Totenga

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Totenga
KatFL Totenga screenshot.png
Screenshot of Totenga from Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Details
First game Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
Latest game Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
Other game(s) Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Copy Ability Needle
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Totenga is an enemy that debuted in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Totenga resembles a pole-shaped cactus with large protruding spikes and a small orange head with a single eye on top, also covered in spikes. In its original appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Totenga was unable to move, but it gained the ability to shuffle back and forth in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Their internal name, Togekuki, is based on the Japanese translation of "stem thorn".

Game appearancesEdit

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land DeluxeEdit

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, Totenga is first found in the Raisin Ruins level, where it serves as an obstacle for Kirby and his companions in select areas. It cannot be inhaled at first, but attacking it with any non-direct methods will cause it to shrink in height. After enough damage, the cactus pole will have vanished entirely, leaving only the head which still stays in place. This can either be inhaled for the Needle ability, or simply dispatched.

LocationsEdit

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Totenga can be found in the following levels and stages:

Totenga locations in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe  
Stage Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Cookie Country          
Raisin Ruins          
Onion Ocean         N/A
White Wafers          
Nutty Noon          
Egg Engines          
Dangerous Dinner       N/A N/A

Kirby and the Forgotten LandEdit

Totenga returns in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, where it has gained the ability to move by sliding along the ground, trying to block Kirby's path. It may also move in fixed patterns back and forth or in circles. In this game, Totenga has been redesigned to have a bigger eyeball.

LocationsEdit

In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Totenga can be found in the following stages:

Totenga locations in Kirby and the Forgotten Land  
Stage Appearance? Stage Appearance? Stage Appearance? Stage Appearance?
Point of Arrival   The Tropical Terror   An Unexpected Beast King   The Beast Pack's Final Stand  
Downtown Grassland   Welcome to Wondaria   The Wastes Where Life Began   In the Presence of the King  
Through the Tunnel   Circuit Speedway   Searching the Oasis   Lab Discovera  
Rocky Rollin' Road   Invasion at the House of Horrors   Alivel Mall (Staff Side)   Forgo Plains  
A Trip to Alivel Mall   The Wondaria Dream Parade   Moonlight Canyon   Forgo Bay  
The Brawl at the Mall   Danger under the Big Top   Collector in the Sleepless Valley   Forgo Park  
Abandoned Beach   Northeast Frost Street   Enter the Fiery Forbidden Lands   Forgo Horns  
Concrete Isles   Metro on Ice   Conquer the Inferno Road   Forgo Wasteland  
Scale the Cement Summit   Windy, Freezing Seas   Burning, Churning Power Plant   Forgo Zone  
Fast-Flowing Waterworks   The Battle of Blizzard Bridge   Gathering of the Beast Council   Forgo Land  

GalleryEdit

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese トーテンガ
Tōtenga
Totenga
  • Portmanteau of "totem" and「サボテン」(saboten, cactus), and likely「イガイガ」(iga-iga, thorny)
Chinese 托天甲
Tuō tiān jiǎ
Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch Totenga -
French Totépines From "totem" and "épines" (thorn)
German Totempf From "totem" and "Stumpf" (stump)
Italian Totenga -
Korean 토텐가
Totenga
Totenga
Spanish Cactótem Portmanteau of "cactus" and "tótem" (totem)