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Marx Soul
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Marx Soul is a boss that appears exclusively in The True Arena of Kirby Super Star Ultra, serving as the game's true final boss. Marx Soul is a stronger, zombified version of Marx, mutated into a grotesque monstrosity by the power of the destroyed Galactic Nova. He fights in the same way as his regular form, but his attacks are much stronger and he moves in a faster and more chaotic manner. His health (630) is also 1.8x higher than Marx's (350).
Marx Soul is different from his regular form in various ways. Most notably, he can morph into paint blobs that rain down on Kirby, and, if inhaled, give Kirby the Paint ability. He is also visually different, being purple instead of lavender and wearing a necklace that appears to be made of parts from Nova. Finally, he has a distinct laugh. After Marx Soul is defeated, he lets out a bloodcurdling screech and slowly splits in half while turning pink. Eventually he explodes, destroying the entire arena in the process.
Attacks[edit]
This table describes all of Marx Soul's attacks. Most are stronger, faster, and/or longer ranged versions of the original Marx's attacks, but some are unique to him.
| Marx Soul's attacks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Attack | Description | Notes |
| Marx Soul splits in half, creating a black hole. If Kirby is sucked in, he is transported to an alternate dimension in which he takes massive damage. | Cannot be guarded. Used as a surprise entrance attack. | |
| Marx Soul appears to teleport, but instead shoots out four cutters. He then repeats the attack. | These cutters can be either thrown or swallowed for the Cutter ability. | |
 シード攻撃 Seed Attack |
Marx Soul flies off the screen, dropping six damaging seeds in random places in the arena. About a second later, thick rose vines spring up from each of the seeds' locations. | |
 Shadow Uppercut |
Marx Soul appears as a flashing circle on the ground that follows Kirby. After a few seconds, he springs up in an attempt to ram into Kirby. | |
| Marx Soul splits in half, creating magenta and blue paint blobs. After disappearing, many similar damaging paint blobs fall from the ceiling, increasing in volume as the attack goes on. | This paint blobs can be swallowed for the Paint ability. This attack is similar to that of Drawcia Soul. | |
 アローアロー Arrow Arrow |
Marx Soul flashes, then releases hundreds of damaging arrows from his body. | |
 アイスボウル Ice Ball |
Marx Soul puffs his cheeks, following Kirby, then drops a bomb out of his mouth. After reaching Kirby's height, it explodes into two shockwaves that may freeze Kirby if not guarded or dodged. | This bomb can be swallowed for the Ice ability. |
 マルク砲 Marx Cannon |
Marx Soul puffs his cheeks, then fires an enormous, damaging beam out of his mouth. | Cannot be guarded at all, and can only be dodged by hovering or crouching. |
 デッドリーボウル Deadly Ball |
Marx Soul splits in half, creating magenta and blue comets. After a few seconds, the two comets fly in one after the other, including a sound effect that resembles Marx Soul's laugh; however, the sound effect is more high pitched in the magenta comet. | This attack is similar to Drawcia Soul's Deadly Sun attack. He only uses this attack when he has lost half of his health. |
| Japanese attack names are taken from the Japanese Kirby Super Star Ultra guide book; English attack names are taken from Marx's Dream Friend moveset in Kirby Star Allies. | ||
Above half health, Marx Soul attacks in a the following order on loop:
- Black Hole
- Shooter Cutter
- Seed Attack
- Shadow Uppercut
- Splash Marx
- Arrow Arrow
- Ice Ball
- Marx Cannon
Below half health, Marx Soul's pattern changes to this order on loop:
- Deadly Ball
- Shooter Cutter
- Seed Attack
- Ice Ball
- Marx Cannon
- Splash Marx
- Shooter Cutter
- Arrow Arrow
- Black Hole
- Shadow Uppercut
Additionally, Marx Soul's idle animation speeds up and the background becomes lighter.
Flavor text[edit]
| Image | Game | Flavor text |
|---|---|---|
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Kirby Super Star Ultra | He absorbed a nova's power to bring back his evil soul... This really is the last battle! |
Other appearances[edit]
- In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Marx Soul appears as a keychain, depicting him splitting in half to do his Black Hole attack. This rare keychain can be found in Endless Explosions - Stage 4.
- In Super Kirby Clash, Marx Soul appears as one of the stickers purchasable from Magolor's Shoppe, once again depicting him splitting in half. The sticker comes with the caption: Ha-HAAA!
- In Kirby's Dream Buffet, Marx Soul is depicted as a Character Treat, using the same sprite of him splitting in half as the other cameo appearances.
- In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Marx Soul appears as a Dress-Up Mask, using his laughter vocals from his appearance in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Trivia[edit]
- In Milky Way Wishes, if the player looks closely a split second before Marx transforms into his first powered-up form, he can be seen looking extremely similar to Marx Soul. This is present even in the original Kirby Super Star.
- Marx Soul is the first soul boss in the main-series Kirby games. The first one in the whole series is Drawcia Soul from Kirby: Canvas Curse, which is a spin-off.
Gallery[edit]
Marx Soul's cutscene animation
Boss image from The True Arena
Kirby defeats Marx Soul.
The Keychain of Marx Soul splitting in half in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Marx Soul's sticker from Super Kirby Clash
Kirby wearing the Marx Soul Dress-Up Mask in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マルク ソウル Maruku Souru |
Marx Soul |
| Traditional Chinese | 魔嚕酷靈魂 mó lū kù línghún |
Marx Soul |
| Simplified Chinese | 魔噜酷灵魂 mó lū kù línghún | |
| Dutch | Marx' ziel | Marx's soul |
| French | Max Ultra | Marx Ultra |
| German | Max Ultra | Marx Ultra |
| Italian | Anima di Mark | Soul of Marx |
| Korean | 마르크 소울 Mareukeu Soul |
Marx Soul |
| Portuguese | Alma de Marx | Marx's Soul |
| Spanish | Espíritu de Marx | Spirit of Marx |
