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King D-Mind

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King D-Mind
SKC King D-Mind Art.png
In-game artwork of King D-Mind from Super Kirby Clash
Details
First game Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
Latest game Super Kirby Clash
Relative(s) Dark Mind
Shadow Dedede
Similar to King Dedede
Masked Dedede
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The king of darkness returns for the very last battle. The world needs Team Kirby!
— Ordeal: Toughest! The True Final Battle - King D-Mind flavor text from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe

King D-Mind is an enemy that is encountered after the main game of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, and later appears in Super Kirby Clash. He is encountered twice at the very end of the Decisive Battlefield's line of bosses, thus considered the Final Boss of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe. Defeating him is required to truly complete the game.

In Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, King D-Mind is fought as part of "Tougher: The Final Battle" and again in his then-unnamed Revenge form in "Toughest: The True Final Battle" in the Decisive Battlefield. He is first encountered after Dark Taranza summons him from the Black Mirror, who the king quickly dispatches.

According to Magolor, the king of darkness could have borrowed and reflected the appearance of King Dedede, the unseen king of the Dream Kingdom. Why he takes that appearance is unknown.[1]

Battle

Time to face off against the King of Darkness yet again! Don't let the beams from his giant eyeballs mow you down!
— flavor text from Super Kirby Clash

King D-Mind fights with aspects of Shadow Dedede and Dark Mind, using his hammer (and later, an axe) to deal damage, as well as being able to fire numerous different types of projectiles from his weapons and from his belly, which can open up to reveal a burning eyeball similar to Dark Mind's true form in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. King D-Mind's Revenge is substantially more powerful, with some of his attacks being capable of taking out even a high-level Kirby hero in one hit if he is not wearing the best equipment.

Once King D-Mind is defeated the first time, he vanishes, only to reappear in the next fight. Defeating him there opens up an opportunity for Team Kirby to seal him back in the mirror from whence he came, and then shatter it, finally breaking the mirror's influence on Taranza and saving the Dream Kingdom.

Attacks

The ultimate King of Darkness has awakened! Our only light of hope in this desperate hour is Team Kirby!
— flavor text from Super Kirby Clash

The following are all of King D-Mind's (and King D-Mind's Revenge's) attacks in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Super Kirby Clash. Note that attack names are conjectural:

King D-Mind's attacks in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe & Super Kirby Clash  
Attack Description Variants Notes
Head Slide King D-Mind runs and then dives at a target Kirby.
Super D-Mind Jump King D-Mind leaps into the air and then lands suddenly in another location. He may do this up to three times in succession. In the second phase, these jumps create shockwaves on landing.
Hammer Swing King D-Mind raises his hammer and slams the ground with it. He may do this up to three times.
Hammer Cannon King D-Mind preps his hammer, which opens up and shoots out star projectiles similar to those of Parallel Nightmare. The cannon may also shoot out a large gout of flame.
Maw Blast King D-Mind flies into the background and his belly opens up into a big maw. Out of this maw, a series of dark orb blasts are fired. King D-Mind then flies on-stage and fires larger blasts which can bounce around.
Hover King D-Mind takes in air and starts hovering toward the Kirbys.
Axe Flurry King D-Mind wildly swings his poleaxe about, aiming for Kirbys as he does so, and turning with his strikes as needed. He finishes with a long lunge attack.
Dark Maw Rush King D-Mind's belly distends and then opens revealing a huge eyeball inside. From there, he begins rapidly flying around the arena as the maw chomps. This attack is repeated several times as the maw grows larger and larger.
Dark Mind Laser After finishing Dark Maw Rush, King D-Mind positions himself near the top of the screen with the eye aimed downward. The eye then proceeds to fire a massive laser toward the ground. It fires this laser several times, sweeping the ground as the laser pulses.
Spinning Slash King D-Mind spins his axe rapidly around in an attempt to catch Kirbys in his dance.
Tornado Slash King D-Mind spins rapidly around with his axe and takes to the air, flying in and out of the arena.
Exploding Leap Attack King D-Mind jumps into the air with his poleaxe, and then comes crashing down, creating a large explosion where he lands. He may do this several times in succession.
Great Star Volley King D-Mind charges his poleaxe, then releases a series of starry projectiles at varying angles to cover the stage. This attacks can be done from various positions, and varies in the number of projectiles thrown.

Music

Team Kirby Clash Deluxe

The first phase of King D-Mind battle plays a new remix of the theme "Castle Lololo", which is also used in Landia EX battle.

The second phase of King D-Mind battle plays a new orchestral mashup of Dark Mind's Theme and "Dedede's Royal Payback" (Masked Dedede & Shadow Dedede's Theme from Kirby: Triple Deluxe).

Super Kirby Clash

King D-Mind's Revenge uses remixed versions of the music tracks from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, while the music used for both phases of King D-Mind's regular form is a remix of the Giant Masked Dedede battle in Kirby's Blowout Blast.

Trivia

  • King D-Mind's internal filename is "MaskedBlackDedede", a combination of Masked Dedede and Black Dedede (the Japanese name of Shadow Dedede). Based on his moveset, King D-Mind can be considered "Shadow Dedede DX", but they are different characters.
  • King D-Mind's Revenge in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe has more health in a single battle than any prior bosses in Kirby series history, with 620000 HP. Of course, none of this is shown to the player.
  • When King D-Mind opens up his belly 'mouth', he resembles Guzzlord, an Ultra Beast Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese キングD・マインド
Kingu D Maindo
King D-Mind

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