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King Dedede (King DeDeDe in some older games; sometimes shortened to Dedede) is a portly, blue, penguin-like creature who wields a hammer and proclaims himself king of Dream Land. He is a recurring character who serves as Kirby's "arch frenemy" and is usually fought as a boss. Though he often engages in trouble-making, mostly involving stealing other people's food, he has performed noble deeds as well, such as trying to seal away Nightmare, helping Kirby battle Queen Sectonia, and accompanying Kirby in several of his adventures. Because of this, he is considered a protagonist, despite his greediness and egotism. King Dedede lives in a castle atop a mountain with a retinue of Waddle Dees acting as his servants.
Having debuted in the series' first installment, Kirby's Dream Land, King Dedede is arguably the most recognizable character from the Kirby series behind the pink hero himself. He is often portrayed as a comic foil to Kirby, especially in spin-off titles, which makes him comparable to Bowser from the Mario franchise, though King Dedede is not nearly as villainous. He has appeared in one form or another in nearly every game in the series, and he even stars in his own side game, Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe. In older games, he was seldom playable, but this changed starting with Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, with the king being playable in many of his subsequent appearances.
- ...the hand that wakes Kirby up in many Game Over screens across the Kirby series is called "Master Hand" in Kirby Star Allies's internal data?
- ...Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne are named after the weapons they wield, those being the francisca, flamberge, and partisan, respectively?
- ...despite most stages in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse having five Treasures to collect, Deploy the Kirby Tank! and Kirby + Kirby only have four?
WiKirby News
- August 11, 2022 - The Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival was streamed worldwide! It announced that Kirby's Dream Buffet is releasing on August 17th, 2022, and a Blu-Ray box set for the Japanese version of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is scheduled for this winter!
- July 22nd, 2022 - Heads up! Kirby's Avalanche is now available on Nintendo Switch Online in the west, and Kirby's Star Stacker (SNES) is available on the Japanese NSO service. If you have a Japanese Switch account, this is an opportunity to finally play the game on an official emulator!
- July 12, 2022 - Kirby's Dream Buffet, a new spin-off, has just been announced for this summer!
- June 28th, 2022 - WiKirbians and friends, let it be known that we have three high-profile promotions to announce today! Users MetaDragon and Pinkyoshifan have both been promoted to Administrator, and Kirbeat has been promoted to Moderator! Give them all your congratulations!
- May 29th, 2022 - The spoiler referendum has ended! Going forward, spoilers will not be marked as such on individual pages. Instead, a sitewide spoiler warning will be placed at the top of every page. Thanks to everyone for helping us determine how best to proceed.
- April 27th, 2022 - Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Kirby's Dream Land in Japan!
- March 25th, 2022 - Get ready to join Kirby in a new world! Kirby and the Forgotten Land is now officially out worldwide! Note that endgame content and other spoilers will be added to the wiki shortly, so watch what you read if you do not want to be spoiled!
- March 3rd, 2022 - Get a mouthful of this! A demo for Kirby and the Forgotten Land has been released, featuring three stages from the full game. Go take a look, and then see our increasing coverage of the game and its contents!
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