The Ultimate Choice

The Ultimate Choice File:Ultimate Choice Title.jpg Title screen for The Ultimate Choice from Kirby Star Allies Details Type(s) Boss Endurance Levels 9 Players 1-4 Appears in Kirby Star Allies Comparable to The Arena The True Arena Helper to Hero

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A new festival of battle is about to begin! Test your limits with…The Ultimate Choice! Kirby and friends will face off against a gaggle of super-spicy bosses in their unending quest to gobble up everything in sight!

”

— Kirby Star Allies quote

The Ultimate Choice is a Sub-Game present in Kirby Star Allies, unlocked once the Story Mode is completed. It is a Boss Endurance game similar to The Arena, though it has two key differences; having a scoring system and difficulty levels. As such, it can be seen as effectively nine different Arenas rolled into a single game. Completing this mode on the Soul Melter difficulty setting is required for 100% Completion of Kirby Star Allies.

Overview

The Ultimate Choice is split up into 9 difficulty levels (represented as spiciness levels). Only the first five are available at first, with the other four unlocked after meeting certain criteria. A high score is kept for this mode, with generally higher scores being awarded for higher difficulties.

Before starting the game, the unknown reader must choose how many human players will play:

• 1 human player is in Solo Rank category;
• 2-4 human players are in With Friends Rank category.

The more players in play (including CPU), the less damage they will deal to mid-bosses and bosses. The Ultimate Choice has a different set of multiplayer modifiers than Story Mode, Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! or Heroes in Another Dimension.

Number of Players	Attack Modifier in The Ultimate Choice
1	×1.0
2	×0.875 (7/8)
3	×0.8 (4/5)
4	×0.75 (3/4)

Then, 1P chooses a Copy Ability for Kirby (or press X to choose the Friend Helper of that ability), and (if desired) chooses up to 3 Friend Helpers as the rest players to accompany 1P through the whole run. After completing The Ultimate Choice once, Dream Friends can also be chosen as any player.

After character select, the unknown reader chooses the difficulty level. Most bosses have a fixed health regardless of difficulty.

During the boss battles, 2P, 3P and 4P cannot be permanently defeated, Unfriended, or swallowed for their ability (if any). Fainted allies who are still in the stage will revive with minimal health if left unconscious at the end of a battle (or if thrown off the stage while the boss is shifting phases). If fainted allies are not revived in time and disappear midbattle, they will revive with half health in the rest area.

In-between battles, the unknown reader can use a limited supply of healing food if needed, and can also pick up Picture Pieces from chests. On higher difficulties, more pieces can be collected, but there will be less food. Before the final round, an additional food item can be found inside the last chest.

amiibo can be used to obtain extra food in this mode, but doing so will mark the score as having been achieved using amiibo.

Difficulty

The base game has 8 difficulty levels: the first five available at start and the last three unlockable.

Version 4.0.0 adds Soul Melter EX, which is unlocked by clearing both Soul Melter and Heroes in Another Dimension. To select Soul Melter EX, the unknown reader should press ↑ + A + - when Soul Melter is selected (the same command to enable Kirby's Dream Land - Extra Mode). Soul Melter EX incorporates the bosses from Heroes in Another Dimension.

The following lists every difficulty in The Ultimate Choice, with information on the boss battles, how many healing items are given, and other factors:

Difficulty Levels in The Ultimate Choice
Difficulty	Image	Encounters	Unlock Req?	Healing Items	Picture Pieces
Sweet Breeze	File:Sweet Breeze UC.jpg	Whispy Woods Ambush Type A Bonkers Puppet Waddle Dee Mr. Frosty King Dedede Meta Knight		6 Maxim Tomatoes	3
Mild Stroll	File:Mild Stroll UC.jpg	Whispy Woods King Dedede Ambush Type B Chef Kawasaki Anger Masker ×2 Vividria Bugzzy Pon & Con Kracko → Twin Kracko Meta Knight		5 Maxim Tomatoes 1 Energy Drink	4
Zesty Expedition	File:Zesty Expedition UC.jpg	Whispy Woods King Dedede Ambush Type B Chef Kawasaki Anger Masker ×2 Vividria Bugzzy Meta Knight Pon & Con Kracko → Twin Kracko Francisca		4 Maxim Tomatoes 2 Energy Drinks	5
Spicy Adventure	File:Spicy Adventure UC.jpg	Whispy Woods Ambush Type A Bonkers Puppet Waddle Dee Mr. Frosty King Dedede Ambush Type B Chef Kawasaki Anger Masker ×2 Vividria Bugzzy Meta Knight Pon & Con Kracko → Twin Kracko Flamberge		3 Maxim Tomatoes 3 Energy Drinks	6
Sizzling Threat	File:Sizzling Threat UC.jpg	Whispy Woods Ambush Type A Bonkers Puppet Waddle Dee Mr. Frosty King Dedede Ambush Type B Chef Kawasaki Anger Masker ×2 Vividria Bugzzy Meta Knight Pon & Con Kracko → Twin Kracko Zan Partizanne Hyness		2 Maxim Tomatoes 4 Energy Drinks	7
Fiery Showdown	File:Fiery Showdown UC.jpg	Yggy Woods Ambush Type C Bonkers EX Blizzard Guard & Sizzle Guard Twin Frosty EX King Dedede Ambush Type D Bugzzy EX Chef Kawasaki EX Floaty the Cell Core ×2 Twin Vividria EX Meta Knight Goldon & Silvox Kracko → Twin Kracko Francisca (2nd) Hyness Morpho Knight	Complete Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! & any of the first 5 difficulty levels.	1 Maxim Tomato 5 Energy Drinks	9
Infernal Crisis	File:Infernal Crisis UC.jpg	Yggy Woods Ambush Type C Bonkers EX Blizzard Guard & Sizzle Guard Twin Frosty EX King Dedede Ambush Type D Bugzzy EX Chef Kawasaki EX Floaty the Cell Core ×2 Twin Vividria EX Meta Knight Goldon & Silvox Kracko → Twin Kracko Francisca (2nd) Flamberge (2nd) Zan Partizanne (2nd) Hyness Morpho Knight Void Termina (Story Mode version; all but fifth phase)	Complete Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! & any of the first 5 difficulty levels.	6 Energy Drinks	11
Soul Melter	File:Soul Melter UC.jpg	Yggy Woods Ambush Type C Bonkers EX Blizzard Guard & Sizzle Guard Twin Frosty EX King Dedede Ambush Type D Bugzzy EX Chef Kawasaki EX Floaty the Cell Core ×2 Twin Vividria EX Meta Knight Goldon & Silvox Kracko → Twin Kracko Francisca (2nd) Flamberge (2nd) Zan Partizanne (2nd) Hyness Morpho Knight Void Termina (Soul Melter version) → Void Soul	Complete Fiery Showdown or Infernal Crisis.	6 small tomatoes	15
Soul Melter EX	File:Soul Melter EX UC.jpg	Parallel Woods Ambush Type E Mr. Frosty EX + Floaty the Cell Core ×2 Anger Masker ×2 Twin Bonkers EX Goldon & Silvox Parallel Twin Kracko → Parallel Big Kracko Ambush Type F Chef Kawasaki EX + Two Face ×4 Vividria EX + Blizzard Guard & Sizzle Guard Twin Bugzzy EX Francisca EX Flamberge EX Zan Partizanne EX Parallel Meta Knight Parallel Dedede Corrupt Hyness The Three Mage-Sisters Morpho Knight EX Void Termina (True Destroyer of Worlds) → Void (Astral Birth)	Complete Soul Melter & Heroes in Another Dimension. (Requires Version 4.0.0+ of the game)	2 Maxim Tomatoes 2 Energy Drinks 2 small tomatoes	25

Player Health

The maximum health of all players varies between difficulty levels:

• 1-4 (Sweet Breeze - Spicy Adventure): 100%
• 5-7 (Sizzling Threat - Inferno Crisis): 80%
• Secret (Soul Melter): 60%
• Secret (Soul Melter EX): 100%

Friend Helpers have the same power as Kirby's respective Copy Abilities. In addition, they usually have better jumping/hovering ability than Kirby's hover. However, most of them have lower health than Kirby.

List of Bosses

The following lists every boss and mid-boss in The Ultimate Choice, with information on their health and the difficulty levels in which they appear.

Bosses
Boss	HP	Sweet Breeze	Mild Stroll	Zesty Expedition	Spicy Adventure	Sizzling Threat	Fiery Showdown	Inferno Crisis	Soul Melter	Soul Melter EX
Whispy Woods	5250
Yggy Woods	6820
Parallel Woods	10500
King Dedede	5100
Parallel Dedede	10200
Meta Knight	4040	*	*
Parallel Meta Knight	9000
Pon & Con	1830×2
Goldon & Silvox	1830×2 (Fiery Showdown-Soul Melter) 2750×2 (Soul Melter EX)
Kracko	3000
Twin Kracko	5400
Parallel Twin Kracko	6000
Parallel Big Kracko	10800
Francisca (Longview Corridor)	4720			*
Francisca (Blizzno Moon)	5190
Francisca EX	7790
Flamberge (Inner Sanctum)	4870				*
Flamberge (Sizzlai Moon)	5360
Flamberge EX	8040
Zan Partizanne (Heavenly Hall)	5100
Zan Partizanne (The Divine Terminus)	5610
Zan Partizanne EX	8410
Hyness	Phase 1: 3590					*
	Phase 2: 5400
Corrupt Hyness	Phase 1: 4500
	Phase 2: 6750
The Three Mage-Sisters	25500
Morpho Knight	9200						*
Morpho Knight EX	13800
Void Termina	Phase 1: N/A							*	*
	Phase 2: 3750
	Phase 3: N/A
	Phase 4: 5250							*
	Void Soul: 13500								*
Void Termina (True Destroyer of Worlds)	Phase 1: N/A									*
	Phase 2: 5620
	Phase 3: N/A
	Void: 20000									*
* indicates the last boss of that difficulty level.

Mid-Bosses
Ambush Type	Enemy	HP	Sweet Breeze	Mild Stroll	Zesty Expedition	Spicy Adventure	Sizzling Threat	Fiery Showdown	Inferno Crisis	Soul Melter	Soul Melter EX
A	Bonkers	1350
	Puppet Waddle Dee	480 (puppet) 120 (Waddle Dee)
	Mr. Frosty	1120
B	Chef Kawasaki	1120
	Anger Masker	710 (mask on) 1 (mask off)
	Vividria	1350
	Bugzzy	1350
C	Bonkers EX	1890
	Shield (enemy)	1690 (shield on) 1 (shield off)
	Twin Mr. Frosty EX	1570 each
D	Bugzzy EX	1890
	Chef Kawasaki EX	1570
	Floaty the Cell Core	520 each
	Twin Vividria EX	1890 each
E	Mr. Frosty EX	2360
	Floaty the Cell Core	520
	Anger Masker	710 (mask on) 1 (mask off)
	Twin Bonkers EX	2830 (left) 3780 (right)
F	Chef Kawasaki EX	2360
	Two Face	Unknown
	Vividria EX	3780
	Shield (enemy)	1690 (shield on) 1 (shield off)
	Twin Bugzzy EX	2830 (left) 3150 (right)

Scoring

In each difficulty mode, a score is kept. This score is based on the defeated boss phases (score varies in difficulty) and time bonuses (how quickly Kirby and his allies defeat bosses). The score decreases by 1000 every time 1P is KO'd in the multiplayer mode, however.

Boss Score

Boss Score
Boss	Phase	Sweet Breeze	Mild Stroll	Zesty Expedition	Spicy Adventure	Sizzling Threat	Fiery Showdown	Infernal Crisis	Soul Melter	Soul Melter EX
Whispy Woods	1	500	600	650	700	1000
	2	1500	1800	1950	2100	3000
Yggy Woods	1						2100	2200	3000
	2						4200	4400	6000
King Dedede	1	500	600	650	700	1000	1050	1100	1500
	2	1500	1800	1950	2100	3000	3150	3300	4500
Meta Knight	1	500	600	650	700	1000	1050	1100	1500
	2	1500	1800	1950	2100	3000	3150	3300	4500
Pon & Con	1		600	650	700	1000
	2		1800	1950	2100	3000
Goldon & Silvox	1						2100	2200	3000	3000
	2						4200	4400	6000	15000
Kracko			600	650	700	1000	1050	1100	1500
Twin Kracko			1800	1950	2100	3000	3150	3300	4500
Francisca (Longview Corridor)	1			650
	2			1950
Francisca (Blizzno Moon)	1						2100	2200	3000
	2						4200	4400	6000
Flamberge (Inner Sanctum)	1				700
	2				2100
Flamberge (Sizzlai Moon)	1							2200	3000
	2							4400	6000
Zan Partizanne (Heavenly Hall)	1					1000
	2					3000
Zan Partizanne (The Divine Terminus)	1							2200	3000
	2							4400	6000
Hyness	1					2000	2100	2200	3000
	2					10000	10500	11000	15000
Morpho Knight	1						2100	2200	3000
	2						10500	11000	15000
Void Termina (Destroyer of Worlds)	1							2200	3000
	2							2200	3000
	3							2200	3000
	4							11000
	Void Soul								15000
Parallel Woods	1									3000
	2									15000
Parallel Twin Kracko										3000
Parallel Big Kracko										15000
Francisca EX	1									3000
	2									15000
Flamberge EX	1									3000
	2									15000
Zan Partizanne EX	1									3000
	2									15000
Parallel Meta Knight	1									3000
	2									15000
Parallel Dedede	1									10000
	2									50000
Corrupt Hyness	1									10000
	2									50000
The Three Mage-Sisters	1									10000
	2									50000
Morpho Knight EX	1									10000
	2									50000
Void Termina (True Destroyer of Worlds)	1									10000
	2									10000
	3									10000
	Void									86555
Game Clear Bonus		10000	15000	20000	25000	30000	40000	45000	50000	99999

Mid-Boss Score
Ambush Type	Mid-Boss	Sweet Breeze	Mild Stroll	Zesty Expedition	Spicy Adventure	Sizzling Threat	Fiery Showdown	Infernal Crisis	Soul Melter	Soul Melter EX
A	Bonkers	800			1120	1600
	Mr. Frosty	800			1120	1600
B	Chef Kawasaki		960	1040	1120	1600
	Vividria		960	1040	1120	1600
	Bugzzy		960	1040	1120	1600
C	Bonkers EX						2100	2200	3000
	Twin Frosty EX						2×2100	2×2200	2×3000
D	Bugzzy EX						2100	2200	3000
	Chef Kawasaki EX						2100	2200	3000
	Twin Vividria EX						2×2100	2×2200	2×3000
E	Mr. Frosty EX									3000
	Twin Bonkers EX									2×3000
F	Chef Kawasaki EX									3000
	Vividria EX									3000
	Twin Bugzzy EX									2×3000

Time Bonus

Time bonus = base value1 - (defeat time2 × 10)

¹ The base value is 3000, except for the following bosses:

• Void Termina (Inferno Crisis) - 5000
• Void Termina & Void Soul (Soul Melter) - 7000
• Void Termina - True Destroyer of Worlds & Void - Astral Birth (Soul Melter EX) - 70000

² Unit: second; rounded down to one decimal place.

Differences from Main Modes

• Cook, Crash, Festival, Mike and Sleep abilities are unavailable for Kirby to choose on the menu. (Normal Kirby can still obtain the Festival ability from the golden cherries of Yggy Woods.)
• Chef Kawasaki is the only playable character of the Cook ability on the menu. (Normal Kirby can still obtain the ability from the Chef Kawasaki mid-boss.)
• Chef Kawasaki's cooldown time is increased from 60 seconds in main modes to 150 seconds in the Ultimate Choice.
• Artist Kirby cannot use Painbrush (unless Normal Kirby obtains the ability from the Vividria mid-boss).
• The Three Mage-Sisters's Sister Circle does more damage with more allies. (In other modes, it does fixed damage regardless of the number of allies.)
• To prevent overuse, in the rest area, Chef Kawasaki's Cook Pot / Souper Supper, Artist's Still Life / Adeleine & Ribbon's Al Fresco, and The Three Mage-Sisters's Sister Circle do nothing, and their cooldown timer freezes.
• Hammer Kirby can use Hammer Throw unlimitedly without losing the ability.
• Grand Mam is not fought in any difficulty. This is due to the fact that Grand Mam must be defeated with at least two Copy Abilities - Fire and a slash-property ability (e.g. Cutter, Ninja, Sword).
• Bosses in The Ultimate Choice have lower health than their counterparts in Story Mode, Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! and Heroes in Another Dimension, except for Void Termina in Soul Melter (EX).
• Kirby's Blaster Bullet (a Star Bullet formed by inhaling at least 2 objects) does increased damage in Soul Melter EX (and Heroes in Another Dimension) than other difficulty levels or modes.
• The Star Allies Sparkler can be piloted solo vs Void Termina.

Music

Title Track

The title track of The Ultimate Choice is composed by Yuta Ogasawara. It can be found as Track 198 in Star Allies Sound Room as of Version 4.0.0.

This track is a remix of "Green Greens" in a heavy metal and oriental fashion, to express the theme of spiciness (the difficulty levels).

Legacy Tracks

Several classic tunes from previous Kirby games appear in the Ultimate Choice, many of them only in Soul Melter (EX).

Legacy Tracks in Soul Melter (EX)
Encounter	Jukebox Track No.	Track	Source	Description
Mid-Boss Ambush Type A	199	VS. ワドタンク VS. Waddle Tank	Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Scope Shot: Stage 1 Return to Dream Land remix of Kirby Super Star's regular boss battle theme
Mid-Boss Ambush Type B	200	白熱！ボスバトル White Heat! Boss Battle	Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Regular boss battle theme
Mid-Boss Ambush Type C/E	201	Bouncing Boss Battle	Kirby: Triple Deluxe	Regular boss battle theme
Mid-Boss Ambush Type D/F	202	VS. The Wicked Company	Kirby: Planet Robobot	Regular boss battle theme
King Dedede (Soul Melter) Parallel Dedede (Phase 1)	203	History of Dedede	Kirby Fighters Deluxe	Team DDD64 boss battle theme
Meta Knight (Soul Melter) Parallel Meta Knight (Phase 1)	204	Inner Struggle	Kirby: Planet Robobot	Mecha Knight+ boss battle theme
Goldon & Silvox (Soul Melter [EX])	205	強大なボスとの決戦 Decisive Battle With the Strong Boss	Team Kirby Clash Deluxe	VS. Landia EX / King D-Mind (Phase 1) Remix of "Castle Lololo"
Kracko (Soul Melter)	206	すくえキングダム！しれんクエスト Save the Kingdom! Ordeal Quest	Team Kirby Clash Deluxe	VS. Ordeal Boss (orchestral ver.)
Twin Kracko (Soul Melter) Parallel Twin Kracko	207	このせかいをすくえ！しれんクエスト Save the World! Ordeal Quest	Team Kirby Clash Deluxe	VS. Ordeal Boss (Tougher!) (electronic ver.)
Rest area before: Francisca EX Flamberge EX Zan Partizanne EX	208	Drawcia Soul (Star Allies short ver.)	Kirby: Canvas Curse	-
Rest area before: Parallel Meta Knight	209	Heavy Lobster	Kirby Super Star Ultra	-
Rest area before: Parallel Dedede	210	Dangerous Dinner	Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Both words of Dangerous Dinner begin with D.
Rest area before: Corrupt Hyness	211	Revenge of the Enemy	Kirby: Triple Deluxe	-
Rest area before: The Three Mage-Sisters	212	Fatal Error	Kirby: Planet Robobot	-
Rest area before: Void Termina (True Destroyer of Worlds)	213	淵源を巡る回廊 Cloister Back to the Origin	Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Star Allies remix of Theater movie "Each to His Own World"
When 1P is KO'd	222	Done In	Kirby's Dream Land	-
Game Over	223	Broken Heart	Kirby: Planet Robobot	Game Over sound effect for Planet Robobot's The Arena and The True Arena
Game Over result	224	The True Arena - Title	Kirby: Triple Deluxe	-
Game Clear result	225	マックスハッピータウン！！ Max Happy Town!!	Team Kirby Clash Deluxe	Dream Kingdom Village Ver. 4
Game Clear result (Soul Melter EX)	142	Welcome to Dream Land	Kirby's Dream Land	Title theme of Kirby's Dream Land

In Soul Melter (EX), Morpho Knight's theme will be replaced by new music arrangements when 1P is a Dream Friend, similar to Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!.

Main article: Morpho Knight#Dream Friend music change

Trivia

• When Soul Melter is unlocked, the Ultimate Choice menu icon will turn dark red.
• On the title screen, red chilli peppers are falling down in the background. On occasion, a green chilli pepper may fall down as well.
• Chef Kawasaki is the only playable mid-boss who has lower health than Kirby. Interestingly, enemy Chef Kawasaki and Mr. Frosty have lower health than the rest three mid-bosses, too.
• The difficulty scale used in this game is similar to the Intensity meters present in Kid Icarus: Uprising and Classic Mode in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
• The face Kirby makes when Soul Melter is selected is a reference to Demon Kirby from Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Episode 95: "Devil Kirby" (JP) / "Frog Wild" (EN), which Kirby becomes after being possessed by a monster called Demon Frog.
• The face Kirby makes when Soul Melter EX is selected is similar to that of Void Termina's Final Core / Void Soul. He also adds four bottles of hot sauce instead of one.
• The timer has slightly changed in Version 4.0.0. Now it doesn't run when the boss hasn't entered the battle, e.g. when King Dedede is eating, and when Meta Knight is on the cliff.
• In Soul Melter, King Dedede is fought at night instead of sunset. This is the opposite in Kirby's Dream Land 3's Boss Butch in which King Dedede is fought at sunset instead of night.
• Characters who have completed the sub-game are crowned on the character select menu (yellow crown for Difficulty 1-7; red crown for Soul Melter; green crown for Soul Melter EX). If every character has completed the sub-game (regardless of difficulty), a special message will pop up to congratulate the achievement.
• The lowest score is 11500 on Sweet Breeze difficulty in multiplayer mode: 1500 from defeating Meta Knight's second phase and 10000 from Sweet Breeze Clear Bonus; 1P has to be KO'd multiple times until the score is depleted to zero before defeating Meta Knight's first phase; at least 5 minutes must be spent before finishing off Meta Knight so that the time bonus runs out.
• Goldon & Silvox have increased health in Soul Melter EX than in the lower difficulty levels.
• Void Soul's attack order has been changed in Version 4.0.0.
• Among the four parallel bosses from Heroes in Another Dimension, Parallel Dedede gives higher scores than the other three in Soul Melter EX.
• The score for defeating Void - Astral Birth, 86555, is a pun on "HAL GO GO GO" in Japanese. This score also appears as the highest score of the secret stage "C-R-O-W-N-E-D (Reprise)" in Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe.
• Clearing Soul Melter EX once unlocks the 'classic' look for Kirby. However, the high score ranking doesn't remember whether the unknown reader cleared The Ultimate Choice as 'modern' or 'classic' Kirby as the icon will switch to the enabled one.
• Nintendo Switch Kirby Star Allies Channel Article #22 mentioned that the score can reach 700,000 if Soul Melter EX is cleared fast enough. To reach 700,000, Soul Melter EX has to be cleared under 20:55.40. Meanwhile, it's impossible to reach 710,000 because that requires Soul Melter EX to be cleared under 4:15.40.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	The アルティメットチョイス The Arutimetto Choisu	The Ultimate Choice
Traditional Chinese	The 終極抉擇 The zhōng jí jué zé	The Ultimate Choice
Simplified Chinese	The 终极抉择 The zhōng jí jué zé
Dutch	De ultieme keuze	The ultimate choice
German	Ultimative Auswahl	Ultimate Choice
Italian	La scelta decisiva	The deciding choice
Spanish	Dilema del guerrero	The warrior's dilema