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|game1=''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'' (2004)
|game1=''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'' (2004)
|copy ability=[[Burning]]
|copy ability=[[Burning]]
|similar=[[Bohboh]]
|similar=[[Bohboh]], [[Fire Lion]], [[Efreeti]]
}}
}}
'''Batafire''' is a [[Mid-Boss]] that only appears in ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]''.  Never once touching the ground unless defeated, Batafire flies around the battle stage and charges at [[Kirby]] in hopes to harm him.  Afterwards, Batafire folds its wings in to charge then suddenly unfolds them and shoots about eight fireballs on both its sides to deal damage. Corresponding to it being made of fire, Batafire yields the [[Burning]] [[Copy Ability]] which is available via engulfment upon defeat.
'''Batafire''' is a [[Mid-Boss]] that only appears in ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]''.  Never once touching the ground unless defeated, Batafire flies around the battle stage and charges at [[Kirby]] in hopes to harm him.  Afterwards, Batafire folds its wings in to charge then suddenly unfolds them and shoots about eight fireballs on both its sides to deal damage. Corresponding to it being made of fire, Batafire yields the [[Burning]] [[Copy Ability]] which is available via engulfment upon defeat.
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==Characteristics==
==Characteristics==
[[File:KatAMBatafire.png|left]]
[[File:KatAMBatafire.png|left]]
Looking more like a blazing fireball, Batafire has a bat-like head with small black eyes and an open mouth with a red tongue. The tips of its ears are red and the body is a conflagration of red, orange, yellow and white fire with large wings to support its flight while in mid-air. {{Clear|left}}
Looking more like a blazing fireball, Batafire has a bat-like head with small black eyes and an open mouth with a red tongue. The tips of its ears are red and the body is a conflagration of red, orange, yellow and white fire with large wings to support its flight while in midair. {{Clear|left}}


==Locations==
==Locations==
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|ja=バタファイア
|ja=バタファイア
|jaR=Batafaia
|jaR=Batafaia
|jaM=Batafire
|jaM=From「バタバタ」(''bata-bata'', onomatopoeia for flapping of wings) or a mutation of「バット」(''batto'', bat), combined with "fire"
|de=Lodermaus
|de=Lodermaus
|deM=Inflection of "Lodern" (to blaze) + "maus" (mouse)
|deM=From "lodern" (to blaze) and "Maus" (mouse)
|es=Quirobat
|es=Quirobat
|esM=Deformation of "Piro-" (pyro-) + "bat"
|esM=Mutation of "piro-" (pyro-) combined with "bat"
|fr=Chauve Qifeu
|fr=Chauve Qifeu
|frM=Batafire<br><small>Pun on ''sauve qui peut'', an expression meaning "run for your life"</small>
|frM=Pun on "sauve qui peut" (an expression for "save yourself if you can"), "chauve-souris" (bat), and "feu" (fire)
|it=Zampillo
|it=Zampillo
|itM="gushing forth"
|itM=Meaning "a gushing forth"
}}
}}



Latest revision as of 12:30, 11 May 2024

Batafire
KaTAM Batafire artwork.jpg
Artwork of Batafire from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.
Details
Debut game Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (2004)
Copy Ability Burning
Similar to Bohboh, Fire Lion, Efreeti
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Batafire is a Mid-Boss that only appears in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. Never once touching the ground unless defeated, Batafire flies around the battle stage and charges at Kirby in hopes to harm him. Afterwards, Batafire folds its wings in to charge then suddenly unfolds them and shoots about eight fireballs on both its sides to deal damage. Corresponding to it being made of fire, Batafire yields the Burning Copy Ability which is available via engulfment upon defeat.

Characteristics[edit]

KatAMBatafire.png

Looking more like a blazing fireball, Batafire has a bat-like head with small black eyes and an open mouth with a red tongue. The tips of its ears are red and the body is a conflagration of red, orange, yellow and white fire with large wings to support its flight while in midair.

Locations[edit]

Batafire may be found in the following rooms in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror:

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バタファイア
Batafaia
From「バタバタ」(bata-bata, onomatopoeia for flapping of wings) or a mutation of「バット」(batto, bat), combined with "fire"
French Chauve Qifeu Pun on "sauve qui peut" (an expression for "save yourself if you can"), "chauve-souris" (bat), and "feu" (fire)
German Lodermaus From "lodern" (to blaze) and "Maus" (mouse)
Italian Zampillo Meaning "a gushing forth"
Spanish Quirobat Mutation of "piro-" (pyro-) combined with "bat"