Gigabyte Grounds
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Gigabyte Grounds (known in Japan as Gigant Ground) is the fourth level of Kirby: Planet Robobot. It has five regular stages, a boss stage, and an EX stage. The level takes place largely in a desert environment, but contains a factory, and a laboratory like the previous levels. There are eighteen Code Cubes to collect in this level, with three in every stage except the Boss one. The boss is Mecha Knight.
Stages
For details on each stage individually, click the name of the stage.
Stage | Unlock Req. | Code Cubes | Robobot ArmTemplate:Our? | Notes |
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Stage 1 | N/A | 3 | ||
Stage 2 | Complete Stage 1 | 3 | ||
Stage 3 | Complete Stage 2 | 3 | ||
Stage 4 | Complete Stage 3 | 3 | ||
Stage 5 | Complete Stage 4 | 3 | ||
Stage 6: Mecha Knight | Collect # Code Cubes from prior Gigabyte Grounds stages and complete Stage 5. | 0 | Completing this stage unlocks Rhythm Route | |
Stage 7 EX | Collect all Code Cubes from prior Gigabyte Grounds stages. | 3 | This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game. |
Stage 6 (Boss: Mecha Knight)
At least six Code Cubes are needed to break the firewall to this stage.
The stage begins inside the factory. Past a conveyor and through a pipe, Bandana Waddle Dee gives Kirby a food item in the next room. Through another pipe, the Ninja, Sword and Jet abilities are available on Copy Pedestals. From there, one more pipe leads to the boss door.
Taking the door leads to an open battlefield doused in red light. Susie appears again, singing praises to President Haltmann, then noticing Kirby entering the room, she addresses him. She then tells him nonchalantly about her newest acquisition, bringing in a subdued and mechanized version of Meta Knight, who she designates as Model #M-7110, otherwise known as Mecha Knight. She activates him, and then leaves the arena for them to duke it out.
Mecha Knight fights much like his old self, but uses a laser Galaxia and can fire beams from it, as well as fire missiles from his pack. He is also able to generate an electric field around himself and fire massive lasers from his visor.
On defeat, Mecha Knight crashes, staggers for a moment, then falls backward into a chasm and explodes, leaving Kirby to do his dance and proceed to the next level, Rhythm Route.
Stage 7 EX
All 15 Code Cubes from the previous stages are required to unlock this one.
Section 1: The stage begins in the laboratory. The way forward is cut using battery-powered saws.
Section 2: Moving to the factory, Kirby must now dodge more Steam Hammers along the path.
Section 3: In this room, Kirby must contend with fans and toxic clouds. An optional doorway leads to an encounter with Bonkers 2.0, but Kirby can shout him down to get a unique Sticker in here.
Section 4: Kirby returns to the dunes to contend with more rolling bars. To help him clear the way, a suit of Robobot Armor can be recovered in this room. Using it correctly will allow Kirby to get a Code Cube.
Section 5: This wind-swept path will carry Kirby through many dangers. Along the way, some chains will need to be cut to clear the way to the next Code Cube.
Section 6: Back in the lab, Kirby can battle Blocky 2.0 using the Robobot Armor. With that done, the last Code Cube can be collected, and the stage completed.
Enemies, Mid-bosses, and Abilities
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Trivia
- Stages 3 and 5 feature a remix of the 'Studying the Factory' theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Stage EX features a different remix of this tune as well.
- Despite being called Gigant Ground in Japan, Gigant Edge appears nowhere in the level.