Kirby Air Ride is a 2003 racing video game starring Kirby , developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube .
101-464: Kirby Air Ride has the players and computer-controlled racers ride on Air Ride Machines. The game supports up to four players, and was the first GameCube title to support LAN play using broadband adapters and up to four GameCube systems. It was the final Kirby game directed by series creator Masahiro Sakurai . The game had a convoluted development cycle, starting as one of the first wave of Nintendo 64 games before undergoing numerous revisions to
202-445: A hotspot service. Network topology describes the layout of interconnections between devices and network segments. At the data link layer and physical layer , a wide variety of LAN topologies have been used, including ring , bus , mesh and star . Simple LANs generally consist of cabling and one or more switches . A switch can be connected to a router , cable modem , or ADSL modem for Internet access. A LAN can include
303-596: A wide area network (WAN). List of Kirby characters#Dyna Blade This is a list of characters from the Kirby franchise, who are featured in video games and other media across the franchise. Kirby ( カービィ , Kābī ) is the protagonist of the series and a playable character in every game except Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe . The villains he encounters typically threaten his home of Dream Land ( プププランド , Pupupu Rando , Pupupu Land) on Planet Pop Star ( ポップスター , Poppusutā , Pop Star) . The main games give Kirby
404-488: A ball. At the beginning of the sixth and final chapter, "Milky Way Wishes", Marx tells Kirby that the Sun and Moon are fighting and that only the power of a giant mechanical creature called Nova can make them stop, sending Kirby on his adventure. After Nova appears, Marx wishes for control over Pop Star and reveals that he started the fight between the Sun and Moon. He then transforms into a more powerful form before sending Nova on
505-643: A boss and playable character in Kirby Star Allies , and fulfills both roles once more in Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022), where the Beast Pack brainwashes him. King Dedede also appears in several spin-off games in the series. He appears as the final boss in Kirby's Pinball Land (1993). In Kirby's Avalanche (1995), Dedede appears as the final opponent. He appears as the single boss in Kirby's Dream Course (1994), along with
606-422: A boss. Beginning with Kirby's Return to Dream Land , Bandana Waddle Dee transitioned into being an ally of Kirby, and was one of the game's four playable characters. He assists Kirby in both Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot by providing him with items, and again as a playable character in Kirby Star Allies . In Kirby and the Forgotten Land , he is featured as the game's Player 2. In
707-716: A butterfly lands on his lance and merges with him, creating Morpho Knight ( バルフレイナイト , Barufureinaito , Butterfly Knight) . Morpho Knight returns as a boss in Kirby and the Forgotten Land . Galacta Knight also appears as the final boss in the game Super Kirby Clash (2019) where Parallel Nightmare summons him to fight Team Kirby. In the game, he is known as the Aeon Hero ( 淵源を巡る英雄 , Engen o Meguru Eiyū , Origin-Revolving Hero) . Magolor ( マホロア , Mahoroa ) appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011), where he travels to Dream Land on an interdimensional ship called
808-606: A cameo appearance in Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006), in an unlockable picture with other series villains. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008), an arrangement of the music when Kirby is battling Marx in Kirby Super Star can be played on the Halberd stage. In Kirby Mass Attack , he appears as the big boss of the "Kirby Brawlball" sub-game. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011), he makes a brief appearance in
909-681: A carved orange mask and has orange butterfly wings and limbs, a black body, and white eyes. It wields a sword with a blue eye resembling the Master Crown on its hilt. It first appeared in Kirby Star Allies (2018), in the Guest Star ;???? Star Allies Go! sub-game, where it is the mode's final boss after absorbing Galacta Knight's essence and revealing itself for the first time. In the Soul Melter EX difficulty of The Ultimate Choice , it returns as Morpho Knight EX, which has
1010-585: A cloak that can transform into a set of wings; in certain games, defeating him will cause the mask to fall off, revealing him to resemble Kirby, but with a blue body. Meta Knight first appeared in the NES game Kirby's Adventure as an ally of King Dedede and the boss of the Orange Ocean level, where he fights Kirby to stop him from taking a piece of the Star Rod and prevent Nightmare from obtaining it. He
1111-458: A collision course with Pop Star. As the Sun and Moon hold Nova back, Kirby rides the Starship into Nova and deactivates its heart, then defeats Marx and sends him crashing into Nova to destroy them both. In Kirby Super Star Ultra , pieces of Nova fuse with Marx's corpse and revive him as the more powerful Marx Soul ( マルクソウル , Maruku Souru ) , the final boss of "The True Arena". Marx makes
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#17327651083861212-524: A dark purple mask and red eyes and wings and wields two black swords. Morpho Knight later appeared in Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022) as the final boss of the Isolated Isles: Forgo Dreams. post-game after absorbing Soul Forgo. Morpho Knight's fighting style is the same as its Kirby Star Allies appearance, but it has new abilities, including shooting fiery tornados, using Soul Forgo-like entities as puppets, and flipping
1313-648: A forest, cave, and volcano, while grabbing Air Ride machine upgrade items, such as boosts, top speeds, charges, offense, defense, and more. Various Air Ride vehicles are randomly scattered throughout the city, allowing the player to switch vehicles at any time in the game. Players can even collect rare machine pieces to fuse together into a "Legendary Air Ride Machine," either the Dragoon or the Hydra. This mode also features random events such as falling meteors, UFOs, Dyna Blade , rail station fires, bouncing items, fake power-ups,
1414-554: A friend of Kirby that can be rescued from a holding bag. Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) expands on Gooey's character, as he is revealed to be a member of the Dark Matter race who chose to be Kirby's friend. He can be summoned as a helper character similar to those in Kirby Super Star (1996), controlled by either the computer or a second player. Gooey's main form of offense is to snag enemies with his tongue and spit them out like Kirby does, and can also copy abilities, but only when
1515-573: A good indication of the situation. A number of experimental and early commercial LAN technologies were developed in the 1970s. Ethernet was developed at Xerox PARC between 1973 and 1974. Cambridge Ring was developed at Cambridge University starting in 1974. ARCNET was developed by Datapoint Corporation in 1976 and announced in 1977. It had the first commercial installation in December 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. In 1979,
1616-587: A halo, a bandage, segmented wings, and a green spiked tail. Dark Matter makes cameo appearances in Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006), Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008), Kirby Mass Attack (2011), and Kirby Star Allies (2018, as Void Termina's final form. A clone of Dark Matter in its Kirby's Dream Land 2 form, dubbed Dark Matter Clone ( クローン剣士ダークマター , Kurōn Kenshi Dāku Matā , Clone Swordsman Dark Matter) or Dark Matter Blade , appears as an extra boss in Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016), which
1717-528: A mainly negative reception due to slow speeds and poor graphics, factors which the Nintendo 64 prototype had also been criticized for. Kirby Air Ride was first seen in playable form at E3 in May later that year. The demo contained five playable tracks and three different game modes. The reception to this playable demo was more positive than the video preview. Masahiro Sakurai , the game designer behind most of
1818-480: A masked, robed being wielding a magical sword. After being defeated, it assumes its small orb form as it faces Kirby. In Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997), a massive cloud of Dark Matter appears in Pop Star's sky and possesses many of its inhabitants. After aiding various creatures in need, Kirby eventually defeats Dark Matter once again. After its defeat, Kirby faces the leader of Dark Matter, a giant white creature with
1919-605: A playable character in the Meta Knightmare Ultra mode. Meta Knight also appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its 2023 remake as one of the four playable protagonists, alongside Kirby, King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee , and as a playable character in multi-player mode . After not appearing in Kirby: Triple Deluxe , Meta Knight made an active return to the series in Kirby: Planet Robobot . After being captured and transformed into
2020-468: A playable character until Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008). He returned as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and again in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Unlike most heavyweight fighters in the series, his hovering jumps give him great vertical distance in the air. He is voiced by Masahiro Sakurai . King Dedede has made several appearances outside of
2121-485: A plethora of methods of sharing resources. Typically, each vendor would have its own type of network card, cabling, protocol, and network operating system . A solution appeared with the advent of Novell NetWare which provided even-handed support for dozens of competing card and cable types, and a much more sophisticated operating system than most of its competitors. Of the competitors to NetWare, only Banyan Vines had comparable technical strengths, but Banyan never gained
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#17327651083862222-534: A portal and escapes the dimension he was trapped in. The credits reveal that after going through the portal, Magolor ends up in the village of the Dream Kingdom, the parallel version of Dream Land in an alternate universe, where the Gem Apple seed, now reduced to a sapling, is planted as the village's Gem Apple tree. Now redeemed, Magolor takes up residence as the shopkeeper of the Dream Kingdom, leading up to
2323-509: A rather throwaway title. In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 34 out of 40. Local area network A local area network ( LAN ) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits . Ethernet and Wi-Fi are
2424-600: A regular composer for the Kirby series since its debut. Kirby Air Ride also features songs from the Japanese version of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! , composed by Akira Miyagawa; the game was advertised at the end of some episodes, and a two-part special featuring vehicles from the game aired alongside the game's launch. Kirby Air Ride sold 422,311 copies in Japan and 750,000 in the United States. Upon its release,
2525-413: A robotic version of himself. In Kirby's Block Ball (1995), he is a hidden final boss. In Kirby's Star Stacker (1997), Dedede appears to antagonize Kirby during the "Round Clear" sub-game, in which Kirby has to completely deplete his hit points in order to move on to the next stage. Additionally, there was a version of the game released only in Japan in 1998 which featured him as the final boss in
2626-538: A second player is controlling him. He also appears in Kirby Star Allies (2018) as a Dream Friend, and is playable in Kirby Fighters 2 (2020). Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) and Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) feature various allies that can team up with Kirby and share powers. Kirby's Dream Land 2 introduces: Kirby's Dream Land 3 introduces: Rick, Coo, and Kine make a cameo in several games. In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000), when Kirby uses
2727-474: A secret boss. In the Meta Knightmare sub-game of Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016), Star Dream summons Galacta Knight as Meta Knight's final opponent, but Galacta Knight destroys Star Dream before fighting Meta Knight again. In Kirby Star Allies (2018), Galacta Knight appears as the apparent final boss of the Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! sub-game. However, before the fight with him can begin,
2828-459: A secure base. 3Com produced 3+Share and Microsoft produced MS-Net . These then formed the basis for collaboration between Microsoft and 3Com to create a simple network operating system LAN Manager and its cousin, IBM's LAN Server . None of these enjoyed any lasting success; Netware dominated the personal computer LAN business from early after its introduction in 1983 until the mid-1990s when Microsoft introduced Windows NT . In 1983, TCP/IP
2929-611: A short story mode. He is an unlockable character in Kirby Air Ride (2003) and Kirby Canvas Curse (2005). King Dedede is a boss in Kirby's Epic Yarn (2010) and Kirby Mass Attack (2011). Although he is absent from the main story, King Dedede appears in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015) as a collectible figurine. The game is also compatible with the King Dedede amiibo , which Kirby can use to gain
3030-455: A single red eye called Zero ( ゼロ ) , a large eyeball with a red iris that shoots blood at Kirby. After Kirby defeats him, he detaches from his white eyeball and flies around as a faster, though weaker, form in a last-ditch effort to defeat Kirby. Dark Matter clouds return once more in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000), where they invade Ripple Star for its Crystal. When the Crystal
3131-503: A strange pillar, a thief, all the boxes containing the same items, dense fog, and more. When time expires, players face off in a small competition that tests how well your machine ended up, which can vary between a drag race, a brawl, a contest to destroy the most enemies, a gliding game, and even a lap on one of the Air Ride courses. Kirby Air Ride was initially known interchangeably as Kirby Bowl 64 or Kirby Ball 64 ( Kirby Ball
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3232-434: A temporary increase in health . In Kirby's Blowout Blast (2017), although no story is present, he appears as the final boss. Masked Dedede appears as the secret final boss, after completing the game with all Gold trophies. Dedede has also been featured in the Super Smash Bros. video game series. While originally planned for inclusion in both the first installment of the series and its sequel , he did not appear as
3333-407: A track for three laps. Lastly, a single player can also race Free Run mode, an endless race with the sole purpose of reaching the fastest possible Lap Time. Top Ride is a racing mode on smaller, simpler tracks, and is viewed from above the track. Due to the decreased track size, the default number of laps is increased per track. Top Ride has only two vehicles to choose from; the red Free Star moves in
3434-517: A typical Air Ride race: In both modes, the Kirbys may swallow and acquire the abilities of enemies strewn along the track and use those powers against their rivals. Doing so will slow Kirby's enemies down and potentially do damage to them (if the Health Bar is activated for the race.) In addition to the racing mode, Air Ride also has the option of Time Attack mode, where a single-player races around
3535-495: A wide variety of other network devices such as firewalls , load balancers , and network intrusion detection . Advanced LANs are characterized by their use of redundant links with switches using the spanning tree protocol to prevent loops, their ability to manage differing traffic types via quality of service (QoS), and their ability to segregate traffic with VLANs . At the higher network layers, protocols such as NetBIOS , IPX/SPX , AppleTalk and others were once common, but
3636-543: Is a Waddle Dee who wears a blue bandana and is frequently seen wielding a spear. He has developed from an insignificant character to one of Kirby's closest and most recurring friends. He first appeared in Kirby Super Star as the first opponent in the "Megaton Punch" minigame. In Kirby Super Star Ultra , he appears in the "Revenge of the King" game mode as King Dedede's loyal right-hand man and in "The Arena" mode as
3737-479: Is a head manager of the amusement park, providing masks and souvenir items for playing games and completing challenges. He appears as a playable character in the third update for Kirby Star Allies (2018) and also appears in Kirby Fighters 2 (2020) as a playable character along with Gooey, Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee. Morpho Knight ( バルフレイナイト , Barufureinaito , Butterfly Knight) resembles Meta Knight and Galacta Knight, but it wears
3838-508: Is also compatible with the Meta Knight Amiibo , which Kirby can use to gain a temporary increase in attack power. Meta Knight also appears in four installments of the Super Smash Bros. video game series; in Super Smash Bros. Melee , he appears in the form of a trophy, and in Super Smash Bros. Brawl , he is a playable character. However, Meta Knight was temporarily removed from some professional gaming competitions in
3939-431: Is balanced out by several goals which are relatively easy to obtain, such as "finish a race three times" or "race on every course," and various other goals which only require the accrual of play time; these, in turn, make it easier to find out what other, more specific goals are, since each goal unlocked will open up the objective of the goals touching the goal completed. Kirby is the only playable character available from
4040-476: Is known as eNeMeE in the English dub and runs NightMare Enterprises . An embodiment of life's fear and suffering, he will always exist as long as people have fear in their hearts, and seeks to conquer the universe, having dominated most of it by the series' beginning. He has the ability to create monsters, who he sells to unsuspecting customers for a profit through a transportation network. His only opposition are
4141-492: Is seemingly destroyed, but it is revealed that the Master Crown has taken control of Magolor's body. After the second defeat, the crown is broken, and Magolor is banished into another dimension and trapped there. Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) introduces a new game mode: Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, which follows Magolor after his defeat. Stranded in another dimension and without most of his powers, Magolor sets out to regain them while collecting
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4242-422: Is shattered, Kirby reassembles the pieces before confronting a Dark Matter creature called Miracle Matter ( ミラクルマター , Mirakuru Matā ) . Its defeat repels Dark Matter from Ripple Star, but the Crystal detects and expels a powerful presence of Dark Matter from the queen, which forms a new planet. At the core of this world is 0² ( ゼロツー , Zero Tsū , Zero Two) , a form of Zero which resembles an angel and has
4343-540: Is still the basis of most commercial LANs today. While optical fiber cable is common for links between network switches , use of fiber to the desktop is rare. In a wireless LAN , users have unrestricted movement within the coverage area. Wireless networks have become popular in residences and small businesses, because of their ease of installation. Most wireless LANs use Wi-Fi as wireless adapters are typically integrated into smartphones , tablet computers and laptops . Guests are often offered Internet access via
4444-467: Is the Japanese name for Kirby's Dream Course ), and later as Kirby's Air Ride . It began development during the early days of the Nintendo 64 video game console. Much of the development was spearheaded by Masahiro Sakurai , the creator of Kirby. It was one of only two playable demos shown at the Nintendo 64's unveiling at the 1995 Shoshinkai show (the other being Super Mario 64 ). At this point
4545-522: Is the final boss of Kirby's Adventure (1993) and its remake, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002). After Nightmare invades the Fountain of Dreams, King Dedede splits up the Star Rod into seven pieces and gives them to his friends, preventing Nightmare from spreading nightmares . Kirby, who is unaware of this, finds the pieces and reunites them, causing Nightmare to be revived, but Kirby uses
4646-727: Is the main antagonist of the Revenge of Meta Knight mode in Kirby Super Star , in which he attempts to end the lazy lifestyle of Dream Land's inhabitants by invading it in his airship, the Battleship Halberd ( 戦艦ハルバード , Senkan Harubādo ) . Meta Knight is a playable character in the Meta Knightmare mode of Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land . In Kirby & the Amazing Mirror , Dark Meta Knight—an evil Mirror World counterpart of Meta Knight—traps him in
4747-488: Is the main character. When the Story Mode is completed, the "Dededetour" mode is unlocked , allowing players to play through the game as King Dedede. Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe , an enhanced, standalone version of "Dedede's Drum Dash" released on the Nintendo eShop , marks the debut of King Dedede starring in his own game. He appears in the beginning and ending scenes of Kirby: Planet Robobot . Dedede returns as both
4848-722: The Electronic voting systems for the European Parliament was the first installation of a LAN connecting hundreds (420) of microprocessor-controlled voting terminals to a polling/selecting central unit with a multidrop bus with Master/slave (technology) arbitration. The development and proliferation of personal computers using the CP/M operating system in the late 1970s, and later DOS -based systems starting in 1981, meant that many sites grew to dozens or even hundreds of computers. The initial driving force for networking
4949-601: The Inkling 's, Rosalina and Luma 's, and Sephiroth 's Classic Mode routes and in the World of Light mode. Galacta Knight ( ギャラクティックナイト , Gyarakutikkunaito , Galactic Knight) is the greatest warrior in the galaxy and the nemesis of Meta Knight , who resembles him but with a pink and white color scheme and wielding a purple lance and a white shield. He first appeared in Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008) as
5050-459: The Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) has prevailed as the standard of choice. LANs can maintain connections with other LANs via leased lines, leased services, or across the Internet using virtual private network technologies. Depending on how the connections are established and secured, and the distance involved, such linked LANs may also be classified as a metropolitan area network (MAN) or
5151-545: The Kirby video game series, including the 1994–2006 manga Hoshi no Kirby: Dedede de Pupupu na Monogatari written by Hirokazu Hikawa and published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic . He also appears in the ongoing Enterbrain 's Hoshi no Kirby: Kirby to Dedede no Pupupu Nikki manga written by Noboru Matsuyama and published in Famitsu DS+Wii (originally called Famitsu DS+Cube+Advance ), and in
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#17327651083865252-679: The Kirby video game series. He is featured in every Kirby manga adaptation; the first one was written by Yoshiko Sakuma, and published by Shogakukan originally in 1992, and the most recently is a 2012 Yuki Kawakami manga by Shogakukan, Hoshi no Kirby: Pack to Daibaku Show . Dedede is a main character in Kirby: Right Back at Ya! , in which he is the ruler of Dream Land who tries to defeat Kirby at any cost, usually by ordering monsters from Nightmare Enterprises (NME). Bandana Waddle Dee ( バンダナワドルディ , Bandana Wadorudi ) , sometimes called Waddle Dee ( ワドルディ , Wadorudi ) ,
5353-685: The restaurant chain Kirby Café , where he is featured in various food dishes. Meta Knight is voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi in Japan, Eric Stuart in the English dub of the anime, and Eric Newsome in the English version of the Super Smash Bros. series . King Dedede ( デデデ大王 , Dedede Daiō ) is an antihero who first appeared as the main antagonist of the game Kirby's Dream Land (1992), in which he steals Dream Land's food supply, prompting Kirby to travel to his castle and confront him. In Kirby's Adventure (1993) and its remake Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002), King Dedede breaks
5454-413: The supercomputer Star Dream created. It is unable to turn into his second form, but it can still use its second form's powers when at half health. Marx ( マルク , Maruku ) is the final boss in Kirby Super Star (1996) and its remake Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008). He is a round, lavender creature with no arms, who wears a jester hat, a bow tie, and brown shoes and is frequently seen bouncing on
5555-663: The 1996 E3 resembled a skateboarding sim) before eventually being canceled. Producer Shigeru Miyamoto said in an early 1998 interview that the project had been temporarily halted so that Nintendo could focus efforts on finishing 1080° Snowboarding and rework the Kirby's Air Ride concept. The game resurfaced on the GameCube in the form of a short video preview in March 2003 at the annual DICE summit in Las Vegas , at which point it received its final title. This preview received
5656-641: The Asami Taniguchi manga Hoshi no Kirby: Moretsu Pupupuawā! published in Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic , where he is a main character. He is also featured in the 2012 Yuki Kawakami manga by Shogakukan, Hoshi no Kirby: Pack to Daibaku Show . In the anime Kirby: Right Back at Ya! , he is a main character and the last surviving member of the Galaxy Soldier Army and its Star Warriors. He also makes various appearances in
5757-579: The Cleaning ability (introduced and last seen in Dream Land 3 ). Rick, Coo, and Kine also appear in the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001-2003). Rick lives in Whispy Woods' forest inside of Acore, a friend of Whispy who houses many woodland critters. When mentioned by other characters, Coo is often held in high regard for his wisdom and judgment. Kine is a kind but naïve fish who has
5858-589: The Cutter/Stone Power Combo, he can randomly carve himself into a stone statue of his animal friends. They also appear in the Kirby Fighters mode of Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014), appearing in the stage Coo's Forest, where they randomly appear and attack players indiscriminately. In Kirby Star Allies (2018), Rick, Coo, and Kine are a composite playable Dream Friend, while Nago, Pitch, and ChuChu appear in various attacks when Kirby uses
5959-491: The Lor Starcutter. When the ship crashlands in Dream Land, Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee offer to help repair the Lor Starcutter so that he can return to the realm of Halcandra, which he takes them to for a visit as a reward for their efforts. When the group arrives, the four-headed dragon Landia attacks and shoots down the Lor Starcutter. Angry that they have been trapped, Magolor sends Kirby and
6060-472: The Mirror World and splits Kirby into four colored copies of himself. After Kirby defeats Dark Meta Knight, Meta Knight helps Kirby defeat Dark Mind. In Kirby: Squeak Squad , after the chest containing Kirby's strawberry shortcake is mixed up with the chest sealing Dark Nebula , Meta Knight appears as a boss attempting to prevent Kirby from opening it. In Kirby Super Star Ultra , he appears as
6161-421: The Star Rod, the source of all dreams, into seven pieces, preventing the inhabitants of Dream Land from having dreams. Kirby defeats King Dedede, but unbeknownst to Kirby, he broke the Star Rod to keep the villainous Nightmare sealed in the Fountain of Dreams. Dedede then briefly assists Kirby in defeating Nightmare and stopping his plot against Dream Land. In Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995), King Dedede appears as
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#17327651083866262-765: The Star Warriors and the Galaxy Soldier Army, though they were wiped out prior to the events of the series, with Meta Knight as the Army's sole survivor. In the finale, like in the games, Kirby destroys him using the Star Rod. Nightmare is voiced by Banjo Ginga in the Japanese version of the anime and by Andrew Rannells in the English dub. Nightmare appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an assist trophy, voiced by Hisao Egawa . An Another Dimension counterpart of Nightmare known as Parallel Nightmare ( アナザーナイトメア , Anazā Naitomea , Another Nightmare) appears as
6363-478: The United States and Canada as he was considered to be too powerful. Meta Knight returned as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U after the series' director, Masahiro Sakurai , assured some changes to re-add him; among these changes, Meta Knight lost his ability to glide, and his attack speed was toned down. He reappears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Meta Knight has made several appearances outside of
6464-640: The United States. However, WWMCCS was superseded by the Global Command and Control System (GCCS) before that could happen. During the same period, Unix workstations were using TCP/IP networking. Although the workstation market segment is now much reduced, the technologies developed in the area continue to be influential on the Internet and in all forms of networking—and the TCP/IP protocol has replaced IPX , AppleTalk , NBF , and other protocols used by
6565-495: The ability to summon Parasol Waddle Dees . In Kirby Super Star Ultra (2008), King Dedede returns in his own game mode, "Revenge of The King", which is a spin-off of the "Revenge of Meta Knight" subgame. When Kirby fights him in the climax of Revenge of The King, King Dedede becomes Masked Dedede by wearing a metal mask and wielding a mechanical hammer that has the ability to shoot missiles. King Dedede appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) and its 2023 remake as one of
6666-463: The basic concept and being cancelled for a time. Upon its eventual release for the GameCube it saw a mixed reception from critics, who criticized its simplicity, but was a commercial success, selling over 1.2 million copies worldwide. The game has developed a cult following since then, with dedicated fans praising the game's battle royale multiplayer for being ahead of its time, and continuing to play
6767-672: The benches of the European Parliament Hemicycles in Strasbourg and Luxembourg. Early Ethernet ( 10BASE-5 and 10BASE-2 ) used coaxial cable . Shielded twisted pair was used in IBM's Token Ring LAN implementation. In 1984, StarLAN showed the potential of simple unshielded twisted pair by using category 3 cable —the same cable used for telephone systems. This led to the development of 10BASE-T (and its twisted-pair successors ) and structured cabling which
6868-467: The craft to move forward. Other than the use of the Control Stick to steer, the A button performs all the other actions in the game, including braking, charging up for a boost, sucking in nearby enemies and thereafter using the powers absorbed from them. Gliding is also a definitive feature of the game, as the player can control the crafts' altitude when they go airborne. Each of the three modes of
6969-469: The crowd of the final Kirby Master 100% video, and if Kirby uses the Stone ability in Kirby's Return to Dream Land , he will occasionally turn into a stone statue of Marx in his original form bouncing on his striped ball. He also appears in Kirby Star Allies (2018) as a playable Dream Friend, added in update 2.0.0. Marx appears as a boss in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018). He is fought in Kirby 's,
7070-442: The direction the Control Stick is tilted, while the blue Steer Star rotates clockwise or counterclockwise based on tilting the Control Stick right or left. Like Air Ride, Top Ride also has Time Attack and Free Run modes. There are seven courses total, based on seven different themes: Grass, Sand, Sky, Fire, Light, Water, and Metal. City Trial is a larger mode where players must navigate a city, along with several more sections such as
7171-420: The early games in the Kirby series , resigned from his position at HAL Laboratory shortly after the game's release, citing that he was tiring of the constant pressure from the industry to keep creating sequels. The soundtrack was composed by Jun Ishikawa , Shogo Sakai, Hirokazu Ando , and Tadashi Ikegami. The latter three of those composers also worked on Super Smash Bros. Melee , while Ishikawa has been
7272-628: The early PC LANs. Econet was Acorn Computers's low-cost local area network system, intended for use by schools and small businesses. It was first developed for the Acorn Atom and Acorn System 2 / 3 / 4 computers in 1981. In the 1980s, several token ring network implementations for LANs were developed. IBM released their own implementation of token ring in 1985, It ran at 4 Mbit/s . IBM claimed that their token ring systems were superior to Ethernet, especially under load, but these claims were debated. IBM's implementation of token ring
7373-670: The events of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Super Kirby Clash . Magolor returns in Kirby's Dream Collection (2012), where he builds a new theme park for Kirby, seemingly to make up for his actions in Return to Dream Land . Here, Kirby can play through new challenge stages, during some of which he races against Magolor. During the races, he uses magic to summon enemies, as well as attack Kirby. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe , Merry Magoland opens up, referencing his wishes in Dream Collection, and expands them. Here, Magolor
7474-447: The final boss of "Meta Knightmare Ultra", appearing when Meta Knight wishes to the reformed Nova to fight the strongest warrior in the galaxy. Nova grants this by summoning Galacta Knight, who it states was sealed away in ancient times out of fear for his power. He is also fought in "The True Arena" as the penultimate boss. He also appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011), fought right before Magolor EX in "The True Arena" mode as
7575-445: The four playable protagonists, alongside Kirby, Meta Knight , and (Bandana) Waddle Dee, and as a playable character in multi-player mode . In Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014), Taranza captures him, prompting Kirby to give chase to rescue him; at the end of the game, Taranza uses his powers to turn him into Masked Dedede, who fights Kirby. Triple Deluxe also features a rhythm-based platforming mode, "Dedede's Drum Dash", in which Dedede
7676-553: The fragments of a mysterious fruit called the Gem Apple. He eventually repairs the Gem Apple seed at the Ethereal Altar, but the remnants of the Master Crown corrupt it, transforming it into the Crowned Doomer. After its defeat, the Master Crown remnants combine with the Gem Apple, transforming into a massive tree-like being which he defeats by slicing it in half with a magically enhanced Ultra Sword. Afterward, he opens
7777-493: The game consisted of two sub-games. One was somewhat similar to Marble Madness , as players would control a ball-shaped Kirby to either race across an obstacle course (in single player) or knock competing players off the playing field (in multiplayer), similar to Kirby's Dream Course . The other more closely resembled the final game: a snowboarding race in which Kirby collects stars for points. It went through many changes during its elongated development period (the version shown at
7878-473: The game has a "checklist" associated with it. These are 12x10 grids which contain 120 squares, all of which are initially blank. Each square has a hidden goal contained inside it, and certain goals also have unlockable content attached to them, such as alternate machines, new items and courses, new characters, and music tracks for the sound test. When a goal is completed, the squares fill to reveal completed goals. In practice, this system of discovering unknown goals
7979-580: The game received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . Most websites and magazines praised its clean presentation, music, and the originality of the City Trial mode while criticizing its gameplay as being overly simple. Kirby Air Ride ' s similarity to other titles released for the GameCube around the same time (most notably F-Zero GX and Mario Kart: Double Dash , both of which were also made by Nintendo) resulted in it being categorized as
8080-464: The game through emulator online play . Kirby Air Ride is played primarily through use of a vehicle, many of which are taken from the previous Kirby games, such as the Warpstar. Players take control of Kirby or any of his multicolored counterparts to compete in races or other minigames. The simple controls are a defining feature of Kirby Air Ride . Unlike most racers, no input is necessary for
8181-432: The game's beta show that Dedede was originally a playable character from the game's beginning. In Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (2000), Dedede steals the stars from the sky for himself and Kirby must fight him to reclaim them. After his absence from Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004), King Dedede appears as the first boss in Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006) and is identical to his appearance in previous games, but now has
8282-508: The game, he cannot charge. King Dedede is also unlockable. Controlling him is almost exactly like using the Wheelie Bike, except he can attack automatically with his hammer, similar to Meta Knight's attack. Air Ride is a basic, back-view racing mode. The player chooses a racing machine and races against up to three other human or computer players via split-screen or LAN to get to the finish before anyone else. There are two ways to play
8383-399: The group defeat Landia, Magolor puts on the Master Crown and transforms into a giant floating entity, declaring that he will start his plan by conquering Planet Popstar as his "reward" to Kirby and his friends for their help. With help from Landia, Kirby and his friends pursue Magolor into another dimension and sink the Lor Starcutter, then battle Magolor himself. After his first defeat, Magolor
8484-424: The group to defeat Landia. In reality, Magolor was manipulating them into defeating Landia for him, so that he could obtain the Master Crown, an artifact that is in its possession and grants limitless power to its wearer, so he can gain the power to rule over the universe. It is also revealed that Magolor had previously fought and lost to Landia, and landed in Dream Land in the aftermath of his escape. After Kirby and
8585-475: The hostile "Mecha Knight" in the game's story mode, Kirby rescues him and he helps him defeat Star Dream by letting him pilot the Halberd. He is also given his own adventure once more, as the main playable character of the Meta Knightmare Returns mode. Meta Knight appears as a boss and Dream Friend in Kirby Star Allies . Meta Knight returns in Kirby Fighters 2 alongside King Dedede as
8686-416: The last boss before the secret Hyper Zone. King Dedede appears as a protagonist in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000), helping Kirby in certain areas by carrying him on his back and destroying barriers with his hammer after he once again saves him from possession by Dark Matter, who shattered the titular Crystal. Additionally, King Dedede is a playable character in the game's three minigames. Images of
8787-603: The main antagonist in the game Super Kirby Clash (2019), where is also voiced by Banjo Ginga . Dark Matter ( ダークマター , Dāku Matā ) is a being which usually appears as a black orb with a single red eye and covered in orange spots which allow it to fly; it also has the ability to possess and control other beings. It has been depicted as both a character and as a species, the latter being generally known in Japanese as Kuroi Kumo ( 黒い雲 , meaning "black cloud" ) . Dark Matter debuts in Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995), where it possesses King Dedede and later transforms into
8888-402: The main antagonist of the Story Mode, The Destined Rivals, and also appears as a playable character. Meta Knight appears in the colosseum in Kirby and the Forgotten Land , but does not encounter Kirby in the main storyline. Meta Knight also appears in several spin-off games in the series. He makes brief appearances in Kirby's Pinball Land and Kirby's Avalanche . In the latter, his name
8989-453: The penultimate boss, and fights Kirby after Dark Matter , the game's true final boss, possesses him. In Kirby Super Star (1996), Dedede reprises his role from Kirby's Dream Land in the "Spring Breeze" game, appears in the "Gourmet Race" and "Samurai Kirby" minigames, and is fought alongside the rest of the game's bosses in the "Arena". Dedede is again possessed by Dark Matter in Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997), fighting against Kirby as
9090-597: The player's screen. After it is defeated, Kirby gains the Morpho Knight Sword Blueprint, which allows a fourth upgrade for the Sword Copy Ability which has access to some of its abilities. Not much is known about Morpho Knight, except that it is like a grim reaper , as it casts judgement upon the strongest souls. Gooey ( グーイ , Gūi ) is a blue blob with eyes and a mouth. He first appears in Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995) as
9191-411: The power of the Star Rod to defeat him. Nightmare's Power Orb ( ナイトメアパワーオーブ , Naitomea Pawā Ōbu ) is his initial form, which shoots stars, and he eventually transforms into a humanoid, vampire -like being with a tornado-like cloak, a form called Nightmare Wizard ( ナイトメアウィザード , Naitomea Wizādo ) . Nightmare is also the main villain of the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! (2001-2003) anime, who
9292-445: The same basic abilities; he can walk, run, jump, float, inhale, and spit out or swallow his enemies. Starting with Kirby's Adventure , Kirby can gain the abilities of the enemies he swallows, which are referred to as Copy Abilities. The character has received positive reception, including being listed as one of the top twenty most popular video game characters in the 2011 edition of Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition . Kirby
9393-400: The series' spinoffs, Bandana Waddle Dee appears as a playable character in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse , and as a CPU-controlled ally in the single-player mode of Kirby Battle Royale . He returns in Kirby Fighters 2 as one of the game's starting playable characters, using his spear move set from Star Allies. Nightmare ( ナイトメア , Naitomea ) , also known as Cloaked Nightmare ,
9494-509: The start of the game, and the only one who can ride different machines and suck up enemies to copy their abilities. Multiple players are represented by different colors of Kirby. Meta Knight , Kirby's rival, is an unlockable character. He doesn't ride machines, but instead uses his wings to float above the ground. He controls like a combination of Wing Kirby and Sword Kirby, as he uses sword attacks automatically when he approaches enemies or other players. Because he has high speed and acceleration in
9595-518: The two most common technologies in use for local area networks. Historical network technologies include ARCNET , Token Ring and AppleTalk . The increasing demand and usage of computers in universities and research labs in the late 1960s generated the need to provide high-speed interconnections between computer systems. A 1970 report from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory detailing the growth of their "Octopus" network gave
9696-522: Was a relatively high-speed choice of that era, with speeds such as 100 Mbit/s. By 1994, vendors included Cisco Systems , National Semiconductor , Network Peripherals, SysKonnect (acquired by Marvell Technology Group ), and 3Com . FDDI installations have largely been replaced by Ethernet deployments. In 1979, the Electronic voting systems for the European Parliament was using 10 kilometers of simple unshielded twisted pair category 3 cable —the same cable used for telephone systems—installed inside
9797-442: Was first shown capable of supporting actual defense department applications on a Defense Communication Agency LAN testbed located at Reston, Virginia. The TCP/IP-based LAN successfully supported Telnet , FTP , and a Defense Department teleconferencing application. This demonstrated the feasibility of employing TCP/IP LANs to interconnect Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) computers at command centers throughout
9898-586: Was originally voiced by Taeko Kawata in Kirby and the Story of the Dream Spring , and has been voiced by Makiko Ohmoto since Super Smash Bros. In the English dub of the anime, he is voiced by Amy Birnbaum . Meta Knight ( メタナイト , Meta Naito ) is an antihero who is described as Kirby's rival and often fights him for various reasons. He wields the Galaxia Sword and wears a gray mask and
9999-470: Was revealed for the first time, where he is the penultimate challenger. He is an unlockable character in Kirby Air Ride and Kirby: Canvas Curse . Meta Knight is a boss in Kirby's Epic Yarn and appears as a boss in two sub-games in Kirby Mass Attack . Though he is absent from Kirby and the Rainbow Curse ' s story mode, Meta Knight appears as a collectible figurine. The game
10100-624: Was the basis of the IEEE 802.5 standard. A 16 Mbit/s version of Token Ring was standardized by the 802.5 working group in 1989. IBM had market dominance over Token Ring, for example, in 1990, IBM equipment was the most widely used for Token Ring networks. Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), a LAN standard, was considered an attractive campus backbone network technology in the early to mid 1990s since existing Ethernet networks only offered 10 Mbit/s data rates and Token Ring networks only offered 4 Mbit/s or 16 Mbit/s rates. Thus it
10201-450: Was to share storage and printers , both of which were expensive at the time. There was much enthusiasm for the concept, and for several years, from about 1983 onward, computer industry pundits habitually declared the coming year to be, "The year of the LAN". In practice, the concept was marred by the proliferation of incompatible physical layer and network protocol implementations, and
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