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Royal Road

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Royal Road
Royal Road Entry.png
Screenshot from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Details
Level Nr. 6
Stages 6
EX Stages 2
Sun Stones 16
Mid-Bosses Bonkers (6-5), Gigant Edge (6-1), Gigant Edge DX (6-5, 6-7 EX), Hornhead DX (6-5, 6-7 EX), Every other DX Mid-Boss (6-5), Every Hypernova Mid-Boss (6-8 EX)
Boss All Previous Bosses, Masked Dedede, Queen Sectonia, Shadow Dedede, Dark Meta Knight
Stages with Hypernova 6-3, 6-5, 6-8 EX
Level progression
Endless Explosions Eternal Dreamland
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Royal Road is the sixth level of Kirby: Triple Deluxe and the last of the six lands in the kingdom of Floralia. It has five regular stages, a boss stage, and two EX stages. The level is effectively one big castle complex, with an additional floating prison complex above it. There are sixteen Sun Stones to collect in this level, with one each in Stages 2, 4 and 8 EX, three each in Stages 1, 3 and 7 EX, and four in Stage 5. All the previous bosses are fought here again throughout the stages, and the primary bosses vary depending on which game-mode is being played. In Story Mode, the bosses are Masked Dedede and Queen Sectonia. In Dededetour!, they are Queen Sectonia DX, Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight's Revenge.

Stages[edit]

For details on each stage individually, click the name of the stage.

Stage Unlock Req. Sun Stones Hypernova? Bosses/Mid-Bosses Notes
N/A 3 No Gigant Edge There is a HAL Room hidden in this stage.
Complete Stage 1. 1 No Coily Rattler
Kracko
Complete Stage 2. 3 Yes No
Complete Stage 3. 1 No Paintra
Flowery Woods
Pyribbit
Complete Stage 4. 4 Yes Bonkers
All DX Mid-Bosses
Flowery Woods
There is a HAL Room hidden in this stage.
Collect 7 Sun Stones from prior Royal Road stages and complete Stage 5. 0 No Masked Dedede
Queen Sectonia
Completing this stage leads into Eternal Dreamland.
Collect all prior Royal Road Sun Stones. 3 No Gigant Edge DX
Hornhead DX
This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.
Complete Stage 7 EX. 1 Yes All Hypernova Mid-Bosses This is an EX stage, so completing it is not required to finish the game.

In Dededetour![edit]

Once Lvl. 6 begins, King Dedede plays through all of the EX stages from previous levels and Stage 7 EX first. From there, all remaining stages of Royal Road are played in one sequence in Dededetour! except for Stage 8 EX and the sections of stages where Hypernova is used. Through this sequence, 6 Keychains can be found.

In addition, many enemies are re-sized - changing their Health and also possibly movement speed - and Queen Sectonia and the Mid-Bosses are changed to their DX forms.

Finally, in place of Sun Stones, Warp Holes can be found in many areas allowing King Dedede to skip parts of the stages. In Royal Road, there are 13 Warp Holes in total.

Once Queen Sectonia DX is defeated, King Dedede is pitted against two more foes, not seen in the main Story Mode. These are Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight's Revenge.

Trivia[edit]

  • Throughout Royal Road, numerous enemies encountered in previous levels now sport an insectoid design. These enemies are referred to with the prefix "Sectra", and include Sectra Dees, Sectra Burts, Sectra Gordos, Sectra Knights, and Sectra Shooters.
    • However, Stage 7 EX features both Sectra and normal variants of enemies that would otherwise be Sectra only.
  • Stage 3 and Stage 8 EX are the only stages in the game from which it is impossible to obtain any Copy Abilities.
    • Additionally, Stage 8 EX is the only EX stage to feature Hypernova.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ロイヤル ロード
Roiyaru Rōdo
Royal Road
French Intrigue Impériale Imperial Plot
German Nächtliche Noblesse Nightly Noblesse
Italian Nuvola Nobile Noble Cloud
Korean 로열 로드
Loyeol Lodeu
Royal Road
Spanish Largo Linaje Long Lineage