Shadow Dedede

Shadow Dedede File:Shadow Dedede.jpg Shadow Dedede, just after emerging from the Dimension Mirror. Details First game Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) Relative(s) King Dedede Similar to Masked Dedede King D-Mind Parallel Dedede

“

In the depths of a mysterious mirror hanging in the hall of the queen waits the dark king, Shadow Dedede! He wages battle against all comers, but Shadow Dedede's true opponent is the darkness in his own heart.

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— VS Shadow Dedede, Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Shadow Dedede is the penultimate boss in Dededetour! of Kirby: Triple Deluxe, and appears as the second of the Nightmare Four from The True Arena in that game.

Overview

Shadow Dedede appears to be an evil doppelganger of King Dedede, though his pause description describes him as a miserable automaton, lashing out in anger because he knows nothing else. Shadow Dedede looks more or less the same as King Dedede, but with an obviously darker color scheme, and a different symbol on his coat and hammer, resembling a monochrome bulls-eye.

Shadow Dedede comes out of the Dimension Mirror after King Dedede defeats Queen Sectonia DX in Level 6 of Dededetour!.

Attacks

This fight effectively serves as the DX version of the fight with Masked Dedede in the Story Mode of Kirby: Triple Deluxe. However, there are a couple key differences. Firstly, Shadow Dedede only has one life bar, and he switches to the axe portion after it is halfway depleted. Secondly, he possesses some oddly different attacks, including one where his belly sash opens up into a mouth, and fires out orbs of dark energy.

The following are all of Shadow Dedede's attacks. Attacks in italics are used in the second phase only. Note that attack names are conjectural:

Shadow Dedede's attacks in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Attack	Description
Head Slide	Shadow Dedede runs and then dives at Kirby or Dedede a much further distance than Masked Dedede. He may do this attack twice in a row.
Super Dedede Jump	Shadow Dedede leaps into the air and then lands suddenly in another location. He may do this up to three times in succession. In the second phase, these jumps create shockwaves on landing.
Hammer Swing	Shadow Dedede raises his hammer and slams the ground with it twice in a row. If Kirby or Dedede is airborne, then Shadow Dedede will jump up and swing the hammer in mid-air. When he lands, a shockwave emanates from it. In the second phase, he does this attack with his axe instead, with each swing on ground level causing shockwaves.
Hypernova Inhale	Shadow Dedede inhales, creating a big vortex. If Kirby or Dedede don't run fast enough from the suction, they will be sucked up and then spat out at the screen.
Hammer Cannon	Shadow Dedede preps his hammer, which opens up and shoots out four missiles. The cannon may also shoot out a large gout of flame.
Hover	Shadow Dedede takes in air and starts hovering toward Kirby or Dedede.
Axe Flurry	Shadow Dedede wildly swings his poleaxe about, aiming for Kirby or Dedede as he does so, and turning with his strikes as needed. He finishes with a series of long lunge attacks.
Exploding Leap Attack	Shadow Dedede jumps into the air with his poleaxe, and then comes crashing down, creating a large explosion where he lands. He does this attack three times in a row compared to Masked Dedede.
Maw Blast	Shadow Dedede flies into the background and his belly opens up into a big maw. Out of this maw, a series of eight dark orb blasts are fired. Shadow Dedede then flies on-stage and fires three larger blasts which can bounce around.
Spinning Slash	Shadow Dedede spins his axe rapidly around in an attempt to catch Kirby or Dedede in his dance.
Tornado Slash	Shadow Dedede spins rapidly around with his axe and takes to the air, flying in and out of the arena.
Great Energy Orb Volley	Shadow Dedede charges his poleaxe, then releases a series of energy orb projectiles at varying angles to cover the stage. This attack can be done from various positions, and varies in the number of projectiles thrown.

Once defeated, Shadow Dedede turns into a silhouette, then bursts into shards of glass.

Trivia

• The English flavor text misinterprets the last sentence. According to the original Japanese text, it should be "King Dedede's true opponent is the darkness in his own heart." The Japanese text also calls him ブラデ (Burade) in short (abbreviation of his full Japanese name ブラックデデデ Black Dedede).
  • The Japanese abbreviation could be a parody of Dark Pit from Kid Icarus: Uprising (Black Pit in Japanese), who is officially called ブラピ (Burapi) in short.
• Due to similarities in look and source code name, King D-Mind can be seen as the souped-up version of Shadow Dedede, despite them being different characters.
• When Shadow Dedede opens up his belly sash to reveal a mouth, he spurts off blood. This is one of the few Kirby bosses with the depiction of blood. The others are Dark Meta Knight, Zero, 0², Star Dream Soul OS and Void Termina (Phase 2).

Gallery

• Shadow Dedede Fight.jpg

  Shadow Dedede opens his belly like the possessed King Dedede from Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

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  The battle in Dededetour!

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ブラックデデデ Burakku Dedede	Black Dedede
French	DaDiDou Ombre	Shadow Dedede
German	Shadow-Dedede	-
Italian	Dedede Ombra	Shadow Dedede
Korean	블랙 디디디 Beullaek Dididi	Black Dedede
Spanish	Dedede Oscuro	Dark Dedede