Gigatzo

Gigatzo Screenshot of Gigatzo 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's Dream Collection Special Edition (New Challenge Stages) Kirby: Triple Deluxe Kirby: Planet Robobot Kirby and the Forgotten Land Copy Ability N/A Similar entities Shotzo, Volttzo, Coldtzo

Gigatzo is an invincible unmoving enemy that debuts in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It is a larger counterpart to Shotzo characterized by its large red barrel and giant flaming projectiles it fires in a straight path that cannot be Inhaled or reflected, though it usually fires these infrequently.

Game appearances

Gigatzo's video game appearances
Game	Role	Notes
Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Enemy
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition	Enemy	Appears in New Challenge Stages.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe	Enemy	Has a slight redesign.
Kirby: Planet Robobot	Enemy
Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Enemy
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe	Enemy	As this is a remake of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, its role does not change.

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

In its debut in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, apart from firing projectiles, Gigatzo (in one of the alternate dimension sections in Dangerous Dinner) is shown to cause pillars it is situated in to move downward because of its recoil, creating a crushing hazard for Kirby.

Locations

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

Gigatzo 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

Gigatzo locations in Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
Stage	Appearance?	Stage	Appearance?
Opening Stage		4-3
1-1		4-4
1-2		4-EX
1-3		Sphere
1-BOSS		Levitation
2-1		Health
2-2		Surge
2-3		Bomb
2-4		Upward
2-BOSS		Needles
3-1		Barrier
3-2		Vanish
3-3		Cannon
3-4		Black Hole
3-BOSS		Trickery
4-1		Secret Stage
4-2		Final Boss

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

In the Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition mode New Challenge Stages, Gigatzo appears as an obstacle in the Normal Challenge course, looking and behaving exactly as it did in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It does not appear in any of the other courses.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot

Gigatzo returns in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. In this game, it gains a slight redesign, and it is not quite as large as its appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. However, it is now capable of changing its direction of fire in certain instances. It appears again in Kirby: Planet Robobot, essentially unchanged from its incarnation in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Locations

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Gigatzo can be found in the following levels and stages:

Gigatzo locations in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6 EX	Stage 7 EX	Stage 8 EX
Fine Fields					N/A		N/A	N/A
Lollipop Land					N/A		N/A	N/A
Old Odyssey						N/A		N/A
Wild World						N/A		N/A
Endless Explosions						N/A		N/A
Royal Road						N/A

In Kirby: Planet Robobot, Gigatzo can be found in the following levels and stages:

Gigatzo locations in Kirby: Planet Robobot
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6 EX	Stage 7 EX	Stage 8 EX
Patched Plains					N/A		N/A	N/A
Resolution Road					N/A		N/A	N/A
Overload Ocean						N/A		N/A
Gigabyte Grounds						N/A		N/A
Rhythm Route						N/A		N/A
Access Ark						N/A

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Kirby bypassing many Gigatzos using Drill in Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

Gigatzo appears again as an enemy in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, serving the same purpose as usual. Gigatzo's shots can travel very long distances, but it will not fire shots if it cannot be seen.

Locations

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

Gallery

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  Model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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  Screenshot from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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  Screenshot from Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  Screenshot from Kirby: Planet Robobot

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  Figure from Kirby and the Forgotten Land

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  Screenshot from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ギガッツォ Gigattso	Portmanteau of "giga" (referring to its huge size) and「シャッツォ」(Shattso, Shotzo)
Chinese	巨大炮 Jùdà pào	Giant cannon
Dutch	Gigatzo	-
French	Gigatzo	-
German	Giga-Kanonor	Giga-Shotzo
Italian	Mega Shotzo	-
Korean	거대 채리엇포 Geodae Chaerieotpo 기갓조 (Kirby and the Forgotten Land) Gigatjo	Giant Shotzo Gigatzo
Spanish	Gigatzo	-