History VideoGame / KirbyMassAttack

** Daroach and the Squeaks are aiding Kirby. Not all that surprising, as they were remorseful at the end of ''[[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad Squeak Squad]]''. They're thieves, not villains, especially when compared to the [[EvilerThanThou Skull Gang]].

[[caption-width-right:300:More Kirbys, more power.]]

The game also features several minigames, which have [[TheCameo cameo appearances]] of characters from previous ''Kirby'' titles as well as characters from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa''.

* OneHundredPercentCompletion: Collect all the medals, get gold stars on every level, complete the Checklist, and clear all the minigames.

* AirBorneMook: Starman appear in groups of three in ''Kirby Brawl Ball'', and are worth a thousand points if Kirby can hit them. Tookey and Twizzy fly by at less regular intervals, but serve the same purpose.

* ApesInSpace: Some gorilla-like oohroos haul a [[PlotCoupon next level-opening switch]] onto a spaceship and take off with it. To retrieve the switch, the Kirbys must infiltrate the apes' terrestrial headquarters, find their super secret spaceship blueprints, and assemble their own functioning starship. The advanced technology is remarkable considering it is all researched, planned, and built by some {{mooks}} who die in one and a half seconds of pounding.

%%** The shoot'em up minigame has more of these enemies, including meteoroids.

** In Strato Patrol EOS, whenever you kill Mr. Bright (the sun), Mr. Shine (the moon) will revive him. Obviously, you must kill Mr. Shine first. [[spoiler:But if you kill Mr. Bright four times, Mr. Shine will decide to merge with Mr. Bright's power and goes berserk.]]

* BonusStage: Touching a warpstar, outside of Dedede's mouth, in ''Kirby Brawlball''. It involves respawning Waddle Doos bouncing Kirby upwards.

** Stage 4 of Kirby Quest ends with fighting King Dedede, Sweet Stuff, Bonkers, Mr. Frosty, Meta Knight [[spoiler:or Galaxia, then finally Dark Matter.]]
** In Kirby Brawlball, the player can input Right, Select, B at the same time in the title screen to enter Boss Rush mode, which lets Kirby fight the bosses repeatedly.

** Dyna Blade makes an appearance as a special move in Kirby Quest, as does a colored-in Kirby Tank from ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn''.
* CanonImmigrant: A few characters from the ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' anime such as Escargoon and the N.M.E Sales Guy make cameos during the minigames.
* ''Kirby Curtain Call'' never ends, but you can never score higher than 99

* ClassicCheatCode: Much like in ''VideoGame/KirbysPinballLand'', pressing Right+B+Select on the title screen for the Kirby Brawlball minigame will cause a black cat to walk across the bottom of the screen and give you access to a BossRush mode.

* DegradedBoss: Whispy Woods is a rare but none the less simple target appearing multiple times in ''Field Frenzy'', but come ''Kirby Brawl Ball'' hes a boss again, if a WarmUpBoss.

* EliteMook: Skullions are rarer, more powerful Skuxcllys.

** In the minigames, various other Final Bosses from previous games show up to confront Kirby. ''Kirby Brawlball'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Marx]]]], ''Strato Patrol EOS'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Nightmare]]]], and ''Kirby Quest'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark Matter]]]].

* FlunkyBoss: In ''Kirby Brawlball'', Whispywoods has a cappy that tries to block Kirby as you launch him with the flippers, and two little woods that protect Whispy. Lololo and Lalala have a blocky blocking Kirby's way. Heavy Lobster has a wheelie blocking Kirby's way and can produce mini lobsters. Heavy Lobster's paint blobs will also move on their own. Marx has a smaller version of himself, from before he wished to NOVA, blocking Kirby's path, and can spit out bronto burts.
* GameWithinAGame: This game started a trend of the series' minigames becoming way more fleshed out than you'd expect. There's a pinball game calling back to ''VideoGame/KirbysPinballLand'', a kind of QuickTimeEvent RPG and a shoot 'em up with several levels.

** In Necrodeus's first phase, he attacks Kirby by pummeling him with his hands and shooting electric spheres out of his fingers. Destroying both appendages leads to the boss' second phase.

* GroundPound: Blocky uses these in ''Kirby Brawl Ball''. The resulting shockwave doesn't affect Kirby at all, but if he lands on Kirby he [[KnockBack might]] push him into the drop zone and out of the boss stage.

* HomingProjectile: Whispywood's air shots home in during ''Kirby Brawlball''

* InvincibleMinorMinion

** Blocky usually isn't a "minor" minion, being a mid boss, but Lololo and Lalala are end level bosses consistently and during their boss stage in ''Kirby Brawl Ball'' they can be damaged but Blocky cannot be hurt or even hindered.

* LimitBreak: As shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB0oEc6NK9g this video]], if you get a perfect score on Stage 4 of the "Kirby Quest" subgame, [[spoiler:you get challenged by Galaxia instead of Meta Knight. If you beat it, you can use the sword to defeat Dark Matter in one hit.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Heavy Lobster can fill the screen with firebombs and missiles in ''Kirby Brawl Ball''

** The Kirby Quest sub-game has more typical examples (being that its combat plays like a turn-based RPG), in that some enemies holding Maxim Tomatoes will give more experience than usual and the tomato will revive fallen allies for free. If an attack misses, however, they flee.

* MookBouncer: If Kirby successfully hits Bio Spark in ''Kirby Brawl Ball'', Tac will appear and attempt to move Kirby to a different part of the pinball table.
* MookMaker: Twister can create bouncies in ''Kirby Brawl Ball'', something twisters have never been able to do before or since.

* OddballInTheSeries: ''Kirby'' games are primarily platformers where the hero can use his enemies' own attacks against them. ''Mass Attack'' is instead akin to ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', in that you guide a group of tiny Kirbies who are harmless on their own but pack a punch when united. The game's tone is one of, if not the the most oppressive in the franchise, as everyone is ''actually'' out to ''kill'' the poor pink blobs. All this plus the new graphics and the surprisingly robust minigames were certainly in response to the criticisms ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'' faced for being too much like the Game Boy Advance installments.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once you leave the first world, you get a cutscene where Kirby is... flipping upset and scowling as his other 9 selves are ripped off the Warpstar by Necrodeus' minions and presumably KilledOffscreen.

** Also the Meta-Knights, [[spoiler:Nightmare, and, if you do it a certain way, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright]] in Strato Patrol EOS and [[spoiler:Dark Matter]] in Kirby Quest [[spoiler:without Galaxia]].

* ShootTheMedicFirst: The Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright fight in Strato Patrol EOS. Mr. Shine, the moon, will keep reviving Mr. Bright. He stops doing it the fourth time, at which point Mr. Shine will become a sun-moon hybrid.

* TokenHeroicOrc: All grindarr want to kill the kirbys, except for the two that protect Kirby from the left and right entrances to the drop zone in ''Kirby Brawl Ball''.

* VacuumMouth: King Dedede sucks in warpstars in ''Kirby Brawlball''. He doesn't eat them though. Entering his mouth where the warpstar is sends Kirby to a Boss Stage.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Kracko in Strato Patrol EOS charges around the screen erratically, killing a lot of Kirbys.

* WhenTreesAttack: This game introduces miniwoods, stationary but hostile versions of Whispy woods that are smaller than the original plant, which is also in the game.

* ChainReactionDestruction: Bosses, minibosses, larger enemies, and some other objects are blown up in multiple different places in succession rather than all at once.

* TheHeroDies: If you get a GameOver, Kirby will actually ''die'', instead of simply falling asleep.

* HailfirePeaks: Since there's only four main islands/worlds in the game, each one has two or three different VideoGameSettings:
** Green Grounds: GreenHillZone[=/=]TheLostWoods
** Sandy Canyon: ShiftingSandLand[=/=]TempleOfDoom
** Dedede Resort: PalmTreePanic[=/=]MinigameZone[=/=]UnderTheSea[=/=]SlippySlideyIceWorld[=/=]LevelAte
** Volcano Valley: LethalLavaLand[=/=]BigBoosHaunt[=/=]BlackoutBasement[=/=]SpaceZone

%%* ChainReactionDestruction: Bosses, minibosses, larger enemies, and some other objects are destroyed like so.
%%* CirclingBirdies: This happens when Kirby is stunned.

%%* ClownCarGrave: As to be expected of some of the BigBoosHaunt levels.

%%* EliteMook: Skullions are this to Skuxcllys.

%%* FlashOfPain

%%* InvincibleMinorMinion: Mummbons, in addition to Gordos.

%%* ManEatingPlant: The fourth world has a few of these.

%%* QuicksandSucks: Mainly in the second world and sparingly elsewhere.

%%* RoarBeforeBeating: Freezy Rex, the ice dragon.
%%* SandWorm: There are a few varieties, but a segmented version with a single eye and curved jaws may stand out.
%%* ScoringPoints: Individual scoring for each level.
%%* SequentialBoss:
%%** King Dedede and Necrodeus.
%%** Also the Meta-Knights, [[spoiler:Nightmare, and, if you do it a certain way, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright]] in Strato Patrol EOS and [[spoiler:Dark Matter]] in Kirby Quest.

* OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles: With the newly-added OxygenMeter, these are added to the underwater levels to compensate.
* OxygenMeter: This is the only Kirby game to date to have one -- underwater breathing being another one of the abilities Kirby loses when he gets split by Necrodeus. The meter becomes bigger with each Kirby you have.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Zig-zagged. Kirby can breathe on a planet where the gravity is so low that he has to swim from place to place, but for this game only, can no longer breathe underwater.
** Lampshaded by Daroach at one point if you talk to him enough: "If there's no air in space, why is it that YOU can breathe?"

* AsteroidsMonster:
** Giant jellyfish.
** The shoot'em up minigame has more of these enemies, including meteoroids.
* BackFromTheDead: Kirby can [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence save some of his clones from dying]] if he can grab them quickly enough. [[spoiler:Also, there's a BossRush at the end of the fourth world that has resurrected, stronger versions of Big Warwiggle, Great Gear, and King Eelongo, and the final world, which has the four world bosses back for another battle. [[FridgeBrilliance All of this makes perfect sense considering that the main enemy, Necrodeus, is a Death God.]]]]

* {{Balloonacy}}: The Balloon Bobbleship, which appears in the fifth level of the Sandy Canyon, is some kind of gondola attached to ten balloons. The Kirbys use to ascend into the air.

* BigBad: Necrodeus.
* BigEater: Kirby, of course. It's actually mandatory to eat a lot of fruit to gain more Kirby clones.

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Galaxia]] in ''Kirby Quest''.
* BossRush: The penultimate stage in Level 4 has harder versions of some minibosses, and the fifth level in its entirety before the final boss is this for the previous 4 bosses. And getting every single medal makes Daroach give you a special "Survival Rush" mode and then leave forever.

** Kirby Brawlball. [[spoiler:Right, Select, B at the same time. Meow!]]

* TheCameo: In addition to the below mentioned Canon Immigrants, some characters not normally appearing in this game appear in sub-games, such as typical ''Kirby'' enemies, Dedede Robot (which first showed up in the E3 2005 trailer for the canceled [=GameCube=] game [[spoiler:and got a revised version known as HR-D3 in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'']]), Meta Knight, Nightmare, and none other than Dark Matter, in his first major appearance outside his trilogy of games (i.e. ''[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Dream Land 3]]'', and ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards''). Worthy of note, it also has cameos from characters that never appeared in a game, such as Escargoon from the ''Kirby'' anime.

* ChainReactionDestruction: Bosses, minibosses, larger enemies, and some other objects are destroyed like so.
* CirclingBirdies: This happens when Kirby is stunned.
* ClownCarGrave: As to be expected of some of the BigBoosHaunt levels.

* CorridorCubbyholeRun: One of the desert levels has a very dense wind periodically occurring and cover must be taken from it. There's also a miniboss fought this way, but underwater.

** After losing in a fight to the BigBad, Kirby ''still'' goes off to fight him once again.

** Due to his power being cut down to a 10th, Kirby can't do this.
** Several enemies will try to eat your Kirbies.

* EliteMook: Skullions are this to Skuxcllys.

* {{Expy}}:
** Necrodeus looks a ''lot'' like Nightmare from ''Kirby's Adventure''.
** World 2 has enemies which resemble Thwomps from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series.
** Big Birdee is very similar to [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Dyna Blade]]. [[spoiler:With babies that need to be helped and a HeelFaceTurn as well.]]
** Skullord's role is rather similar to [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Miracle Matter]]. Both are the FinalBoss of their game but are really TheDragon to a greater evil, and beating them after collecting all of a certain item (Crystal Shards for Miracle Matter, Rainbow Medals for Skullord) unlock a relatively short final world and the TrueFinalBoss.
* FatBastard: King Dedede.
* FinalBoss: Skullord. Necrodeus is the TrueFinalBoss. In the minigames, [[spoiler:various other Final Bosses from the ''Kirby'' series]] appear to be fought as well for a cool twist on the formulae. ''Kirby Brawlball'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Marx]]]], ''Strato Patrol EOS'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Nightmare]]]], and ''Kirby Quest'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark]] [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Matter]]]], along with [[spoiler:[[CoolSword Galaxia]]]] just beforehand as a hidden BonusBoss. [[spoiler:If found and defeated, [[LimitBreak it can be used to kill both of Dark Matter's forms in one hit]].]]

* GiantMook: A lot of enemies have a larger variation of them.
* GiantHandsOfDoom: [[spoiler:Necrodeus's first phase.]] Also quite literally in the tower stage of Volcano Valley, where gigantic stone hands manifest out of nowhere and try to pummel your Kirbys.
* TheGoomba: Beanbons, the turnip-like enemies, fill this role in this game.

** [[spoiler:Big Birdee becomes an ally to the Kirbys after they bring her babies back to her.]]

** [[spoiler:The Birdees become this after Big Birdee's HeelFaceTurn.]]
* HumanSnowball: Kirby is a victim at one point. The more Kirbys, the bigger the snowball. [[spoiler:There's a medal that can be gotten with five Kirbys or less in the snowball and one with more.]]
* InexplicableTreasureChests: These contain a single coin.
* InterfaceSpoiler: Not in the main game, but Kirby Quest. [[spoiler:If you beat the sub-game without a perfect, you still unlock the song in Dark Matter's first phase, "Strongest Sword". The only sword there is one of his attacks. Guess what the said sword is?]]
* InvincibleMinorMinion: Mummbons, in addition to Gordos.
* KnightOfCerebus: Necrodeus, without a doubt. As a matter of fact, he was so far the only EldritchAbomination to actually come close to '''''COMPLETELY''''' [[KilledOffForReal killing off Kirby for real]]. According to Nintendo, this guy is so powerful that he almost wipes Kirby completely out of existence. In the words of the story, it was thanks to him that "''Popstar was about to lose its greatest defender and be plunged into darkness forever.''"

* {{Leitmotif}}: Necrodeus has one.

* ManEatingPlant: The fourth world has a few of these.
* MesACrowd: There are ten Kirbys in this game. Given, [[BigBad Necrodeus]] split him with magic, but there are still TEN KIRBYS. Their feet and hands are a little bigger in proportion to their bodies, so they look childish.
* MetalSlime: There are golden enemies that are quick to flee. Killing these will result in filling out part of the checklist.

* NintendoHard: Completing the game perfectly, especially considering one of the achievements involves beating every single boss and level ''without taking any damage!'' Most levels aren't too tough in this regard, [[spoiler:but then you get to the [[BossRush last level of the fourth world]] and then you see just how tough this game truly is.]]
* NoFairCheating: Taking a goal shortcut will result in getting no star for the stage.

* {{Punctuated For Emphasis}}: If you continue to pester Daroach about medals when he has no clues to give, he will eventually say, "I think I haven't gotten my point across. Let me try it more slowly... I'm. Still. Looking. For. Clues. About. Medals."
* QuicksandSucks: Mainly in the second world and sparingly elsewhere.
* RecurringRiff: The world map themes of all worlds are similar.

* RoarBeforeBeating: Freezy Rex, the ice dragon.
* SandWorm: There are a few varieties, but a segmented version with a single eye and curved jaws may stand out.
* ScoringPoints: Individual scoring for each level.
* SequentialBoss: King Dedede and Necrodeus.
** Also the Meta-Knights, [[spoiler:Nightmare, and, if you do it a certain way, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright]] in Strato Patrol EOS and [[spoiler:Dark Matter]] in Kirby Quest.

* ShootTheMedicFirst: The Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright fight in Strato Patrol EOS. Mr. Shine, the moon, will keep reviving Mr. Bright. [[spoiler:He stops doing it the fourth time, at which point Mr. Shine will become a sun-moon hybrid.]]
* ShoutOut: The sub-game Strato Patrol EOS plays a lot like a typical CuteEmUp, mostly ''VideoGame/{{Twinbee}}''.
** The logo on the sub-game Kirby Quest bares a remarkable resemblance to ''VideoGame/{{Arcana}}'', which was an [=RPG=] developed by HAL Labs. Another interesting reference to ''Arcana'' is that Kirby's Quest's battle songs work in a similar way, in which the final battle song is a more upbeat version of the normal battle song.
** The sub-game Field Frenzy's logo, on the other hand, looks quite similar to that of ''VideoGame/FinalFight''.
* ShowsDamage: Some of the stronger enemies, bosses, and blocks show damage. Some show cracks, and some change color palette when damaged.

* SpikeBallsOfDoom: In this game, a few enemies can carry and throw these. Of course, series staple Gordos are also present.
* SpikesOfDoom: They show up in some levels, but aren't numerous.
* StalactiteSpite: Many icicles in ice stages wait patiently for the player to arrive.
* StealthPun:
** The game's overseas name (''Kirby Mass Attack'') could refer to ''Kirby: Mouse Attack'', the name ''[[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad Kirby: Squeak Squad]]'' is known by in Europe.
** The star that serves as the cursor is described as Kirby's own "heroic heart", which narrowly avoided being crushed by Necrodeus. Since the Kirbys all constantly move toward it, that means [[spoiler:they're following their heart.]]
* SuspiciouslyCrackedWall: These contain doors.

* {{To Be Continued}}/{{Your Princess Is In Another Castle}}: [[spoiler:How 4-10 ends, setting up 4-11.]]
* TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: Pretty large coins are lying around everywhere.
* TrueFinalBoss: Necrodeus, who can be fought by beating Skullord after collecting all of the Rainbow Medals, then refighting all of the major bosses.
* TurnsRed: Most of the bosses and minibosses. [[spoiler:Also Mr. Shine in Strato Patrol EOS if you kill Mr. Bright four times.]]
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: Other than the subgame, 4-10's second half, kind of.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: In ''Kirby'' tradition, Necrodeus fills this role, though Volcano Valley gets pretty dark at points.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Either Whispy or Lady Ivy, depending on how you play. Kracko in Strato Patrol EOS, who charges around the screen erratically, killing a lot of Kirbys.

* ZergRush: Essentially, the entire game.

* CanonImmigrant: A few characters from the ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' anime such as Escargo(o)n and Customer Service make cameos during the minigames.

The fourth UsefulNotes/NintendoDS game of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, ''Kirby Mass Attack'' (known in Japan as ''Atsumete! Kirby'', or "Gather! Kirby") is yet another SpinOff title, this time featuring a ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}''-esque style of gameplay rather than the classic PowerCopying found in most Kirby games.

** World 2 has enemies which resemble Thwomps from the ''SuperMarioBros'' series.

* CanonImmigrant: A few characters from the ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'' anime such as Escargo(o)n and Customer Service make cameos during the minigames.

* AllThereInTheManual: Daroach is the only one who provides enemy names, as well as backstory for the islands and the Skull Gang, if you talk to him on his ship.

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* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: For a change, there's [[DownplayedTrope angry eyes on both the American AND Japanese boxes]]. That said, the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/atsumete_5289.jpg North American boxart]] has about half the Kirbys fighting various enemies.

** The logo on the sub-game Kirby Quest bares a remarkable resemblance to ''VideoGame/{{Arcana}}'', which was an RPG developed by HAL Labs. Another interesting reference to ''Arcana'' is that Kirby's Quest's battle songs work in a similar way, in which the final battle song is a more upbeat version of the normal battle song.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Stage 10 of Sandy Canyon has the Kirbys having to pass through by removing the plug in the sand. For the rest of the level, they have to outrun the rising sand. The first room has typical desert music, but you'd think that the larger areas after it, since they require outrunning sand they could sink in to their death, you'd think it would have intense music, right? Nope -- the music for the rest of the level is "Night Desert," a calm and peaceful song that plays in calmer desert areas, except for this exception to the "calmer desert areas" rule.

* OddballInTheSeries: ''Kirby'' games are primarily platformers where the hero can use his enemies' own attacks against them. ''Mass Attack'' is instead akin to ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'', in that you guide a group of tiny Kirbies who are harmless on their own but pack a punch when united. The game's tone is one of, if not the the most oppressive in the franchise, as everyone is ''actually'' out to kill the poor pink blobs. All this plus the new graphics and the surprisingly robust minigames were certainly in response to the criticisms ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'' faced for being too much like the Game Boy Advance installments.

* InterfaceSpoiler: Not in the main game, but Kirby Quest. [[spoiler:If you beat the subgame without a perfect, you still unlock the song in Dark Matter's first phase, "Strongest Sword". The only sword there is one of his attacks. Guess what the said sword is?]]

* TheCameo: In addition to the below mentioned Canon Immigrants, some characters not normally appearing in this game appear in sub-games, such as typical Kirby enemies, [[EarlyBirdCameo HR-D3]] (which ended up as a proper Kirby platformer boss in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''), Meta Knight, Nightmare, and none other than Dark Matter, in his first appearance outside his trilogy of games (i.e. ''[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Dream Land 3]]'', and ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards''). Worthy of note, it also has cameos from characters that never appeared in a game, such as Escargoon from the Kirby anime.

* ContinuityPorn: The mini-games feature a lot of returns for old Kirby enemies, as well as [[CanonImmigrant canonizing a handful of anime-exclusive characters]].

** Kirby Quest has one, too, but in regards to further in the series itself rather than further within the game. The final boss of chapter two is HR-D3, which appears as a typical ''Kirby'' boss in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''[='=]s Extra mode (a harder mode much like the Extra Game of ''Kirby's Dream Land'' and ''Kirby's Adventure''). However, the insignia on its chest on ''Return to Dream Land'' is not King Dedede's sigil as in Kirby Quest, but a different symbol: [[spoiler:the sigil of its pilot in ''Return to Dream Land'', Metal General EX.]]