Gourmet Race

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Gourmet Race is a mini-game in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra. It is similar to most other Kirby games, however there are no enemies to fight. The goal is to play as Kirby, go through three courses, and eat more food than Dedede. In the last course, Kirby can use a copy ability from an ability pedestal. Wing or Jet is often chosen, since they offer speedy flight. One can also choose to do a time trial run of one of the 3 courses. The five ability pedestals are, from left to right, Jet, Parasol, Ninja, Wing, and finally, Wheel.

Gourmet Race returned in the remake of Super Star, along with ALL the sub-games that were originally featured. This time Gourmet Race can be played with two players- the second player will be Keeby or Yellow Kirby.

The mini-game is popular for its music, which has spawned several remixed themes in the Smash Bros. Series, and even a YouTube meme (which involved editing a picture of Dr. Robotnik, who is not from the Kirby series, and using one or more sound effects to go along with the music).

A "sequel" to Gourmet Race, Cart Run, appeared in Kirby: Canvas Curse. Cart Run is the same as Gourmet Race, exept Kirby and King Dedede are on carts, and you move Kirby by moving the generator(the blue thing).

By winning a race Kirby gets a bonus of 30 additional points giving a possible 90 if the player wins all of the races

[edit] Levels

• Pumpkin Grand
• Corn Hall
• Onion Garden

[edit] Trivia

• The third part of the song is often used for or is a boss (boss') theme song, most notably King Dedede's. This part of the song is also a remix for the title song of Kirby's Dream Land.
• In this mini-game, Kirby runs faster than usual while his floating and sliding capabilities have dropped severely, giving him a small handicap against his enemy.