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- This article is about the recurring Kirby enemy. For an item in Kirby Air Ride, which was renamed to Walky, see Mike (item).
Walky is an anthropomorphic microphone enemy which makes regular appearances in the Kirby series, first appearing in Kirby Super Star. It resembles a sentient old stage microphone with red feet and a mouth, and its sides each have a yellow hinge that connect the dark blue head with the yellow or tan mouth. Walky's modus operandi is to walk around or sit in place and attack by singing, shooting out harmful musical note projectiles. In all of its appearances, if Kirby inhales and swallows a Walky, it will grant him the Mike Copy Ability. Perhaps due in part to it providing a limited-use ability, Walky has never appeared as a Helper character.
Game appearances
Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra
Walky makes its first appearance as a regular enemy in Kirby Super Star and returns in its remake. Encountered only in a very small number of locations throughout either game, this enemy usually walks back and forth and stops regularly to yell three musical notes at Kirby, which hurt him on contact. Only one Walky in the game, encountered in the fourth stage of Dyna Blade, possesses a different behavior; it moves faster than a regular Walky and runs away from Kirby with a gasp when it spots him instead of attacking, making it harmless as long as Kirby does not collide with it directly.
Walky possesses 16 points of health and increases Kirby's score by 890 points when defeated. Kirby can also swallow it for the Mike ability.
Locations
Walky can be found in the following places in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra:
Kirby Air Ride
In Kirby Air Ride, Walky can be found on various Air Ride courses, where it sits still and sings to itself until it is inhaled by a passing Kirby or otherwise defeated. It grants the Mike ability as usual.
Locations
In Kirby Air Ride, Walky can be found in the following places:
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Walky appears rarely in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, letting out musical notes that harm anyone they touch. Like before, swallowing it grants the Mike ability.
Locations
In Template:KRtDL KAW Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Walky appears again in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, reprising its role, function, and rarity from its previous appearance.
Locations
In Kirby: Triple Deluxe Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Walky appears once again in Kirby: Planet Robobot, unchanged from before.
Locations
In Kirby: Planet Robobot Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Kirby Star Allies
Walky in
Kirby Star Allies
Walky appears in this title. It provides the Mike ability to Kirby, but cannot be recruited as a Friend, instead turning into the Mike headphones when Kirby tosses a Friend Heart at it.
Locations
In Kirby Star Allies Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy description
"A microphone who trudges along and enjoys himself as he sings. By inhaling Walky, Kirby gains the ability to shout, allowing him to clear all enemies off the screen with a high-volume blast. This is a powerful ability that can only be used up to three times. In Kirby Air Ride, this ability sends every racer within range into a spin."
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy description
"Walky is really just a microphone...that can walk. He's a retro sort of microphone that would look at home in a radio studio. His musical notes are more harmful than tuneful, so be sure to stay out of their way! If you manage to inhale Walky, you'll get the Mike ability, letting you destroy nearby enemies with just the power of you voice!"
Anime
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Well...if you speak into it, it makes your voice a lot louder so everyone can hear you! I know! Maybe you could hold a karaoke contest!
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— N.M.E. Sales Guy describing what Walky could be used for, in Abusement Park
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In Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Walky appears as the monster of the day in the episode Abusement Park, where it is described as "the microphone Monster". It is ordered from Night Mare Enterprises by King Dedede and, at the suggestion of the N.M.E. Sales Guy, used as a microphone for a karaoke contest. It is inhaled by Kirby for the Mike ability when it is his turn to sing, which causes the plan to send him to N.M.E. Headquarters to backfire, and Kirby later destroys Castle Dedede inadvertently. Walky later emerges from the rubble - having apparently been spat out by Kirby at some point - but when it sees Kirby again, Walky runs away in horror and is not seen again.
Trivia
- In the English version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Walky trophy lists Kirby's Dream Land as an appearance (which is itself erroneously listed as an NES game), conflating the enemy with the microphone item. The Japanese version lists Kirby's Adventure instead, but this still isn't correct, as the only providers of the Mike ability in said game are Mr. Tick-Tock and Paint Roller's mike.
- When using the Walky in the anime, Kirby sings Kihon wa Maru, albeit badly. In the Japanese version, it is also possible to hear a sad horn playing to reflect how bad his performance is (since he is tone-deaf).
Gallery
Kirby Super Star Ultra sprite
Walky in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
From Kirby: Planet Robobot
Names in other languages
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ウォーキー Wōkī
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Walky
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European Portuguese
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Walky[1]
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References
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Kirby: Planet Robobot |
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| Characters | | | Levels and stages | | | Bosses | | | Mid-Bosses | | | Copy Abilities | | | Enemies | | | Sub-Games | | | Kirby 3D Rumble levels | | | Items and objects | | | Extra | |
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Kirby Star Allies |
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| Characters | | | Levels and Stages | | | Copy Abilities | | | Friend Abilities | | | Friend Actions | | | Standard Friends | | | Dream Friends | | | Regular enemies | | | Mid-Bosses | | | Bosses | | | Items and objects | | | Sub-Games | | | Extra | |
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