Marx

Marx File:Marx Allies.png Artwork of Marx from Kirby Star Allies Details First appearance Kirby Super Star Latest appearance Kirby Star Allies Other appearance(s) Kirby Super Star Ultra, Kirby Mass Attack

Marx is a boss encountered during the events of Kirby Super Star and its remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra. He is fought twice in the game, once as the final boss of Milky Way Wishes and a second time as the final boss encountered in The Arena. In Kirby Super Star Ultra, a stronger, ghostified form of Marx known as Marx Soul appears as the last boss encountered in The True Arena. Marx also makes a cameo appearance on one of the puzzles Kirby can put together in Kirby: Squeak Squad, as a Keychain in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and as a Sticker in Kirby: Planet Robobot.

Appearance

When Kirby first encounters Marx in the intro for Milky Way Wishes, he appears to be a small purple head with large eyes, wooden clogs and a blue and red jester hat. After being mutated by the Galactic NOVA, he grows larger and gains two large "wings" made of glowing crystals, which are supported by two yellow arms,and a longer bow tie and much more menacing eyes.

Battle Style

File:Small Marx.jpg

Marx before being mutated by Galactic Nova.

Marx uses a variety of moves in battle. His main ability is teleporting, but he has many other attacks, as detailed below.

Marx's attacks
Attack	Description
Quad Cutter	Marx appears to teleport, but instead shoots out four cutters similar to Cutter Kirby's.
Grow Vines	Marx flies off the screen, dropping four damaging seeds in random places in the arena. About a second later, vines spring up from each of the seeds' locations.
Spring	Marx appears as a flashing circle on the ground that follows Kirby. After a few seconds, he springs up in an attempt to ram into Kirby.
Light Beam	Marx assumes a strange expression, then attempts to fire an enormous, damaging beam out of his mouth. Cannot be guarded at all.
Ice Bomb	Marx assumes a strange expression, then drops a bomb out of his mouth. After reaching Kirby's height, it explodes into two shockwaves that may freeze Kirby in the air or the ground.
Arrow Flurry	Marx flashes, then releases hundreds of damaging arrows from his body.
Black Hole	Marx splits in half, creating a black hole. If Kirby is sucked in, he is transported to an alternate dimension in which he takes massive damage. Cannot be guarded.
*Attack names are conjectural.

In the Games

Kirby Super Star/Kirby Super Star Ultra

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A still from the battle with Marx.

Marx is a major character in Milky Way Wishes in Kirby Super Star and its remake. He first appears in the beginning to alert Kirby that the Sun and the Moon were fighting, and tells Kirby to gather the power of the surrounding stars and awaken the Galactic NOVA.

After Kirby manages to awaken NOVA, Marx appears and asks it for the ability to rule Popstar. The NOVA then causes him to get larger and grow crystal wings. Kirby then goes after the NOVA, and after successfully stopping it he goes after Marx. Kirby then beats Marx, who is sent flying into the Galactic NOVA, causing it to explode.

It is learned in Kirby Super Star Ultra that after Marx is blown up, his body begins taking in the remaining energy from the NOVA, which brings him back to life in the form of a ghost-like mutant known as Marx Soul.

Kirby Mass Attack

Marx appears in the sub-game Kirby Brawlball as the fourth and final boss in the game. He appears much bigger than he does in any other game. His Quad Cutter and Arrow Flurry attacks serve as objects that can push Kirby down. His Light Beam can freeze Kirby for a few seconds if he's caught in it. With his Black Hole attack, he will suck up random enemies, then shoot them out of his mouth. These enemies can't touch Kirby, but he can be sucked by the attack as well, which may cause the player to lose sight of him. His Vines appear as obstacles in the field. His original form also appears in the field. Kirby can defeat him for two extra Kirby balls, though this can only be done up to five times.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Marx makes two cameo appearances in this game. He appears as a statue (in his "cute" (original) form) Kirby can get with the Stone ability. He can also be seen among the audience in the last cutscene.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Marx again appears as a Stone form sculpture, again riding his ball, but this time he is also paired up with Magolor, a similar character from Kirby's Return to Dream Land. He also appears in the audience in the "Kirby Master!" cutscene, obtained by getting a 100% completion rate.

Kirby Star Allies

Marx is set to appear as a Dream Friend, and will be available from a Dream Palace once a free update for the game is released on March 28th, 2018. This will mark his first time as a playable character in the series. Not much is known about Marx's move-set at this time, but he seems to be able to change between his normal ball-rolling form and his flying boss-form, though he remains the same size in both forms.

Gallery

• Marx.jpg

  Boss artwork of Marx from Kirby Super Star.

Trivia

• The planet Marx is fought on is referred to as ????, which is the same name as that of the secret planet (which is where Kirby gets the Copy Copy Essence Deluxe).
• His fighting style is similar to that of Tabuu from The Subspace Emissary.
• When Marx splits in half to do his black hole attack, it resembles Mirror Kirby doing his Mirror Body.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マルク Maruku	Mark. Romanized as Marx in-game.
Dutch	Marx	-
French	Max	-
German	Max	-
Italian	Mark	-
Russian	Маркс Marks	Marx
Spanish	Marx	-