Medal Swap
| “ | Use medals at the Medal Swap. Medals hide everywhere. Swap them for prizes! | ” | — caption from Kirby: Canvas Curse after obtaining the first Medal |
Medal Swap is a feature of Kirby: Canvas Curse, comparable to the Collection Room of previous titles. Medal Swap is accessible from the game mode menu and is available for browsing immediately. The rewards are not labeled prior to unlocking. Medals unlocked elsewhere in the game are used in Medal Swap to buy new Rainbow Lines, Songs, Life Boosts, Special Courses, and character balls.[1]
Menu[edit]
The interface of Medal Swap is structured as a long drop-down list. The gray areas denote a reward that has been unlocked for purchase. The field of it breaks up more as medals are spent to obtain the reward.[2] Solid blue fields indicate rewards that require a certain condition to be met before becoming available for purchase.[3][4] The smaller field with a double digit number and appearance of a coin slot is where medals are deposited to pay towards the desired reward. Each tap on the slot costs one medal.[5] Once deposited, medals can not be refunded. The text will not be visible until the item is bought.
Inventory[edit]
The basic breakdown of the rewards are as follows:
- Songs - Music that can be played in the Sound Test of the Options menu.
- Lines - New lines replacing the Rainbow Line, can be toggled at the Options Menu at any time.
- Life Boost - Adds one more bar to Kirby's health.
- Courses - Adds a new Special Course for play in Rainbow Run.
- Balls - Adds the option to use a new character ball[6] in the Main Game and regular courses of Rainbow Run.
| Prize | Cost | Unlock Condition | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song 1 | 03
|
Available immediately
|
Unlocks stage music in the Sound Test. |
| Song 2 | 03
|
Available immediately
|
Unlocks menu music in the Sound Test. |
| Song 3 | 03
|
Available immediately
|
Unlocks battle music in the Sound Test. |
| Zebra Line | 06
|
Available immediately
|
Allows a black and white patterned line to be used instead of the rainbow line. |
| Bead Line | 06
|
Available immediately
|
Allows a beaded line to be used instead of the rainbow line. |
| Tropic Line | 06
|
Available immediately
|
Allows a tropical designed line to be used instead of the rainbow line. |
| Life Boost | 07
|
Available immediately
|
Adds another bar to Kirby's vitality. |
| Course 1 | 09
|
Available immediately
|
A Stone-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run. |
| Course 2 | 09
|
Available immediately
|
A Wheel-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run. |
| Course 3 | 09
|
Available immediately
|
A Missile-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run. |
| Course 4 | 09
|
Available immediately
|
A Balloon-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run. |
| Course 5 | 10
|
Unlocked after purchasing Course 1
|
Another Stone-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run. |
| Course 6 | 10
|
Unlocked after purchasing Course 2
|
Another Wheel-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run. |
| Course 7 | 10
|
Unlocked after purchasing Course 3
|
Another Missile-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run |
| Course 8 | 10
|
Unlocked after purchasing Course 4
|
Another Balloon-specific ability course becomes available in Rainbow Run |
| Life Boost | 12
|
Available immediately
|
Adds another bar to Kirby's vitality. |
| Life Boost | 14
|
Available immediately
|
Adds another bar to Kirby's vitality. |
| Dedede Ball | 20
|
Unlocked after completing the Main Game.
|
Allows use of the Dedede character ball. |
| Meta Knight Ball | 25
|
Available for purchase after completing the Main Game with the Dedede ball.
|
Allows use of the Meta Knight character ball. |
| Hidden Song | 50
|
Unlocked after obtaining 200 medals
|
Unlocks the "Old School" music option (background music from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land). |
Gallery[edit]
A locked item in Medal Swap
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Troc Médaille | Medal Swap |
| German | Münztausch | Coin swap |
| Italian | Negozio | Shop |
References
- ↑ "Use the medals you earned in the Main Game and in Rainbow Run to get prizes hidden inside blocks." –Kirby: Canvas Curse instruction manual (page 21)
- ↑ "Touch blocks to break them." –Kirby: Canvas Curse instruction manual (page 21)
- ↑ "The plates hidden in the blocks have prizes on them!" –Kirby: Canvas Curse instruction manual (page 21)
- ↑ "There are some blocks that cannot be broken until certain conditions have been met." –Kirby: Canvas Curse instruction manual (page 21)
- ↑ "Each time you touch a block it costs you one medal." –Kirby: Canvas Curse instruction manual (page 21)
- ↑ "Some blocks have character balls hidden in them." –Kirby: Canvas Curse instruction manual (page 21)
