Editing Marx Soul

{{Infobox-Boss
|image=[[File:Marx Soul Sprite.png‎]]
|caption=Sprite of '''Marx Soul''' from ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''.
|game1=''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' (2008)
|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'' (2023, reference)
|game=<small>''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' (as a [[keychain]])<br>''[[Super Kirby Clash]]'' (as a [[Sticker (Super Kirby Clash)|Sticker]])<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' (as a [[Character Treat]])</small>
|copy ability=[[Cutter]] ([[Shooter Cutter]])<br>[[Paint]] ([[Splash Rush|Splash Marx]])<br>[[Ice]] (Ice Ball)
|relative=[[Marx]]
|theme music=[[File:KSSU Vs Marx Sample.oga]]
|theme title="[[Vs. Marx]]"
|description=Clip of Marx Soul's boss battle theme from ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''
}}
{{quote|He {{color|blue|absorbed}} a {{color|red|nova}}'s power to {{color|blue|bring back}} his {{color|red|evil}} soul... This really is the {{color|red|last battle}}!|''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' pause screen flavor text}}
'''Marx Soul''' is a [[boss]] that appears exclusively in [[The True Arena]] of ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', serving as the game's true final boss. Marx Soul is a stronger, zombified version of [[Marx]], mutated into a grotesque monstrosity by the power of the destroyed [[Galactic Nova]]. He fights in the same way as his regular form, but his attacks are much stronger and he moves in a faster and more chaotic manner. His [[health]] (630) is also 1.8× higher than Marx's (350). Marx Soul is different from his regular form in various ways. Most notably, he can morph into paint blobs that rain down on Kirby, and, if inhaled, give Kirby the [[Paint]] ability.

==Characteristics==
Marx Soul is very visually different from his normal counterpart. His body is purple instead of lavender, his arm-like appendages are now dark purple with blue heart-shaped jewels, with three claws instead of two, his tongue is longer and sticking out, and his pupils are more narrow. His jester hat now appears as fuchsia on the left and cyan on the right with the pompoms now having spikes on them, and his shoes have curled tips. Additionally, he appears to be wearing a golden necklace that seems to be made out of parts from Nova. Finally, he has a distinct laugh. After Marx Soul is defeated, he lets out a bloodcurdling screech and slowly splits in half while turning pink. Eventually he explodes, destroying the entire arena in the process.


==Attacks==
[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 10.png|thumb|200px|Kirby battles Marx Soul.]]
This table describes all of Marx Soul's attacks. Most are stronger, faster, and/or longer ranged versions of the original Marx's attacks, but some are unique to him.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!colspan=3|'''Marx Soul's attacks''' &nbsp;
|-
! '''Attack'''
! '''Description'''
! '''Notes'''
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 7.png|150px]]<br>'''[[Black Hole]]'''}}
|Marx Soul splits in half, creating a black hole. If Kirby is sucked in, he is transported to an alternate dimension in which he takes massive damage.
|Cannot be guarded. Used as a surprise entrance attack.
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 5.png|150px]]<br>'''シューターカッター'''<br>''[[Shooter Cutter]]''}}
|Marx Soul appears to teleport, but instead shoots out four cutters. He then repeats the attack.
|These cutters can be either thrown or swallowed for the [[Cutter]] ability.
|-
|{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 1.png|150px]]<br>'''シード{{furi|攻撃|こうげき}}'''<br>''Seed Attack''}}
|Marx Soul flies off the screen, dropping six damaging seeds in random places in the arena. About a second later, thick rose vines spring up from each of the seeds' locations.
|
|-
|{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 8.png|150px]]<br>'''Shadow Uppercut'''}}
|Marx Soul appears as a flashing circle on the ground that follows Kirby. After a few seconds, he springs up in an attempt to ram into Kirby.
|
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 2.png|150px]]<br>'''スプラッシュマルク'''<br>''[[Splash Rush|Splash Marx]]''}}
|Marx Soul splits in half, creating magenta and blue paint blobs. After disappearing, many similar damaging paint blobs fall from the ceiling, increasing in volume as the attack goes on.
|This paint blobs can be swallowed for the [[Paint]] ability.<br>This attack is similar to that of [[Drawcia Soul]].
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 3.png|150px]]<br>'''アローアロー'''<br>''Arrow Arrow''}}
|Marx Soul flashes, then releases hundreds of damaging arrows from his body.
|
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 9.png|150px]]<br>'''アイスボウル'''<br>''Ice Ball''}}
|Marx Soul puffs his cheeks, following Kirby, then drops a bomb out of his mouth. After reaching Kirby's height, it explodes into two shockwaves that may freeze Kirby if not guarded or dodged.
|This bomb can be swallowed for the [[Ice]] ability.
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 6.png|150px]]<br>'''マルク{{furi|砲|ほう}}'''<br>''Marx Cannon''}}
|Marx Soul puffs his cheeks, then fires an enormous, damaging beam out of his mouth.
|Cannot be guarded at all, and can only be dodged by [[hover]]ing or crouching.
|-
||{{center|[[File:KSSU Marx Soul fight 4.png|150px]]<br>'''デッドリーボウル'''<br>''Deadly Ball''}}
|Marx Soul splits in half, creating magenta and blue comets. After a few seconds, the two comets fly in one after the other, including a sound effect that resembles Marx Soul's laugh; however, the sound effect is more high pitched in the magenta comet.
|This attack is similar to [[Drawcia Soul]]'s [[Deadly Sun]] attack.<br>He only uses this attack when he has lost half of his health.
|-
!colspan=3|Japanese attack names are taken from the Japanese ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' guide book; English attack names are taken from Marx's Dream Friend moveset in ''Kirby Star Allies''.
|}

Above half health, Marx Soul attacks in the following order on loop:
#Black Hole
#Shooter Cutter
#Seed Attack
#Shadow Uppercut
#Splash Marx
#Arrow Arrow
#Ice Ball
#Marx Cannon

Below half health, Marx Soul's pattern changes to this order on loop:
#Deadly Ball
#Shooter Cutter
#Seed Attack
#Ice Ball
#Marx Cannon
#Splash Marx
#Shooter Cutter
#Arrow Arrow
#Black Hole
#Shadow Uppercut

Additionally, Marx Soul's idle animation speeds up and the background becomes lighter.

==Other appearances==
*In ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', Marx Soul appears as a [[keychain]], depicting him splitting in half to do his Black Hole attack. This rare keychain can be found in [[Endless Explosions - Stage 4]].
*In ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]'', Marx Soul appears as one of the [[Sticker (Super Kirby Clash)|stickers]] purchasable from [[Magolor's Shoppe]], once again depicting him splitting in half. The sticker comes with the caption: ''Ha-HAAA!''
*In ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'', Marx Soul is depicted as a [[Character Treat]], using the same sprite of him splitting in half as the other cameo appearances.
*In ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', Marx Soul appears as a [[Mask#Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe|Dress-Up Mask]], using his laughter vocals from his appearance in ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. This also marks the first 3D depiction of Marx Soul in a ''Kirby'' game.

==Trivia==
[[File:KSS Marx Mid-Transform sprite.png|right]]
*In [[Milky Way Wishes]], if the player looks closely a split second before Marx transforms into his first powered-up form, he can be seen looking extremely similar to Marx Soul. This is present even in the original ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''.
*Marx Soul is the first soul boss in the main-series [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'']] games. The first one in the whole series is [[Drawcia Soul]] from ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', which is a spin-off.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Marx Soul Cutscene.png|Marx Soul's cutscene animation
KSSU Marx Soul True Arena Icon.png|Icon from [[The True Arena]]
KSSU Marx Soul obscured True Arena Icon.png|Obscured icon from The True Arena
KSSU Marx Soul fight 11.png|Kirby defeats Marx Soul.
Keychain MarxSoul.png|The [[Keychain]] of Marx Soul splitting in half in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
SKC Sticker Marx Soul.png|Marx Soul's sticker from ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''
KDB Pixel Marx Soul character treat.png|[[Character Treat]] from ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''
KRtDLD Marx Soul Mask Icon.png|[[Mask#Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe|Dress-Up Mask]] from ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''
KRtDLD Marx Soul Mask.jpg|Kirby wearing the Marx Soul Dress-Up Mask in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=マルク ソウル
|jaR=Maruku Souru
|jaM=Marx Soul
|zhSimp=魔噜酷灵魂
|zhSimpR=mó lū kù línghún
|zhTrad=魔嚕酷靈魂
|zhTradR=mó lū kù línghún
|zhM=Marx Soul
|de=Max Ultra
|deM=Marx Ultra
|es=Espíritu de Marx
|esM=Spirit of Marx
|it=Anima di Mark
|itM=Soul of Marx
|fr=Max Ultra
|frM=Marx Ultra
|pt=Alma de Marx
|ptM=Marx's Soul
|ko=마르크 소울
|koR=Mareukeu Soul
|koM=Marx Soul
|nl=Marx' ziel
|nlM=Marx's soul
}}

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[[Category:Final bosses]]
[[Category:Secret bosses]]
[[Category:Soul bosses]]
[[Category:Bosses in Kirby Super Star Ultra]]
[[Category:Creatures that yield Paint from projectiles]]
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[[Category:Creatures that yield Cutter from projectiles]]