History VideoGame / KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Dark Mind, who has seized the Mirror World for his own (presumably) dark machinations.]]

** The fight against ? ? ?([[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight]]) also qualifies, he attacks similarly to the Meta Knight boss battles in previous ''Kirby'' installments. [[spoiler:It wasn't long before you battle against him again in the Dimension Mirror.]]

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The Dimension Mirror, which is only accessable if you collect all 9 mirror shards. It consists of a rematch against [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight]] and [[TheManBehindTheMan the true mastermind]] behind the corruption of the Mirror World...[[spoiler:Dark Mind.]]

* AlternateUniverse: The Mirror World is an alternate universe into which Kirby and co. must venture to defeat Dark Mind.

* GreenHillZone: Area 1, Rainbow Route. Also contains the HubLevel.

* PaletteSwap: The three other Kirbys, as well as [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight]] and Shadow Kirby [[spoiler:(Just because he has a gray skin color doesn't mean he's actually evil, see also ''Dark Is Not Evil'' above.)]].

* BadassInDistress: Meta Knight goes off to stop Dark Mind, but as he enters the Amazing Mirror, Dark Meta Knight shatters the mirror from the hub level side and seals Meta Knight in the Dimension Mirror.

* PaletteSwap: The three other Kirbys, as well as [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight]] and Shadow Kirby.

* SceneryPorn : [[http://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/kirbyandtheamazingmirror/sheet/40118/ And how!]]

The story begins with the Mirror World being taken over by Dark Mind, and Meta Knight going in to try and stop it. Meanwhile, as Kirby is walking he is attacked by a dark copy of Meta Knight from the Mirror World and split into four Kirbys of different colors. The four board a warp star and chase Dark Meta Knight into the Mirror World.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Compare the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg/250px-Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg American boxart]] to the Japanese version (see above).

* BadassInDistress: Meta Knight goes off to stop Dark Mind, but as he enters the Amazing Mirror, Dark Meta Knight shatters the Mirror from the hub level side and seals Meta Knight in Dark Mind's dimension.
* BigBad: Dark Mind, who has seized the Mirror World for his own (presumably) dark machinations.

* BigFancyCastle: Area 5, Carrot Castle (it's literally made [[LevelAte from blocks of carrot]])

* DarkIsEvil: Dark Meta Knight, who splits Kirby into four [[spoiler:and is both a level boss and the penultimate boss right before the final battle,]] and Dark Mind, the BigBad.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: Shadow Kirby. Though you can attack him for a bonus item in some stages, he is generally not a threat and even helps out at some points in the game.]]
* DeathMountain: Area 4, Mustard Moutain.

* DuelBoss: Only the very final phase of Dark Mind, as in every other boss fight you can have the rest of the Kirbys backing you up.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Subverted with [[spoiler: Dark Meta Knight. The first time you fight him, he's masquerading as Meta Knight, and [[MythologyGag the fact that he doesn't]] [[DuelBoss throw you a sword]] [[ChekhovsGun is your first hint at his true identity.]]]]
* LevelAte: Carrot Castle.

* MythologyGag: The ending scene is nearly identical to the ending of [[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Kirby's Adventure]].

* PaletteSwap: The three other Kirbys, as well as Dark Meta Knight and Shadow Kirby.

* SequentialBoss: Dark Mind has quite a few short phases in his first form, broken up by small levels; then a second form that's very similar to 0; then an UnexpectedSHMUPLevel where you chase him to finish him off; then when you finally kill him you're allowed to keep pummeling him during the credits.
* SceneryPorn : [[http://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/kirbyandtheamazingmirror/sheet/40118/ And how !]] All levels have several colourful pixel art landscape backgrounds.

** Dark Mind's first form is very similar to Nightmare, and its second form is a [[IncendiaryExponent fiery version of]] [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 0]].
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Area 7, Peppermint Palace

* UnexpectedSHMUPLevel: Dark Mind's final phase.
* WarmupBoss: King Golem fills this role as an {{Expy}} of Whispy Woods.
** King Golem is actually ''weaker'' than Whispy, since this was the first game since ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' to use a draining meter instead of blips, he has roughly 25% health than Whispy usually does.

* DubNameChange: The most amount out of any game in the series thus far (and arguably since), due to all the observable names of enemies that got muddled in translation (such as "[[JapaneseRanguage Mr. Flosty]]" from Mr. Frosty and "[[ComicalTranslation Leap]]" from Lip), as well as the mini-game "[[MeaningfulName Gigaton Punch]]" to "Crackity Hack", among other examples. Needless to say, this was a point of controversy in the fandom, and Nintendo would go on to say their localization was [[FanDisservice based on the perceived market of the age demographic]].
** Even abilities weren't safe, with a grand total of three renamed (the most out of any game). Minimum had a minor change to Mini and [=SmaBro=] had a reasonable alteration to Smash, but most notably Angel was altered to [[{{Bowdlerise}} Cupid]]. This is despite the fact that Cupid is a specific mythological figure than a general one, arguably making the change [[TranslationTrainWreck MORE]] religious (which was clearly unintentional). This was [[CutAndPasteTranslation retained]] in ''Squeak Squad'', but was [[ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation reverted]] in the ability's cameo in ''Triple Deluxe''.

* VideogameSettings:
** GreenHillZone / HubLevel: Rainbow Route
** BigBoosHaunt: Moonlight Mansion
** UndergroundLevel: Cabbage Cavern
** DeathMountain / LethalLavaLand: Mustard Mountain
** BigFancyCastle / LevelAte: Carrot Castle
** PalmtreePanic / UnderTheSea: Olive Ocean
** SlippySlideyIceWorld: Peppermint Palace
** RuinsForRuinsSake: Radish Ruins
** SpaceZone: Candy Constellation

* BigBoosHaunt: Area 2, Moonlight Mansion.

* BigFancyCastle: Area 5, Carrot Castle (it's literally made [[LevelAte from blocks of carrot]])

* DeathMountain: Area 4, Mustard Moutain.

* GreenHillZone: Area 1, Rainbow Route. Also contains the HubLevel.

* RuinsForRuinsSake: Area 8, Radish Ruins.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Area 7, Peppermint Palace
* SpaceZone: Area 9, Candy Constellation.

* UndergroundLevel: Area 3, Cabbage Cavern.
* UnderTheSea: Area 6, Olive Ocean.

* [[AllTheWorldsAreAStage All The Worlds Are A Battlefield]]: [[spoiler:The Dark Mind (first form) battlefields borrow from several levels, namely [[SpaceZone Candy Constellation]], [[TempleOfDoom Radish Ruins]], [[UndergroundLevel Cabbage Cavern]], and [[SlippySlideyIceWorld Peppermint Palace]].]]

* VideogameSettings:
** GreenHillZone: Area 1, Rainbow Route. Also contains the HubLevel.
** BigBoosHaunt: Area 2, Moonlight Mansion.
** UndergroundLevel: Area 3, Cabbage Cavern.
** DeathMountain: Area 4, Mustard Moutain.
** BigFancyCastle: Area 5, Carrot Castle (it's literally made [[LevelAte from blocks of carrot]])
** UnderTheSea: Area 6, Olive Ocean.
** SlippySlideyIceWorld: Area 7, Peppermint Palace
** RuinsForRuinsSake: Area 8, Radish Ruins.
** SpaceZone: Area 9, Candy Constellation.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes, summoning your Kirby friends can be more of a hindrance than a help, as they can push you around or get in the way of your path, as well as potentially attacking or provoking enemies that you didn't want to bother yet.

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Smash ability; it's rare because the rare encounters with [[GiantHandsOfDoom Master Hand]], except for two where he's joined by Crazy Hand, or if you [[EasterEgg swallow two Noddys and let the selection stop itself]] are the only opportunities to obtain the ability until the copy ability room is unlocked (which requires all doors connecting to the hub or doors connecting to such rooms to be unlocked, thus this method is only available late in the game without SequenceBreaking) since no plain mooks grant it, but as the ''SuperSmashBros'' moveset for Kirby it mimics has moves taken from the Stone and Hammer abilities, it's useful for both breaking silver blocks requiring certain abilities (and unlike other moves, regardless of angle needed to break the blocks) and pounding in wooden stakes, though another ability would be needed to light fuses. That, and, it's [[RuleOfCool cool]].

* ShoutOut: Master Hand appears as a miniboss in several places, and in combination with Crazy Hand is the boss of Candy Constellation. Additionally, one of Kirby's abilities in this game is the Smash ability, which gives Kirby his ''SuperSmashBros'' moveset (except for the standard special, which mimics his neutral-A), and is acquired by eating Master Hand.

* BoringButPractical : Kirby's tackle and air burst allow you to deal letal damage to A LOT OF enemies, are almost always available regardless of power and present a quick way to destroy blocks next to or under you.

* ArtificialStupidity: Red, Yellow, and Green Kirby. At least ONE of them is smarter than the other two!

* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only Franchise/{{Kirby}} game to be a full {{Metroidvania}} instead of a straightforward PlatformGame the series' main games are known for (it's somewhat of a SpiritualSuccessor to ''The Great Cave Offensive'' from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' in that regard). It's also the ''only'' game in the entire series where [[AntiVillain King Dedede]] does not make an appearance.

''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' is one of the ten GameBoyAdvance games to be available to participants in the Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, released exclusively to 3DS early adopters for free on the [[=eShop=]] in December 2011. In April 2014, the game was brought to WiiU's Virtual Console. (Like all Virtual Console games in the US, the multiplayer mode is inaccessible in these releases.)

* DubNameChange: The most amount out of any game in the series thus far (and arguably since), due to all the observable names of enemies that got muddled in translation (such as "[[JapaneseRanguage Mr. Flosty]]" from Mr. Frosty and "[[ComicalTranslation Leap]]" from Lip), as well as the mini-game "[[MeaningfulName Gigaton Punch]]" to "[[BlindIdiotTranslation Crackity Hack]]", among other examples. Needless to say, this was a point of controversy in the fandom, and Nintendo would go on to say their localization was [[FanDisservice based on the perceived market of the age demographic]].

* {{Expy}}[=/=]UndergroundMonkey: This is one of the few games that Whispy Woods didn't show up in, but King Golem fights almost identically.

* GottaCatchThemAll / OneHundredPercentCompletion: Collecting all of the treasures. You can tell when a room is fully completed when it glows on the map.

** GreenHillZone / HubLevel: Area 1, Rainbow Route
** BigBoosHaunt: Area 2, Moonlight Mansion
** UndergroundLevel: Area 3, Cabbage Cavern
** DeathMountain: Area 4, Mustard Moutain
** BigFancyCastle / LevelAte: Area 5, Carrot Castle(it's literally made from blocks of carrot)
** UnderTheSea: Area 6, Olive Ocean

** RuinsForRuinsSake [=/=] TempleOfDoom: Area 8, Radish Ruins
** SpaceZone: Area 9, Candy Constellation

[[{{Kirby}} The pink puffball's]] second outing on the GameBoyAdvance, ''Kirby & the Amazing Mirror'' shifts from the standard linear platformer norm to a sprawling {{Metroidvania}} game with optional cooperative multiplayer.

The game is essentially what you get if you throw the {{Metroidvania}} genre in a blender with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords'' and the ''{{Kirby}}'' franchise. The player must traverse a maze of nine interconnected areas, finding the maps for each, pressing buttons to connect them to the HubLevel, and defeating their bosses to collect the eight Mirror Shards to restore the [[TitleDrop Amazing Mirror]], the path to the FinalBoss. While you're doing that, the other three Kirbys are off on the adventure too, and you can call them by mobile phone at any time to help you fight enemies or solve puzzles which need an extra Kirby or two; the game also has a multiplayer mode which is pretty much the same thing except other players fill the roles of the other Kirbys.

* OddballInTheSeries: This is the only {{Kirby}} game to be a full {{Metroidvania}} instead of a straightforward PlatformGame the series' main games are known for (it's somewhat of a SpiritualSuccessor to ''The Great Cave Offensive'' from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' in that regard). It's also the ''only'' game in the entire series where [[AntiVillain King Dedede]] does not make an appearance.

** You start with very low health (five bars).

** Wiz is one for Paint Roller and Dark Mind is one for both Nightmare and Zero. The only boss from a previous game to appear, besides Meta Knight [[spoiler:(in a sense)]], is Kracko.

* SequentialBoss: Dark Mind has quite a few short phases in his first form, broken up by small levels; then a second form that's very similar to Zero; then an UnexpectedSHMUPLevel where you chase him to finish him off; then when you finally kill him you're allowed to keep pummeling him during the credits.

** Dark Mind's first form is very similar to Nightmare, and its second form is a [[IncendiaryExponent fiery version of]] [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Zero]].

** Even abilities weren't safe, with a grand total of three renamed (the most out of any game). Minimum had a minor change to Mini and [=SmaBro=] had a reasonable alteration to Smash, but most notably Angel was altered to [[{{Bowdlerise}} Cupid]]. This is despite the fact that Cupid is a specific mythological figure than a general one, arguably making the change [[TranslationTrainWreck MORE]] religious (which was clearly unintentional). This was retained in ''Squeak Squad'', but was [[ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation reverted]] in the ability's cameo in ''Triple Deluxe''.

** Even abilities weren't safe, with a grand total of three renamed (the most out of any game). Minimum had a minor change to Mini and SmaBro had a reasonable alteration to Smash, but most notably Angel was altered to [[{{Bowdlerise}} Cupid]]. This is despite the fact that Cupid is a specific mythological figure than a general one, arguably making the change [[TranslationTrainWreck MORE]] religious (which was clearly unintentional). This was retained in ''Squeak Squad'', but was [[ConvenientlyPreciseTranslation reverted]] in the ability's cameo in ''Triple Deluxe''.

[[{{Kirby}} The pink puffball's]] second outing on the GameBoyAdvance, ''Kirby And The Amazing Mirror'' shifts from the standard linear platformer norm to a sprawling {{Metroidvania}} game with optional cooperative multiplayer.

''KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' is one of the ten GameBoyAdvance games to be available to participants in the Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, released exclusively to 3DS early adopters for free on the [[=eShop=]] in December 2011. In April 2014, the game was brought to WiiU's Virtual Console. (Like all Virtual Console games in the US, the multiplayer mode is inaccessible in these releases.)

** Granted, you ''can'' call the other Kirbys just before you deal the finishing blow to him in the fireball form battle, and then as many Warpstars appear as needed to chase down Dark Mind.

* RecycledInSpace: Technically ''Kirby's Adventure 2'', since ''Nightmare in Dream Land'' (originally ''[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Kirby's Adventure]]'') is the prequel to this.

* AlternateUniverse: The Mirror World.

* BigBad: Dark Mind.

* DarkIsEvil: Dark Meta Knight and Dark Mind.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: Shadow Kirby]]

* DualBoss: Master Hand and Crazy Hand.

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:Shadow Kirby]]

* KingMook: King Golem

* {{Metroidvania}}

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Sometimes, summoning your Kirby friends can be a hindrance than a help.