Morpho 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 | |
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Attack | Description |
Teleport | Morpho Knight may teleport at any time.
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Backhand Slash | Morpho Knight performs a backhand slash.
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Backhand Slash - Triple Slash | Morpho Knight performs a backhand slash followed by Triple Slash.
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Hyper Rush - Crescent Shot | Morpho Knight performs a multithrust and then fires a crescent-shaped energy wave.
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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.
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Glide Sword | Morpho Knight glides while thrusting its sword, similar to Meta Knight's same attack as a boss.
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Down Thrust | Morpho Knight jumps and thrusts down its sword, leaving two stars on impact.
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Tornado | Morpho Knight requires charging to use this attack, similar to Meta Knight's same attack as a boss.
After releasing his charge, it stabs its sword into the ground to summon giant red tornado(es) that travel across the stage.
If the allies are hit by the tornado, they will be thrown into the air and take damage when crashing onto the ground. |
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.)
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極楽冥獣 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. |
極楽鱗波 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.
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極楽冥王斬閃 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.
Every slash leaves four stars on impact. Under it is the safety zone where the slashes can't hit the allies. |
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. |
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 (title unknown yet) is composed by Hirokazu Ando and can be found as Track 173 in Kirby Star Allies Jukebox as of Version 4.0.0.
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, features a different background (Morpho Knight EX's background always changes regardless of who 1P is), and Morpho Knight's theme is replaced by new music remixes.
- In Version 2.0.0, the center of the floor reflects Hyper Zone from Kirby's Dream Land 3 where Dark Matter and Zero are fought.
- In Version 3.0.0, the center of the floor reflects Dark Star from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards where 0² is fought.
- In Version 4.0.0, the center of the floor reflects Another Dimension.
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.
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 |
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Japanese | バルフレイナイト Barufurei Naito |
Derived from English words:
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Traditional Chinese | 冥蝶騎士 míng dié qí shì |
Underworld Butterfly Knight |
Simplified Chinese | 冥蝶骑士 míng dié qí shì |
References
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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)
- ↑ "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 )