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==Game characters==

===King Dedede===

The self-proclaimed king of Dream Land, and Kirby's rival. He has appeared in all of the Kirby games except for Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. While not exactly evil, Dedede is quite greedy, and his penchant for stealing Dream Land's food or other resources often puts him into conflict with Kirby. He's in charge of the hordes of monsters Kirby has to fight through in each of the games, and in most games he's the boss enemy of the final normal level. Due to intense training he undertook after his first defeat at the hands of Kirby, Dedede has sucking powers similar to those that Kirby possesses, able to inhale Kirby and spit him out, as well as inhaling air to fly around. Dedede's also quite heavy, and likes to try to jump into the air and smash down onto Kirby. He also fights with a large wooden hammer which he attempts to pound Kirby with.

While he was the final enemy of the original Kirby's Dream Land, in most games after Dedede is defeated he turns out to be misguided or possessed, and a secret additional level is made available containing the real end-of-game boss monster. Dedede often helps Kirby access this secret level, usually by spitting him into space.

In Kirby's Adventure, King Dedede was believed to be destroying Dream Land as an evil act, and Kirby had to find the seven pieces of the Star Rod that King Dedede broke up and gave to six of his allies to prevent anyone from reforming it, keeping the final piece himself. Kirby fought and defeated him, and while King Dedede tried his hardest to stop Kirby from returning it to its rightful place atop the Fountain of Dreams, Kirby returned it anyway, releasing Nightmare. King Dedede actually took the Star Rod out and broke it in order to prevent this from happening. He inhaled Kirby, and launched him into the air with the Star Rod in order to defeat him. Dedede has also appeared as a playable helper in Kirby 64, where he could carry Kirby and break through walls.

Dedede was later cast as the regular antagonist of the anime series, where he often ordered monsters from Nightmare Enterprises, believing that Kirby could lose to them and become unpopular with the Cappies. However, in Kirby: Canvas Curse, he seems to be bent on helping Kirby save the day (as he is a playable character). The clone made in the game, created by Drawcia, was not. Kirby and the player had to work together to guide the cart through a race, and they had to beat King Dedede in the race in order to proceed past his boss level.

King Dedede and Meta Knight are unlockable in Kirby Air Ride where he rides one of the one-wheeled bikes and wields a hammer at all times, but can't take other abilities.

===Meta Knight===
Meta Knight could be described as Kirby's rival, but he is actually a good guy (as shown in the anime and KatAM). When he fights Kirby, it's usually for his honor. The often speculated reason he wants to rule Dream Land in Kirby Super Star is that he was possessed by Nightmare/Dark Matter. This masked swordsman first appears as the last boss before Dedede in Kirby's Adventure, occasionally showing up in earlier levels to sic his minions on Kirby. Meta Knight seems to prefer that Kirby duel him with a sword, as it is provided for him at the beginning of their battles, unless the player chooses to let it sit there for thirty seconds. Whenever Meta Knight is beaten, his mask falls apart to reveal his face, which looks just like that of Kirby's. The games themselves have never explained this mystery, although the closest explanation comes in the anime series, where it is revealed that Meta Knight is a Star Warrior, just like Kirby. Meta Knight was playable in the 2002 release of the Kirby game Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland. In Kirby Air Ride, Meta Knight could be unlocked in the Air Ride and City Trial modes when certain conditions were met. He was also playable in Kirby: Canvas Curse. He was the fastest playable character, and could slice the enemy up with his sword when he is dashing.

Dark Matter

Dark Matter is an entity of pure evil, controlled by 0. First appearing as the secret final boss in Kirby's Dream Land 2, in most of the games he turns out to be the true final enemy. An ooze-like substance that usually manifests as a large black ball with a single eye at its center, Dark Matter has the power to possess creatures and turn them evil (usually Dedede and his minions), and it can even mutate characters it has a particularly powerful hold over (such as Dedede in Kirby's Dreamland 3). Impervious to normal attacks, Dark Matter can only be fought if Kirby manages to collect all the pieces of the game's special magical item (such as a rainbow sword or heart rod) needed to defeat him. When fought, Dark Matter has a variety of forms, and Kirby usually fights it in a mid-air battle in outer space over Pop Star.

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