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The final program has been activated. Its calculated victory probability is 99.9%. However, a small part of Haltmann's soul is yet to be purged, which could throw a wrench in its plans.
— Vs. Star Dream Soul OS (Phase 1) • Kirby: Planet Robobot

Star Dream Soul OS is a final boss in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby: Planet Robobot. It is an advanced form of the Mother Computer Star Dream.

Physical Appearance[]

In its first phase, Star Dream Soul OS resembles its regular form in terms of body form: cylinder-shaped with a screw-like head. The biggest differences between OS and the original is the enormous, unhealed scar in its hull, inflicted by Galacta Knight and giving it a vaguely zombified appearance alongside its color scheme, which is now mainly black, red, and beige. The machine's eye is now red and the pink lights coursing down the body now gradually vary from pink to golden. The shards on the wings are now silver. Like its regular form, it is adorned with a heart symbol that has a crack down the middle.

In its second phase, Star Dream Soul OS is again very similar to its regular form. The pedestal linking the Mother Computer and the Access Ark mothership is gold, but there is very little difference otherwise. As the machine takes damage, however, it becomes clear that the faceplate of the machine planet is very different, with the color scheme identical to that of the original Galactic Nova.

In the fourth and final phase, Kirby is drawn into the very core of Access Ark, where he faces the heart of Star Dream Soul OS. The battle takes place in a dark circular chamber resembling the Access Ark's office and President Haltmann's battle arena, with a mechanical heart in the center, similar to Galactic Nova Nucleus. In the first half of the battle, the circular battlefield is filled with energized pillars. In the second half, the heart has gone into battle itself, leaving the center of the chamber empty.

Games[]

Kirby: Planet Robobot[]

Story[]

KPR Star Dream Slashed

Galacta Knight slashes Star Dream.

During Meta Knightmare Returns, Star Dream is seen in the background when fighting President Haltmann 2.0 in the Meta Knightmare Returns sub-game. When the president is defeated, the Mother Computer believes Meta Knight to be a new administrator and provides him with three tests of strength; when he defeats Dark Matter Clone and Sectonia Clone, the computer activates the Space-Time Transport program. This summons Galacta Knight, who promptly delivers an enormous slash to the machine, causing it to explode and sink below its platform. The seemingly fatal damage incurred by Galacta Knight causes a "final program" to be activated within the machine, eventually transforming it into Star Dream Soul OS to survive the otherwise lethal blow.

Star Dream Soul OS is first seen at the end of The True Arena. The computer once again attempts to destroy all life in the universe as it does in Story Mode; however, it has already consumed most of Haltmann's soul and, as implied by Star Dream (Phase 2)'s description from Story Mode, has forgotten its original purpose to bring eternal prosperity to the Haltmann Works Company by doing so. Late in the battle, Star Dream completely consumes Haltmann's soul, reducing the computer to a "cold, mindless machine" completely devoid of its Haltmann-derived sentience and bent only on mindless destruction.

Battle[]

Most of the battle against Star Dream Soul OS takes place in outer space, just outside of Planet Popstar's atmosphere. Kirby's Robobot Armor downloaded the Halberd's Scan Spec yet again, granting it Halberd Mode one last time. In addition to shooting small blasts with the Combo Cannon, Kirby can shoot apart a number of the computer's attacks, absorb the debris, and return fire in the form of stars. For the last portion of the fight, Kirby is swallowed into Access Ark's core, landing briefly unconscious. He awakens later as the inside of the ship flares to life. The 3D ring lights up, revealing Kirby's surroundings and the heart in the middle. Kirby will be left using whatever Copy Ability he may have to finish Star Dream Soul OS once and for all.

First phase[]

Star Dream Soul OS's attacks are largely similar to those of its normal mode counterpart, including launching missiles, suits of Invader Armor, and spiked hearts, and by opening holes in space that fire lasers (now larger and red rather than the purple of Star Dream's); the most conspicuous difference is that the malevolent machine now moves primarily by teleporting, an ability Star Dream's original form glaringly lacks. Star Dream teleports frequently and occasionally rushes at Kirby's ship, swinging around for a second strike when it does (in contrast to the original). When nearly half of its health is depleted, Star Dream Soul OS opens a portal that releases giant meteoroids, fires giant purple lasers, and creates a crystalline shield for itself. The shield can be destroyed by gunning down two heart-shaped objects holding it in place; Star Dream will flinch when one is destroyed, but will not take damage. While shielded, Star Dream Soul OS summons waves of four yellow-orange Code Cubes, even bigger than the original, at Kirby's vessel and tries to ram it.

When its health bar is fully depleted, Star Dream Soul OS will fall just like its original form, and behind the scenes, will latch onto the Access Ark to bring it to battle.

Second phase[]
"Why did I reactivate such a terrible machine? Oh, I remember--I wanted to see her just one last time. How foolish! I should have known that no machine could make such a dream come true."
— VS Star Dream Soul OS (Phase 2, 3, and 4 (First Half)) • Kirby: Planet Robobot

The second phase begins with the newly born planet opening its entrance, and attempting to suck the Halberd in—if Kirby gets pulled in, he gets struck with rapid lightning bolts, taking massive damage, and spat back out. The computer also inhales and spits out meteoroids, and opens black holes that fire laser-like waves that target the Halberd non-stop during firing in new patterns. If the player takes too long to take out the first piece of the Access Ark, similar to its first phase, it will spin and attempt to ram Kirby.

As the player damages Star Dream Soul OS, pieces of the Access Ark break off and sail toward Kirby. As more pieces of the Access Ark break off, Star Dream Soul OS starts using new and old attacks. Just like the original Star Dream, it fires lettered shields every 25% damage done, this time in reversed order (With H coming first, followed by A and finally L, a reference to HAL Laboratory). Also, the new attack sequence is the same for the 25-50% damage component but its reversed for the other two (50-100%). At 50% health remaining, the final original attack pattern takes effect, except that it swings four times instead of two. Once its health reaches 25%, it then detaches all its legs at once, causing them to sail past Kirby in two pairs. It final phase also dispenses Gigavolt II units and projects laser blasts, that forms in a vertical formation this time.

Third phase[]

When the front of the Access Ark has completely broken off, the inner layer is revealed: A massive, yellow Galactic Nova opens its eyes, emits a cat-like scream, and turns the space around it into a crystalline vortex. The machine kicks off the battle by firing giant purple energy lasers from its eyes and then spinning to sweep them across the screen. The machine proceeds to start the same countdown, however the number fields are harder to dodge compared to the original. The first three are launched much faster than before; the 2s spin clockwise abruptly to throw the player(and obviously the Halberd) off; and the 1 thrusts at Kirby, then retracts to rotate, thrusts again, and repeats the process several more times. After all of those, Star Dream Soul OS releases the messages, "GO!!" and "FATAL ERROR." If the player lets Star Dream Soul OS get this far, Kirby is bombarded by red walls for several seconds, which is very likely to defeat him outright unless he has full health and/or uses the dodge roll with extremely precise timing to minimize the impact. The countdown will reset to 5 should Kirby survive this attack, and the Halberd will deal more damage afterwards.

After countdown attacks, Star Dream Soul OS disappears and releases pieces of Galactic Nova to fight for it. These include (in order) two arrow-shooting weather vanes instead of one; three lightbulbs that fire strong electrical beams as opposed to two; seven piano keys that swirl around the screen; a pocket watch with teeth that tries to bite Kirby's vessel along with a spyglass that fires light beams; and a drafting compass that launches rings while spinning erratically.

Final phase[]
All of Haltmann's memories have been deleted from the OS. Even his soul--the last trace of Haltmann--has vanished. Star Dream has gone from a near-perfect being to a cold, mindless machine.
— VS Star Dream Soul OS (Phase 4 (Second Half)) • Kirby: Planet Robobot

After Kirby depletes Star Dream Soul OS's third health bar, Star Dream Soul OS shoots down the Halberd. Meta Knight unleashes the Robobot Armor so that Kirby can finish off the machine, but this time Star Dream Soul OS inhales Kirby, sucking him out of his Robobot Armor and into its interior instead.

Kirby lands inside a large, dark area. The lights come on, revealing that Kirby is inside Star Dream Soul OS's core, an area fashioned after Galactic Nova Nucleus complete with an eerie remix of its theme. Pillars appear on the floor and ceiling with core(s) of different sizes and colors suspended between them and circle around the 3D ring while the heart, situated in the center, occasionally spawns enemies. The pillars containing said objects are usually electrified, so Kirby will take damage if he touches them. The pillars also run into each other, sandwiching Kirby if he's caught in between.

When Kirby finishes breaking the objects, the heart - now completely devoid of both its sentience, sanity and almost any lingering trace of Haltmann - roars and engages Kirby itself. The now "heartless" heart fires two pink energy lasers that sweeps the arena and create massive shock waves in their wake; shoots out Patas, Dacoogas, and Volms as explosive projectiles; and teleports in a circle around the room before warping above Kirby and firing two rounds of cutter blades, teleporting again if its health is low. As the heart's health drops, it also splits in half and dashes across the stage, creating stars and a massive explosion when its halves collide.

When Kirby completely depletes its health bar, the heart warps to the middle of the screen, pulses 12 times, and then releases red shock waves in its final three pulses as a final effort to defeat Kirby. The first shock wave covers either the top or bottom of the screen depending on Kirby's positioning; the second shock wave covers the middle of the screen; the final shock wave consists of two energy waves that cover both the top and the bottom of the screen. These shock waves deplete around 7/8 of Kirby's health and slam him into the screen; they cannot be blocked by defensive moves (such as the Leaf ability's Leaf Hide). However, it is still possible to avoid damage by performing a dodge, an air dodge, using ESP's Vanish move, or simply by standing under the first two waves and then floating in-between the final wave components. If Kirby survives, the heart utters one last Haltmann-esque groan and shatters into half before crumbling, shutting both Star Dream and the Access Ark down for good.

Music[]

Name Music Track
"Vs. Star Dream"
"Intermezzo Without a Leader"
"Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection"
"Soul 0 System/Vagrant Keepsake of Oblivion"

Related Quotes[]

The final program has been activated. Its calculated victory probability is 99.99%. However, a small part of Haltmann's soul has yet to be purged, which could throw a wrench in its plans.
— vs Star Dream Soul OS (Phase 1; British English version) • Kirby: Planet Robobot
All of Haltmann's memories have been deleted from the Mother Computer. Even his soul - the last trace of Haltmann - is gone. Star Dream has gone from a near perfect being to a cold, mindless machine.
— vs Star Dream Soul OS (Phase 4; second half; British English version) • Kirby: Planet Robobot

In Other Languages[]

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology and notes
Japan 星の夢.Soul OS Translates to Star Dream.Soul OS.
Republic of Korea 별의 꿈.Soul OS Translates to Star's Dream.Soul OS.
Federal Republic of Germany Sternengeist OS Translates to Star Spirit OS.
French Republic
(General)
Idole des étoiles.exe Translates to Idol of the stars.exe.
Italian Republic Sogno Stellare.exe Translates to Stellar Dream.exe.
Kingdom of Spain
(General)
Sueño Estelar.exe Translates to Stellar Dream.exe.

Trivia[]

  • With a total of four health bars, Star Dream Soul OS, as well as Star Dream beforehand have the most health bars out of any boss in Kirby: Planet Robobot, and the most health bars out of every final boss in the Kirby main series thus far, tied only with Void Termina from Kirby Star Allies.
  • Both Star Dream Soul OS and Star Dream make frequent use of heart shapes, even sporting a heart logo (with a crack down the middle) on its hull. This symbolizes President Haltmann's love for his daughter and grief that she was lost.
  • Like Star Dream, the battle against Star Dream Soul OS's first three forms appears to pay homage to the battle against Gorgon in Star Fox 64. Star Dream Soul OS releases missiles and fires a giant laser into the center of the screen. When the Halberd Mode spins, lasers that hit it bounce off with a metallic sound, like an Arwing deflecting lasers with a Barrel Roll. Star Dream Soul OS's second and third forms teleport with an effect similar to that of Gorgon.
    • The attack in which Star Dream Soul OS attempts to inhale Kirby, then spits multiple meteors at him, appears to pay homage to the battle against Andross in Star Fox 64 and Star Fox Adventures.
  • Whenever a pillar inside Star Dream Soul OS is destroyed, President Haltmann's voice can be heard crying out in pain. After destroying the final pillar, the Pause Screen states that Haltmann was fully erased from Star Dream. It is implied that the pillars contained what was left of Haltmann, and Kirby was actually the one to destroy what was left of him.
    • When the heart is finally shattered, a slower, lower pitched version of the same voice clip is played, seemingly implying that Haltmann's soul perished with his creation. The pause menu for this last phase states that Haltmann's soul has already been completely consumed by Star Dream before this point, so it is not completely clear how Star Dream/Haltmann emits this noise. Star Dream could simply be using Haltmann's voice.
    • This same death may be a reference to Marx Soul's demise, splitting in half, screaming in pain, and exploding.
  • The molten meteoroids Star Dream Soul OS releases from a portal are a reuse of the molten boulders seen in Pyribbit's boss fight.
  • The core of Star Dream Soul OS is fought in the CEO's office of the Access Ark. Susie describes Haltmann's office as "the heart of the company." Considering Star Dream Soul OS core's location and Susie's statement, it could be assumed she meant it literally.
  • The three red shock waves the final phase blasts out when defeated is the most powerful attack (that does not instantly KO Kirby) a boss can use in Kirby: Planet Robobot, and the second most powerful in a main series game, only behind Sillydillo and Phantom Sillydillo's cage ground slam, which instantly KOs Kirby.
    • In addition, this also makes Star Dream Soul OS the only boss in the entire series to use a last-resort attack.
  • At the start of the first phase, Star Dream Soul OS appears to bleed just before the player gains control of the Halberd. This makes Star Dream Soul OS the fifth boss in the Kirby series to "bleed," preceded by Zero, 0², Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight.
    • Star Dream is a machine rather than an organic life form, so it is possible that the "blood" is actually oil rather than organic blood.
  • The cry that Star Dream Soul OS (and, by proxy, the original Star Dream) makes at the beginning of its third form includes audio of director Shinya Kumazaki's pet cat, Tom, meowing. The sounds produced by the weathervanes in the battle against the third form include audio of real chickens. One member of the sound team keeps chickens at home and recorded them for the game.[1]
  • During the second half of the final phase, Star Dream Soul OS's heart will slowly rotate to face Kirby, if it is in the middle.
  • During Star Dream Soul OS's first phase, it will occasionally flip sideways or upside down after teleporting, presumably to make it a more difficult target. Star Dream does not do this during the Story Mode of Kirby: Planet Robobot.
  • Star Dream Soul OS is the first Soul boss that is not undead, as it is actually the result of the supercomputer undergoing a "final program".
    • However, since Star Dream had seemingly "absorbed" Haltmann's soul (as suggested by Star Dream Soul OS' battle description), it could be considered that Star Dream was in a sense "living", until Haltmann's soul was erased from Star Dream, philosophically making Star Dream undead.
  • It's possible that "Soul OS" is meant to sound like "soulless", if "OS" is pronounced as a word instead of an acronym. This coincides with the battle description of Star Dream Soul OS that says "Haltmann's soul has been completely erased from the OS". It could also refer to the fact that Star Dream does not have a soul of it's own, being a machine.
    • OS is also an acronym for Operating System.

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