Magolor Soul
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| “ | A sad shell possessed by the limitless power of the Master Crown, no more than a manifestation of the crown itself. | ” | — VS Magolor Soul Special Page from Kirby's Return to Dream Land |
| “ | What remains of Magolor is a sad shell. He's possessed by the limitless power of the Master Crown, imprisoned by the hatred and obsessions of prior rulers. Now...defeat it and free Magolor's soul! | ” | — VS Magolor Soul Special Page from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe's Extra Mode |
Magolor Soul is the final boss of Extra Mode and The True Arena in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, fought after Magolor EX is defeated. He is based on the form that Magolor takes as the final boss of the main story; however, he is more of a bluish-black color and wears a more elaborate crown with a spikier build. Additionally, while the original form only shows the eye in his mouth once the second phase begins, Magolor Soul shows it from the start. Most of his attacks in this form are the same as the ones he uses in the second phase of his battle in the main game. However, they now do more damage or look different, such as his Deadly Needle attacks now having thorns and being done in different locations. He also gains a new attack that combines the attributes of the Grand Hammer and Snow Bowl Super Abilities.
Attacks
Extra Mode
Compared to his Story Mode counterpart, all of Magolor Soul's attacks are souped up, and he has a few new ones.
Although not officially considered an attack, if Kirby still held on to the Ultra Sword Super Ability from the last fight, Magolor Soul begins by sending a shock wave that immediately removes the ability and destroys it. The shockwave deals no damage but does deal knockback and can cause other player Kirbys to lose their ability.
| Attacks - Magolor Soul | |
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| Attack | Description |
| ブラックホール Black Hole |
This is Magolor Soul's first attack only if Kirby still had Ultra Sword from the previous fight. Magolor Soul opens an unguardable black hole in an attempt to suck Kirby or his friends in, all the while causing the entire background to swirl around it in the original Wii version. If Kirby is caught, he will take massive unavoidable damage.
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| コーリングショット Calling Shot |
Magolor Soul conjures, then juggles random enemies, some with Copy Abilities, before tossing them at lethal velocity at Kirby. More enemies than in Story Mode. The first enemy will always carry the ability Kirby ditched for the Super Abilities in the previous battle (or a hammer if he had Hammer, and otherwise a Halcandle Dee if he didn't have an ability).
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| キルニードルワープ Deadly Needles Warp |
Magolor Soul conjures rifts at various positions, which shoot out spikes. Faster and with more patterns than in Story Mode. Can be done either once or three times in a row.
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| 魔力球 Magic Spheres |
Magolor Soul conjures and tosses orbs of black energy from varying positions. These can be deflected or inhaled. More of them than in Story Mode.
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| マホロア砲 Magolor Cannon |
Magolor Soul fires a laser beam into a rift, which then systematically fires across the entire stage and air, leaving stars on its last strikes. Additionally, Magolor Soul may fire a giant laser beam that covers the entire stage, creating stars where it hits. The laser beam fires much faster and is bigger than in Story Mode.
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| ワープホールアタック Warp Hole Attack |
Magolor Soul travels into a rift, then exits one on the stage in an attempt to ram Kirby, then going into another rift to do it again. In the second phase, this attack is only performed after the screen is flipped upside-down.
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| アナザーディメンション Another Dimension |
Magolor Soul jumps into the background and draws a stencil, the solid parts of which transpose onto the stage as a wall of pain. The shapes are more complex and leave less open space.
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| ギガトンスノーハンマー Grand Snow Hammer |
Magolor Soul slams a giant icy hammer into the ground, creating a shock wave similar to Kirby's Grand Hammer, creating icicles that fall from the top of the arena, and making the floor icy for a long period afterward.
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| ウルトラソード Ultra Sword |
Magolor Soul takes out two black swords, and swings them one at a time in a manner similar to Kirby's Ultra Sword. He then finishes by swinging them both at once, with the only safe zone being the very middle of the stage. Stars are left behind where the swords are swung down.
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| ドラゴストーム Monster Flame |
Magolor Soul conjures two dark fire dragons, which he directs across the stage, leaving stars in their wake. Compared to Story Mode where the dragons attack from horizontal positions, the dragons in Extra Mode attack from vertical positions.
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| ミラクルビーム Flare Beam |
Magolor Soul charges up, and then flies around the stage in an orb of dark energy, while another empty orb does the same, similar to Kirby's Flare Beam.
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| Screen Flip[conjectural title] | After using four Super Ability attacks in a row, Magolor Soul jumps into the background and flips the screen orientation, making it more difficult for the player to discern direction correctly. He flips the screen right-side up after attacking with either Deadly Needles Warp once, Warp Hole Attack or Another Dimension, followed by two sets of Magic Spheres.
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*Most attack names are derived from official Japanese strategy guides unless otherwise stated.
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In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, if Kirby loses to him enough times, then Magolor Soul will occasionally throw out one set of Magic Spheres after certain attacks in both phases, presumably to give players ammunition for a Kirby without copy abilities and/or so players can land more hits on him. In phase 1, he'll summon one set after each Calling Shot, while in phase 2, he'll summon one set after every Grand Snow Hammer attack.
Assuming Kirby still held on to Ultra Sword at the start of this battle, Magolor Soul will always start with a Black Hole attack. Otherwise, for phase 1, he will always start with a Calling Shot (and throw out one of set Magic Spheres if Kirby lost enough times) before attacking in this fixed order on loop as follows:
- Deadly Needles Warp x3
- Magic Spheres x2
- Magolor Cannon (into rifts)
- Warp Hole Attack
- Another Dimension
- Magolor Cannon
- Magic Spheres x3
- Deadly Needles Warp
- Calling Shot
- Magic Spheres*
- Warp Hole Attack
- Magolor Cannon
- Another Dimension
In phase 2, Magolor Soul attacks in this fixed order on loop as follows:
- Grand Snow Hammer
- Magic Spheres*
- Ultra Sword
- Monster Flame and Flare Beam [in either order]
- Screen Flip
- Deadly Needles Warp, Warp Hole Attack or Another Dimension
- Magic Spheres x2
- Screen Flip
- Magic Spheres [occasionally]
- Magolor Cannon (into rifts)
- Magic Spheres
- Calling Shot
- Grand Snow Hammer
- Magic Spheres*
- Deadly Needles Warp x3
- Magic Spheres x3
- Another Dimension
- Magolor Cannon
- Calling Shot
- Black Hole
In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, these same attacks are also used for Magolor Soul's battle in The True Arena.
The True Arena
| “ | The one-eyed wreath grants power but swallows the soul... It devours, stealing any sense of self... Truly, this crown rules all. Free him from this nightmare! Take his hand and save a new friend! | ” | — VS Magolor Soul Phase 1 Special Page from The True Arena in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe |
Exclusively in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Magolor Soul's battle in The True Arena is drastically different compared to the Extra Mode version. All of his attacks have been souped-up in power and he also has some new attacks too. The battle music is now "Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD" from Kirby Star Allies, rather than "C-R-O-W-N-E-D". This time, much like HR-D3, he has two separate health bars.
| Magolor Soul True Arena attacks - Phase 1 | |
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| Attack | Description |
| マホロア砲 Magolor Cannon |
Magolor Soul charges up and then fires two giant laser beams stacked on top of each other that almost cover the entire stage, creating stars where they hit. The blind spot is directly underneath Magolor Soul. He may also instead fire a laser beam into a rift, which then systematically fires in a rectangular formation across the entire stage before firing one last beam straight in the center of the arena that leaves stars behind.
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| ワープホールアタック Warp Hole Attack |
Magolor Soul travels into a rift, then exits one on the stage in an attempt to ram Kirby, then going into more sets of rifts to do it again. Instead of two sets going across at the top and bottom of the screen, there's four sets at the top, both diagonal directions and the bottom. Additionally, there's no blind spots at the far sides of the screen anymore for the first and last sets.
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| キルニードルワープ Deadly Needles Warp |
Magolor Soul conjures rifts at various positions, which shoot out spikes. Once the final rifts close, stars are left behind. Can either be done once, twice or three times in a row. If doing one set, Magolor Soul will leave the rifts open while performing Magic Sphere attacks. If three sets are done in a row, then sometimes the rifts open roughly where Kirby is currently standing.
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| 魔力球 Magic Spheres |
Magolor Soul conjures and tosses orbs of black energy from varying positions. These can be deflected or inhaled. Much more varied and devastating than in Extra Mode.
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| ブラックホール Black Hole |
Magolor Soul opens two unguardable black holes, one on each side of the stage, in an attempt to suck Kirby or his friends in. If Kirby is caught in one of them, he will take massive unavoidable damage.
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| コーリングショット Calling Shot |
Magolor Soul conjures, then juggles seven random enemies, some with Copy Abilities, before tossing them at lethal velocity at Kirby. The enemies and projectiles that are juggled and sent towards Kirby are now bigger than in Extra Mode.
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| アナザーディメンション Another Dimension |
Magolor Soul jumps into the background and draws a stencil, the solid parts of which transpose onto the stage as a wall of pain. This attack repeats two more times.
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In phase 1, Magolor Soul attacks in a fixed order on loop as follows:
- Magolor Cannon
- Warp Hole Attack
- Deadly Needles Warp
- Magic Spheres x2
- Black Hole
- Calling Shot
- Magolor Cannon [into rifts]
- Deadly Needles Warp x3
- Magic Spheres x2
- Another Dimension
- Deadly Needles Warp x2
- Magic Spheres x2
- Warp Hole Attack
- Deadly Needles Warp x3 [home in]
- Magolor Cannon [into rifts]
- Calling Shot
- Another Dimension
| “ | Kirby... Ugh! I hate having to rely on you, and your vacant stare when I revealed my grand plan was truly insulting. Well, let's see if you can break this thing on my head. If you can, then someday...hee hee heee...I may get to toy with you again! | ” | — VS Magolor Soul Phase 2 Special Page from The True Arena in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe |
Once his health bar is depleted, Magolor Soul's top two eyes disappear — leaving only the third eye in his mouth — and the body then coughs out an apple that can be eaten by Kirby or friends to replenish some lost health before it disappears. After a few seconds, the crown-controlled Magolor Soul abruptly surges with more power as his health bar refills back to full and continues his onslaught with dangerous attacks. Shortly after he starts attacking again, Magolor starts trying to cry in vain for Kirby to end his pain and suffering.
| Magolor Soul True Arena attacks - Phase 2 | |
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| Attack | Description |
| Sand Storm[conjectural title] | Magolor Soul summons two sand cyclones and then sends them both into the foreground one after another. The cyclones cannot be guarded and must instead be avoided. Stars are left behind after the cyclones dissipate.
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| Mecha Blaster[conjectural title] | Magolor Soul summons two launchers and then fires three sets of giant blue fireballs from the background, leaving behind pools of flame when they hit the ground. Afterwards, Magolor Soul charges up two giant laser beams that start at ground level before quickly moving straight up after the fact. Stars are left behind after the laser sweep.
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| ミラクルビーム Flare Beam |
Magolor Soul charges up, and then flies around the stage in an orb of dark energy, while two empty orbs do the same. The orb Magolor Soul is in also has some Magic Spheres orbiting around him, dealing extra damage to those hit by the attack.
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| ドラゴストーム Monster Flame |
Magolor Soul conjures dark fire dragons, which he directs across the stage, leaving stars in their wake. This time, two dragons attack at the same time for the first two sets, one horizontal and the other vertical. For the final set, four dragons attack at once, two horizontal and two vertical. The charge-up time is slightly longer to compensate.
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| Screen Flip[conjectural title] | Magolor Soul jumps into the background and flips the screen orientation, making it more difficult for the player to discern direction correctly. He flips the screen right-side up after performing two more attacks.
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| ギガトンスノーハンマー Grand Snow Hammer |
Magolor Soul slams a giant icy hammer into the ground, creating a shock wave similar to Kirby's Grand Hammer, creating icicles that fall from the top of the arena, and making the floor icy for the duration of the next attack.
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| ウルトラソード Ultra Sword |
Magolor Soul takes out two black swords, and swings them one at a time in a manner similar to Kirby's Ultra Sword. They leave stars where they hit. He then finishes by swinging them both at once, with the only safe zone being the very middle of the stage.
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| 魔力球 Magic Spheres |
Magolor Soul conjures and tosses orbs of black energy from varying positions. These can be deflected or inhaled. Much more varied and devastating than in Extra Mode.
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| キルニードルワープ Deadly Needles Warp |
Magolor Soul conjures rifts at various positions, which shoot out spikes. Once the final rifts close, stars are left behind. Can either be done once, twice or three times in a row. If doing one set, Magolor Soul will leave the rifts open while performing Magic Sphere attacks. If three sets are done in a row, then sometimes the rifts open roughly where Kirby is currently standing.
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| マホロア砲 Magolor Cannon |
Magolor Soul charges up and then fires two giant laser beams stacked on top of each other that almost cover the entire stage, creating stars where they hit. The blind spot is directly underneath Magolor Soul. He may also instead fire a laser beam into a rift, which then systematically fires in a rectangular formation across the entire stage before firing one last beam straight in the center of the arena that leaves stars behind.
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| ワープホールアタック Warp Hole Attack |
Magolor Soul travels into a rift, then exits one on the stage in an attempt to ram Kirby, then going into more sets of rifts to do it again. He will do three sets in both diagonal directions and the bottom while the screen is upside-down and four sets at the top, both diagonal directions and the bottom while the screen is right-side up. Additionally, there's no blind spots at the far sides of the screen anymore for the first and last sets.
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| コーリングショット Calling Shot |
While the screen is upside-down, Magolor Soul conjures, then juggles seven random enemies, some with Copy Abilities, before tossing them at lethal velocity at Kirby. The enemies and projectiles that are juggled and sent towards Kirby are now bigger than in Extra Mode.
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| アナザーディメンション Another Dimension |
Magolor Soul jumps into the background and draws a stencil, the solid parts of which transpose onto the stage as a wall of pain. This attack repeats two more times.
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| ブラックホール Black Hole |
Magolor Soul opens two unguardable black holes, one on each side of the stage, in an attempt to suck Kirby or his friends in. If Kirby is caught in one of them, he will take massive unavoidable damage.
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*Most attack names are derived from official Japanese strategy guides unless otherwise stated.
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In phase 2, Magolor Soul attacks in a fixed order on loop as follows:
- Sand Storm
- Mecha Blaster
- Flare Beam
- Monster Flame
- Screen Flip
- Grand Snow Hammer
- Ultra Sword
- Screen Flip
- Magic Spheres x2
- Deadly Needles Warp x3 [home in]
- Magolor Cannon
- Deadly Needles Warp
- Magic Spheres x2
- Screen Flip
- Warp Hole Attack x3
- Calling Shot
- Screen Flip
- Magolor Cannon [into rifts]
- Magic Spheres x2
- Deadly Needles Warp x2
- Another Dimension
- Magic Spheres x2
- Warp Hole Attack x4
- Deadly Needles Warp x3
- Black Hole
Trivia
- When Magolor Soul uses his version of Ultra Sword, his swords resemble the Galaxia, Meta Knight's sword.
- During Magolor Soul's defeat animation, a cry that sounds like "Kirby!" can be heard. This sound effect's track is called "Free...Me...Kirby..." (解キハナ…ッテ……K…r……b……ー！, Release me...this...K...r...b...! in Japanese) in the Jukebox of Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, supporting this idea.
- Magolor Soul is the only Soul boss in the series that can be fought in more than one mode, those being Extra Mode and The True Arena. The others are exclusively fought in one mode - Drawcia Soul is only battled at the end of Story Mode, Marx Soul, Soul of Sectonia, and Star Dream Soul OS are all fought only in The True Arena, Void Soul and Void are fought exclusively in The Ultimate Choice (on Soul Melter and Soul Melter EX difficulties respectively), and Chaos Elfilis is exclusively fought in the Colosseum in The Ultimate Cup Z.
- Because of Magolor Soul's appearance in Extra Mode, the only boss exclusive to this game's True Arena is Galacta Knight.
- This is partially subverted in the remake as Magolor Soul's moveset has been altered to be more difficult than his Extra Mode counterpart, in addition to having an extra phase with new attacks.
Gallery
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
The True Arena icon from Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Screenshot of Magolor Soul
Magolor Soul summons a black hole
Magolor Soul summoning Deadly Needles
Magolor Soul uses some Magic Spheres
Magolor Soul fires his Magolor Cannon through a portal
The portal laser travels
Magolor Soul uses his version of Ultra Sword
Magolor Soul uses his Grand Snow Hammer
Magolor Soul uses his version of Monster Flame
Magolor Soul uses his version of Flare Beam
The effect of a screen flip performed by Magolor Soul
Magolor Soul dissipating as he is defeated
Extra Mode credits picture from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, featuring Kirby and co. guarding against Magolor Soul
Render of Magolor Soul's model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Extra Mode)
Magolor Soul juggling enemies
Magolor Soul using Deadly Needles
Magolor Soul creating a line of Magic Spheres
Magolor Soul sending a laser through a series of rifts
Magolor Soul imposing a no-go zone on the screen
Magolor Soul using his icy Grand Hammer
Magolor Soul swinging with two Ultra Swords
Magolor Soul using a split Flare Beam attack
Magolor Soul sending two Monster Flames across the screen
Magolor Soul drawing another no-go zone while the screen is inverted
Magolor Soul in the process of dissipating
Extra Mode credits picture from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, featuring Kirby and co. guarding against Magolor Soul
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (The True Arena)
The True Arena icon from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Magolor Soul left with just the one eye in his mouth in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe's True Arena
Magolor Soul using a double Magolor Cannon attack, catching Kirby off guard
Magolor Soul throwing out Magic Spheres while Deadly Needles are also out
Kirby avoiding two Black Holes at once
Kirby avoiding an elaborate rift laser pattern
Kirby grabbing the apple pickup in the middle of the battle
Magolor Soul throwing giant sandstorms
Magolor Soul firing giant fireball mortars
Magolor Soul firing twin lasers from the background
Magolor Soul using an upgraded Flare Beam attack
Magolor Soul hitting Kirby with crossing Monster Flame dragons
Magolor Soul using his icy Grand Hammer while the screen is flipped
Magolor Soul dissipating and being banished through a portal
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Magolor Soul summoning two Black Holes
Video walkthroughs
Battle against Magolor Soul at the end of Extra Mode in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
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Battle against Magolor Soul at the end of Extra Mode in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
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Battle against Magolor Soul in The True Arena in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | マホロア ソウル Mahoroa Sōru |
Magolor Soul |
| Traditional Chinese | 魔法洛亞靈魂 Mófǎluòyà Línghún |
Magolor Soul |
| Simplified Chinese | 魔法洛亚灵魂 Mófǎluòyà Línghún | |
| Dutch | Magolors ziel | Magolor's soul |
| French | Âme de Magolor | Soul of Magolor |
| German | Magolor-Seele | Magolor Soul |
| Italian | Spettro Magolor | Magolor Specter |
| Korean | 마버로아 소울 Mabeoroa soul |
Mabeoroa Soul |
| Portuguese | Alma de Magolor | Soul of Magolor |
| Spanish | Espíritu de Maglor | Spirit of Magolor |
