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“ | This indestructible cannon packs quite a wallop! | ” | — Patch Plaza description of Shotzo from Kirby's Epic Yarn. |
Shotzo[1] is an impregnable, projectile-spitting foe and one of Kirby's oldest enemies, making is debut appearance in Kirby's Dream Land. They look like cannons made of black metal and attack by shooting cannon balls at Kirby. While most Shotzos are unable to move, they sometimes drop from the sky on Parasols. Regular Shotzos come in two variants: One that sternly keeps facing in one direction, and one that constantly adjust its aim to hit Kirby. The non-aiming Shotzos often fire whole barrages of cannon balls, only stopping at short intervals. Shotzos cannot be directly destroyed. However, they can be dropped into a bottomless pit if they happen to stand on a Star Block. Shotzos are recurring enemies that appeared in most Kirby games up to date.
Game appearances
Kirby's Dream Land
In Kirby's Dream Land, Shotzo looks and acts like in all its subsequent appearances: A cannon that shoots cannonballs at Kirby, often firing three and then pausing. It is the only invincible enemy in the game other than Gordo.
In the Extra Game, Shotzos are all replaced by Blatzys.
Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Shotzos also appear as enemies in Kirby's Adventure and its remake, Nightmare in Dream Land. Aside from Gordos, Shotzos are the other undefeatable enemy, and do not reward any Copy Ability, even for their cannonballs.
Locations
Shotzo can be found in the following levels and stages:
Shotzo locations in Kirby's Adventure & Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land | |||||||
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Stage | Vegetable Valley | Ice Cream Island | Butter Building | Grape Garden | Yogurt Yard | Orange Ocean | Rainbow Resort |
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Stage 5 | N/A | ||||||
Stage 6 | N/A | N/A |
Kirby's Dream Land 2 & Kirby's Dream Land 3
File:KDL2Shotzo.png File:DL3 Shotzo Sprite.png Shotzo appears in both of these games, serving the same function as it has in the series so far. Unlike in many other games, they are not terribly common.
Locations
In Kirby's Dream Land 2, Shotzo can be found in the following levels and stages:
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Stage | Grass Land | Big Forest | Ripple Field | Iceberg | Red Canyon | Cloudy Park | Dark Castle |
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Stage 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
Stage 5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
Stage 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Stage 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Shotzo can be found in the following levels and stages:
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Stage | Grass Land | Ripple Field | Sand Canyon | Cloudy Park | Iceberg | ||
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Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra
In Kirby Super Star and its remake, Shotzo appears in every normal mode except for Revenge of the King, where they are replaced by Blatzys. They are common in castle and mechanical areas.
Locations
Shotzo can be found in the following places in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra:
Shotzo locations in Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra | |||
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Stage | Appearance? | Stage | Appearance? |
Green Greens | RoMK Chapter 4 | ||
Float Islands | RoMK Chapter 5 | ||
Bubbly Clouds | RoMK Chapter 6 | ||
Mt. Dedede | RoMK Chapter 7 | ||
Peanut Plains | Floria | ||
Mallow Castle | Aquarius | ||
Cocoa Cave | Skyhigh | ||
Candy Mountain | Hotbeat | ||
Trial Room 1 | Cavius | ||
Trial Room 2 | Mekkai | ||
Sub-Tree | Halfmoon | ||
Crystal | ???? | ||
Old Tower | Purple Plants | ||
Garden | Illusion Islands | ||
RoMK Chapter 1 | Crash Clouds | ||
RoMK Chapter 2 | The Revenge | ||
RoMK Chapter 3 |
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Shotzos make their debut 3-D appearance in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. These cannon-like enemies situate themselves within drop-holes, areas of low terrain, and interestingly, even exist as part of the background in few select stages, shooting small bullets at Kirby from afar. Regardless of location, these enemies cannot be defeated or ingested, and thus must be avoided if Kirby is to escape injury-free. A wall-mounted version of this standard foe, the Wall Shotzo, also appears.
Locations
Shotzo can be found in the following levels and stages:
Shotzo locations in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards | |||||||
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Stage | Pop Star | Rock Star | Aqua Star | Neo Star | Shiver Star | Ripple Star | Dark Star |
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Stage 2 | N/A | ||||||
Stage 3 | N/A | ||||||
Stage 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
Shotzo appears in this title. Given the top-down nature of this game, Shotzo will either fire straight forward, or in any other of the eight general directions.
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror & Kirby: Squeak Squad
File:KNiD E Shotzo.png Shotzo appears in both of these games, looking and acting identically to the way it did in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.
Due to being invulnerable, Shotzo cannot be possessed by Ghost Kirby.
Locations
In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Shotzo can be found in every Mirror World area except for Moonlight Mansion and Cabbage Cavern.
In Kirby: Squeak Squad, Shotzo can be found in the following levels and stages:
Shotzo locations in Kirby: Squeak Squad | ||||||||
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Stage | Prism Plains | Nature Notch | Cushy Cloud | Jam Jungle | Vocal Volcano | Ice Island | Secret Sea | Gamble Galaxy |
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Stage 4 | N/A | |||||||
Stage 5 | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Stage EX | N/A |
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Shotzo appears again in Kirby: Canvas Curse, and are once again indestructible. Its cannonballs can be blocked by rainbow lines.
Kirby's Epic Yarn/Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn
Shotzos also appear in Kirby's (Extra) Epic Yarn as a somewhat uncommon enemy who, much like previous games, is indestructible. Its shots can't be grabbed by the Yarn Whip. There is a variation of them in Snow Land named Freezo that shoots snowballs and is only in the level Evergreen Lift.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Shotzo returns in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, functioning like it has done in earlier Kirby games. It is accompanied by its new much larger relatives, Gigatzo, Volttzo and Coldtzo, who cannot aim, but fire huge elemental projectiles.
Kirby's Dream Collection
Shotzo appears in the New Challenge Stages, serving the same purpose as it did in Return to Dream Land. Being indestructible, 'defeating' it is not necessary to earn the bonus for defeating all enemies.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Shotzo appears again in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, keeping its look from Return to Dream Land. In this iteration, its stand-out feature is the ability to aim between the foreground and background.
Shotzo also appears as a randomly-obtained Keychain, depicted as its sprite from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
“ | Shotzo can fire a ton of bullets, true. But other than that, it's not really all that scary. It's strong physically, but it doesn't have the same strength of character as Kirby. | ” | — Figurine description from Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. |
Shotzo appears again in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, behaving the same as in past games. Like in Kiby: Canvas Curse, its cannonballs can be blocked by rainbow ropes.
It also appears as a Figurine.
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Shotzo appears yet again in Kirby: Planet Robobot, behaving the same as in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Kirby's Blowout Blast
Shotzo appears in this title, and is able to re-aim in several different ways, both horizontally and vertically if needed. Kirby does not need to do anything to it to gain the bonus for defeating all enemies.
Kirby Star Allies
Shotzo reappears in Kirby Star Allies, behaving the same as in past installments. It gains a slight redesign in this game, becoming more bulbous and bearing a rougher surface texture.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Shotzo can appear as an enemy in Smash Run, where it acts much the same as it does in the home series, and is invulnerable. Shotzo also appears as a collectable trophy:
Trivia
- While not formally established until Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Shotzo's base is made to resemble feet similar to those of Kirby's. This and descriptions of the enemy give the implication that Shotzos are actually living creatures much like other enemies.
- Despite these feet, Shotzo has never been shown to be able to move on its own, with most mobile examples being those attached to Parasols.
Gallery
- KDL Shotzo.png
Kirby's Dream Land & Kirby's Adventure artwork
- Shotzo NinDL artwork.jpg
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land artwork
- Shotzo Figurine.jpg
figurine from Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
References
- ↑ Officially named in Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, and Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.
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- Enemies in Kirby's Dream Land
- Enemies in Kirby's Adventure
- Enemies in Kirby Super Star
- Enemies in Kirby's Dream Land 2
- Enemies in Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Enemies in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
- Enemies in Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
- Enemies in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- Enemies in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
- Enemies in Kirby: Canvas Curse
- Enemies in Kirby: Squeak Squad
- Enemies in Kirby Super Star Ultra
- Enemies in Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land
- Enemies in New Challenge Stages
- Enemies in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- Enemies in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
- Enemies in Kirby: Planet Robobot
- Enemies in Kirby's Blowout Blast
- Enemies in Kirby Star Allies
- Invincible Enemies