| Canon | Main universe • Mirror World |
|---|---|
| Manga | Mo~Pupu! |
| Anime | Kirby: Right Back at Ya! |
| Novels | Kirby of the Stars |
| “ | He's back...with a vengeance. The darkest shadow of the strongest warrior. Sealed in the labyrinth of the mirror for aeons, this dark knight has returned with one thing on his mind... Revenge! | „ |
| ~ Dark Meta Knight's pause description • Kirby: Triple Deluxe |
Summary
An alternative dimension version of Meta Knight that originates from the once peaceful Mirror World, he was corrupted into evil by Dark Mind along with the rest of that reality by copying the darkness in the heart of his main universe counterpart into him, becoming Dark Meta Knight. He first appeared as the secondary antagonist and a notable character in Amazing Mirror. Later he would show up as the surprise final boss of the non-canon Dededetour sub-game in Triple Deluxe, being implied to have been responsible for that game's main villain descent into evil. He would then reappear in Star Allies participating with Kirby & co., harnessing Friend Powers and possibly hanging out with fellow allies. He was one of a few Dream Friends who didn't redeem himself from being evil but simply worked along everyone anyway in the incidents they resolve.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 5-A | 2-C
Keys: In Kirby & the Amazing Mirror | Post-Star Allies
Name: Dark Meta Knight
Origin: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown (Comparable to Meta Knight due to being an alternative dimension version of him. At the time Meta Knight was presumably an adult due to being the mature leader of an army of knights) | Around or over 1000 years old
Classification: Mirror World version of Meta Knight, A being who was copied from the darkness in Meta Knight's heart,[1] Darkest Shadow of the Strongest Warrior | As before, Star Ally
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Longevity, Small Size (Type 1. Comparable to Kirby, whose 20 cm/8 inches tall), Self-Sustenance (Type 1), Non-Physical Interaction (Can affect Void Soul), Toon Force, Elasticity (Can survive being flattened and immediately restore his shape), Master Swordsmanship, Regeneration (Mid in combat, Low-High over time. Instantly recovers from being impaled by allies or by Flamberge's Barbecue Party, if mildly harmed by the latter. Came back from having his body shattered like a mirror and reduced to nothing visible, having recovered in an unknown amount of time. The same destruction happens to his body upon being defeated in other iterations,[2] and other inhabitants of the Mirror World also have their body shattered like a mirror upon taking enough damage, with one of them seemingly recovering from this in the middle of combat), Self-Resurrection (Resurrected from[3][4][5] being shattered in an unknown amount of time), Immortality (Types 3 & 4), Flight & Spaceflight, Acrobatics (Simply fell from the sky and leaped away a notable distance to quickly attack and escape Kirby, makes use of other slightly lesser jumps in combat, which he can quickly do as well as flips), Duplication of others (Can split a target into four of themselves), Limited Shapeshifting (Made himself look like Meta Knight, which involved changing his color and the scar in his mask), Energy Projection, Air Manipulation
As before gaining[6] the following: Extrasensory Perception (Can sense the darkness at the edge of the galaxy), Vehicular Mastery, Natural Weaponry (Always hits foes & cuts things reached by his wings when flying), Magic, Resurrection (Can revive others via Revival Spell), Dimensional Storage (Star Allies collected the Hear Spears into themselves), 4th Wall Awareness (When going into a door using the Friend Star the one in the last place always salutes the audience), Accelerated Development (Through battle and while assisted with at least 1 partner, their power can permanently increase if their bond of friendship/companionship gets stronger/deeper), Attack Reflection (Via Mirror Spin Slash, Wall of Mirrors and Reflector Shield. Can also deflect away projectiles like Kirby's Star Bullets by blocking them), Dimensional Travel (Can replace himself with a mirror he has entered inside to be unaffected by attacks, and leave it at will. Given that he comes from a reality called Mirror World that can be entered through a mirror, he might be doing the same here or something alike, otherwise it's Immersion), Clairvoyance (Is aware of the place where he was while inside said mirror, as he can see through it), Summoning (Can summon giant swords & mirrors, the former coming in empowered with elements with Dark Meta Knight is), Intangibility, Transformation & Transmutation (Can turn into a small ball of energy via Space Jump, any carried item is transformed too), Empathic Manipulation & Morality Manipulation (Can turn enemies into allies with Friend Hearts, being able to affect two foes at once with one Friend Heart, and a charged one changing three foes who resisted this effects), Healing & Purification (Friend Hearts can be used to heal and purify others. Can "Revive" defeated allies, who are merely unconscious), Cloth Manipulation, Power Bestowal (Turning targets into allies gives them that same power. Can bestow individual elemental powers when using them himself), Combining powers with allies he gains access to Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Water Manipulation and enhanced Air Manipulation, Creation (Can help other Star Allies create Friend Stars)
Resistance to Transmutation (Any Star Ally can be cooked inside Chef Kawasaki or Cook Kirby's pot together with enemies as they're turned into food, safely coming out briefly dizzy), Morality Manipulation & Empathic Manipulation (Unaffected by the presence of the individual Jamba Heart pieces), heat, cold, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation (Unaffected by the temperatures of Blizzno Moon and Star Lavadom. Can survive harmed being hit by fire and ice attacks in the same way that Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee do, who can survive in the same way being hit by a Master Crown-controlled Magolor's own versions of Kirby's Super Abilities, when Kirby could quickly burn a car-sized creature into black goo that was reduced to nothing and freeze & shatter a miniature active volcano. Can survive harmed being hit by fire and ice attacks from Kirby, elements with which he can harm Pyribbit, who baths in molten lava, moistens his throat drinking lava, and fills his stomach eating lava rocks), Gravity Manipulation (Can outrun, outlfy and survive harmed getting sucked into a Black Hole from Marx, and survive harmed black holes from Magolor in the same way Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Bandana Dee do, who can survive a black hole that was warping & sucking all the space of the shown battlefield, including stars in the background of it)
As before, Portal Creation, Dimensional Travel, Sealing, BFR (The Dimension Mirror works as a portal of sorts, leading into a different place. Dark Meta Knight sealed Meta Knight in it by tossing him in it and breaking it, and it can be used to attract others into to the Mirror World), Limited Corruption (Heavily implied to have eventually turned Queen Sectonia evil by corrupting the mirror off-screen, similar to how Dark Mind corrupted the mirrors of the Mirror World, as the Dimension Mirror wasn't corrupt after Dark Mind's defeat), the Dimension Mirror itself can teleport and fly, Healing (Various food items and health Power-Up Hearts, which heals all vitality), Statistics Amplification (Power-Up Hearts, which increase strength, health or speed of all allies at once), Invulnerability (Invincibility Candy), Summoning (Can summon Helpers by directly throwing Friend Hearts to Copy Essences. Can summon a Dream Friend using the Dream Rod), Homing Attack (Star Allies Sparkler), Resistance to Life Manipulation (Invincible Candy; Other users of it show being invulnerable to being one-shotted by Dethskullks, who "suck the life force out of anyone they touch" & are careful to not use that power on each other. Characters in Ghost form[7] can't absorb a little bit of life from targets using an Invincible Candy), Sound Manipulation (Invincible Candy; Users are invulnerable to attacks from Kirbys using the Bell Copy Ability and characters using the Mike item)
Attack Potency: Large Planet level (Easily defeated Meta Knight, who could harm Pre-Canvas Curse Kirby up to that point. Unknown parts of their battle weren't seen, but it has been portrayed as him having "defeated Meta Knight in a one-on-one fight".[1] Fought evenly and lost against four Kirbys twice) | Low Multiverse level (Can assist Kirby & two fellow Star Allies in the canonical defeats of Void Termina, Corrupt Hyness, the retaliators Three Mage-Sisters [at once], and the non-canon defeats of Morpho Knight EX and the stronger incarnations of Void Termina on side content), can ignore durability in some ways
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Blitzed Kirby after appearing in front of him somewhat suddenly. "Defeated Meta Knight in a one-on-one fight",[1] which ended on an attack the latter couldn't react to. Kept up with four Kirbys in battle and can keep up with King Dedede and Kirby in combat in Triple Deluxe, being always able to defend himself from their attacks by reacting to them and blocking them with his sword. His flight appears to be equal to Meta Knight's, he's a version of him from the Mirror World, and with Shadow Kirby, Kirby's version from the same reality, his power was stated to be "undoubtedly Kirby's own"; Dark Meta Knight's flight speed should be equal to Meta Knight's, which can keep up with the Warp Star, and both react normally to things while flying. Comparable to, and can join the Star Allies as they chased and kept up with the Jamba Heart pieces multiple times. Can keep up with fellow Star Allies such as Bandana Waddle Dee, Gooey, Ribbon and the Three Mage-Sisters, and they are comparable to Morpho Knight and Void Termina, with whom they can fight. Can maneuver flying, reacting and fighting piloting Friend Stars and the Star Allies Sparkler, a comparable vehicle to a Warp Star and an improved version of it respectively)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Multi-Stellar (In a non-canon fight, he was portrayed clashing with Meta Knight and pushing him back, something he can canonically do in gameplay should he be in the team of Star Allies who fought Meta Knight, and an unseen confrontation between the two was alluded to happen. Can survive harmed Black Holes from Magolor and Marx in the same way that Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee do, who can withstand outrunning and outflying near a black hole that quickly rolled the space in the setting shown, including the stars in the background of it, and survive getting suck in it)
Striking Strength: Large Planet level (With his sword and colliding with his foes) | Low Multiverse level (As before and dealing minor damage flapping his wings against foes)
Durability: Large Planet level (Took blows from four Kirbys before being defeated, in each of their two fights) | Low Multiverse level
Stamina: Superhuman (Comparable to Kirby and Meta Knight)
Range: Below Standard Melee Range physically (Even with his sword), Extended Melee Range with projectiles | As before, Interstellar, likely Galactic via Extrasensory Perception, presumably Interdimensional with summoning and protecting himself inside a mirror (Should be using swords from, and hiding within the Mirror World, a realm separate from the universe). Interdimensional with Dimensional Mirror
Standard Equipment: His sword | As before. A floaty
- Optional Equipment: Nothing | Dimensional Mirror, Maxim Tomato, various food items, Power-Up Hearts, Invincibility Candy, Dream Rod, Friend Star and Star Allies Sparkler
- Can Create/Summon: Nothing | A Friend Star
Intelligence: Unknown. Should be comparable to Meta Knight, being copied from the darkness in his slightly evil heart.[8] Most of his displays are combat-related thought, having defeated Meta Knight and fighting evenly against 4 Kirbys twice, if losing | As before. Spent centuries sealed in the Mirror World (See his Age above), the blood from his sword implying experience gained in that time, something in line with Meta Knight's borderline selfish obsession with training, strength & power. Said to have devised sword techniques in the Mirror World. Can assist or has assisted in the defeat of opponents such the Three Mage-Sisters, Hyness, Void Termina and Morpho Knight
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques: Note that there is no distinction between his keys in this section.
- Regeneration & Resurrection:
- Mid in combat: Later in Star Allies, Dark Meta Knight shows to instantly recover from being impaled by allies or by an enemy Flamberge's Barbecue Party, being mildly harmed by the latter.
- Low-High over time & Resurrection: Dark Meta Knight has came back from having his body shattered like a mirror and reduced to nothing visible, having recovered in an unknown amount of time. The same destruction happens to his body upon being defeated in The TRUE Arena minigame from Kirby: Triple Deluxe, and in Kirby Star Allies if he's played alone (otherwise he falls defeated like everyone else. Despite the latter game's emphasis on team work, he can be played alone in side content). Other inhabitants of the Mirror World and the dimension the Black Mirror leads into also have their body shattered like a mirror upon taking enough damage, with one of them seemingly recovering from this in the middle of combat. Dark Meta Knight was stated to have revived in a non-canon minigame from Kirby: Triple Deluxe, and was later stated to have resurrected in his canon appearance in Star Allies. As a conclusion, he either revived around the time of Triple Deluxe or he did so around the time of Star Allies, simply being stated to have resurrected again to clarify why he's not dead for those who weren't aware of the less important mode where he showed up. It's possible he might have revived a short amount of time after being destroyed, but this can't be assumed as Dark Mind, the Mirror World inhabitant who displayed doing this, was a much more notable being than Dark Meta Knight.
- Down Thrust (下突き/したつき): Holds his sword downward and quickly swoops down from midair.
- Tornado Slash (竜巻斬り): Briefly charges power to then thrust his sword into the ground, creating a relatively big tornado moving forward. The tornado will disappear after a short while if little power is charged. In Triple Deluxe he shows being able to use this midair consecutively, controlling the trajectory of the tornados he creates.
From Triple Deluxe onwards:
- Mirror's Edge (ミラーズエッジ): Thrusts huge swords from of the ground coming from mirrors that appear to serve as portals. Uses this move consecutively in different patterns when more serious.
- Mirrors' Division (ミラーズディビジョン): Briefly charges power to then make himself stand inside a mirror around his body, then duplicates himself & that mirror into 3. The 3 mirrors will quickly move around exchanging places to then all approach, then the Dark Meta Knights will shortly come out of the mirrors to thrust their swords, the original making the better attack & only he taking damage from attacks. The duplicates act a bit off, so a foe can know which one is the original before they swap places. The mirrors will be group up into 1 again before duplicating into 3 to try the same move, and this whole process is repeated a few times. After it, the Dark Meta Knight duplicates will come out from the mirrors to attack the foe. The duplicates have low durability and if destroyed they will blow up into sharps of glass that will quickly home into the foe. The duplicates will eventually regroup into 1 if neither is destroyed. Dark Meta Knight started using this technique when more serious in Triple Deluxe.
- Dark Calibur: After briefly charging power, Dark Meta Knight lunges slightly forward and up into the air. Any enemies caught in this attack will be sliced multiple times and then smashed into the ground. Dark Meta Knight seems to be using duplicates of himself when slicing the target.
- Dark Mirror: Rapidly splits into two duplicates propelling into opposite directions as an attack, then they quickly come back to reform as one.
- Dark Mirror - Ring: While midair, creates 6 duplicates of himself to form a "ring" around himself as an attack, then they disappear.
- Reflector Shield: Dark Meta Knight hides inside a mirror, which reflects enemy projectiles. He is likely to be within the Mirror World, a realm in the Kirby-verse with great similarities to the regular universe. Simply enter a mirror as an object is not an ability he or anyone have shown to possess. Dark Meta Knight can stay in the mirror as he wants to, and get out of it at will.
- Acrobatics: Dark Meta Knight can instantly make leaps of around a meter, mobilize by spinning around & back his body mid-air to dodge attacks, and easily & quickly do flips and wacky moves during diverse victory dances, as well as making an immediate flip at the highest reach of a jump.
- Friend Heart: Obtained in Kirby Star Allies, Dark Meta Knight generates a Friend Heart which is then quickly thrown to his objective(s). This can be done an unlimited amount of times as well as repeatedly. Upon contact or near it, the Friend Heart will generate a major change in the empathy of the being(s) affected to the point of making them change their morality towards being friends & allies with Dark Meta Knight. The Friend Hearts have also shown to make objectives feel extremely happy, make them have a deep appreciation for the one who used a Friend Heart on them, generate clothes in others, work on robots, heal & purify others, operate without making direct contact to others' bodies as well as effect more than one being at a time. Friend Hearts were also shown either creating or turning small areas they reached into Friend Platforms (Creation or Transmutation), an ability any Star Ally may possess, but no character in Star Allies uses Friend Hearts in this manner or were aware that this happened. The last function the Friend Hearts have is that their sentient targets will immediately be bestowed with the ability the generate and use Friend Hearts with all previously mentioned characteristics.
- Friend Ability: Powers the Star Allies could use in Star Allies, they were bestowed to them due to being reached by a Friend Heart (be it by another ally or off-screen from one of the many that scattered in space, much like it happened to Kirby).
- Friend Action: They all supposedly need 4 allies in total to be done and, gameplay wise, a special platform to be used; This are only Game Mechanics, the narrative seems to indicate the Star Allies Sparkler to have been made by the Star Allies without mentioning said platform, Hyness can use his own version of the Friend Circle without it, even when using 3 woods as his partners, and the Three Mage-Sisters themselves can use a Friend Circle on their own too.
- Friend Circle: The friends form a donut circle by holding each other, then they constantly roll forward while being coordinated enough to make jumps while they advance. They use this to travel faster on stages and power through minor enemies instead of bothering to deal with them with their moves.
- Friend Star: Through their collective power, the friends use energies from their bodies that combine to create a Friend Star, much like how Kirby alone can create a Warp Star, the Friend Star is basically a better version of it. One drives while the others are behind sustained by nothing but the energies generated by the Friend Star, they can change driver mid-use. They can fly around with the vehicle, do spin attacks, and shoot projectiles which can be charged and have different attributes depending on the leading friend's ability (ice, wind, fire, water, electricity, cutting properties or explosives).
- Friend Bridge: The friends hold each other in a line to form a bridge, which they can move up or down. They likely use some form of telekinesis to hold themselves too as energies go around them and they don't reach each other perfectly. They only use this for puzzle solving.
- Friend Train: Using their powers the leading friend gets a train chimney created in their head, while the other friends line up behind. The train continuously runs forward powering through minor enemies, they can jump, travel up walls, across ceilings, and over the surface of the water (it can't jump while on a wall or ceiling).
- Star Allies Sparkler: A Friend Star combined with the 4 Heart Spears, see the section of Optional Equipment for more info.
- Friend Action: They all supposedly need 4 allies in total to be done and, gameplay wise, a special platform to be used; This are only Game Mechanics, the narrative seems to indicate the Star Allies Sparkler to have been made by the Star Allies without mentioning said platform, Hyness can use his own version of the Friend Circle without it, even when using 3 woods as his partners, and the Three Mage-Sisters themselves can use a Friend Circle on their own too.
- Positive Energy Manipulation: Star Allies, especially Kirby, can likely infuse others with positive energy, even as the targets are being fought, and the energies they manipulate while doing Friend Actions and Team Attacks (The white one with colorful stars around, which may trigger with a heart-shaped wave) is specifically something called "positive energy". What exactly positive energy is is a bit vague, but it's related to friendship and companionship, and should be the opposite of "negative energy", which is conformed by hatred, obsession, jealousy, greed, and can be invisible. A series of things show that they can manipulate this energies:
- Kirby's innocent heart began to mix with Void Termina's urge to destroy after defeating his First Core (expelling the crazy Hyness from Void's body is also remarked, and he was presumably manifesting negative energies there, but even without him Void was still born from the total absence of care and composed of dark energy. The happened to the other 2 incarnations of Void Termina shown, without Hyness being initially there in his body). This made Void Termina's Final Core adopt a face like Kirby's, among others more akin to his evil nature.
- When defeating Void, the last incarnation shown, he blows up with energies around his body that are the same as the ones used for the Star Allies' Friend Powers, all while smiling happily and in peace, implying he gathered the positive energy he needed to reincarnate as a good being. Note that Void Termina wasn't indicated to gather positive and negative while already alive, only after the end of his life to reincarnate himself. While it could be speculated that Void Termina still gathers those energies while alive, the fact that he wanders the galaxy until one day being reborn implies it's an over time process, which 4 Star Allies can get done in the time it takes them to defeat "Void Termina, True Destroyer of Worlds" in their non-canon fight. Though they likely got better at using positive energy by then, as the first Void Termina they did fight and defeated did not go down in peace.
- Space Jump: A technique most Kirby characters have, Dark Meta Knight transforms into a small ball of energy which turns out to be intangible, he uses this power to mobilize himself or regroup with mates faster. Any carried item is transformed too, as proven by other users of Space Jump.[9]
- Revival Spell: A technique that, depending on the game, either resurrects dead allies or merely heals them from being defeated & unconscious. Both uses are applied to their users as they are doing the same process over what seems to be the same spell given the same name. Initially appearing in the Team Kirby Clash mini-game, the Kirbys there could approach others Kirbys and revive them when being defeated, which meant falling into the floor with their souls leaving their bodies. On the Team Kirby Clash Deluxe & Super Kirby Clash games the Kirbys there could even obtain items to improve their ability to resurrect others. Before the latter game, in Kirby Star Allies, every playable character became able to "Revive" defeated allies, but these defeated allies don't lose their souls and it's notable how some are still breathing.
- Team Attack: In Star Allies when piggybacking an ally or more, they can briefly charge energy to shoot an energy beam. The more allies charging energy the more powerful the attack will be.
Optional Equipment:
Heals all of his health when eaten.
Heal varying amounts of his health.
When collected, Dark Meta Knight becomes invincible for a short time, and almost any enemy he touches will be instantly defeated, or at least damaged.
When picked up and used Dark Meta Knight summons one of the following Dream Friends to assist him
- Bandana Waddle Dee
- King Dedede
- Meta Knight
- Rick & Kine & Coo
- Marx
- Gooey
- Adeleine & Ribbon
- Dark Meta Knight
- Daroach
- Magolor
- Taranza
- Susie
- The Three Mage-Sisters
The Final Weapon in Star Allies, used to take out Void Termina. The Star Allies Sparkler fires projectiles from the tip, fly around quickly and efficiently and spin counterclockwise to avoid all damage on a relative scale (Sparkler Turn). Kirby canonically took the lead in the center of the Sparkler while his friends rode in the tail. Still, the leader can be rotated to imbue the shots with a different element depending on the leader (the technique is called Rider Switch). The Sparkler can fire different homing projectiles with varying power depending on charge time. An uncharged shot is called the Sparkler Comet, and it fires a star-shaped projectile. A charged shot is called the Sparkler Starshot, and it fires a projectile shaped like two intertwining stars. The strongest attack is called Team Star Allies!, which, if everyone who's riding charges together and releases at the same time, fires a giant laser at the opponent. Dark Meta Knight uses this item on his own when used in The Ultimate Choice of Star Allies.
Used to increase his statistics. The effects are shared with allies.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official Kirby JP twitter post, Sep 16, 2020
- ↑ In The TRUE Arena minigame from Kirby: Triple Deluxe, and in Kirby Star Allies if he's played alone, otherwise he falls defeated like everyone else. Despite the latter game's emphasis on team work, he can be played alone in side content
- ↑ Dark Meta Knight's flavor text • Kirby Star Allies
- ↑ Dark Meta Knight's Guest Star pause description • Kirby Star Allies
- ↑ Kirby Star Allies' Jap. website, Dream Friends, characters section
- ↑ Said to have "devised" sword techniques in the Mirror World · Kirby Star Allies' Jap. website, Dream Friends, characters section
- ↑ For example Kirby, Bandana Waddle Dee or Meta Knight
- ↑ "Nintendo Official Guidebook Kirby Mirror's Great Labyrinth" Shogakukan (『任天堂公式ガイドブック 星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮』小学館), page 169
- ↑ Kirby's Return to Dream Land
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