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{{Infobox-MidBoss | {{Infobox-MidBoss | ||
|image=[[File:KA Rolling Turtle artwork.png|150px]] | |image=[[File:KA Rolling Turtle artwork.png|150px]] | ||
|caption=Artwork of '''Rolling Turtle''' from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' | |caption=Artwork of '''Rolling Turtle''' from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' | ||
|game1=''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' (1993) | |game1=''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' (1993) | ||
|copy ability=[[Throw]] | |copy ability=[[Throw]] | ||
|similar=[[Phan Phan]] | |similar=[[Phan Phan]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Rolling Turtle'''<ref>Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch. ''Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics''. Pages 301, 307, 313.</ref> is a [[Mid-Boss]] in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' | [[File:KA Rolling Turtle sprite.png]] | ||
'''Rolling Turtle'''<ref>Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch. ''Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics''. Pages 301, 307, 313.</ref> is a [[Mid-Boss]] in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''. It resembles a large, bipedal, buck-toothed turtle. Defeating and swallowing it yields the [[Throw]] ability. | |||
Rolling Turtle attacks in two different ways. It can either curl up and roll toward Kirby, or toss | Rolling Turtle attacks in two different ways. It can either curl up and roll toward [[Kirby]], or toss smaller turtles at him which can be [[inhale]]d. At any point during the fight, if Kirby gets too close to Rolling Turtle, it will grab him, rock him back-and-forth, then release him to deal damage. | ||
In ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', Rolling Turtle is replaced by a different opponent for unknown reasons, similarly to [[Bounder]] and [[Togezo]]. In Rolling Turtle's case, its replacement is the elephant-like Mid-Boss [[Phan Phan]]. Rolling Turtle is the only Mid-Boss that is replaced between ''Kirby's Adventure'' and its remake. | |||
In ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', Rolling Turtle | |||
==Locations== | |||
Rolling Turtle has two variants that it can appear in. The first is just its regular green form that appears in most stages. The second is a red variant that is exclusive to the secret path in [[Rainbow Resort - Stage 2]]. This version is quicker, making it harder to defeat. Rolling Turtle appears in the following stages in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'': ([[Star Bullet]]=10 [[damage]]) | |||
*[[Grape Garden - Stage 4]]: 30 [[Stamina|HP]] (green) | |||
*[[Orange Ocean - Stage 1]]: 30 HP (floor covered with water) (green) | |||
*[[Rainbow Resort - Stage 2]]: 30 HP ([[Tower of Mid-Bosses]]) (green) | |||
*[[Rainbow Resort - Stage 2]]: 30 HP ([[Tower of Mid-Bosses]] Secret Pathway) (red) | |||
==Trivia== | |||
*Rolling Turtle's replacement in the series may be due to its strong resemblance to the television character [[wikipedia:Gachapin|Gachapin]]. | |||
*In [[fzerowiki:F-Zero GX|F-Zero GX]], one of the newly-introduced [[fzerowiki:Rolling Turtle|F-Zero Machines]] is named after Rolling Turtle. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery style="image-rendering:pixelated;"> | |||
KA Rolling Turtle sprite 2.png|Rolling Turtle's alternate palette | |||
KA Rolling Turtle Jr sprite.png|One of Rolling Turtle's minions | |||
KA Orange Ocean Stage 1 screenshot 02.png|Kirby going up against Rolling Turtle in [[Orange Ocean - Stage 1]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Names in other languages== | ==Names in other languages== | ||
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[[Category:Mid-Bosses in Kirby's Adventure]] | [[Category:Mid-Bosses in Kirby's Adventure]] | ||
[[Category:Throw | [[Category:Creatures that yield Throw when swallowed]] | ||