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King Dedede demands revenge! Will he finally reign victorious over his age-old nemesis?!
— Revenge of the King • Kirby Super Star Ultra

Revenge of the King is a sub-game in Kirby Super Star Ultra. In this game, King Dedede wants revenge on Kirby for defeating him in Spring Breeze. Its plotline and gameplay are, more or less, the same as Spring Breeze, except the stages are longer, and most regular enemies are replaced by more difficult enemies. All the bosses have been replaced by a harder version of themselves as well. At Castle Dedede, Kirby must fight a series of mid-bosses (all of which were encountered in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land) and must then fight the king himself.

Stages[]

KSSU Purple Plants Illusion Islands Crash Clouds Sky Revenge
Purple Plants Illusion Islands Crash Clouds Mt. Dedede Sky The Revenge

Enemy replacements[]

Many of the enemies in this game have been replaced by stronger and/or faster counterparts who have more stamina. While the replacements are significantly stronger and violent, they have the same overall behavior as the enemies that they replace. Many of the replaced enemies originate from the Extra Game in Kirby's Dream Land. Additionally, many Waddle Dees now wield spears.

Bosses[]

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King Dedede's appearance in Revenge of the King.

All bosses have higher stamina and attack power than their weaker counterparts and also have several new moves.

  • Whispy Woods is replaced by Whispy's Revenge. This tree can drop poisonous, purple apples (which can't be digested and explode when inhaled), larger Capillers, and blows small tornado-like whirlwinds.
  • Lololo & Lalala are replaced by Lololo & Lalala's Revenge. The fight introduces an entirely new row for the duo to move on. Also, Gordos now make much more frequent appearances, both being pushed by the duo as well as appearing on rows on their own.
  • Kracko Jr. is replaced by Kracko Jr.'s Revenge. His attack pattern is more erratic, fast-paced, and much more unpredictable than before.
  • Kracko is replaced by Kracko's Revenge. His star beam now reaches slightly farther than before, his rain tracks in on Kirby, and he shoots additional lightning from the screen's center to all sides.
  • Kabula (a revamped version of Kaboola from Kirby's Dream Land) appears as the boss of Mt. Dedede Sky. She can now shoot bullets, Gordos, and Bullet Bill-like missiles.
  • The bandana-clad Waddle Dee from Megaton Punch also appears as a boss. His only form of attack is to run into Kirby and jump on him, which does very little damage. The easiest way to defeat him is to simply inhale him.
  • King Dedede goes by the alias of "Masked Dedede" in this sub-game. He now dons a metal mask and has an electrified hammer that he calls the brand-new Dedede Hammer (which, when pounded on the ground, creates a surge of electricity that will run through the floor) that is equipped with a missile launcher (the missiles give Kirby the Bomb ability) and a flamethrower. King Dedede also has a new move: he can spin around the arena with his hammer. Like Meta Knight, Masked Dedede offers a Copy Ability before the boss fight: only instead of a sword, the weapon is a hammer. Also, the arena that Masked Dedede is fought in is surrounded by an electric fence, so Kirby must be very careful if he does not want to immediately lose his ability upon contact with the wall.

Mid-bosses[]

Transcript[]

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Related Quotes[]

King Dedede wants revenge! Careful, he's serious this time!
— Game Mode Explanation • Kirby Super Star Ultra

Trivia[]

  • Revenge of the King brings back some of the original elements from Kirby's Dream Land, such as Lololo & Lalala's Revenge having four rows to move in, and map similarities to Kirby's Dream Land, particularly the areas in Illusion Islands and Crash Clouds. It also brings back Kabula, the original boss of Float Islands.
    • As such, it could be considered a remake of Kirby's Dream Land’s Extra Game.
  • Revenge of the King includes references to Revenge of Meta Knight, and can be considered somewhat of a parody of it.
    • The "Revenge of the King" name parallels the "Revenge of Meta Knight" name. Furthermore, the Japanese name of "The Revenge" is called "Revenge of Dedede."
    • The Revenge includes dialogue between King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee, similarly to the Meta-Knights in Revenge of Meta Knight. Some of the dialogue is similar or identical to those said in Revenge of Meta Knight; this is more prominent in Japanese.
    • Two of Bandana Waddle Dee's expressions are identical to Sailor Waddle Dee's, having a unique third expression of him crying.
    • Kirby is offered an ability matching the weapon used by the final boss before fighting it in both sub-games.
    • Masked Dedede's mask may be a reference to the fact that Meta Knight wears a mask. Additionally, both boss fights end with said masks shattering.
    • The credits theme is a take on Dedede's theme in the style of the credits theme from Revenge of Meta Knight. Additionally, both credits sequences take place in a desert at sunset. The credits scene is called "The King and the Sun," paralleling the Revenge of Meta Knight credits scene name, "Friends and Sun."
    • The music inside the castle is "Havoc Aboard the Halberd" instead of Dedede's theme (which instead plays in the intro for Mt. Dedede Sky).
  • Kirby can have a maximum of 11 lives in Revenge of the King:
    • The default three lives
    • One near the end of Purple Plants
    • Two in Illusion Islands (one each in the blocked-off room and the HAL room)
    • Three from Crash Clouds:
      • One at the beginning of the stage
      • One in the penultimate room—in the chasm near the Sword Knight
      • One in the Moon secret area
    • Two in The Revenge: one in the room after Grand Wheelie, and one near the end
  • During the credits, Bandana Waddle Dee can be seen walking close to King Dedede. However, when the camera pans out to view the crowd of Waddle Dees following Dedede, Bandana Dee is seen further away from the King.
  • The cutscene when King Dedede gets knocked out of his castle was reused from Spring Breeze, making this the only sub-game to reuse a cutscene from a past sub-game.

Stage maps[]

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