Editing Rainbow Sword

{{Infobox-Item
|image= [[File:KDL2 Rainbow Sword Victory Screen.png]]
|caption= Cut-scene from [[Boss Endurance]] of Kirby brandishing the '''Rainbow Sword''', from ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''.
|use= Fight against [[Dark Matter]].
|game= ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'' (1995)
|compare= [[Star Rod]], [[Love-Love Stick]]
}}
{{quote|In order to defeat [[Dark Matter]], you need the Rainbow Sword. It is said that the sword has something to do with the [[Rainbow Drop]]s hiding on the [[Rainbow Islands|islands]]. Will [[Kirby]] be able to save the [[Dream Land]] from Dark Matter?|[[Dark Castle|Last Stage (vs. Dark Matter)]] section of the ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]] Instruction Booklet''}}
The '''Rainbow Sword''' is the [[Last Battle Ability]] of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''. It is required to defeat the evil [[Dark Matter]], the main villain of the game.<ref>{{cite manual|quote=In order to defeat Dark Matter, you need the Rainbow Sword.|game='Kirby's Dream Land 2'|page=25}}</ref> Kirby obtains it automatically after defeating [[King Dedede]] if all the [[Rainbow Drop]]s hidden throughout the game have been recovered, which combine into the sword in a short cutscene.

==Game appearances==
===''Kirby's Dream Land 2''===
[[File:KDL2 Rainbow Sword Get.png|thumb|left|Kirby acquires the Rainbow Sword after defeating [[King Dedede]] at [[Dark Castle]].]]
The Rainbow Sword first appeared in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', where it can only be used in the two-phase battle against Dark Matter, the final boss of the game, and is the only weapon that Kirby can use during the fight; likewise, Kirby cannot enter the battle without possessing the sword, instead being taken to a false ending if he defeats King Dedede and is unable to obtain it. Unlike many other weapons used in final battles throughout the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'']] series, it does not shoot projectiles, but can instead be swung at the boss to cause a small amount of damage. The sword can also be used to reflect projectiles fired at Kirby if he uses it at the right moment, causing a significantly larger amount of damage to Dark Matter if he is hit by these projectiles than slashing at him would.

Once Dark Matter is defeated, Kirby briefly loses the sword as he drifts through space exhausted or unconscious, but picks it up again, using it to restore the rainbows connecting the [[Rainbow Islands]] that Dark Matter had stolen.

===''Kirby: Planet Robobot''===
In ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', the [[Dark Matter Clone]] wields a sword that occasionally emits a rainbow glow. This sword is materialized from Dark Matter’s memories of the Rainbow Sword from back when he battled it in ''Kirby's Dream Land 2''. The reason he materialized the Rainbow Sword is because he felt [[Meta Knight|Meta Knight's]] great power and materialized the power of the sword to counter him.<ref>[https://kirbydevpostarchive.tumblr.com/post/164957186516/hal-laboratory-%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%80-hallaboratory-12022016-1210 Kirby: Planet Robobot Drawing and Screenshot Challenge winners]</ref>

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==Trivia==
*Since ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' was developed for the black-and-white [[Game Boy]], the Rainbow Sword doesn't actually appear rainbow-colored unless playing the enhanced [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System#Super Game Boy|Super Game Boy]] version.

==Gallery==
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KDL2 Rainbow Sword Credits.png|Kirby uses the sword to restore the rainbow bridges between the islands in the credits sequence.
KDL2 Rainbow Sword sprite.png|Sprite of Rainbow Sword.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{names
|ja=虹の剣
|jaR=Niji no ken
|jaM=Rainbow Sword
}}

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