Revenge of Meta Knight
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Revenge of Meta Knight is the fourth sub-game in Kirby Super Star. Having the second-largest story (behind Milky Way Wishes), Revenge of Meta Knight is still arguably the most famous of the nine games in Kirby Super Star. The game is unique in that it is time-oriented - the player has a limited time to gradually damage and destroy the Halberd. This game required the beating of the Dyna Blade game to unlock.
The story of Revenge of Meta Knight is fairly straight-forward. Using the Halberd, Meta Knight intends to take over Dream Land. Kirby attempts to stop this see him attempting to land on the Halberd proper. Kirby's first attempt to land on board sees him thrown off by Heavy Lobster into the Orange Ocean; he returns first on a Warp Star, but is shot down by the Halberd's main cannon. Later, Kirby returns on the back of Dyna Blade, who is shot down by the Heavy Cannon), and rides another Warp Star, apparently using it to destroy the Halberd.
Kirby damages both wings (to 74% damage, according to Meta Knight's co-pilot), destroys the Main Cannon, the Engine Room, Heavy Lobster and defeats Meta Knight in a duel, forcing the Halberd to crash-land. Everyone except Meta Knight and a Waddle Dee in a sailor hat abandon the Halberd - Meta Knight then attempts to prevent Kirby from leaving the ship. By riding a Wheelie, Kirby makes a last leap, getting off the Halberd. The credits roll as Kirby and the Wheelie watch the Halberd crash into Orange Ocean, and then ride away, showing the helpers in the game.
[edit] Unique Features
Revenge of Meta Knight is unique for several reasons. First, it is the only adventure Kirby game to have a strict time limit (other than when Kirby fights Nightmare for the first time in Kirby's Adventure). The standard Kirby Super Star abilities are all in play, with the addition of paint. Paint is a crash-type, one-use power that has the added bonus of blinding Heavy Lobster.
Revenge of Meta Knight is also unique in that, unlike Milky Way Wishes and Dyna Blade, it has no maps. The entire story is linear - akin to Spring Breeze and the Great Cave Offensive - but unlike those two is longer and stage-based. In essence, the game is unique in that it combines the two styles - creating a game that is at once linear and stage-based.
Revenge of Meta Knight is also considerably more difficult to navigate - the entire Halberd is open-air, meaning that Kirby is buffetted by winds. There also is no floor on many levels, meaning that Kirby must float through large tracts of the Halberd. By this, Revenge of Meta Knight is often cited as the most difficult game in the Kirby Super Star game.
