Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!
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“ | You can do it...even without Kirby! Go for a time attack score in an adventure with only friends! | ” | — Tutorial caption in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! |
Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! is an Extra Game in Kirby Star Allies, unlocked once the Story Mode is completed. The main premise involves a team of Friends and/or Dream Friends running through the stages in one long time attack run without Kirby's help and defeating a special boss at the end of the game.
Story
The story is largely the same as the main Story Mode. However, instead of collecting the pieces of the Jamba Heart, Hyness and his generals are attempting to open an inter-dimensional portal. Once they are defeated, Galacta Knight appears from out of the portal, and gets ready to fight the allies again as he normally does. However, just before the fight can begin, a strange butterfly lands on Galacta Knight's lance and causes him to disintegrate. In his place, the butterfly transforms into the Reborn Butterfly Morpho Knight, who fights the allies in Galacta Knight's stead. Defeating him causes this new knight to gracefully vaporize, completing this game.
Gameplay Differences
The player needs to choose a particular Friend to play as before the game begins, and will stick with that friend for the remainder of the game. As such, this friend is given the ability to toss Friend Hearts to recruit other allies to help clear away obstacles and perform Friend Abilities. Instead of entering each stage individually, all the stages are played in one long run, with checkpoints in the interim. They are split into five 'levels' which are timed separately. Along the way, entering side areas and accessing hard-to-reach spots can yield Power-Up Hearts, which raise the stats of the allies when collected. These stats can be raised to a maximum of 5, and will reset when a new level is accessed.
- Main article: Power-Up Heart
In addition, there are a number of areas in the stages which have been reconfigured into 'ambush zones', where enemies appear in sequence which the allies must defeat. There are a number of unique areas to run through, which do not appear at all in the main story mode. The layout of the run also changes based on which ally is being used, with certain areas only appearing for certain allies.
Lastly, while there are many heart-shaped Point Stars and Picture Pieces to find, there is very little in the way of Food or other healing items. What's more, the allies start with 80% of the default maximum health. Therefore, the allies will need to rely on either their own abilities, the Big Switches, or the Health Power-Up Hearts to recover lost health.
A separate high score is kept for each individual ally, though only one run needs to be finished to 'complete' the game. Once this one run is completed, Dream Friends are made available to play as.
Interestingly enough, the Friend Star is never utilized in this game mode. In its place, several more Friend Train sections are added.
List of Allies
The following lists all playable allies and their subtitles in the title screen.
List of Allies in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! | ||||
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Ally | Dream Friend? | English Subtitle | Japanese Subtitle | Notes |
Blade Knight | Staying Sharp | この剣に誓って Swear Upon His Blade |
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Sir Kibble | Cutting in Style | リターントゥ斬刃 Return to Cutter Blade |
The Japanese subtitle refers to the English title of Kirby's Return to Dream Land. | |
Poppy Bros. Jr. | Bombs Away! | 空に弾ける花々 Bursting Blooms in the Sky |
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Rocky | Rock the World | 怒りのヘビーアッパー! Raging Heavy Upper! |
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Wester | Wild-West Whip | テンガロンハンター Ten-Gallon Hunter |
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Bonkers | Banana Mania | 黄色いバナナを求めては... In Search of Yellow Bananas… |
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Bio Spark | Savage Silence | 紫電月影 Violet Lightning and Moon Shadow |
Violet Lightning (紫電) is the name of Bio Spark's blade. | |
Gim | Up-and-Down Dynamo | ギムズプラネットツアー Gim's Planet Tour |
The Japanese subtitle refers to Kirby: Planet Robobot in which Gim was absent. Gim's Guest Star pause page also mentions the "mechanized invasion". | |
Jammerjab | Staff Striker | 信じられる友こそが So That Is What a Believable Friend is All About |
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Burning Leo | Roaring Fire | 燃えろ! ライオンハート Burn! Lion Heart |
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Chilly | Chill Winds | はるかぜそよぐ、その前に... Before the Spring Breeze Arrives… |
The Japanese subtitle and Chilly's Guest Star pause page indicates he would melt when the spring breeze arrives, which could possibly refer to the "Dedede's Snow Job" episode (Ep. 20 in Japan and Ep. 18 in the English dub) of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. | |
Waddle Doo | Beam Land | ビームの未知なる可能性について About the Unknown Potential of the Beam |
The English subtitle is possibly a pun on Dream Land. | |
Plugg | Powered Up | 忘らるる希望の光 Forgotten Light of Hope |
Interestingly, the Japanese name of Zan Partizanne's theme is 忘らるる閃光のライトニング (Forgotten Flash Lightning). "Powered Up" is a punchline on Plugg now upgraded and able to fire Plasma upward. | |
Driblee | Rinse and Repeat! | ウルルン! スプリンクル Aqua! Sprinkle |
Aqua Star is called ウルルンスター in Japanese. | |
NESP | Psych Out! | サイキックエイジス Psychic Ages |
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Birdon | Freedom in the Sky | フリーダムスカイ Freedom Sky |
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Broom Hatter | Spring Cleaning | 世界清浄化宣言 Manifesto of World Cleaning |
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Knuckle Joe | The Contender | 遥かなる強者たち The Faraway Strong Foes |
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Bugzzy | What's the Bug Idea? | 歴戦のインセクトバトラー Veteran Insect Battler |
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Beetley | Unbeatable Beetle | 新鋭のインセクトバトラー Rising Star Insect Battler |
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Como | A Tangled Web | 三つ目スーパースパイダー Three-Eyes Super Spider |
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Parasol Waddle Dee | Floaty Dreamer | ふわふわおちて、ひがさして。 Gently Floating, and the Sun Is Shining. |
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Vividria | A colTemplate:Ourful ❤ | カラフル❤ハートフル ColTemplate:Ourful❤Heartful |
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Chef Kawasaki | FlavTemplate:Our Attack | 突撃! 魂の料理人 Attack! The Soul Chef |
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King Dedede | Fight for the Crown | 王位の復権 Seize Back the Crown |
The Japanese subtitle is directly taken from the Japanese title of Masked Dedede's Revenge theme ("Dedede's Royal Payback") in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. | |
Meta Knight | Scourge of Darkness | その闇、我が剣の糧に My Sword Shall Devour That Darkness |
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Bandana Waddle Dee | The Legend of Dee | レジェンド オブ ワドルディ Legend of Waddle Dee |
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Rick & Kine & Coo | Animal Trio | 陸海空アニマルズ Land-Sea-Air Animals |
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Marx | Galactic Ambition | 銀河に野望を Galactic Ambition |
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Gooey | Who…Me? | ココはドコでボクだ〜れ? Where Is This and Wh-Who Am I? |
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Adeleine & Ribbon | Artful Adventurers | あたしたちもまぜて Let Us Join Too |
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Dark Meta Knight | From the Shadows | シャドーサイドストーリー Shadow-Side Story |
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Daroach | Enter the Space Thieves | 参上! 宇宙かける盗賊団 Enter the Space Thieves |
This is in a similar format to the Japanese title of Kirby: Squeak Squad (参上!ドロッチェ団). | |
Magolor | Best Friends Forever | 心からのベストフレンズ Best Friends from the Heart |
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Taranza | To Meet That Flower | あの花に会うために To Meet That Flower |
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Susie | Extermination By Blaster❤ | 光線銃で、くじょされて❤ Extermination by Laser Gun❤ |
くじょされて is a quote from Susie before her boss battle in the Japanese version of Kirby: Planet Robobot. H.W.C. Blaster is originally called H.W.C. Laser Gun in the Japanese version. | |
The Three Mage-Sisters | From Prayers to Hope | 祈りから希望の旅へ Journey From Prayers to Hope |
Several key differences exist between this version of the game and the others. They are as follows:
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Bosses
All Story Mode bosses are fought in this mode, with the exception of Grand Mam and Void Termina. In place of the latter, the allies fight Morpho Knight as the last boss instead.
The more players in play (including CPU), the less damage they will deal to mid-bosses and bosses. Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! shares the same set of multiplier modifiers with Story Mode and Heroes in Another Dimension. (The Ultimate Choice has a different set.)
Number of Players | Attack Modifier in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go![1] |
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1 | ×1.0 |
2 | ×0.75 (3/4) |
3 | ×0.6 (3/5) |
4 | ×0.5 (1/2) |
Same as in Story Mode and Heroes in Another Dimension, every time 1P loses against a mid-boss or boss, the boss's maximum health decreases and their actions become slower to lower the difficulty. After continuing the game from the game over screen, their nerfs will still be kept.
Times of Loss | Boss Maximum Health |
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1 | 90% |
2 | 75% |
3 | 65% |
4 | 55% |
5+ | 45% |
Title Theme
There are two versions of the title theme for Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! Both are arranged by Hirokazu Ando and are remixes of "The Adventure Begins" (Cookie Country - Stage 1 theme) from Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
- The default version is taken from the Kirby's Blowout Blast remix when the Kirby amiibo is used. It can be found as Track 157 in the Jukebox.
- When the player has completed every character, the title theme will be replaced by the Kirby: Triple Deluxe remix for Royal Road - Stage EX. It can be found as Track 185 in the Jukebox as of Version 4.0.0.
DLC Dream Friend
Exclusive Stages
When playing as any of the downloadable Dream Friends, several levels feature entirely new rooms not seen in the Story Mode or in the runs with other characters.
Additionally, several areas resemble stages from the games in which these Dream Friends originate.
Rick & Kine & Coo
The following areas originate from Kirby's Dream Land 2.
- Level 1: Grass Land - Stage 1
- Level 3: Red Canyon - Stage 1
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Dark Castle - Stage 1, Stage 7
Marx
The following areas originate from Kirby Super Star.
- Level 1: Spring Breeze - Green Greens
- Level 3: Dyna Blade - Peanut Plains (Chef Kawasaki mid-boss battle)
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Milky Way Wishes - Halfmoon
Gooey
The following areas originate from Kirby's Dream Land 3.
- Level 1: Grass Land - Stage 1
- Level 3: Sand Canyon - Stage 3
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Iceberg - Stage 5, Stage 6
Adeleine & Ribbon
The following areas originate from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
- Level 1: Pop Star - Stage 1 Room 1, Stage 2 Room 5 (Big Bouncy ambush)
- Level 3 (After checkpoint): Rock Star - Stage 2 Room 2 (where the first Crystal Shard of this stage is originally located)
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Shiver Star - Stage 4 (full factory stage except Room 4; Burnis ambush replaced by Birdon)
Dark Meta Knight
The following areas originate from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.
Level 1
- Rainbow Route: Room 1, Room 2, Room 4 (up route) / Room 6 (down route), Warp to Moonlight Mansion
- Moonlight Mansion: Entry, Room 8, Room 7, Room 9 → Whispy Woods boss battle (King Golem reference) → Checkpoint
- (After checkpoint) Rainbow Route: Hub 1, Room 7, Room 6, Room 42 → Clash at Castle Dedede ambush → King Dedede boss battle
To activate the windmill in Room 42 and proceed to the next area, Dark Meta Knight must Make Friend with Broom Hatter or Birdon in Room 7.
Level 3
Level 5
(After 2nd checkpoint) Candy Constellation: Room 10 leads to three routes, all of which must be entered to proceed to the final boss battles in The Divine Terminus.
- Route 1: Room 11, Goal 1
- Route 2: Room 12, Room 13, Chest 3, Goal 2
- Route 3: Room 12, Room 13, Room 18, Room 20, Master Hand & Crazy Hand boss room (replaced by Twin Vividria EX)
Daroach
The following areas originate from Kirby: Squeak Squad.
- Level 1: Prism Plains - Stage 1
- Level 3 (After checkpoint): Vocal Volcano - Stage 1
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Gamble Galaxy
Magolor
The following areas originate from Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
- Level 1: Cookie Country - Stage 1
- Level 3: Nutty Noon - Stage 2 and Raisin Ruins - Stage 4
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Dangerous Dinner - Stage 3 and Egg Engines - Stage 5
Taranza
The following areas originate from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
- Level 1: Fine Fields - Stage 1, 3 and 4
- Level 3: Endless Explosions - Stage 1
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Royal Road - Stage 1 and 5
Susie
The following areas originate from Kirby: Planet Robobot.
- Level 1: Patched Plains - Stage 1
- Level 3 (After checkpoint): Resolution Road - Stage 3 and Access Ark - Stage 3
- Level 5 (After 2nd checkpoint): Access Ark - Stage 5
The Three Mage-Sisters
The following areas are reused from other Dream Friends' Guest Star ???? runs.
- Level 1: Guest Star Rick & Kine & Coo - Room 2 and Cookie Country - Stage 1, Room 2
- Level 3: Dyna Blade - Peanut Plains, Endless Explosions - Stage 1, Room 1, Rock Star - Stage 2, Room 2, Carrot Castle - Room 7
- Level 5:
(After Level 4): Dark Castle - Stage 7, Iceberg - Stage 5, Room 15 and Milky Way Wishes - Halfmoon
(After checkpoint): Shiver Star - Stage 4, Room 5, Candy Constellation - Room 13 and Gamble Galaxy - Stage 2
(After 2nd checkpoint): Access Ark - Stage 5, Dangerous Dinner - Stage 3 and Royal Road - Stage 5
Pseudo HAL Room
Near the end of the run for these Dream Friends, a special pseudo HAL Room can be accessed by utilizing the specific moveset of the friends.
- Rick & Kine & Coo: Solve the puzzle similar to that of Dark Castle - Stage 7 from Kirby's Dream Land 2.
- Marx: After the Halfmoon area, go through a narrow lava path by riding a Blizzard/Splash Jester Ball or riding piggyback on Chilly/Driblee.
- Gooey: In the auto-scrolling area with Nruffs, go right and use Friend Throw to open the path.
- Adeleine & Ribbon: Open every correct key door, the hints of which can be displayed by the colTemplate:Our of the Point Stars painted from the canvases in the stage.
- Dark Meta Knight: Cut the flame chain with Blizzard/Bluster/Splash Sword in Candy Constellation - Room 18. Enter the red-star door before the platform falls into the pit.
- Daroach: Get the red key from Wonkey to enter the red-star door.
- Magolor: Enter the Another Dimension area and defeat Twin Vividria EX.
- Taranza: Use Queen's Phantom to power a series of four electrical switches at once.
- Susie: Form a walkable path by destroying some Bomb Blocks to bring a key to open a passage that leads to the pseudo HAL room.
- The Three Mage-Sisters: Collect a Point Star before the exit door leading to Morpho Knight EX, then follow the trail of Point Stars that appears to enter a new door leading to the pseudo HAL room.
The block letters spell out the English name of the friend being played, with a set of Attack, Health and Speed Power-Up Hearts inside. In addition, each Dream Friend plays a specific music track in the pseudo HAL Room.
Final Boss
The look of the final boss chamber changes depending on which characters are being played. For all allies that came with the base version of the game, the area looks almost identical to its appearance in Story Mode, except for the Jambastion reflection in the center of the floor being colored red instead of blue and the flowers are colored blue instead of red.
- In Version 2.0.0, when playing as any of the Wave 1 Dream Friends (Marx, Gooey, and Rick & Kine & Coo), the area's starry sky changes to a sunny and cloudy sky, the background exterior flips upside-down and is starting to slowly deteriorate, and the pool in the center of the floor reflects Hyper Zone from Kirby's Dream Land 3 where Dark Matter and Zero are fought.
- In Version 3.0.0, when playing as any of the Wave 1 or Wave 2 Dream Friends (Adeleine & Ribbon, Daroach, and Dark Meta Knight), this change becomes even more pronounced, with the pool on the floor also taking on a red hue with effects similar to the ones used in the 0² fight from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
- In Version 4.0.0., when playing as any of the Wave 1, Wave 2 or Wave 3 Dream Friends (Magolor, Taranza, Susie, and The Three Mage-Sisters), the background exterior has completely collapsed, lots of platform and crystalline debris can be seen rising up and the pool in the floor's center reflects Another Dimension. When defeating Hyness, instead of falling off the Divine Terminus, he lands on the arena and sinks into the pool, referencing the events in Heroes in Another Dimension.
In addition, Morpho Knight's theme will be replaced by the DLC Dream Friend's exclusive battle theme.
- Main article: Morpho Knight#Dream Friend music change
Ending: Friends' Curtain Call
After defeating Morpho Knight, the sub-game is completed and the Guest Star credits video - "Friends' Curtain Call" plays. During the credits, the current remaining allies after the Morpho Knight battle can play a minigame. Meanwhile, allies who have previously completed the sub-game are in the audience watching the current allies.
In the minigame, the allies try to defeat as many enemies as possible for the high score before the movie ends. Every time an ally is damaged, that player loses 500 points. In the middle, Meta Knight will enter and challenge the allies just like his boss battle at Sacred Square. Defeating Meta Knight gives 5000 points. However, if the allies can't defeat him before the credits end, he will run away.
At the end of the credits, several waves of Point Stars drop, with the final wave having the Point Stars in the shape of Kirby. Notably, a picture of a never-seen-before glowing orb is shown in the credits, hinting at Void Soul. Finally, the current allies join the audience and wave at the player.
If 1P is a Dream Friend, the final picture of the credits shows their first appearance scenario in the Kirby series, and "THE END" shows a special picture of the Dream Friend update group they belong to.
- Wave 3 Ending.jpeg
THE END:
Wave 3 Dream Friend
Guest Star Kirby Glitch
- Main article: Glitches in Kirby Star Allies
In Version 2.0.0 of the game and earlier, it is possible to play this mode as Kirby. If while in handheld mode, the player taps a specific area on the screen in the main menu between 'New Game' and 'Best Time', they will be taken to a scoreboard for 'Guest Star Kirby' and asked if they want to start. Doing so begins a run of this mode as Kirby. There are a few elements to this that would suggest this is a glitch rather than an easter egg. These are as follows:
- Kirby's pause description text, regardless of what ability he is using, reads as (未せってい) in all languages, which is translated as 'Not set'.
- Kirby does not vocalize as he normally does when activating Friend Platforms or using the Dream Rod.
- Reset Platforms do not take away Kirby's ability, and Kirby does not lose his ability when calling upon a Friend from it.
- Kirby cannot interact directly with Copy Essences or discarded ability hats by touching them. He can still use them by tossing Friend Hearts at them or Inhaling the latter.
- Tutorial signs do not display any characters, nor do they get marked when the shown action is performed.
- Kirby's 1-Up portrait changes depending on which ability he is using, along with the title displayed in the pause menu. (e.g. 'Guest Star Sleep')
- The title that shows in the credits will display the name of the Friend who corresponds to Kirby's currently-equipped ability. Despite this, any scores will still be saved to Kirby's score table.
- If Kirby has no ability which corresponds to an ally, the title will default to one of his allies, or to a completely different ally if he has none.
In Version 3.0.0 and 4.0.0., the main menu's design has been changed to accommodate for the addition of multiple save files at once. As the Continue button is now permanent, this glitch no longer works.
Trivia
- The title of this Sub-Game is meant to be a placeholder for whichever ally is picked. The title officially changes based on which ally is played.
- Like at the end of the Clash at Castle Dedede stage in Story Mode, a false credits sequence plays after Hyness is beaten.
- In Level 5, at the end of the castle section, there is an ambush where the team will have to fight multiples of whichever character the player is playing as, i.e. if Blade Knight is the team leader, the ambush will be several Blade Knights.
- This does not apply to Dream Friends, though a unique encounter will still appear for each one.
- Allies who have completed the sub-game are crowned on the character select menu. If every ally has completed the sub-game, a special message will pop up to congratulate the achievement.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | 星の○○○○ スターフレンズでGO! Hoshi no Marumaru: Sutā Furenzu de GO! |
○○○○ of the Stars: Star Friends GO!
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Chinese | 星之○○○○ 新星盟友GO! xīng zhī ○○○○: xīn xīng méng yǒu GO! |
○○○○ of the Stars: Star Friends GO! |