Lab Discovera
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Notice: Stop right there, stubby little pink thing! |
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| “ | Kirby... I'm scared... But we can't stop now. We have to keep going! | ” | — Elfilin, in reference to Lab Discovera |
Lab Discovera is the final level of the main story mode of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, accessible after completing the stage In the Presence of the King in Redgar Forbidden Lands. This level consists of only one stage, which features a short opening sequence followed by three successive boss battles: Leongar, then Fecto Forgo, then Fecto Elfilis. Defeating all of these bosses then leads into the epilogue and the credits. Lab Discovera is perched atop Redgar Volcano, and is where the specimen "ID-F86" was being kept, and from where it set the events of the story in motion by dominating the minds of the Beast Pack members. When Kirby defeats Fecto Elfilis and stops it from causing Popstar and the New World to collide, their influence over the pack is broken.
Overview
Lab Discovera is accessible after completing In the Presence of the King. Entering it from this stage is necessary in order to see the full version of the opening sequence, as accessing it from the World Map afterwards skips Kirby to the hall just before encountering Leongar.
The Dream Discoveries Tour
- Main article: The Dream Discoveries Tour
The level begins as Kirby and the three Waddle Dees he rescued from the previous stage ride up an elevator with a broken window. As they ride, an automated voice recording plays which explains the purpose of the lab and some of the backstory behind the specimen "ID-F86" which was being kept there. Near the top of the lift, Kirby sees lots of captured Waddle Dees being forced to run on hamster wheels to power the facility (that being the reason they were kidnapped in the first place). Once Kirby reaches the top, he can head down a long corridor, pick up a Maxim Tomato, and choose between Copy Essences for Tornado, Hammer, or Drill on the left, and Cutter, Fire, or Ranger on the right. From there, he enters the main containment room, where he sees the larval form of Fecto Forgo in its eternal capsule. In front of this creature sits the king of the Beast Pack: Leongar, who explains to Kirby their purpose for being here and capturing Elfilin. When Kirby sees Elfilin in a separate tube, he cheerily acknowledges him and then prepares for battle. Leongar sends in several Beast Pack members at Kirby to start the fight. Kirby can dispatch them all, or he can ignore them and attack Leongar directly. Either way, Leongar will get up from his seat and throw off his cloak to begin the battle.
The elevator whirring into life at the start of the level
Kirby and the Waddle Dees being taken on the "tour"
Kirby seeing the Waddle Dees put to work in the lab
Kirby entering the main chamber
Fecto Forgo, in its stasis in the Eternal Capsule
Leongar expositing at Kirby
Elfilin and Fecto Forgo; two halves of the same being
Leongar initiating the fight with Kirby
Leongar
- Main article: Leongar
The battle with Leongar takes place in two phases. For the first, Leongar uses his claws, fists, and a charging attack to try and hit Kirby. His upward claw strike creates a fire effect, and his fist slam attack creates a shockwave. When Leongar is down to half health, he seems to become possessed by something and throws out three more unnatural attacks: a series of energy slash waves, an unnerving chomping attack, and breathing a big laser from his mouth.
When Leongar is defeated, he is thrown through the window into Fecto Forgo's chamber and Kirby is able to free Elfilin. After their dance, however, Leongar reawakens, now speaking in a choppy robotic manner, in a voice that is clearly not his own. It is shortly revealed that this is Fecto Forgo speaking directly, and it breaks out of its tube and subsumes Leongar's body. At that moment, more members of the Beast Pack appear to try and stop Kirby, but they are soon dragged in by Fecto Forgo's tentacles and subsumed into a horrifying amalgam which Kirby and Elfilin attempt to flee from.
Leongar's beasts attack Kirby first.
Leongar using his pounce
Leongar swiping with his claws
Leongar using a fiery claw uppercut
Leongar slamming the ground with his fists
Leongar throwing energy waves
Leongar charging at Kirby while biting
Leongar using his laser breath
Elfilin recovered after Leongar's defeat
Fecto Forgo awakening, foregoing its original plan
Beast Pack members being consumed by Fecto Forgo
Fecto Forgo transforming into a hideous amalgam
Fecto Forgo
- Main article: Fecto Forgo
The boss battle against Fecto Forgo is a running fight, as Kirby needs to keep ahead to avoid making contact with the creature's blob-like form. At regular intervals, the creature lunges at Kirby and tries to bite him using Leongar's head. It may also throw pieces of itself at Kirby as projectiles. Along the way, a number of ability-providing enemies appear which Kirby can use to gain an ability or as ammunition.
When Fecto Forgo is defeated, it stops and recoils for a moment. Kirby and Elfilin briefly let their guard down, thinking they've won, but Fecto Forgo retaliates by quickly throwing out its tentacles again. Kirby avoids being captured, but Elfilin is caught and subsumed into the creature, which then forms a large sphere and flies away before Kirby can do anything. He chases after the sphere through a hole in the ceiling and climbs up a catwalk which contains one more Maxim Tomato and Copy Essences for every ability except for Crash and Sleep. At the top, Kirby sees the sphere metamorphosing into the Ultimate Life-Form: Fecto Elfilis.
Kirby running from Fecto Forgo
Fecto Forgo using its bite attack
Fecto Forgo tossing blobs at Kirby
Kirby utilizing an enemy along the path to battle Fecto Forgo
Elfilin captured by Fecto Forgo
Fecto Forgo flying off after subsuming Elfilin
Kirby running by the final pre-boss preparation area
Kirby looing onward as Fecto Elfilis emerges
Fecto Elfilis
- Main article: Fecto Elfilis
The main battle with Fecto Elfilis consists of two phases. In the first, Kirby has to dodge the creature's magical attacks and spear strikes, only getting a change to retaliate when Fecto Elfilis is not flying around in the background. When the second phase begins, Fecto Elfilis intensifies their assault by opening a giant rift in space-time to throw giant meteors at Kirby. They also may try a splitting and healing technique, which Kirby has a change to interrupt. When Fecto Elfilis' health is nearly depleted, they collapse to the ground and Kirby gets a chance to free Elfilin by using Dome Mouth. If successful Elfilin will be re-separated, leaving Fecto Elfilis in an unstable state.
Fecto Elfilis tossing magic projectiles at Kirby
Fecto Elfilis striking at Kirby from afar
Fecto Elfilis using their flying lunge
Fecto Elfilis creating shockwaves with their spear
Fecto Elfilis scraping the ground with their spear as they fly by
Fecto Elfilis opening a wormhole in the second phase
Fecto Elfilis using their regeneration technique
Fecto Elfilis weakened to the point where Elfilin can be recovered
Kirby using Dome Mouth to recover Elfilin
Final Phase
- Main article: Big-Rig Mouth
Before Fecto Elfilis loses their form, they try in desperation to get revenge on Kirby by opening a rift in space-time and pulling Kirby's homeworld Popstar into a collision course with the New World. To stop them, Kirby and Elfilin make use of a Big-Rig truck that falls into place at just the right moment. Kirby wraps himself around the truck and then speeds toward Fecto Elfilis, racing along the ruins of buildings that fall into place. At the last juncture, Elfilin uses his energy to power up Kirby so that he can fly towards Fecto Elfilis and charge into them, destroying their physical form after an intense energetic push.
In the ending cut-scene, Kirby, Bandana Waddle Dee, and Elfilin wind up back on Popstar, but the rift between the worlds has still not been closed. Elfilin uses the last of his power to close the rift, seemingly sacrificing himself to do so. Kirby is left on Popstar, peace having been restored, but is sad to have lost his new friend. However, another rift appears behind him, and Kirby is relieved to see Elfilin coming through it, safe and sound. From here, the credits play, and the game is complete.
Kirby reuniting with Elfilin
Fecto Elfilis getting up, and becoming unstable
Fecto Elfilis pulling Popstar in through a giant rift
Kirby and Elfilin making use of a Big-Rig truck to stop Fecto Elfilis
Kirby driving forward using Big-Rig Mouth
Kirby moving along the path past phantom creatures
Heading in to deal the final blow
The player mashes B to get Kirby through a tight situation
More button mashing to power through a chunk of debris
Elfilin powering Kirby up for the final push
The last button-mash to defeat Fecto Elfilis
Gallery
Lab Discovera on the World Map
Elfilin racing off to close the rift in the final cut-scene
Elfilin shedding tears as he closes the rift
Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee are left on Popstar after Elfilin's near-fatal closing of the rift.
Video walkthrough
Full walkthrough of Lab Discovera.
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Trivia
The beeping sounds that play before the elevator begins to rise are actually Morse code. When decoded, the code spells "EFILLIN".[1]
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ラボ・ディスカバール Rabo disukabāru |
Labo Discovel Corruption of Lab Discover |
| Traditional Chinese | 實驗室·摸索發覺 Shíyànshì Mōsuǒfājué |
Lab Discovera
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| Simplified Chinese | 实验室·摸索发觉 Shíyànshì Mōsuǒfājué | |
| German | Labor Discovera | Lab Discovera |
| Korean | 랩 디스커벌 Laep Diseukeobeol |
Lab Discovel |
