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| “ | YOU...! Did you think I'd forget? The time you smashed into me with your Hi-Jump! That time I was betrayed by Helpers! Or when I was replaced by that mechanical cloud! I-I... Sniff... there's something in my eye... | „ |
| ~ Pause screen description · Kirby Fighters Deluxe |
Summary
Kracko is a reoccurring boss from the Kirby series, present since Kirby's first game and having appeared in most games to date. Kracko is a delinquent who serves as a minion for the forces Kirby & co. have to face, be it a challenge by King Dedede or genuinely malicious beings who might have mind-controlled Kracko. He has a grudge against Kirby and is determined to defeat him regardless of the amount of times the latter has humiliated and destroyed him in combat.
Powers and Stats
Tier: High 6-A, up to 4-A via Empowerment | 4-A
Key: Kracko Jr./Kracko | Revenge & DX forms
Name: Kracko; Kracko Jr.
Origin: Kirby's Dream Land
Gender: Male
Age: Varies due to being a species, one of them is around or over 1000 years old (As he remembers battles with Kirby as early as the time he smashed him with the Hi-Jump ability[1], referencing Kirby's Adventure[2]. Other, if not the same Kracko, existed since ancient times[3])
Classification: Species[note 1], Cloud monster[3], The delinquent of the sky[4], the thunderous troublemaker[5], Cycloptic Stormcloud[6], The cloud-spirit ruler of the skies[7]
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Non-Physical Interaction (Can harm Ghost characters[8][note 2]), Longevity, Immortality (Types 2, 3, 4 & 8. Can move as a smaller cloud without his eye and spines before quickly making them appear[9][7]. Despite being defeated & blown up many times before, Kracko "will never be destroyed" "as long as there is sky and clouds in this world"[10]; Parallel Kracko, another version of him, will continue to be born over and over again in rumbling clouds of smoke as long as there is a sky, whether it is in a parallel space, Another Dimension, or a flat-out different dimension's world entirely, which all inevitably have a heaven and earth in Kirby[11]), Resurrection, Regeneration (Mid-High. Exploded into nothing visible and can come back off-screen in the brief time from his defeat by Kirby to the latter's confrontation & victory over King Dedede; Kracko can keep doing so indefinitely as Kirby repeats the same challenges once done[12][note 3]. Exploded into nothing visible, coming back off-screen in brief periods of time to fight Kirby again[13][14], did the same in his Reverge form[15]; Can reform parts of his body in combat[16]), Transformation (Can transform from Kracko Jr. to Kracko[17][14] and from Kracko to his Revenge[15] or DX[18] forms), Self-Size Manipulation, Weather Manipulation, Body Control & Smoke Manipulation (Can make large drills protrude from his body[9]. Can control other clouds around and presumably make them part of his body[19]), Limited Fusionism (Can merge himself with larger clouds[17]), Absorption, Statistics Amplification & Empowerment (As of Triple Deluxe, which took place high in the sky of Popstar, Kracko was "backed by the energy of the Heavens", and thus "more power than ever before"[4]), Dimensional Travel (The Kracko seen in the Mirror World[20] is the same Kracko from Kirby's universe fought in Nightmare in Dream Land[21], though he could have travelled there by using the Dimensional Mirror rather than by his own powers. Parallel Kracko, another version of him, will continue to be born over and over again in rumbling clouds of smoke as long as there is a sky, whether it is in a parallel space, Another Dimension, or a flat-out different dimension's world entirely[11]), Possibly Teleportation (Can seemingly teleport[19], if King Dedede didn't summon him there), Energy Projection, Energy Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation (Can shoot electricity in different directions[9], concentrate it in balls to throw them at targets and make it move in organized patterns[19]), Paralysis Inducement (Can paralyze flippers with his lightning[12]), Homing Attack (Shown here[19]), Summoning (Can summon Waddle Doos, Starmen[2], Gordos[22], Co-Krackos[17], Twisters [Tornado enemies], Flamers and Flappers out of his body, along with other junk[9]), Explosion Manipulation (Can drop bombs[13] and explosive cannon-balls[17]), Water Manipulation (Can rain water as an attack in a way that targets get stunned as they're being attacked[9]), Attack Reflection (Demonstrated here[16]), Duplication (A Kracko from Gabbel Moon could create a duplicate of himself[6] as he grew up in a different environment than Popstar[23]), Limited Danmaku (In his Revenge form[19])
Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (As Kracko Jr. he's a mid-boss and should be comparable to other mid-bosses like Iron Mam, as Kracko he's a boss and should be stronger. In either form he can harm and defeat Helpers, who can defeat Iron Mams[24]), up to Multi-Solar System level via Empowerment (Was once "backed by the energy of the Heavens", thus making him more power than ever before[4] in Triple Deluxe, putting him above his Revenge form in Revenge of the King from Super Star Ultra) | Multi-Solar System level (Put a decent fight to Kirby [who had already defeated Drawcia] in a mode portrayed as difficult & with Kirby needing to be careful in it[25]. Is one of the ten "tough foes" in The True Arena, the most difficult mode in Super Star Ultra, though the final four enemies there are the strongest[26]. His DX form is above his base form in Triple Deluxe)
Speed: Relativistic+ (Can battle Helpers, notable ones being Simirror and Knuckle Joe. All Helpers are comparable in speed[24]), up to Massively FTL+ Combat Speed via Empowerment (Scaling to Kirby and King Dedede; same reasoning as his AP) | Massively FTL+ Combat Speed (Same reasoning as his AP)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level, up to Multi-Solar System level via Empowerment | Multi-Solar System level
Durability: Multi-Continent level, up to Multi-Solar System level via Empowerment, regeneration & immortality makes him difficult to kill | Multi-Solar System level, regeneration & immortality makes him difficult to kill
Stamina: Athletic. Got defeated by Kirby and fought him again minutes later several times[13][14][15], once being able to do this indefinitely[12].
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Several Meters with projectiles and Weather Manipulation, Low Multiversal via Reliant Immortality[11]
Standard Equipment: Bombs, explosive cannon-balls and junk
Intelligence: Average. They're portrayed as monsters with human-like intelligence capable of speech, remembering their encounters with Kirby, and feeling, either one or many of them are delinquents who have existed since ancient times[3].
Weaknesses: His eye. Ice and electricity can be used to damage Kracko when using his rain attack
Gallery
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Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
References
- ↑ VS Kracko · Kirby Fighters Deluxe
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Level 4 boss battle · Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Vs. Holo-Kracko · Kirby: Planet Robobot
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kracko's Jap. pause screen description · Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- ↑ Kirby Battle Royale
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kirby Star Allies
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Super Kirby Clash
- ↑ Kirby Fighters 2
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Kracko boss battle, Kirby Fighters Deluxe · Kirby Triple Deluxe
- ↑ VS Kracko & Kracko DX's Jap. pause descriptions · Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Parallel Twin Kracko's Jap. pause description · Kirby Star Allies
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Kirby's Pinball Land
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Boss battles from Bubbly Clouds to Mt. DeDeDde · Kirby's Dream Land
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Spring Breeze · Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Revenge of The King · Kirby Super Star Ultra
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Kirby: Canvas Curse
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Bubbly Clouds · Kirby's Dream Land
- ↑ Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Kirby's Blowout Blast
- ↑ Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
- ↑ 星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮 かんぺきサポートガイド ("Kirby of the Stars Mirror Labyrinth Complete Support Guide", May 28, 2004), unknown page
- ↑ Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
- ↑
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra
- ↑ In-game description of Revenge of The King · Kirby Super Star Ultra
- ↑ In-game description of The True Arena · Kirby Super Star Ultra
- ↑ There is 1 Kracko on Planet Popstar that fought Kirby on multiple occasions (VS Kracko · Kirby Fighters Deluxe), making it seem as if all Krackos in the series are the same. However, this is not the case:
- Several Krackos can be seen on individual stages in Kirby's Dream Course.
- In Kirby Star Allies, the Kracko fought in another planet is explicitly another individual from any Kracko on Planet Popstar. (Kracko's Jap. pause description, Twin Kracko's Jap. pause description, KIRBY STAR ALLIES THE ORIGINAL ART BOOK page 133)
- Because of that, a former Kracko from another planet should be a different individual from any Kracko on Planet Popstar as well. (Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra)
- ↑ For example Kirby or Bandana Dee
- ↑ Choosing to fight Kracko as the last boss makes this come back have the shortest amount of time in the series, down to a couple of minutes.
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