Ask Guru Gobbo #78

1) Bugzzy is my favorite mini-boss.

2) The most sinister being in the Kirby world, outside of those top tier fiends, would have to be their fusion, Dark Mind, which really could be expected.

3) Parasol's reasons for liking have been addressed numerous times. I know, in most cases, people like abilities like Hammer or Sword that have overwhelming offense, as you stated is liked, but I actually don't like these. Things like Sword's Final Cutter I see as cheap and lackluster. Being able to turn instantly invisible and unload a multi-hitting blow just takes all the fun out of the game, I think. I'd rather play the game more and get some difficulty. Plus, Parasol possesses many of the attributes in abilities that I like, such as close range. I just like the ability.

4) While I'm certain a Kirby RPG would be very loved and accepted, it would be pretty odd seeing as Great Cave Offensive kinda poked a lot of fun at the concept of RPGs, especially with Battle Windows/Computer Virus. Still, if they did something as such, I would hope they'd make it not the cut and paste RPG and do something different like Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Not exactly like, keep in mind, but in a different breed. I've always thought a Kirby tactical RPG would be nifty. They could easily work in inhaling and projectiles that way, too.

1) Yes, this is the general statement attached to 0's description. It is the force behind Dark Matter. Of course, there's a lot of interpretation that could be applied to this, and whether it's just the face behind the mask or some sort of other being pulling the strings is never really truly told. Blame translation barriers and, well, lack of divulged information State side.

2) You know, I have no idea. Joke was that Plasma Wisp was suppose to be called Bio-Spark since it is, you know, living energy. Really, it makes no sense. It almost seems like a Street Fighter switch-up. You know, M. Bison was really the boxer, Michael Bison, a parody of Mike Tyson. Fearing suing, they shifted the names down a peg. The clawed, masked guy turned from Balrog to Vega, the evil leader turned from Vega to the mysteriously initialed M. Bison. Good stuff. Anyhoo, I don't think that's the case since I can't see who would be shifted down on the naming list.

3) Probably.

1) I'm going to guess that it's just my intuition after getting all of these questions. Or, really, just 'cuz I infer stuff easily. Really, I don't remember what question that was, so... I really don't know. Luck?

2) Kaboola is my favorite boss.

3) Yeah, that's basically why I finally indexed them all on a page. Well, not Burst, but who cares about that? I'll answer that: no one!

1) The coxcomb worn by Marx is very similar to that seen on Mirror, but it does have minor differences to it. I think the pattern's shapes very, or are present. Mirror has a blank red side while Marx has triangles. Not much, I know, but different nonetheless. It was an odd choice of color, really. If he had more to do with Mirror, or at least gave Mirror in some fashion, it would make sense for the resemblance.

2) Drawcia is a painting, particularly of a witch, that magically gained sentience and tried to turn the world into one of paint and color, a drawing world.

3) It's... Squeaky Bogg. Does that really need explained? Well, Session 25 has a lot on ol' Squeaks.

1) Yes, it's the same Acro. She's a flying whale, apparently and jokingly. Space flying, that is, the only flying whales can perform. I don't make the laws of nature, kiddies, I just make them up.

2) It does seem unlikely that Whispy Woods is seeded in one, static location. This would mean that Green Greens, Vegetable Valley, and all those other places he appears would have to overlap in that one place he appears. I think he's more like a colonal tree. That's a real thing, too. It has a wide web of roots that all interconnect. It's a whole forest of just one tree. Neato stuff, for sooth. He could be like this, being in multiple places at once. Of course, the more likely scenario: they didn't think about that, they didn't think fans would think about that, and they don't care to explain it. It just happens.

3) Nightmare isn't subconscious in anyway. He was simply a nightmare, a bad dream, that got into the Dream Spring. I think he had a more metaphysical origin in the animated series, but since when do I give a shoot about that? Dark Matter, I think, is more of just a destructive force of nature, of sorts. That roaming, consuming, all-evil being of pure and utter darkness. It's everywhere, after all. It's not like it's an original concept in the slightest. Still, like everything in Kirby, the means, ways, and reasons for anything is never really covered. It just happens. It's a game, and a fairly simply constructed one at that. Over analyzing a gluttonous puff who enjoys play is a little sad, after all.

4) Why do bullies pick on the smallest kids on the play ground? You don't flex your muscles against the biggest dog in the yard. No, sinister forces take on the weak and oppress them. That's what that type goes after. It's the underdog, the hero archetype, that goes after the alpha dog to prove themselves. David and Goliath, whatnot.

5) I announce myself as "Uncle Gobbo", so of course you can call me that. I wouldn't put it out there and then bar it off from use.

No. I never said that. I never said anything about swallowing or copying or anything. You, sir, put words in my mouth. I detest people who do that. They get Land Smitings. Don't make me pull out some spine-ball delivered justice on your ill tongue.

Besides, that's one game. Such was only implemented in Super Star. All of the other appearances would not duplicate that affect as there was no possible way to produce that effect. Also, Enoc was specifically questioning basic function on inhaling Scarfy. It goes without saying that Crash would be gotten in that specific case, as it is just how that game goes, but this was not what he wanted to know. He questioned whether it would even allow regular ammo supply and stock.

Rivals are enemies. They are synonyms. That's be like complaining if I called Burnin' Leo Flamin' Leonard Nimoy. They are, after all, Vulcans.

So, you read the question but you didn't read the answer? 'Cuz I totally mentioned the Dream Land shift from puffballs to Wadde Dees. It's right there. You have to be blind to miss it.

But, yes, Batamon doesn't belong there. Batamon is specifically something that looks like but is not Kirby. It's like a mimic seen in nature, like a non-toxic caterpillar that looks nearly identical to a toxic caterpillar to avoid being eaten.

You summed it up about right with that last sentence. The phrasing is that NOVA had to flex his temporal muscles to allow the battle with Galacta Knight. It never said anything about bending any of dimensions five through eleven. I suppose he could have bent Z, but, really, what good does that do? So, yeah, the theory falls apart on that hitch, and that little hitch does make it all. After all, that tiny phrasing is what even opened the door to the whole "Galacta Knight is future Kirby" theory. I really hate bringing it up like this, too, 'cuz that just leads to more crack-pot theories that don't have any real meat to them. It was nailed in its coffin, and then the coffin was nailed shut. Messy, for sure.