Galacta Knight

Super Kirby Clash artwork
Galacta Knight
Name (JA)	ギャラクティックナイト (Gyarakutikku Naito)
- Meaning	Galactic Knight ギャラクティック = Galactic, ナイト = Knight
Gender	Male
In games
Species	Unknown, but possibly the same as Meta Knight

“	An interdimensional tunnel has brought the most powerful warrior in the galaxy before you, and the gem seal keeping it at bay has been broken! Get ready for a dream battle that defies destiny itself!”
	— VS Galacta Knight • Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Galacta Knight is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the final boss of the Meta Knightmare Ultra sub-game of Kirby Super Star Ultra. He is the greatest and most powerful warrior in the galaxy from the ancient past.

Physical Appearance

Galacta Knight is greatly similar to Meta Knight in both appearance and fighting style. He has a hot-pink body, which is slightly darker than Kirby's skin color, and has feathered, angelic, lavender wings (changed to a dull periwinkle in Super Kirby Clash). Originally, Galacta Knight had dark red eyes and wore whitish-platinum armor from Kirby Super Star Ultra to Kirby: Planet Robobot, but in Kirby Star Allies, he had glowing pink eyes and wears silver armor. His mask and shield returned to being whitish-platinum in Super Kirby Clash, keeping the silver sabatons and pauldrons. He wears sabatons which, unlike Meta Knight's, do not fully cover his feet, as can be more clearly seen in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and onward. He also wears pauldrons with gray lining and white gloves. Galacta Knight is roughly the same size as his two counterparts, Meta Knight and Kirby, although he was somewhat bigger in his appearance in Kirby Super Star Ultra and in Super Kirby Clash.

His mask is whitish-platinum with two curved golden horns rising up from the top of the mask. The mask also has a vertical and horizontal opening, both ending in a point. Galacta Knight initially used to have a yellow strap around his head, apparently as a means to wear his mask, much like Meta Knight had in Kirby Super Star Ultra, but this was removed in Kirby Star Allies. Galacta Knight wields a powerful pink lance with a purple handguard and golden pommel and carries a white buckler shield emblazoned with a gold, four-pointed star. The shield has a pink ring near the shield’s outer edge and solid pink, curved lines along the inner portion of the star. Notably, the star on his shield was originally shown to be pink in Kirby Super Star Ultra, but has since been consistently depicted as golden from Kirby's Return to Dream Land onward.

In Super Kirby Clash, Galacta Knight is given two new forms. One is his Light form, and the other is his Dark form. In his Light form, he looks mostly the same as his normal form, although his mask, sabatons, pauldrons, part of his shield, and the hilt of his lance have changed to pure white ceramic, along with having gold lining and markings on them. The horns on his mask are also longer.

In his Dark form, his skin is now black. The mask is now purple, and he gains aquamarine eyes. The markings and lining on his armor, mask, shield, and lance are now gray. The star on his shield is now gray, and the shield itself is purple and gray. His pauldrons and sabatons are also purple. The horns on his mask are also now gray. Lastly, his wings are now black.

General Information

Galacta Knight is a very powerful and legendary warrior, given the title of the "greatest warrior in the galaxy." While most of his story remains a mystery, with the only known piece of it being that he used to be a renowned hero, he is said to be from the ancient past, a time that was forgotten. According to Galactic Nova, Galacta Knight was sealed away in fear of his power. Additionally, according to the Japanese version of his pause screen description in Kirby: Planet Robobot, Galacta Knight was sealed away many times throughout the ages, but was never successfully destroyed.

Personality

Despite his decent amount of appearances, Galacta Knight's true personality and intentions are not well-known. While he was feared for his immense power, Galacta Knight has never been stated to be explicitly evil, even though he may potentially be violent and destructive. However, it is stated by Star Dream that he may destroy a nearby planet or two for seemingly no reason when brought to the current time, and in Super Kirby Clash, his Light form quest description states that the fate of the world is at risk, which appear to portray him in a villainous matter. Given that he was a hero, it could be possible that he used to be courageous and good-natured, although it is unknown what would have changed him to his current state if this were to be the case. Regardless, Galacta Knight is currently known to not be benevolent, and will use his powers to usually attack anyone within his vicinity without mercy, including those who summon him.

Purpose

His purpose in Meta Knightmare Ultra is simply to fight Meta Knight; he does not diverge from this request. His purpose in Kirby's Return to Dream Land is unstated, but may likely be for a similar reason. His purpose in Meta Knightmare Returns is nearly identical to his intention in Meta Knightmare Ultra, except he is summoned on Star Dream's will instead of Meta Knight's. He quickly turns on Star Dream, since it forced him to travel through space and time, and sliced a huge scar on the mechanical monster, causing its "final program" to activate and transform it into Star Dream Soul OS, which survived the otherwise fatal slash. Why Galacta Knight does not do something similar to Galactic Nova is unexplained. However, Galacta Knight was sealed away for fear of his strength when Nova summoned him, whereas he wasn't when Star Dream summoned him through a portal linking space-time. His purpose in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! is unstated, but it may either be to simply fight, as it has been in previous situations, or it may be from some unknown plan by Hyness. His purpose in Super Kirby Clash was to be seemingly used as a weapon by Parallel Nightmare, but he quickly destroys his summoner and proceeds to attack Team Kirby with everything he has, ultimately fighting the group a total of four times (Party Quests included), until he is sealed inside of the crystal he is often seen trapped within, and absorbed into another portal.

Games

Kirby Super Star Ultra

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“	This legend was sealed away long ago because of his power. He defies time to challenge you!”
	— Pause Screen description • Kirby Super Star Ultra

Galacta Knight appears before Meta Knight in a cutscene in Kirby Super Star Ultra.

In his first appearance, Galacta Knight shows up as the final boss of Meta Knightmare Ultra, and then as the penultimate boss of The True Arena (in which he fights Kirby before fighting Marx Soul). In Meta Knightmare Ultra, Meta Knight gathers the planets' stars to summon Nova and wishes to become stronger by fighting the greatest warrior in the galaxy. Nova reveals that Galacta Knight was sealed away for fear because his powers were too great, so the comet, in turn, summons Galacta Knight from his crystallized prison to battle.

Galacta Knight's attacks are all variants of the attacks Meta Knight used when he fought Kirby in the Revenge of Meta Knight game. He can also summon alternate-colored versions of Axe Knights, Javelin Knights, Mace Knights, and Trident Knights to help him. Galacta Knight can jump off screen and dash by at high speed, much like Meta Knight. Meta Knight can do this by using Meta Quick and fly around and damage him either by slashing or by wings (Meta Knight's bat-like wings can damage while hovering). His lance can also shoot out the Revolution Sword, a deadly beam whip that directs in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction that causes damage, even while guarding. In addition, he summons Ground Columns, which are tall, skinny flames from the ground. However, the player can see where the fire is about to erupt by looking at the ground. He also uses Ground Twister, in which he sends out a giant tornado. He also uses Mach Tornado, a move normally used by Meta Knight, although it lasts longer and it appears he has more control over it, as he can more accurately follow the opponent while spinning around, thus making it much harder to avoid. His shield also sends off a Crescent Shot that is similar to Cutter, only that it solely shoots forward and doesn't spin back. If Kirby manages to swallow this, it will give him the Sword ability. Other attacks consist of him flying and attacking the enemy with his lance. The most powerful lance move is a variation of the Multithrust Attack used by Meta Knight, which is a multi-jabbing attack where Galacta Knight remains motionless for a brief moment and then stabs the area directly in front of him a multitude of times with his lance, causing severe damage even when guarding. Unlike Sword Kirby's Multithrust Attack, this attack does not cause any knockback, effectively trapping the player until the attack ends. After using an attack, he stands still for a few seconds, allowing the player to cause him some damage. As Galacta Knight's health decreases, he begins to gradually attack faster, to the point where he will attack nonstop, making the battle much more difficult.

When Galacta Knight is defeated in Meta Knightmare Ultra and The True Arena, he flickers white and flies off into space. In Meta Knightmare Ultra, a short cutscene plays, where Galacta Knight is shown flying unstably in space, then rapidly appearing in multiple parts of the screen, as if he was exploding. He then appears in the middle of the screen where he is engulfed in a bright, white flash. Galacta Knight's wings are torn off his body, while his sword and shield is shown leaving him as well. The disarmed knight then vanishes in the flash, while Meta Knight returns to Planet Popstar. In The True Arena, this cutscene is not shown, as Kirby now has to fight Marx Soul in the final round.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

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“	The most powerful warrior in the galaxy who somehow drifted into this universe from another dimension. What a dream battle!”
	— VS Galacta Knight • Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Galacta Knight's Boss Portrait.

Galacta Knight only appears in The True Arena as the antepenultimate foe. He is fought in a crystalline arena in what appears to be located within Halcandra. In this appearance, Galacta Knight is the strongest warrior in the galaxy from Another Dimension. He serves as the secret boss of the game.

Galacta Knight utilizes moves yet again from Meta Knight's own repertoire of moves, all of which have their own little twist to them. Galacta Knight now possesses his own variation of the Knight Beam; he will conjure and release three Knight Beams at ground level, four at a higher elevation, and then five at the top of the screen. He may perform a more lethal version of this move by flying into the background and summoning twelve Knight Beams to rain upon the battlefield (they may shower from either the right side or the left).

Galacta Knight's Triple Slash is the same as Meta Knight's, but his Multithrust has a slight tweak; the knight will perform this if he is blocking with his shield, and the last thrust will fire off a Crescent Shot. His Piercing Slash is relatively the same as Meta Knight's. Though his Knight Spin has no horizontal momentum, it will fire an energy wave at the player(s) when it contacts the ground instead. His Down Thrust and his Up Thrust are the same as Meta Knight's. He also gains a Spin Slash as his charge up move, releasing an orange aura as he spins in a twister-like motion. Galacta Knight's Shuttle Loop is also tweaked, as he can bounce off the ground, leaving a star behind, before coming back around for a second dive. Galacta Knight can perform his Ground Twister by striking his lance into the ground.

When Galacta Knight loses half of his health, many of his infamous techniques return, and he powers up previously used attacks. His Revolution Sword makes its return, functioning similarly to its earlier incarnation. Galacta Knight's Ground Columns also return, but are much faster and no longer possess their fiery properties; he can perform this move consecutively in different positions with the appearance of lightning bolts. Lastly, Galacta Knight's Mach Tornado makes its grand reappearance, still as dangerous and accurate as before. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, when Galacta Knight performs Revolution Sword, it will leave a lingering effect on the floor that Galacta Knight uses to create a large, horizontal shockwave, similar to Aeon Hero (Light/Dark).

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

While Galacta Knight makes no physical appearance in-game, he does have minor cameos. He is seen in the audience during the "Kirby Master!" cutscene sitting in between Magolor and Marx. Galacta Knight also appears in this game as a rare keychain.

Kirby: Planet Robobot

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“	This ancient swordsman is feared for his immense power. He is not a clone. He was awakened and brought here via an extra-dimensional road beyond the space-time continuum.”
	— VS Galacta Knight Returns • Kirby: Planet Robobot

Galacta Knight Returns

Galacta Knight, referred to as Galacta Knight Returns, makes a reappearance as the surprise final boss of Meta Knightmare Returns, where he is summoned by Star Dream as a challenge to Meta Knight's skill, despite the danger (Star Dream's previous admin, President Haltmann, had refused to allow Star Dream to summon it) as Star Dream mentioned that Galacta Knight's power could easily destroy a planet or two, something not mentioned in previous appearances. This proves to be Star Dream's undoing, as Galacta Knight slashes at Star Dream immediately after he is summoned, severely damaging the computer, while causing it to plummet to the ground. The battle then commences.

Unlike the fights with Queen Sectonia and Dark Matter, this is the real Galacta Knight that Meta Knight encounters, instead of being a hologram or a clone. The fight with Galacta Knight here is similar to his secret boss fight in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, with two phases. Galacta Knight also hovers in the battle like he did in Kirby Super Star Ultra, but stays on the ground for attacks, meaning that the player can no longer crouch underneath any of them.

Aside from the fact that he uses more electric pillars this time, he also has a few new tricks up his sleeve. He has a new attack; the Great Space-Time Killing Flash, that can open a dimensional rift that a huge laser-beam comes out of, in order to attack his foes. His sword beams at multiple elevations are the same, but the sword beams from the background are slightly more numerous compared to last time. His Revolution Sword returns as being the same, aside from a slight screen tilt and rumble effect near the end. Finally, his Ground Twister has a slight tweak in phase 2, where he fires tornadoes that move to the background and try to aim for the player in the foreground. He also recycles his first phase attacks.

Interestingly, when Galacta Knight is summoned during Meta Knightmare Returns, he exits from another dimensional rift, and when he is defeated, he is resealed within his crystal prison. When he is encountered at The True Arena by Kirby, he breaks free from his prison, and when he is defeated, he unstably flashes white, referencing the ending of Meta Knightmare Ultra, and flies off.

The damage incurred on Star Dream activates a hidden program in it, eventually resulting in a fight with Star Dream Soul OS in The True Arena.

Kirby Star Allies

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Galacta Knight makes a minor appearance at the end of Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!. Despite not being fought, he is given a splash screen with the boss title of Temporal Warrior.

After defeating Hyness, fake credits roll, then rewind, revealing Galacta Knight to be emerging through the dimensional rift Hyness opened. He initially appears to be the secret final boss, but just before the battle can start, an orange butterfly shows up and lands on his lance. The butterfly then resonates with "the screams of the many years spent living" Galacta Knight had brought along with him, and absorbs Galacta Knight's power, seemingly disintegrating him in the process. The butterfly then transforms into Morpho Knight with the power it absorbed. Morpho Knight's description also mentions that Galacta Knight is the strongest warrior in the galaxy, like Meta Knight mentioned in Kirby Super Star Ultra.

Super Kirby Clash

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“	This ancient hero is the strongest in the galaxy! But fear not, Team Kirby! Show him what the power of four can do!”
	— Quest Description • Super Kirby Clash

Aeon Hero
Name (JA)	淵源えんげんを巡めぐる英雄えいゆう (Engen o Meguru Eiyū)
- Meaning	Hero Who Circles the Origin 淵源 = Origin, 巡る = To circle, 英雄 = Hero
In Games
Category	Boss, Final boss

Galacta Knight makes an appearance as both the final boss and secret final boss of Super Kirby Clash, where he is known as the Aeon Hero.

Story

Upon defeating Parallel Nightmare's Revenge in the Dreamscape, the wizard opens a dimensional rift, from which the Aeon Hero emerges. As Parallel Nightmare's Revenge wickedly laughs at Team Kirby for their impending doom, the Aeon Hero slashes him from behind, causing him to dissipate. The Aeon Hero then battles with Team Kirby, but is defeated and flies away.

Afterwards, Team Kirby goes on a quest to look for the Aeon Hero, where they then encounter him on the Dreamscape once more. The Aeon Hero raises his lance into the sky and absorbs light energy, transforming into his Light form. He battles with Team Kirby once again, but is defeated nonetheless. His unconscious body floats into the air, as he then bursts into a flurry of white feathers.

Party Quests

After clearing some Party Quests, the Aeon Hero reappears in his base form within the Dreamscape again, and Team Kirby sets out to fight him. They defeat him, and like last time, he flies away. After defeating Parallel Nightmare's Revenge for good and defeating King D-Mind's Revenge, the Aeon Hero appears in the Dreamscape one last time. Team Kirby heads out to finish him off once and for all, but this time, the Aeon Hero raises his lance into the sky and absorbs dark energy, transforming into his Dark form. When the Aeon Hero is once again defeated, his unconscious body raises into the air as he is sealed inside his crystal prison. The crystal then raises up and into a large dimensional rift identical to the one used to summon him. After the crystal enters the dimensional rift, it closes, and with that, the Aeon Hero is truly vanquished for good.

Battle

In Super Kirby Clash, the Aeon Hero retains his moveset from Kirby: Planet Robobot for the majority of his attacks. However, he has a new one, in which he can create four tornadoes that head to the background at the spots where the players are standing, and then move across the foreground.

His Light form features some alterations to his moveset. When firing the Revolution Sword from his lance, it is noticeably smaller in size. When the Beam hits the ground, it will glow red and erupt in flames shortly after the laser ceases. When using Mach Tornado, the Aeon Hero will, instead of landing on the ground, occasionally fly into the air and land in the center, creating two tornadoes at both sides that move along the arena. When firing Crescent Shots, he may either fire two at the same time or two along the ground and one that goes in the air. When jumping into the air and using his Knight Spin, the shockwave he creates when he slams onto the ground is larger and moves much slower.

His Dark form features even more alterations to his moveset. When using Mach Tornado and landing in the center of the arena, he will instead create four tornadoes that circle around him while moving outward. Additionally, instead of flying into the background and firing a large amount of Sword Beams, he will create a multitude of spears of the heart. This attack cannot be guarded against, and ignores invincibility frames, meaning that anyone hit by the attack will get hit repeatedly until the attack ends. The only way to avoid the attack is to go to the bottom corner of the side the spear of the heart are coming in from.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

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Galacta Knight makes a cameo appearance as an unlockable trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U that can be unlocked by completing the reward conditions for all of the Solo Events. A color scheme for Meta Knight bears a strong resemblance to Galacta Knight in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, though his body is darker, his feet are nearly black, Galaxia remains gold, and the model itself has not changed, so things like the horns and vertical slit on his mask are absent.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Meta Knight's Galacta Knight coloration now resembles Galacta Knight's appearance more greatly, making Meta Knight’s body and feet pink, putting the vertical opening in the mask as well as making the top little “spikes” gold, and turning the blade part of Galaxia pink to resemble Galacta Knight's lance. Interestingly, this Galacta Knight coloration has Meta Knight sport red eyes, much like Galacta Knight's initial appearances, rather than the pink eyes he has now. This Galacta Knight costume also appears at the end of Meta Knight's Classic Mode, in a Free-for-All alongside the Dark Meta Knight costume, likely meant to reference Meta Knight's separate rivalries with the two.

Galacta Knight also appears as a primary, legend-class shield spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, using his Kirby Super Star Ultra artwork. His spirit increases sword attacks when applied to a fighter, and is not fought in a Spirit Battle; instead, he can be used by being summoned by cores from the spirits of Shovel Knight, Knight Man, and the Meta-Knights. At Lv. 99, he is the third-strongest spirit in the entire game with 13,345 power, only being surpassed by Galeem and Dharkon's spirits.

Music

The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy

The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy Boss Battle Medley/Electronic ver. Otherworldly Warrior The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy Ever VS. Aeon Hero VS. Aeon Hero Round 2 Café of Dusk and the Starry Sky The Knights' Revenge Medley Galacta Knight is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the final boss of the Meta Knightmare Ultra sub-game of Kirby Super Star Ultra. He is the greatest and most powerful warrior in the galaxy from the ancient past.

Other themes
Name	Notes	Music Track
"Guardian Angel: Landia"	Plays in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
"Grand Doomer"	Plays in Kirby: Planet Robobot.
"Stage of the Partners who Shook the Heavens"	Plays in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.

Canonicity

While Galacta Knight's existence is canon, most of the events in which he has appeared are non-canon. Extra Modes, such as the Meta Knightmare series and Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, and Boss Endurance sub-games, such as The True Arena, are non-canon; they all require the player to retread previous levels and rematch bosses in ways that do not organically fit the story. In 2016, director Shinya Kumazaki described Meta Knightmare Returns and The True Arena in Kirby: Planet Robobot as "'what if' scenarios," stating: "...you can't really consider everything to be connected." Galacta Knight's appearance in Super Kirby Clash is his first canonical appearance. While the setting of the game takes place in a parallel universe from that of Planet Popstar's, the kingdom is still connected to Planet Popstar's dimension as Magolor managed to end up in the Dream Kingdom after escaping from a realm beyond space and time due to his previous actions. Additionally, it is possible that the Dream Kingdom is Galacta Knight's home dimension, as he is stated to have arrived from a different dimension through time and space in his multiple pause-screen descriptions from mainline games and his identity and reputation are widely recognized and known by the kingdom's inhabitants such as Bandana Waddle Dee.

Technically, Galacta Knight's only other canonical appearance is his spirit appearing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, confirming he was a canonical character in Kirby's universe before being devastated by Galeem. The Super Smash Bros. canon does not coincide with Kirby canon, making his appearance and defeat in World of Light non-canon to the Kirby series.

Related Quotes

“	My one wish is to become stronger, so I wish to fight... the greatest warrior in the galaxy!”
	— Meta Knight to Nova • Kirby Super Star Ultra

“	You will now fight a warrior who has been sealed away for fear his power was too great. I will now summon this warrior once more!”
	— Nova to Meta Knight • Kirby Super Star Ultra

“	With a theme song called "The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy," you know this guy is serious business. Meta Knight does battle with him in Kirby Super Star Ultra. Also, he shows up in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, where he is the 13th boss you'll face in The True Arena.”
	— Trophy description • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

“	Let us bring back a legendary swordsman from a forgotten time. He may end up destroying a nearby planet or two, but such is life. The benefits of this final battle outweigh the collateral damage. Prepare yourself... Executing Space-Time Transport... Extra-dimensional road... Booting... 3... 2... 1... BEGIN!”
	— Star Dream • Kirby: Planet Robobot

“	This ancient swordsman is feared for his immense power. He is not a clone. He was awakened and brought here through an extra-dimensional road beyond the space-time continuum.”
	— VS Galacta Knight Returns (British English version) • Kirby: Planet Robobot

“	This headgear looks like a legendary warrior with powers of great destruction.”
	— Headgear description • Kirby Battle Royale

“	The ancient hero descends once more! An ordeal has appeared!”
	— Announcement • Super Kirby Clash

“	Only a chosen few can attempt this, but the actual, real, true, final decisive battle...for real is here: The True Final Battle EX has appeared! Seize the actual, final victory, Super Team Kirby!”
	— Announcement • Super Kirby Clash

“	An ancient hero, brought back by a caped wizard seeking revenge. Face the strongest power in the galaxy!”
	— The Final Battle Quest Description • Super Kirby Clash

“	Aeon Hero returns once more! Head into the final fight for the fate of the world, Super Team Kirby!”
	— The True Final Battle Quest Description • Super Kirby Clash

“	The ancient hero, garbed in ominous black! Time to put an end to this eternal cycle, Super Team Kirby!”
	— The True Final Battle EX Quest Description • Super Kirby Clash

In Other Languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology and notes
	ギャラクティックナイト	Translates to Galactic Knight.
	Galacta Knight
(Traditional)	星河騎士	Translates to Galaxy Knight.
(Simplified)	星河骑士	Translates to Galaxy Knight.
	갤럭틱 나이트	Translates to Galactic Knight.
	Галакта Рыцарь
	Ultra-Knight	Ultra Knight
	Galacta Knight	Same as English
(General)	Galacta Knight	Same as English
	Galacta Knight	Same as English
(General)	Galacta Knight	Same as English

Trivia

• In Kirby Super Star Ultra, unlike Meta Knight, Galacta Knight hovers in the air; Kirby can thus dodge his lance slash, his lance beam, and his multistab just by ducking. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Galacta Knight stays on the ground instead of hovering as he did in his debut game, while in Kirby: Planet Robobot and Super Kirby Clash, he returns to constant hovering to move around the arena, although much closer to the ground. Regardless, both prevent the player from just simply ducking under his attacks.
• The video of him (#28) in the Theater is called Galactic Knight in Kirby Super Star Ultra, which is his Japanese name.
• Despite using a lance, a weapon used for thrusting, Galacta Knight still performs slashing and chopping moves. This is because (from a gameplay perspective) he serves as a harder version of Meta Knight (akin to Masked Dedede, Wham Bam Jewel, and Marx Soul); this is reflected in all of his appearances onward, where he uses the same moves Meta Knight can in the same game. This omits his multithrust move after Kirby Super Star Ultra, which was the most effective move for his weapon type.
• Galacta Knight is the only The True Arena exclusive boss to not be a "soul" form. The "soul" boss of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Magolor Soul, instead serves as the final boss of Extra Mode.
• In the Kirby's Return to Dream Land "Kirby Master!" cutscene, Galacta Knight is in the audience, seen to the left of Magolor in the front row. In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Magolor has Galacta Knight on his right and Marx to his left, in a center row further behind.
• Galacta Knight's mask and wing also appear on a golden statue along with a Meta Knight equivalent as a Stone transformation in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
• When Galacta Knight's fight begins in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, like in HR-D3's second phase, "Guardian Angel: Landia" is heard. After his health is halfway gone, "Otherworldly Warrior" takes over. This concept returned in Kirby: Planet Robobot, except the fight uses the battle theme of Grand Doomer before his health is depleted to half, rather than Landia's, and the second phase theme is known as "The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy Ever". This is similar to Masked Dedede and Dark Meta Knight's Revenge in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, in which both use a reused battle theme before a remix of their original themes takes over during the second phase.
  • In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, the aftermentioned themes play only if P1 is Kirby or Bandana Waddle Dee. If P1 is King Dedede or Meta Knight, "Stage of the Partners who Shook the Heavens" from Kirby Fighters 2 plays in the first phase, whereas "The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy Ever" plays in the second phase.
• Dark Meta Knight's Pause Screen description in Kirby: Triple Deluxe describes Dark Meta Knight as the "shadow of the strongest warrior", hinting that the title has been taken from Galacta Knight.
• Meta Knight's Galacta Knight coloration, King Dedede's Dede-Rush Final Smash, and Kirby's Ultra Sword Final Smash are some of the only Kirby elements significantly featured in the Super Smash Bros. series that was created after Masahiro Sakurai left HAL Laboratory.
• Galacta Knight's upward slash at Star Dream is visually similar to Galaxia Darkness, Meta Knight's Final Smash in the Super Smash Bros. series, aside from that he doesn't cover the area in shadow.

• Sometimes, when Galacta Knight opens up an interdimensional rift to fire the laser in Kirby: Planet Robobot, the Lor Starcutter may be seen in the laser.
  • In the same attack in Super Kirby Clash, a Jamba Heart may be seen instead.
• In Kirby Battle Royale, scanning a Meta Knight amiibo will unlock one of Meta Knight's alternative headgear: Galacta Knight's mask and lance.
• In Kirby Star Allies, Galacta Knight is colored blue in the Celebration Picture representing Kirby Super Star Ultra. This is actually accurate to his original artwork from Kirby Super Star Ultra; in it, he has a dark blue body with magenta limbs, unlike his sprite, which uses a darker magenta for his body.
• Galacta Knight was considered for being a Dream Friend in Kirby Star Allies, but the idea was scrapped.
• Despite not being fought in Kirby Star Allies, Galacta Knight’s full battle theme from Kirby's Return to Dream Land is still in the soundtrack.
• In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Galacta Knight's spirit is not only the strongest Kirby series spirit, but the third-strongest spirit in the game. This is likely a reference both to Kirby's heavy influence on the Super Smash Bros. franchise, and Galacta Knight's title of "The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy."
• The dimensional rift created by Parallel Nightmare to summon Galacta Knight is the same as the one created by Hyness in the Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! sub-game of Kirby Star Allies.
• The visual effect for when the dimensional rift closes after Galacta Knight's crystal enters it in Super Kirby Clash is nearly identical to the general one used for Morpho Knight.
• Galacta Knight has a unique quote when he is knocked into his second phase in Super Kirby Clash. Instead of saying, "(boss) is furious!" like the other bosses, it says, "Aeon Hero's power has been unleashed!"
• In Super Kirby Clash, Galacta Knight is the only boss who does not have stars circle around his head when he is stunned by the Team Meteor.
• A post from the official Kirby Twitter introducing Galacta Knight does not depict the appearance of Aeon Hero in Super Kirby Clash. This may be because Aeon Hero was never addressed as Galacta Knight in Super Kirby Clash and its related materials, despite having the exact same appearance.

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During the fight with Galacta Knight's Dark form in Super Kirby Clash, he creates a multitude of spears of the heart and launches them into the foreground in an identical manner to his sword-like projectile background attack from his previous forms. Along with it being revealed that Galacta Knight was a hero in the past, this may imply that he was a member of the four heroes of yore, who sealed away a Jamba Heart that was producing darkness in the ancient times. After defeating Galacta Knight's Dark form in Super Kirby Clash, Bandana Waddle Dee questions if he will return in the distant future, before stating that someone young like Kirby would save the world again. In the 14th post of the Super Kirby Clash Channel, General Director Shinya Kumazaki states that he may return someday in "another world."
End of speculation

Artwork

Kirby Super Star Ultra

Kirby Super Star Ultra

Meta Knight's Galacta Knight palette swap in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Kirby: Planet Robobot (sticker)

Kirby Star Allies (Celebration Picture)

Meta Knight's Galacta Knight palette swap in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Kirby Clash

Concept Artwork

Super Kirby Clash

Super Kirby Clash (Light & Dark forms)

Super Kirby Clash (Light & Dark forms)

Super Kirby Clash (Final designs)

Gallery

Kirby Super Star Ultra

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Kirby: Triple Deluxe (keychain)

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Trophy)

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Star Dream summons Galacta Knight.

Galacta Knight summons lightning.

Galacta Knight fires Sword Beams into the air.

Galacta Knight is encased in crystal after his battle.

Kirby Battle Royale (Headgear)

Kirby Star Allies splash screen

Kirby Star Allies

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (spirit)

Super Kirby Clash

Aeon Hero fires Sword Beams.

Aeon Hero darts at Team Kirby.

Aeon Hero generates four tornadoes.

Aeon Hero's power has been unleashed!

Aeon Hero launches dozens of Sword Beams.

Aeon Hero strikes the area with lightning.

Aeon Hero shoots a beam from his lance.

Aeon Hero soars in from the background.

Aeon Hero spins around inside a tornado.

Aeon Hero is defeated.

Super Kirby Clash (Light)

Aeon Hero (Light) glides at Team Kirby.

Aeon Hero (Light) creates a tornado.

Aeon Hero (Light) creates a pair of tornadoes.

Aeon Hero (Light) flies around inside in tornado.

Aeon Hero (Light) fires Sword Beams.

Aeon Hero (Light) summons lightning strikes.

Aeon Hero (Light) fires a beam from his lance.

Aeon Hero (Light) launches dozens of Sword Beams.

Aeon Hero (Light) cuts open a dimensional rift, firing a laser.

Aeon Hero (Light) is defeated.

Aeon Hero (Light) explodes into feathers.

Super Kirby Clash (Dark)

Aeon Hero (Dark) storms toward Kirby.

Aeon Hero (Dark) uses Sword Spin.

Aeon Hero (Dark) swoops at Team Kirby.

Aeon Hero (Dark) glides from the background.

Aeon Hero (Dark) releases a dark tornado.

Aeon Hero (Dark) flies around in a tornado.

Aeon Hero (Dark) launches four dark tornadoes.

Aeon Hero (Dark) launches Sword Beams.

Aeon Hero (Dark) fires a laser from a dimensional rift.

Aeon Hero (Dark) strikes the stage with lightning.

Aeon Hero (Dark) launches dozens of spears of the heart.

Aeon Hero (Dark) descends as spears of the heart strike the stage.

Defeated, Aeon Hero (Dark) is sealed inside a crystal.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Icons

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Sprites and Models

Kirby Super Star Ultra

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Trophy)

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Kirby Star Allies, Super Kirby Clash, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Super Kirby Clash (Light)

Super Kirby Clash (Dark)