| Shadow Kirby | |
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 "A naughty shadow has appeared. You suspect it was born from the mirror version of Kirby's innocent soul!" - Kirby Fighters 2 | |
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Debut |
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (GBA, 2004) |
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Gender |
Male |
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Occupation |
Hero |
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Latest appearance (Canon) |
Kirby Fighters 2 (Nintendo Switch, 2020) |
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Latest Appearance (Fanon) |
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Relationships |
Dark Meta Knight (friends/foe) |
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Powers/Weapons |
Inhaling, Copying, Floating, etc |
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Strengths |
TBD |
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Weakness |
TBD |
Shadow Kirby is the Mirror World counterpart to Kirby like Dark Meta Knight is to Meta Knight. The main difference between Shadow Kirby and Kirby is that Kirby is courageous while he isn't, though he is still heroic at heart. Kirby Fighters 2 implies he has a naughty streak as well.
Personality[]
TBA
Physical Appearance[]
Shadow Kirby looks like his normal pink counterpart except dull and gray. However, he can sometimes have white eyes with his body being a translucent purple vortex.
In canon[]
In Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, Shadow Kirby and Kirby thought they were enemies. They fought each other until they figured out Dark Mind was the evil one. They teamed up and defeated Dark Mind.
He also appeared in Kirby Fighters Deluxe, where he was an alternate skin and a fighter, and Kirby Star Allies, where he was a cameo in the world map of Fortress of Shadows. Shadow Kirby previously appeared as the final boss of Kirby Fighters, and later appeared as the penultimate boss of Kirby Fighters 2's Story Mode, and the final opponent in Single Handed Mode.
In fanon[]
In Kirby2390's fanon[]
Kirby And The Lost Colors[]
In DrBeansonsSister's fanon[]
Shadow Kirby (known as Hairo-Kun ［灰色くん］in Japanese) is a skilled Kirby impostor who has been trained by Dr. Kingyo, a demon beast trainer at HNC. Shadow Kirby appears in many Kirby works, where Shadow Kirby is a big mean bully with “muscles of steel” that can shatter trees and buildings to shards with one strike!
Shadow Kirby was the offspring of two highly intelligent puffball parents, who were tended to by Dr. Kingyo in HNC’s puffball breeding sanctuary. Shortly after Shadow’s birth, Shadow was bathed by Dr. Kingyo’s clients in a bath of charcoal, bamboo ashes, and squid ink, giving him a dark demeanor.
Shadow Kirby was trained by Dr. Kingyo’s minions in combat and copy abilities, imitating each copy ability that HNC knows that Kirby has!
In Jamabastion Hyness 99's fanon[]
Kirby: Returning Legends[]
Shadow Kirby is a supporting character in Kirby: Returning Legends, and he has an important role in the Amazing Mirror arc.
In Void Termina the Destroyer's fanon[]
Kirby: Miracle Friends 2 Genesis[]
Shadow Kirby is the secret final boss of Helper to Hero, where he is training to become the strongest shadow of the galaxy. His colour scheme is the same as in Kirby Fighters 2. When the player uses Dream Friends, he uses the ability that suits the most, and may even use Elemental Weapons.
In The True Arena, he gains an EX form, which consists of him having a white form, also resembles to his Kirby Fighters 2 style, but has inverted colours. In this form, he attacks more frequently, and uses his Ultra Sword attack faster.
In Ravia's Fate and The Final Arena, he gains an SDX form, which consists of him wearing the "Mask of Dark Sun", while retaining his EX colouring. This time he only uses Knight attacks, but has added more power of his own, as well as adding mini black holes on his Ultra Sword attack. In conclusion, his attacks are combinations of Dark Meta Knight, Galacta Knight and Morpho Knight.
In 3x420's fanon[]
The Story of the True Hero[]
TBA
In EpicGreenKirby's fanon[]
Kirby Super Star Switch[]
In Kirby Super Star Switch, Shadow Kirby appears as a mid-boss in the mode, Revenge of the Jester. Shadow Kirby can also be fought in The Aegis Arena.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe 2[]
Shadow Kirby appears as an ally in Kirby: Triple Deluxe 2. Dark Meta Knight was trying to invade Mirror-World and cause chaos throughout the galaxy. Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight and Bandana Waddle Dee agreed to help Shadow Kirby. They then defeated Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight. After that, Shadow Kirby agreed to help them fight Queen Sectonia.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe 3[]
In Kirby: Triple Deluxe 3, Shadow Kirby is one of the main characters.
Kirby Fighters 2 Deluxe[]
Like the original Kirby Fighters 2, Shadow Kirby is fought as a boss, however in this game, after he has been defeated in his final battle. He becomes a Buddy. He isn't much different from Normal Kirby as a buddy, but his guard and attacks are stronger than Pink Kirby's.
When being fought as boss, he uses the same Copy Ability that Kirby uses. If a Buddy is playing instead, he uses the closest Copy Ability linked to them:
- King Dedede: Hammer
- Meta Knight: Sword
- Bandana Waddle Dee: Staff
- Marx: Mirror
- Susie: Laser (Robobot Armor if Susie is in her robot suit)
- Taranza: Spider
- Magolor: Beam
- Adeleine & Ribbon: Artist
- Gooey: Whip
- Francisca: Ice
- Flamberge: Fire
- Zan Partizanne: Plasma
- Hyness: Ice in the first third of his health, Fire once one third of his health is gone and Plasma in the last third of his health.
- Dark Meta Knight: Sword (harder than when Meta Knight or Sword Kirby verses him though)
- Daroach: Hammer (harder than when King Dedede or Hammer Kirby verses him)
- Shadow Dedede: Hammer (much harder than when King Dedede, Daroach or Hammer Kirby verses him)
- Galacta Knight: Sword (much harder than when Meta Knight, Sword Kirby or Dark Meta Knight verse him)
- Morpho Knight: Sword (slightly easier than when Galacta Knight verses Shadow Kirby)
- Landia: Fire (harder than when Flamberge or Fire Kirby verses him)
- Dark Taranza: Spider (harder than when Taranza or Spider Kirby verses him)
- Void: Shadow Kirby uses any Copy Ability and can change his Copy Ability whenever he wants to.
Kirby Star Allies 3[]
In Kirby Star Allies 3, Shadow Kirby can be unlocked as a Dream Friend, he has the same abilities as Kirby. However, Shadow Kirby is faster and his attacks are stronger.
Kirby Star Allies 5[]
In Kirby Star Allies 5, Shadow Kirby is corrupted by a Jamba Heart and is fought as a boss in Mirror World. After his boss fight, he is unlocked as a Dream Friend. In Heroes in Another Dimension Returns, Shadow Kirby is captured by the Dark Mage-Sisters along with Dark Meta Knight and Shadow Dedede. Then the dark mages mechanize Shadow Kirby turning him into Mecha Shadow Kirby. They then get Mecha Shadow Kirby to fight Kirby but Mecha Shadow Kirby loses and Shadow Kirby is freed again.
Kirby Fighters Clash 3[]
Shadow Kirby first appears as a possessed boss, where is he is used as the power source for the D3 Cannon. Here, when Parallel Susie was kidnapping Mirror Elfilin, Shadow Kirby alongside Shadow Dedede tried to stop her but were crushed by her King D-Mind bot. Parallel Susie then decided to capture Shadow Kirby and Shadow Dedede as well, while brainwashing them. In the Dark Taranza fight, Shadow Kirby (along with Shadow Dedede and Mirror Elfilin) get angry at Dark Taranza for insulting Dark Meta Knight. Shadow Kirby got poisoned by Dark Taranza in the fight, but this helps him unlock his Super V. State (which allows to summon dark versions of Copy Abilities). Shadow Kirby, alongside Shadow Dedede, were also responsible for landing the finishing blow on Dark Taranza.
In NZ9002's fanon[]
Kirby Star Allies 4[]
Shadow Kirby returns as a playable character in this game. He acts like how he did in Kirby Star Allies 2, as a combination of Master and Mirror. He is one of the surviving characters of Galeem and Dharkon's onslaught, and quickly joins up with the heroes. He is notably the sole member of the surviving heroes outside of Kirby to not be a former villain.
Kirby and the Darkened Hero[]
Shadow Kirby is the titular darkened hero. Here, he tries to find a substitute for Super V. State, believing that if he were to achieve it, then his negative personality traits would become even more obvious, turning him into a complete and utter coward. As a result of the game being retconned, Shadow Kirby is not able to actually achieve a Super V. State period, as a result of being Kirby's Mirror World counterpart.
In Parrallel Ribbon's fanon[]
Kirby 72: The Rainbow Fragments[]
In TRF, Shadow Kirby is one of the two main playable characters, the other being Parallel Ribbon.
Kirby Mechanical Planet of the stars[]
In MPS, Shadow Kirby is once again one of the two playable characters, the other being Parallel Ribbon.
In GalaxyGamer102's fanon[]
Kirby Rush[]
Shadow Kirby is the Main Antagonist of this Game. After trying to get revenge on the person who sealed him in the Dimensional prison. But after Kirby defeats him, he let's him chill at his house.
Kirby Rush 2: Round the World[]
Shadow Kirby is one of the Character who helps Kirby on his quest, and one of the Multiplayer Characters.
Kirby Star Allies (anime)[]
Shadow Kirby appears as one of the recurring villains and allies in the anime adaption of Kirby Star Allies. Although originally starting out as a villain, she is also sometimes seen helping Kirby and the Dream Friends at times, becoming an on-and-off anti-hero later in the series. Her Super Shadow Pendant and Super Shadow Pen makes her become Shadow Star. She is voiced by Haruna Ikezawa in the Japanese original version and by Erica Schroeder in the English dub version.
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Trivia[]
- As Kirby's counterpart, he can also Copy Abilities, presumably making him one of the most powerful characters in the canonical Kirby universe.
- Shadow Kirby was going to be a Dream Friend in Kirby Star Allies, but the idea was scrapped due to a rule that was established soon after, which only permitted one character per main series title, instead Dark Meta Knight was chosen as Kirby & The Amazing Mirror's representative.
- Shadow Kirby's official art from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror is just a monochrome, reversed image of Kirby entering a door from the manuals of Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.
- For Black Friday in 2020 and 2021, Shadow Kirby was given his own line of merchandise, titled "AEON BLACK FRIDAY KIRBY".