Giant Kirby

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Giant Kirby enters

This page is about the boss Giant Kirby in Super Smash Bros. Melee, not Kirby with a Super Mushroom.

Giant Kirby is a boss enemy in Super Smash Bros. Melee who will only appear if one defeats the Kirby team in Adventure Mode in under 31 seconds.

Overview

Giant Kirby is fought on Stage 5 of Adventure Mode upon the Green Greens stage and is a completely optional boss. He drops on the second floating platform with a slightly deepened boing sound into a crouching state. He quickly stands up straight and curves his neutrally positioned mouth into a small smile.

The player can be seen in the lower-left region of the screen when Giant Kirby makes his cinematic Adventure Mode entrance. Even though he has already made his entrance on to the stage, the match starts with both the player and Giant Kirby both spawning in the standard Super Smash Bros. Melee manner. Giant Kirby is slightly larger than a regular Kirby with a Super Mushroom. He is a little heavier and stronger than Kirby, and if a regular pink Kirby is challenging him, Giant Kirby will be yellow, but still pink during his cutscene of entry. If the player defeats Giant Kirby, one gets the bonus award Giant Kirby KO, which awards 10,000 extra points. Giant Kirby also appears as a common enemy in Classic Mode in Brawl, although this is merely a regular Kirby under the effects of the Super Mushroom.

It is possible that Giant Kirby may be a reference to Giant Donkey Kong. In The Subspace Emissary, there is an evil Giant Diddy Kong, which may be the successor to them both, as well as a Giant Bowser and a Giant Charizard also existing. Giant Kirby's moveset is the same as Kirby's, but his recovery is better. He is also heavier, thus harder to KO, especially on Very Hard difficulty, where his Damage Ratio is 0.5. On the downside, he is easier to rack up damage (especially from characters with most damaginag attacks) and he has a large hurtbox making some sweetspotted attacks more easier to land.

Trivia

• The track that plays when fighting Giant Kirby is the music from the Dream Land stage from Super Smash Bros.