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==Music==
==Music==
===Morpho Knight's Theme===
===Morpho Knight's Theme===
Morpho Knight's Theme (title unknown yet) is composed by [[Hirokazu Ando]] and can be found as Track 173 in ''Kirby Star Allies'' [[Sound Test|Jukebox]] as of Version 4.0.0.
Morpho Knight's Theme is composed by [[Hirokazu Ando]] and can be found as Track 173 in ''Kirby Star Allies'' [[Sound Test|Jukebox]] as of Version 4.0.0. It is titled '''審判の夢見鳥：バルフレイナイト''' (''Butterfly of Judgement: Morpho Knight'') in the Original Soundtrack.


This track features keyboard, piano and notable use of bass guitar. Morpho Knight's Theme resembles "[[Vs. Meta Knight (theme from Kirby Super Star)|Vs. Meta Knight]]" from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' in some manner but they have different melodies and time signature (Morpho Knight: 4/4; Meta Knight: 5/8).
This track features keyboard, piano and notable use of bass guitar. Morpho Knight's Theme resembles "[[Vs. Meta Knight (theme from Kirby Super Star)|Vs. Meta Knight]]" from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' in some manner but they have different melodies and time signature (Morpho Knight: 4/4; Meta Knight: 5/8).
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|'''[[King Dedede#As a Dream Friend|King Dedede]]<br>[[Meta Knight#As a Dream Friend|Meta Knight]]<br>[[Bandana Waddle Dee#Kirby Star Allies|Bandana Waddle Dee]]'''
|'''[[King Dedede#As a Dream Friend|King Dedede]]<br>[[Meta Knight#As a Dream Friend|Meta Knight]]<br>[[Bandana Waddle Dee#Kirby Star Allies|Bandana Waddle Dee]]'''
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|'''ナイトメアーズバトル'''<br>''Nightmare's Battle''
|Vs. [[Nightmare]] (Wizard Form)
|Vs. [[Nightmare]] (Wizard Form)
|''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
|''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
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|'''ダーククラウディ'''<br>''Dark Cloudy''
|Medley:
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*[[Vs. Dark Matter (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2)|Real Dark Matter]]
*[[Vs. Dark Matter (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2)|Real Dark Matter]]
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|'''[[Marx#Kirby Star Allies|Marx]]'''
|'''[[Marx#Kirby Star Allies|Marx]]'''
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|'''VS. マルク／スターアライズ ドリーム ver.'''<br>''Vs. Marx / Star Allies Dream ver.''
|[[Vs. Marx|Vs. Marx (Meddlesome Marx)]]
|[[Vs. Marx|Vs. Marx (Meddlesome Marx)]]
|''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
|''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
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|'''ダークマター イン ザ ハイパーゾーン'''<br>''Dark Matter in the Hyper Zone''
|[[Vs. Dark Matter (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Vs. Dark Matter (Hyper Zone 1)]]
|[[Vs. Dark Matter (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 3)|Vs. Dark Matter (Hyper Zone 1)]]
|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''
|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''
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|'''[[Adeleine#Kirby Star Allies|Adeleine & Ribbon]]'''
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|'''おとめたちのやみとのたたかい'''<br>''Maidens' Battle With Darkness''
|Medley:
|Medley:
*[[0² Battle]]
*[[0² Battle]]
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|'''[[Dark Meta Knight#Kirby Star Allies|Dark Meta Knight]]'''
|'''[[Dark Meta Knight#Kirby Star Allies|Dark Meta Knight]]'''
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|'''ダークミラージュ'''<br>''Dark Mirage''
|Medley:
|Medley:
*[[Boss Battle Theme (Kirby & The Amazing Mirror)|Boss Battle Theme]] / Vs. [[Dark Mind]] (First Form)
*[[Boss Battle Theme (Kirby & The Amazing Mirror)|Boss Battle Theme]] / Vs. [[Dark Mind]] (First Form)
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|'''[[Daroach#Kirby Star Allies|Daroach]]'''
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|'''真！ドロッチェ団のテーマ'''<br>''True! Squeak Squad Theme''
|[[Squeak Squad Appears!]]
|[[Squeak Squad Appears!|Squeak Squad Appears! / Squeak Squad Theme]]
|''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''
|''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''
|Jun Ishikawa
|Jun Ishikawa
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|'''[[Magolor#Kirby Star Allies|Magolor]]'''
|'''[[Magolor#Kirby Star Allies|Magolor]]'''
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|'''覇王戴冠 ～OVERLORD～'''<br>''Crowning of the King ～OVERLORD～''
|Medley:
|Medley:
*[[CROWNED]] (intro)
*[[CROWNED]] (intro)
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|'''[[Taranza#Kirby Star Allies|Taranza]]'''
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|'''月魄のファントム'''<br>''Phantom of the Moon [[wikipedia:Hun and po|Po]]''
|Medley:
|Medley:
*[[Sullied Grace]] mixed with [[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]]
*[[Sullied Grace]] mixed with [[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]]
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|'''[[Susie#Kirby Star Allies|Susie]]'''
|'''[[Susie#Kirby Star Allies|Susie]]'''
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|'''幼き日に視たデウス・エクス・マキナ'''<br>''[[wikipedia:Deus ex machina|Deus ex machina]] Seen in Childhood''
|Medley:
|Medley:
*[[Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection]]
*[[Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection]]
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|'''[[The Three Mage-Sisters#Dream Friend|The Three Mage-Sisters]]'''
|'''[[The Three Mage-Sisters#Dream Friend|The Three Mage-Sisters]]'''
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|'''三叉一閃の巫の熱情'''<br>''Passion of the Tridental Mages as One''
|Vs. [[The Three Mage-Sisters#Heroes in Another Dimension|The Three Mage-Sisters]] (Second Phase; original track)
|Vs. [[The Three Mage-Sisters#Heroes in Another Dimension|The Three Mage-Sisters]] (Second Phase; original track)
*Remix of the [[Friend Star]] / [[Friend Train]] theme.
*Remix of the [[Friend Star]] / [[Friend Train]] theme.
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|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''
|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''
|Hirokazu Ando
|Hirokazu Ando
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*If {{realMe}} doesn't achieve the happy ending of [[Heroes in Another Dimension]] to unlock and play [[Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!|Guest Star The Three Mage-Sisters]] first, Morpho Knight EX will be first encountered in Soul Melter EX of [[The Ultimate Choice]] instead.
*If {{realMe}} doesn't achieve the happy ending of [[Heroes in Another Dimension]] to unlock and play [[Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!|Guest Star The Three Mage-Sisters]] first, Morpho Knight EX will be first encountered in Soul Melter EX of [[The Ultimate Choice]] instead.
*Morpho Knight EX's Japanese caption, '''災来する黒き極蝶''', can be literally translated as "Disaster Bringer Black Butterfly Returns" (災来 being a pun of 災 ''disaster'' and 再来 ''return''). This format is shared by [[Francisca]], [[Flamberge]] and [[Zan Partizanne]] in their Story Mode 2nd battle captions, in which '''災来する—''' (lit. "Disaster Bringer XXX Returns" is localized as "Bringer of XXX" in the English version.
*Morpho Knight EX's Japanese caption, '''災来する黒き極蝶''', can be literally translated as "Disaster Bringer Black Butterfly Returns" (災来 being a pun of 災 ''disaster'' and 再来 ''return''). This format is shared by [[Francisca]], [[Flamberge]] and [[Zan Partizanne]] in their Story Mode 2nd battle captions, in which '''災来する—''' (lit. "Disaster Bringer XXX Returns" is localized as "Bringer of XXX" in the English version.
*Morpho Knight EX's splash screen cannot be skipped in Soul Melter EX of The Ultimate Choice.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 10:14, 18 January 2019

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Morpho Knight
File:Morpho Knight Splash.jpg
Splash image of Morpho Knight in Kirby Star Allies
Details
First game Kirby Star Allies
Other game(s) Kirby GCN (canceled)
Relative(s) Galacta Knight
Similar to Meta Knight
Dark Meta Knight
Parallel Meta Knight
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“ On the day of judgment, this fluttery fiend will fly into action. Brought into existence by "the greatest warrior in the galaxy" and reborn as a knight of doom through years of adversity—now begins an epic battle with a pure being twisted by a dark past. ”
— VS Morpho Knight


Morpho Knight is a surprise boss who made its debut in Kirby Star Allies at the end of Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!. It is also fought in The Ultimate Choice starting from the sixth difficulty level.

In Guest Star The Three Mage-Sisters and The Ultimate Choice's Soul Melter EX difficulty, Morpho Knight EX is fought instead.

Overview

Morpho Knight is a masked swordsman created as a result of the Butterfly fusing with Galacta Knight. Like Galacta Knight (and Meta Knight), Morpho Knight has a Kirby-like body shape, but is completely black with white eyes and pauldrons, and yellow gloves and boots. Despite having gloves and shoulder pads, it has no visible arms, similar to Sir Kibble and Blade Knight. Its red mask and wings have a butterfly motif to them. It also carries a serrated red sword which it can split in two when necessary. It primarily utilizes fire as its element of choice in combat.

In the Japanese and the Chinese versions of Kirby Star Allies, VS Morpho Knight text describes that it is brought into existence by resonating with the pleas for life from the underworld.[1][2][3] What happens to Galacta Knight after their fusion is unknown.

“ Come judgement day, this fluttery fiend will fly into action. Will it land in a dream world, or a nightmare? It has mastered its new abilities, now all will witness its true power! ”
— VS Morpho Knight EX

Morpho Knight EX is the form when the power it has received from Galacta Knight has grown greater and eventually becomes its own, which is only mentioned in the Japanese and the Chinese versions.[4][5][6] Morpho Knight EX has a much darker colTemplate:Our scheme and its eyes are red instead.

Boss Battle

Morpho Knight has 13800 HP in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, and 9200 HP in The Ultimate Choice, respectively.

Morpho Knight EX has 20700 HP in Guest Star The Three Mage-Sisters, and 13800 HP in The Ultimate Choice, respectively.

Morpho Knight fights very similarly to Meta Knight in Kirby Star Allies and Galacta Knight from previous titles. Its main repertoire includes sword slashes, guards, teleports and flying maneuvers. Its attacks can also throw out waves of fire which can be tough to dodge.

Similar to the Meta Knight boss battle in Star Allies, Morpho Knight's sword-based attacks can be interrupted by the Sword ability (including Friends like Blade Knight, Meta Knight and Dark Meta Knight), which creates a sword clashing effect and stuns it for a while.

When Morpho Knight's health is below 60%, it enters the second phase (it takes 0.2× damage during phase shifting). Now it can split his sword in two, and use a wider variety of big attacks which cover a large portion of the screen. It can also charm Friends and turn them against Kirby & other allies with sound waves.

When Morpho Knight is defeated, it gracefully disintegrates into a cloud of red butterflies and vanishes.

The following lists all of Morpho Knight's attacks. Attacks in red are used during the second phase only.

Morpho Knight's Attacks in Kirby Star Allies  
Attack Description
Teleport Morpho Knight may teleport at any time.
  • When Morpho Knight EX teleports, it will create a damaging shockwave.
Backhand Slash Morpho Knight performs a backhand slash.
  • Guard does not fully prevent this attack's damage.
Backhand Slash - Triple Slash Morpho Knight performs a backhand slash followed by Triple Slash.
  • Guard does not fully prevent this attack's damage.
Hyper Rush - Crescent Shot Morpho Knight performs a multithrust and then fires a crescent-shaped energy wave.
  • Guard does not fully prevent multithrust's damage.
  • Crescent Shot can be reflected by Dark Meta Knight's specific attacks.
Triple Crescent Shot Morpho Knight fires 3 Crescent Shots in a row.
Aerial Crescent Shot Morpho Knight jumps and fires 2 Crescent Shots at the same time.
  • Morpho Knight EX fires 3 shots instead.
Glide Sword Morpho Knight glides while thrusting its sword, similar to Meta Knight's same attack as a boss.
  • Guard does not fully prevent this attack's damage.
Down Thrust Morpho Knight jumps and thrusts down its sword, leaving two stars on impact.
  • Guard does not fully prevent this attack's damage.
Tornado Morpho Knight requires charging to use this attack, similar to Meta Knight's same attack as a boss.
  • Morpho Knight takes 0.4× damage during the Tornado attack.

After releasing his charge, it stabs its sword into the ground to summon giant red tornado(es) that travel across the stage.

  • In the first phase, one tornado is summoned.
  • In the second phase, multiple tornadoes are summoned, the number of which depends on how many allies are in the battle, and Morpho Knight EX will always summon 5 tornadoes in a row.

If the allies are hit by the tornado, they will be thrown into the air and take damage when crashing onto the ground.

  • The tornadoes cannot be guarded.
  • The tornadoes ignore the allies' invincibility frames, e.g. Stone and attacks like Sword's Drill Stab will fail to dodge the tornadoes.
Upper Calibur Morpho Knight requires charging to use this attack.

After releasing its charge, it dashes and performs an upper slash. (It may teleport before dashing.)
If the upper slash connects to any allies, it will then perform a multi-slash combo to them in midair.
If the allies avoid the upper slash, Morpho Knight will end this attack.

  • The upper can only be guarded by special guards. (Prior to Version 4.0.0, it could not be guarded by any means.)
極楽ごくらく冥獣めいじゅう
Sukhavati Underworld Beast 		Morpho Knight requires charging to use this attack.

After releasing its charge, it summons red ghosts that travel slowly in various patterns. This leaves three stars in front of it.

極楽ごくらく鱗波りんぱ
Sukhavati Scale Wave 		Morpho Knight releases sound waves with it wings. Each sound wave drop two stars. If any ally is hit by the sound wave, they will be turned against other allies. This can be undone by tossing a Friend Heart at the affected ally.
  • Guard does not fully prevent this attack's damage.
  • In the first phase, it releases one sound wave.
  • In the second phase, it releases several sound waves in a row, teleporting to different locations of the stage.
極楽ごくらく冥王めいおう斬閃ざんせん
Sukhavati Underworld-King Slash Flash 		Morpho Knight always begins with this attack in the second phase.

It teleports to the center of the stage and splits his sword into two. It takes 0.4× damage when splitting his swords.
First, it teleports to one end of the stage and swings it now enlarging sword.
Then, it teleports to the other end and performs another giant slash.
Finally, it teleports back to the center and slashes to both sides with dual swords. After that, they merge back into one sword.

  • Morpho Knight EX will create black holes to draw the allies into his sword's range.

Every slash leaves four stars on impact. Under it is the safety zone where the slashes can't hit the allies.
Morpho Knight may perform this attack again later if it still has any health left.

Knight Spin This is used by Morpho Knight EX only.

Morpho Knight EX performs a vertical spinnning slash while jumping.

Counter This is used by Morpho Knight EX only.

Morpho Knight EX enters the counter pose like (Parallel) Meta Knight's Galactic Counter.
If it is attacked during this pose, it will counterattack with a random move,
unlike (Parallel) Meta Knight who only counterattacks with a single slash.

Sukhavati (極楽), or the Western Paradise, refers to the western pure land of Amitābha in Mahayana Buddhism.

Music

Morpho Knight's Theme

Morpho Knight's Theme is composed by Hirokazu Ando and can be found as Track 173 in Kirby Star Allies Jukebox as of Version 4.0.0. It is titled 審判の夢見鳥：バルフレイナイト (Butterfly of Judgement: Morpho Knight) in the Original Soundtrack.

This track features keyboard, piano and notable use of bass guitar. Morpho Knight's Theme resembles "Vs. Meta Knight" from Kirby Super Star in some manner but they have different melodies and time signature (Morpho Knight: 4/4; Meta Knight: 5/8).

Dream Friend music change

During Morpho Knight battle in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! and Soul Melter (EX) difficulty of The Ultimate Choice, if 1P is a Dream Friend, The Divine Terminus stage, in which Morpho Knight is fought, will feature a different background (Morpho Knight EX's background will always change even if 1P is not a Dream Friend), and Morpho Knight's theme will be replaced by new music remixes.

Dream Friend Tracks for Morpho Knight Battle (Version 4.0.0)  
1P Dream Friend Jukebox Track No. Title Arrangement From Arranged by
King Dedede
Meta Knight
Bandana Waddle Dee 		174 ナイトメアーズバトル
Nightmare's Battle 		Vs. Nightmare (Wizard Form) Kirby's Adventure Jun Ishikawa
Rick & Kine & Coo 175 ダーククラウディ
Dark Cloudy 		Medley: Kirby's Dream Land 2 Hirokazu Ando
Marx 176 VS. マルク／スターアライズ ドリーム ver.
Vs. Marx / Star Allies Dream ver. 		Vs. Marx (Meddlesome Marx) Kirby Super Star Jun Ishikawa
Gooey 177 ダークマター イン ザ ハイパーゾーン
Dark Matter in the Hyper Zone 		Vs. Dark Matter (Hyper Zone 1) Kirby's Dream Land 3 Hirokazu Ando
Adeleine & Ribbon 178 おとめたちのやみとのたたかい
Maidens' Battle With Darkness 		Medley: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Hirokazu Ando
Dark Meta Knight 179 ダークミラージュ
Dark Mirage 		Medley: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Yuta Ogasawara
Daroach 180 真！ドロッチェ団のテーマ
True! Squeak Squad Theme 		Squeak Squad Appears! / Squeak Squad Theme Kirby: Squeak Squad Jun Ishikawa
Magolor 181 覇王戴冠 ～OVERLORD～
Crowning of the King ～OVERLORD～ 		Medley: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Hirokazu Ando
Taranza 182 月魄のファントム
Phantom of the Moon Po 		Medley: Kirby: Triple Deluxe Hirokazu Ando
Susie 183 幼き日に視たデウス・エクス・マキナ
Deus ex machina Seen in Childhood 		Medley: Kirby: Planet Robobot Hirokazu Ando
The Three Mage-Sisters 195 三叉一閃の巫の熱情
Passion of the Tridental Mages as One 		Vs. The Three Mage-Sisters (Second Phase; original track) Kirby Star Allies Hirokazu Ando
Track name translations are conjectural.

Trivia

  • Morpho Knight was originally a boss for the canceled title Kirby GCN.[7] Its concept art can be found on Meta Knight's page in the booklet from Kirby's Dream Collection. In its original design, Morpho Knight wields a different-looking sword.
    • Given this connection to Meta Knight, Morpho Knight's English name can be seen as a pun, as both names fit into the word 'meta-morpho-sis' and follow each-other.
  • Morpho Knight's infernal filename is called "Bknight" (B comes from the first letter of its Japanese name) or "SecretHades".
  • Before fusing with Galacta Knight, the Butterfly resembles the recurring one in many cutscenes of the Kirby series games, leaving speculations on the relationship between these butterflies.
  • Morpho Knight's dual sword attack shares the last two kanji of Galacta Knight's "dimensional rift laser" attack from Kirby: Planet Robobot.
    • Galacta Knight: 時界大斬閃 Time-Border Great Slash Flash
    • Morpho Knight: 極楽冥王斬閃 Sukhavati Underworld-King Slash Flash
  • Morpho Knight is one of the few bosses in the Kirby series that can convert Kirby's allies into enemies during the battle. The others include Void Termina's Final Core (Phase 4) and Void Soul.
  • If the unknown reader doesn't achieve the happy ending of Heroes in Another Dimension to unlock and play Guest Star The Three Mage-Sisters first, Morpho Knight EX will be first encountered in Soul Melter EX of The Ultimate Choice instead.
  • Morpho Knight EX's Japanese caption, 災来する黒き極蝶, can be literally translated as "Disaster Bringer Black Butterfly Returns" (災来 being a pun of 災 disaster and 再来 return). This format is shared by Francisca, Flamberge and Zan Partizanne in their Story Mode 2nd battle captions, in which 災来する— (lit. "Disaster Bringer XXX Returns" is localized as "Bringer of XXX" in the English version.
  • Morpho Knight EX's splash screen cannot be skipped in Soul Melter EX of The Ultimate Choice.

Gallery

  • Morpho Knight Intro.jpg

    A butterfly approaches Galacta Knight, intent on absorbing him.

  • Morpho Knight Fight.jpg

    A still from the battle with Morpho Knight.

  • MorphoKnightAttackNames.jpg

    Morpho Knight's attack names from Famitsu Kirby Star Allies guide book.

  • Morpho Knight EX Splash.jpg

    Splash card of Morpho Knight EX.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese バルフレイナイト
Barufurei Naito 		Derived from English words:
  • バタフライ (butterfly)
  • バルキリー (valkyrie)
  • フレイム (flame)
Traditional Chinese 冥蝶騎士
míng dié qí shì 		Underworld Butterfly Knight
Simplified Chinese 冥蝶骑士
míng dié qí shì

References

  1. ↑ "銀河最強と言われる 白き騎士が もたらした、長年の 生命のさけびに 共めいし、黄泉からの騎士となって こうりんする。" –VS Morpho Knight (Japanese version)
  2. ↑ "带它来此的据说是银河最强的白色骑士。与漫长的生命呼喊产生共鸣，化身黄泉骑士降临于世。" –VS Morpho Knight (Simplified Chinese version)
  3. ↑ "響應銀河最強的白騎士常年生命的呼喊，成爲來自黃泉的騎士，降臨此處。" –VS Morpho Knight (Traditional Chinese version)
  4. ↑ "白き騎士から 受けついだ パワーを 日々ぞうふくさせ、ついに その力を わがものにする。" –VS Morpho Knight EX (Japanese version)
  5. ↑ "获得自白色骑士的力量日益增强，终于将那力量据为己有。" –VS Morpho Knight EX (Simplified Chinese Version)
  6. ↑ "從白色騎士繼承的力量日益增強，終於將這個力量納為己有。" –VS Morpho Knight EX (Traditional Chinese Version)
  7. ↑ "バルフレイナイトのデザインについては、実はゲームキューブ版の王道『カービィ』を考えていた時に敵の新型ナイトボスとして作られていたデザインなのですよ。" –Shinya Kumazaki (Nintendo DREAM July 2018 Issue )

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