Kirby: Planet Robobot

KIRBY: PLANET ROBOBOT

And now, for at least my most enjoyable viewing experience in this series so far, we have Planet Robobot, also for the 3DS, which took the original basic premise and turned the developers' creativity up to eleven. The story is basically a cutesy Borg invasion, where the Haltmann Works Company arrives on Planet Pop Star and starts mechanizing everything.

Kirby is our main character again, as always, and brings with him all of his basic moves. His new copy abilities include Doctor, which lets him toss pills, concoct a potion that causes a fire, ice, lightning, or heal effect, save those potions, spray medicine, spin with bandages, and smack with his clipboard; ESP, which lets him teleport, create a psychic shield, and . . . basically, use PK Thunder; and Poison, which lets him spit poison, spew poison, and create a cloud of smog. These join Archer, Beam, Bomb, Circus, Crash, Cutter, Fighter, Fire, Hammer, Ice, Jet (which now gives him a jetpack), Leaf, Mike, Mirror (now with copies he can shoot out), Ninja, Parasol, Sleep, Smash Bros, Spark, Stone, Sword, UFO (now with more varied beams and a tractor beam from the bottom), Wheel, and Whip. He also gains the Robobot Armor, a giant mech which will gain its own Copy Ability transformations from Beam, Bomb, Cutter, ESP, Fire, Ice, Jet, Mike, Parasol, Spark, Stone, Sword, and Wheel, as well as the Halberd at the end.

Meta Knight plays a major supporting role, attacking Haltmann Works early on and sadly suffering the Picard treatment, becoming a brainwashed drone for them. As Mecha Knight, he wields a laser sword, flies on a jetpack, fires lasers and missiles, and has a big red scorpion tail in his second battle. King Dedede briefly cameos, and Bandana Waddle Dee again tosses out items for Kirby. Galacta Knight also returns in a secret battle for Meta Knight, playing mostly the same but bringing with him the ability to open dimensional rifts.

The main villains of Haltmann Works are Susie, the secretary, and President Haltmann. Susie fights you in a mech suit of her own, spinning its arms, attacking with drills, and summoning drones. Haltmann likewise has a mech, with drones, Susie-drones, money he tosses at the screen, leaps into the air, rubies that he fires, Yesmen, and his own spins. After he is defeated, his mind is overwhelmed by his computer, becoming part of the final boss, Star Dream, which shoots lasers and missiles, projects force fields, sucks you in, and summons giant cubes.

The bosses include Gigavolt, a giant robot that attacks by slamming its giant arms; Clanky Woods, a mechanical Whispy Woods who can shoot missiles, drop chunks of its fake canopy, attack with drills, and leap into the air; COGS, a giant wall of lasers and defense systems; Holo Defense API, another defense system similar to Pix; Core Kabula, a blimp with a rocket launcher; and a trio of King Dedede clones that pilot a cannon called D3.

Our mini-bosses include Blocky, Bonkers, Dubior, Kibble Blade, King Doo, Invader Armors (where Kirby gets his Robobot Armor), Miasmoros (a poison Galboros), Security Force (basically Metal General again), and Telepathos (a psychic being that attacks with electric orbs and teleportation). Our returning non-copy enemies include Barbar, Kabu, Blipper, Bronto Burt, Broom Hatter, Cappy, Chip, Como, Craby, Degout, Gabon, Glunk, Gordo, Grandy, Grizzo, Key Dee, Mamatee, Mumbies, Pacto, Propeller, Scarfy, Shelt, Soarar, Squishy, Waddle Dee (with walkers), and Walf, joining newcomers Chippurus, Covered Looker, Grand Propeller, Labotory, and Metal Acro.

The stages include the basic Patched Plains, the cityscape Resolution Road, the beach Overload Ocean, the desert Gigabyte Grounds, the nighttime city Rhythm Route, and Haltmann headquarters Access Ark, as well as "Mind in the Program," where you fight Star Dream.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters: 

Kirby: float, inhale, stars, copy abilities, Hypernova

Shadow Kirby

Robobot Armor: Beam, Bomb, Cutter, ESP, Fire, Ice, Jet, Mike, Parasol, Spark, Stone, Sword, Wheel, Halberd

King Dedede: float, inhale, hammer, body slam, charge hammer, spinning hammer, throw hammer

Masked Dedede: giant axe, spin, energy orbs, fire, missiles, shockwave, explosion

Meta Knight: sword, whirlwind, electric field, fire blast, slash, thrust, spin attack, sword beam, Shuttle Loop

Mecha Knight: laser sword, jetpack, lasers, missiles, scorpion tail

Bandana Waddle Dee: directional thrusts, multi-stab attack, helicopter spin, throw spear, items

Dark Meta Knight: sword, energy waves, tornado, spin, stab, thrust, slash, tornado, beams, mirror swords, copies

Galacta Knight: lance, shield, energy swords, dimensional rifts

Daroach: teleport, drop bombs, ice beam, Triple Star Cane, Dark Daroach

Squeak Squad: Spinni, claws, ninja stars, Storo, body slam, hammer, Doc, UFO, lasers, drop bombs, Squeakers

Magolor: ship, energy orbs, boomerang wings, energy spheres, Sphere Doomers, black holes, star shield, Grand Crown

Landia: four smaller dragons, fireballs, electrical currents, windstorms, fly

Taranza: toss energy orbs, magic, fly, webs

Queen Sectonia: energy orbs, fly, rapier, lightning, illusions, teleport, Antlers, Flowered Sectonia

Susie: mech suit, spinning arms, drills, drones

President Haltmann: mech, drones, Susie-drones, money, leap, rubies, Yesmen, spin

Star Dream: lasers, missiles, force fields, suction, giant cube

Dark Mind: teleport, star bullets, mirrors, disco ball, giant eye, lasers, enemies

Dark Nebula: fire, ice, and electric form, gigantic fireball, freezing beam, freeze on contact, four bolts, electrify stage borders

King Golem: rocks, enemies

Moley: burrow, throw things

Kracko/Mecha-Kracko: lightning, rain, laser beams, enemies, spikes

Mega Titan: fists, head, missiles

Gobbler: charge, smaller sharks

Wiz: hat

Master Hand and Crazy Hand: Smash guest stars

Mrs. Moley: dig, throw things, body slam

Yadogaine,: dig up rocks, mouth laser

Bohboh, fireballs, grab with talons

Whispy Woods: blow, fruit, inhale, chew

Mr. Dooter: skulls and snakes, spin

Fatty Puffer: roll, spit water, inflate

Goriath: punch, ice, cling to walls, energy waves

Grand Doomer/Sphere Doomers: energy spheres, dimensional rift, armor, lightning, projectiles, rolling, charging

Metal General/Security Force: sword, bombs, missiles, HR-D3, homing rockets, shoot lasers, spin arms

Flowery Woods: pollen, gusts of air, roots, jumping, spinning blade flowers

Paintra: energy orbs, painting the screen, brush, spinning to toss paint, fire paint, draw, giant canvas

Coily Rattler: flaming rock, tail, leap, wrap, roll, projectile segments, bite

Pyribbit: spit fire, tongue, toss boulders, leap, waves of lava, eruption, lava

Gigavolt: giant arms

Clanky Woods: shoot missiles, fake canopy, drills, leap

COGS

Holo Defense API

Core Kabula

King Dedede clones: D3

Batafire: fly, spit fireballs

Bombar: missiles, bombs

Bonkers: hammer, leap, coconut, flying hammer spin

Box Boxer: punch, toss, energy blasts

Boxy: smaller presents

Mr. Frosty: ice cubes

Phan Phan: roll, toss, toss apples

Big Metalun, roll

Buboo: bubbles

Gao Gao: spin with claws, spin into air, drill

Tedhaun: mini-versions, grab

Dubior: fire sparks, energy shield, little minions

Gigant Edge: shield, sword charge

Kibble Blade

King Doo

Moundo: rolls around, crash from above

Water Galboros

Flame Galboros

Miasmoros

Grand Wheelie

Hornhead: charge

Invader Armor: Robobot echo?

Telepathos: electric orbs, teleportation

Waddle Dee: gold form, swing, axe, armor, puppet, walkers

Copy Abilities:

Animal: claws, dig

Archer: arrows

Backdrop/Suplex (Bugzzy): suplex

Ball: bouncy ball

Beam (Waddle Doo): sparkly whip, projectile blast, Flare Beam

Beetle: fly, charge, grab

Bell: sonic attack, throw bell

Bomb (Poppy Bros): bombs, fireworks, dynamite, snowman bomb, Gordo, three missiles, lightbulb, exploding shurikens, ice bomb, thunder bomb

Bubble: capture enemies

Circus: juggle, hoops, acrobatics, ball, balloon animals

Clean: sweep, dust, feather duster, Coo feather duster, plunger, magic broom, dishrag, water bucket

Cook: pot, suction

Copy (Tac): scan, copy

Crash: explode

Cupid: wings, arrows

Cutter (Sir Kibble): boomerang blade, Kirby, three darts, laser, axe, crescent beam, boomerang, flaming sword, animal buddy statues, ice skate, bear trap, exploding shurikens, giant boomerang

Doctor: pills, potions (fire, ice, electric, heal), medicine spray, bandages, clipboard

ESP: teleport, psychic shield, PK Thunder

Fighter (Knuckle Joe): martial arts moves, energy blast

Fire/Fireball/Burning/Burn (Burnin' Leo): fire breath, meteor, fireball, hot-air balloon, pillar of fire, giant fireball, giant winged fireball, volcanic rock, melting ice, fiery arrow, fireworks, tinder sheet, flaming sword, Monster Flame

Ghost: possess enemies

Hammer (Bonkers): swing, pound, Grand Hammer

Hi-Jump: jump

Ice/Freeze (Chilly): cone of frost, snowman, icy breath, freeze, throw snowballs, propel upward, snow machine, melting ice, curling, giant snowball, giant snowflake, snowman bomb, refrigerator, ice skates, icy shield, Snow Bowl

Jet (Capsule J): fly forward, jetpack

Laser: laser beam

Leaf: throw leaves, pile of leaves

Light: light up dark rooms

Magic: roulette wheel, doves, cards, jack-in-the-box

Metal: metal coating, roll, ground pound

Mike: sonic attack

Mini: shrink

Mirror (Simirror): toss reflections, reflect attack, copies

Missile: missile

Needle: spikes, quills, spiky Kirby, shoot needles, shoot spike forward, dart, fiery arrow, drill, snowflake, lots of pointy things, Gordo, lightning rod, bear trap, shoot needles

Ninja (Bio Spark): katana, shuriken, ninja abilities

Paint: splatter paint

Parasol (Parasol Waddle Dee): float, attack, defend, bounce ball, spin attack, ride inside, pogo stick, golf club

Plasma (Plasma Wisp): electric blast, static (combine with Spark?)

Poison: spit poison, spew poison, smog cloud

Sleep: sleep

Smash: Super Smash Bros. moveset

Spark: electric field, Beam, lightning, lightbulb, laser, ball of static, remote control drone, tinder sheet, electric rock, refrigerator, lightning rod, lightbulb, force field, lightsaber, toss field

Spear: thrust, toss

Stone (Rocky): heavy block, boulder, sink, divebomb, club, hammer, catapult, volcanic rock, rock skin, giant stone Kirby, curling, drill, dynamite, electric rock, animal buddy statues, stone fist

Sword (Blade Knight): sword, spinning midair strike, Master (Meta Knight's abilities), beam attack, fire sword, ice sword, thunder sword, Ultra Sword

Throw: throw things

Tornado: spin, float

UFO: fly, shoot projectiles, various beams, tractor beam

Water: spit water, surf

Wheel (Wheelie): roll really fast

Whip: strike, grab

Wing (Birdon): fly, divebomb, shoot feathers

Yo-Yo (Gim): yo-yo attacks

Stages: 

Rainbow Route

Moonlight Mansion

Cabbage Cavern

Mustard Mountain

Carrot Castle

Olive Ocean

Peppermint Palace

Radish Ruins

Candy Constellation

Dimension Mirror

Prism Plains

Nature Notch

Cushy Cloud

Jam Jungle

Vocal Volcano

Ice Island

Secret Sea

Gamble Galaxy

Cookie Country

Raisin Ruins

Onion Ocean

White Wafers

Nutty Noon

Egg Engines

Dangerous Dinner

Another Dimension

Lor Starcutter

Fine Fields

Lollipop Land

Old Odyssey

Wild World

Endless Explosions

Royal Road

Eternal Dreamland

Dreamstalk

Patched Plains

Resolution Road

Overload Ocean

Gigabyte Grounds

Rhythm Route

Access Ark

Mind in the Program

Items:

1-Up

Area Map

Battery

Candy

Energy Drink

Food

Maxim Tomato

Note

Sound

Sound Player

Spray Paint

Vitality

World Map

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