Fiery Puffer

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Fiery Puffer Details First game Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) Relative(s) Fatty Puffer

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Fiery Puffer is a lava beast from this dimension. Born from elemental heat, he uses scorching moves that'll do more than melt. He still has to take the Fruit Fragment, he found back to his boss...

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— VS Fiery Puffer Special Page from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Fiery Puffer is the boss of the Pyred Dimension in the Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler mode in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. This fire-breathing beast is the fire-themed counterpart to Fatty Puffer. While his appearance is similar to Fatty Puffer, Fiery Puffer has a brown body with two large goat horns and many rocks and lava spots on the top of his body and back. The reward for defeating him is a Fruit Fragment and the power to use the Dimensional Vanish and Deadly Needles abilities.

Attacks

Fiery Puffer has many modified attacks from Fatty Puffer in addition to some new ones. Most of the attacks include use of fire, including the ones where Fiery Puffer rolls around the arena, as they leave fire on the battlefield. The following is a full list of the attacks Fiery Puffer uses. Attacks listed in italics are used only in the second phase of the fight.

Attacks
Attack	Description
Stomp Jump	Fiery Puffer charges a moment before launching himself into the air. From there he moves forward a little before quickly stomping into the ground, leaving a fire trail on the stomp spot. Fiery Puffer will always do this attack twice in a row. During the second phase of the battle, the fire trail will last much longer and the attack will be much larger because of Fiery Puffer's increased size.
Rolling Tackle	Fiery Puffer expands into a ball and starts rolling to charge up. Once charged, Fiery Puffer will roll into the direction he is facing, and up the wall around into the middle before dropping, turning around, and doing it once more. This attack leaves a fire trail behind on the spot the Puffer rolls, and Fiery Puffer is invincible for the entire attack. In the second phase of the battle, this Fiery Puffer will expand much more, covering nearly the entire arena from top to bottom. This makes dodging the attack much more difficult, and nearly impossible without proper upgrades. He can also not go around the walls, but instead goes on and off the ceiling when off-screen. There is also a version of the attack where he bounces between the two walls three times. It is possible to tell whether he is going to be on or off the ceiling by where he is rolling in the background when he uses the attack. He can do the first-phase version though.
Fish Spit	Fiery Puffer spits out two sets of two small rock-like fish that flop around. These can be attacked and defeated to increase Magolor's combo and for a few Magic Points. They also tend to target Magolor and flop near him. If left unattended, the lava fish will jump off the battlefield. They still grant Magolor Magic Points for this though.
Lava Bullet	Fiery Puffer spits three globs of lava across the battlefield at various distances. He usually spits one close to him, far from him, and one in-between the two. These lava globs explode after a moment and emit small pillars of flame.
Wide-Angle Fire Cannon	Fiery Puffer charges for a bit before firing a massive blast of fire in the direction he is facing. This attack leaves a long-lasting fire trail and is nearly impossible to dodge without an upgraded flying ability.
Stalactite Removal	Fiery Puffer spawns six stalactites on the ceiling. These fall down and summon fire pillars when they hit the ground.
Balloon Attack	Fiery Puffer bounces back in forth from the floor to the ceiling across the room. These bounces leave fire trails, but they don't last very long.
Attack names listed are conjectural, partially using the names of Fatty Puffer's attacks.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヴォルガバッファー vorugabaffā	Volga Buffer Volga is similar to Volge, which is used in the Japanese name of Pyribbit (Volgerom).

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	異空いくうの妖岩獣ようがんじゅう ヴォルガバッファー īkū no yōgan-jū Vorugabaffā	Otherworldly Magmonstrous Beast, Volga Buffer 妖岩 (yōgan, "magmonstrous") is a pun on 溶岩 (yōgan, lava) with the first character replaced with 妖 (yō, monster) from 妖怪 (yōkai).