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|image=[[File:Cannon Tower.jpg|350px]]
| image = [[File:KTD Cannon Tower.png]]
|caption=Kirby does battle with a trio of '''Cannon Towers'''.
| caption = Screenshot of a '''cannon tower''' from ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
|game1=''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
| game1 = ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' (2014)
|copy ability=N/A
| copy ability = N/A
|similar=
| similar = [[Waddle Dee Steel Fortress]], [[Blamboom]]
}}
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'''Cannon Tower''' is an enemy that debuted in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', first encountered in the [[Fine Fields]] level. It can only be defeated with the [[Hypernova]] ability.
The '''cannon tower'''{{ForeignTitle}} is an enemy that debuted in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', first encountered in the [[Fine Fields]] level. It can only be defeated with the [[Hypernova]] ability.


Cannon Tower consists of a rotating brickwork cannon, which fires a missile, then turns around before attempting to fire again. It has a weak point on its back side which, if hit, will cause it to shatter. Kirby needs to inhale the missile it shoots, then hit it on its weak point with the same missile.
The cannon tower consists of a rotating brickwork cannon, which fires a missile, then turns around before attempting to fire again. It has a weak point on its backside which, if hit, will cause it to shatter. Kirby needs to inhale the missile it shoots, then hit it on its weak point with the same missile.


Cannon Tower may also come in stacks, which usually keep a doorway locked up top. In such instances, the last Cannon Tower will usually have a surprise attack, which consists of shooting out a long spiky bar, then spinning around with it.
The cannon tower may also come in stacks, which usually keep a doorway locked up top. In such instances, the last stack of the tower will usually have a surprise attack, which consists of shooting out a long spiky bar, then spinning around with it.


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The cannon tower appears in [[Fine Fields - Stage 3]] and [[Royal Road - Stage 3]].
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[[Category:Enemies]]
== Gallery ==
[[Category:Uninhalable Enemies]]
<gallery>
[[Category:Creatures defeated by Hypernova]]
KTD Cannon Tower battle.png|Kirby battling a cannon tower
KTD Cannon Tower trio battle.png|Battling a stack of three cannon towers
KTD Cannon Tower spike bar.png|A cannon tower shooting out a spike bar as a surprise attack
</gallery>
 
== Names in other languages ==
{{Names
|ja=キャノンタワー<ref>''Kirby Character Encyclopedia'', pg. 146</ref>
|jaR=Kyanontawā
|jaM=Cannon tower
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[[Category:Uninhalable enemies]]
[[Category:Enemies defeated using Hypernova]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]

Latest revision as of 02:21, 16 January 2024

Cannon tower
KTD Cannon Tower.png
Screenshot of a cannon tower from Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Details
First game Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014)
Copy Ability N/A
Similar entities Waddle Dee Steel Fortress, Blamboom
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The cannon tower[Japanese title] is an enemy that debuted in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, first encountered in the Fine Fields level. It can only be defeated with the Hypernova ability.

The cannon tower consists of a rotating brickwork cannon, which fires a missile, then turns around before attempting to fire again. It has a weak point on its backside which, if hit, will cause it to shatter. Kirby needs to inhale the missile it shoots, then hit it on its weak point with the same missile.

The cannon tower may also come in stacks, which usually keep a doorway locked up top. In such instances, the last stack of the tower will usually have a surprise attack, which consists of shooting out a long spiky bar, then spinning around with it.

The cannon tower appears in Fine Fields - Stage 3 and Royal Road - Stage 3.

Gallery[edit]

  • Kirby battling a cannon tower

    Kirby battling a cannon tower

  • Battling a stack of three cannon towers

    Battling a stack of three cannon towers

  • A cannon tower shooting out a spike bar as a surprise attack

    A cannon tower shooting out a spike bar as a surprise attack

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese キャノンタワー[1]
Kyanontawā 		Cannon tower


References

  1. ↑ Kirby Character Encyclopedia, pg. 146
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