History VideoGame / KirbySqueakSquad

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Inhale and Conquer!]]]]

* WarmUpBoss: ''[[VillainForgotToLevelGrind King Dedede]],'' of all people, ends up as this, taking up the role from the unusually absent Whispy Woods [[note]]Whispy stills makes a cameo in the game's title screen[[/note]]. His attacks are slightly slower, he moves less often, and he has far less health than any other boss in the game.

* WarmUpBoss: ''[[VillainForgotToLevelGrind King Dedede]],'' of all people, ends up as this, taking up the role from the unusually absent Whispy Woods. His attacks are slightly slower, he moves less often, and he has far less health than any other boss in the game.

* ExtraOreDinary: The Metal ability debuts in this game, which allows Kirby to [[MightyGlacier easily destroy enemies just by walking towards them at the cost of being extremely heavy and slow.]] The Copy Scroll allows him to [[BeTheBall transform into a ball form]], allowing him to roll down slopes at a steady pace.

** One of the spray paints used to change Kirby's skin color is Shadow. This is obviously referring to Shadow Kirby, a character from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror''. Another spray paint color, Chalk, turns Kirby completely monochrome, just like how he looked on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.

* DropTheHammer: King Dedede as usual. Storo also uses one to slow down Kirby from stealing the chests.

''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' (''Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjō! Dorocche Dan'', or "They've Arrived! The Dorocche Gang" in Japanese, and ''Kirby: Mouse Attack'' in European languages) is the second ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, released in 2006.

* DropTheHammer: King Dedede as usual. Storo also uses one to slow down Kirby from stealing their chests.

''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' (''Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjō! Dorocche Dan'', or "They've Arrived! The Dorocche Gang" in Japanese, and ''Kirby: Mouse Attack'' in [[MarketBasedTitle European languages]]) is the second ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, released in 2006.

''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' (''Hoshi no Kirby: Sanjō! Dorocche Dan'', or "They've Arrived! The Dorocche Gang" in Japanese, and ''Kirby: Mouse Attack'' in European languages) is the second ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, released in 2006.

Throughout Kirby's journey to get his cake back, he'll often encounter the Squeaks; they usually appear where there's [[InexplicableTreasureChests a large treasure chest]], and if they steal one, Kirby has to either chase after them or enter one of their hideouts to take it back from them.

** One of the spray paints used to change Kirby's skin color is Shadow. This is obviously referring to Shadow Kirby, a character from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror''. Another spray paint color, Chalk, turns Kirby completely monochrome, just like how he looked on the Game Boy.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: In the cutscene where [[spoiler:the treasure chest Meta Knight stole is opened]], Daroach is referred to as "the Squeaks". This is because his gang of thieves was named after him in the Japanese version, so the translator must have mixed up the two out of context.

* BossRush: World 5-3 has you fight Bonkers, Gao Gao, Big Metalun, and finally Storo (if you don't get the large treasure chest, you fight Mr. Frosty in Storo's place). Perhaps of more significance, though, is World 6-5 that has you fight every member of the Squeaks (Spinni, Storo, and Doc, in order) other than the leader Daroach, who is fought as the world's boss in the next level. Like other Kirby games, there's also a Boss Endurance mode, which lets you pick any ability to take on every major boss in the game.

** Though returning after his absence in ''Amazing Mirror'', King Dedede is only in this game for the first level.

* JungleJapes: Jam Jungle, for the most part, takes place in a thick jungle area. One of the levels here is instead a TempleOfDoom.

* BossBonanza: World 5-3 has you fight Bonkers, Gao Gao, Big Metalun, and finally Storo (if you don't get the large treasure chest, you fight Mr. Frosty in Storo's place). Perhaps of more significance, though, is World 6-5 that has you fight every member of the Squeaks (Spinni, Storo, and Doc, in order) other than the leader Daroach, who is fought as the world's boss in the next level.

* EndOfAnEra: This game marks the end of some things that had been in most of the Kirby games due to [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Kirby Super Star Ultra]] switching to Shinya Kumazaki for the director of the Kirby games:
** Using ExcusePlot{{s}} for the story outside of side games.
** Copy Abilities being either pressing B or any direction on the Control Pad and B to attack as ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamland'' would bring in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'''s combo system for Copy Abilities from then on.

** Triple Star is supposed to be this game's InfinityPlusOneSword, but is horribly outclassed by many other abilities. It can't even be used effectively in Boss Endurance, as the ability suffers in the air and destroys cloud platforms, so you'll likely lose to Mecha-Kracko. Tornado is the ideal ability for bosses, while UFO is the best for unrestricted movement (barring being unable to go down ladders) and wiping out enemies -- and unlike previous games, Kirby won't lose it between stages.

* MightyGlacier: The Metal ability turns Kirby into one. He's practically invincible (except to bosses, mini-bosses, and the Squeaks), but is very slow and can hardly fly.

* DemotedToExtra: King Dedede is only in this game for the first level.