Normal | Various | |||
Simirror | Normal | Various | |||
Birdon | Normal | Various | |||
Kabu | Normal | Various | |||
Glunk | Normal | Various | |||
Gator | Normal | Various | |||
Gip | Normal | Various | |||
Grizzo | Normal | Various | |||
Koozer | Normal | Various | |||
Rosely | Normal | Various | |||
Flotzo | Normal | Various | |||
Bandana Waddle Dee | Normal | Various | |||
Poppy Bros. Sr. | Normal | Various | |||
Iron Mam | Normal | Various | |||
Twin Fire Lions | Normal | Various | |||
Kracko | Normal | Various | |||
Heavy Lobster | Normal | Various | |||
Meta Knight | Normal | Various | |||
Kabula | Normal | Various | |||
Masked Dedede | Rare | Old Odyssey, Stage 3 | |||
Galacta Knight | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 1 | |||
Marx Soul | Rare | Endless Explosions, Stage 4 | |||
Golden Egg Statue | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 5 | |||
Three Kirbys | Normal | Various | |||
KO'd Kirby | Normal | Various | |||
Melon | Normal | Various | |||
Beanbon | Normal | Various | |||
Birdee | Normal | Various | |||
Oohroo | Normal | Various | |||
Stactus | Normal | Various | |||
Snoozroot | Normal | Various | |||
Spideroo | Normal | Various | |||
Helmee | Normal | Various | |||
Mech Geg | Normal | Various | |||
Hamsturr | Normal | Various | |||
Skully | Normal | Various | |||
Skullord | Rare | Endless Explosions, Stage 1 | |||
10 Kirbys | Rare | Old Odyssey, Stage 2 | |||
Yin-Yarn | Rare | Endless Explosions, Stage 7 | |||
Magolor | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 7 | |||
Taranza | Rare | Royal Road, Stage 8 | |||
Queen Sectonia | Rare | Unlocked by collecting all Sun Stones |
Rare Keychain Guide[]
Fine Fields[]
Stage | Rare keychain | Image | Guide |
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Stage 1 | Star Rod | Pull the wrecking ball all the way back. It will obliterate the wall ahead, allowing access to the rare keychain. | |
Stage 2 | Dyna Blade | Just before the end door, fly up. | |
Stage 3 | Triple Star | In the second room, use Cutter to cut the grass, releasing a 3D Warp Star and revealing a Bomb Block in the background. Go into the background and destroy the Bomb Block. | |
Stage 4 | Dark Matter | After riding the 3D Warp Star after passing the Grizzo, go to the right. | |
Stage 6 | Magical Paintbrush | When the Lumberjack Waddle Dee cuts down a tree that destroys some Durable Blocks, ride the 3D Warp Star that was left behind. Cut down the tree to destroy some Durable Blocks in the foreground. |
Lollipop Land[]
Stage | Rare keychain | Image | Guide |
---|---|---|---|
Stage 1 | Starship | In the second room with a Lollipop Tank, go to the left and destroy the crate. | |
Stage 2 | Master Sword | In the underwater room, after surfacing, float up. To the left is a platform, a rope holding up a heavy platform, and a narrow hole covered in spikes. Cut the rope through the spikes with Spear. Once the heavy platform falls, the rare keychain can be obtained safely. | |
Stage 3 | Love-Love Stick | After defeating Gigant Edge, go to the background and float above the end door. Destroy the Bomb Block. | |
Stage 4 | Dark Daroach | After exiting the abandoned circus, float upward. | |
Stage 6 | 1-Up Meta Knight | In the second room with falling walls, grab the Key before the wall crushes it. Bring it to the locked door to take the 3D Warp Star. |
Old Odyssey[]
Stage | Rare keychain | Image | Guide |
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Stage 1 | Whispy Woods | In the second room with the Waddle Dee Trains, destroy the Bomb Block after the second train. Go back to the left to find a new passageway. | |
Stage 2 | 10 Kirbys | After defeating Bonkers, go into the background. Instead of going into the door, hover above it to reveal another Stake; pound it. | |
Stage 3 | Masked Dedede | In the last area, go to the left of the Gigatzo. Down below is the rare keychain. | |
Stage 4 | Rainbow Drop | In the foreground of the room leading to the second Sun Stone, there is a door to a Secret area. In the secret area, tilt the second cannon to the right, but not all the way. | |
Stage 5 | Nightmare Wizard | In the room with the Cannons, before lighting the fuse, use the cannons to get to the top first, then fall off the right side. There's a Treasure Chest at the bottom. | |
Stage 7 | Captain Vul | Enter the first igloo. |
Wild World[]
Stage | Rare keychain | Image | Guide |
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Stage 1 | Gold Waddle Dee | Defeat the Pacto that appears in the ceiling. Hover above. | |
Stage 2 | Dimension Mirror | Skip the end door. Near the top left is a door to a Secret area. In the optional room, avoid the 3D Warp Stars on the way up. | |
Stage 3 | UFO Kirby | In the second Truth Mirror room, look for the stair that doesn't have any spikes. It has a yellow strip on it to help further differentiate it. It leads to a Secret area. Pressing the switch will destroy the blocks on the top left, then bottom left, top right, and then bottom right. | |
Stage 4 | Shocked Dedede | In the room with Bandana Waddle Dee, instead of going down, go upward and to the right. There's an alcove with a Searches and a crate. | |
Stage 5 | Marx | Use the 3D Helmet Cannon to destroy the Durable Blocks and Bomb Blocks in the background and foreground to gain access to the Treasure Chests. This also gives a Sun Stone. | |
Stage 7 | Boss Butch | Get all three Keys to the locked doors. |
Endless Explosions[]
Stage | Rare keychain | Image | Guide |
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Stage 1 | Skullord | After collecting the third Sun Stone, hover up and to the left to find a Terrain Block. Destroy it and continue going to the left. | |
Stage 2 | Nightmare's Power Orb | Use Ninja's Stealth Water Gun to douse the Fire Blocks above. | |
Stage 3 | Drawcia | In the second room with the moving spiked walls, skip the door by floating upward and destroying another barrel. Aim the first Cannon slightly to the left. Aim the second cannon slightly to the left again. Aiming upward will get the first Sun Stone. | |
Stage 4 | Marx Soul | At the end of the second room with the rotating walls is a Terrain Block. Destroy it. | |
Stage 5 | Dark Matter | When there appears to be only one 3D Warp Star, hover above it. Ride the second 3D Warp Star. In the next room is a Treasure Chest in the background. | |
Stage 7 | Yin-Yarn | In the room with the moving spiked walls. There are a few stars above a Teleporter. Hover upward quickly. |
Royal Road[]
Stage | Rare keychain | Image | Guide |
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Stage 1 | Galacta Knight | After obtaining the third Sun Stone, continue moving to the left. To the left of the pit where the Lollipop Tank fell, there is a hole in the wall. | |
Stage 2 | Dark Mind | In the background in the left pit of the Kracko fight. Do not defeat Kracko before going into the background. The rare keychain can be retrieved during or after the fight, but it is recommended to be done after the fight, as falling into the pit will send Kirby back onto a nearby platform. | |
Stage 3 | Sweet Stuff Drawing | In the second room with wrecking balls, pull the first one back partway, so that it will only knock the wall over. Pull the second one back all the way as to obliterate the next wall. Take the downward path. Inhale the left Waddle Dee Train. | |
Stage 4 | King Dedede Drawing | In the room after fighting Pyribbit, go to the top left to find a Terrain Block. Destroy it and get in the Cannon. | |
Stage 5 | Golden Egg Statue | Using Hammer from Bonkers after taking the top-left Warp Hole, enter the bottom-right Warp Hole. Pound the stake and then hover below the platform that the stake was on. Alternatively, use Beetle from the Beetley in the room and use Hardhead Slam to pound the stake and then hover wing below the platform that the stake was on. | |
Stage 7 | Magolor | Use Fire or Circus to melt the Ice Blocks to obtain a Key. After bringing the Key to the locked door, use Ice from Chilly to douse the Fire Blocks. | |
Stage 8 | Taranza | Enter the moon on the banner. |
Ranks[]
As the player collects more keychains, their rank will go up. The ranks are:
- Amateur Collector: 1-24 keychains
- Fair-Weather Collector: 25-49 keychains
- Keychain Hunter: 50-99 keychains
- Dream Land Bandit: 100-149 keychains
- Kirby Maniac: 150-199 keychains
- Legendary Collector: 200-249 keychains
- Superstar Collector: 250-255 keychains
- Keychain Master: 256 keychains
Mistakes[]
- The 'the' in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror is lowercase in all descriptions.
- Heavy Mole's keychain is missing the blades on his top, leaving two gaping holes in their place.
- Cupid Kirby's keychain is called "Angel Kirby." This is the ability's Japanese name.
- Cook Kirby's keychain is called "Chef Kirby."
- The Quick Draw keychain is named "Quick Draw" rather than "Kirby on the Draw," the sub-game upon which the keychain is based. This may be because the names for Quick Draw and Kirby on the Draw are very similar in Japanese, being 早撃ちカービィ (Hayauchi Kābyi) and タッチ! 早撃ちカービィ (Tatchi! Hayauchi Kābyi).
- Zero is missing from the background of the Boss Butch keychain.
Kirby Fighters Deluxe[]
In Kirby Fighters Deluxe, Kracko and Dedede can launch keychains into the screen, obscuring the player's view. The keychains Dedede tosses out are all Dedede-themed. When fought on Very Hard, he throws keychains that don't appear in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe[]
Keychains can be found hidden in various parts of each song.
Other Appearances[]
StreetPass Mii Plaza[]
In the Kirby: Triple Deluxe panel in Puzzle Swap, many keychains can be found hidden throughout the panel's animated diorama by tilting the camera.
Nintendo Badge Arcade[]
The Badge Arcade features every keychain sprite from Kirby: Triple Deluxe as collectible badges for players to decorate their Home Menus with. These badges include only the keychain's pictures and not the attached chain on top of them. Additionally, a handful of the keychains were altered to match the size of the respective badge, removing or repositioning certain features.
Trivia[]
- The sprites used for Yin-Yarn, Taranza, and Queen Sectonia's keychains are unique to Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
- Magolor's sprite was previously shown in the Kirby's 20th Anniversary puzzle and was used as a statue in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition. In this instance, it was given a golden color palette.
- Despite having brown skin, Magolor and Taranza's keychain sprites use black for their faces.
- Magolor's sprite was previously shown in the Kirby's 20th Anniversary puzzle and was used as a statue in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition. In this instance, it was given a golden color palette.
- The King Dedede Drawing is the only rare keychain to not be grouped with the other rare keychains from the same game.
- The sticker items in Kirby: Planet Robobot were designed to resemble keychains, as both items serve as unique collectibles.