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'''Dyna Blade''' is a giant, metallic, rainbow-winged bird who serves as the final [[boss]] and namesake of the [[Dyna Blade (main game)|Dyna Blade]] game mode in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and its remake ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. She roosts atop [[Candy Mountain]] in [[Dream Land]], and tends to cause havoc across the countryside whenever she is angered. In the Dyna Blade game mode, Kirby is tasked with putting a stop to her attack on Dream Land's crops, battling her at her nest, but soon comes to realize that she was only trying to feed her [[Dyna Chick|chicks]]. When Kirby helps Dyna Blade find a better food source, the two become stalwart allies, and Dyna Blade later helps Kirby board the [[Halberd]] in [[Revenge of Meta Knight]].

Since her debut in ''Kirby Super Star'', Dyna Blade has made several subsequent appearances in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], though seldom as more than a cameo appearance or other small role. She has also appeared a couple of times in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. In addition to her appearance in the games, Dyna Blade is also a side character in ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''. Dyna Blade is generally understood to be female, but several bits of flavor text erroneously refer to her with male pronouns.

|Appears in an event in [[City Trial]].

|Appears as a [[keychain]].

|Appears in [[Dyna Blade's Nest (Battle Stage)|Dyna Blade's Nest]].

|Appears as a [[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|sticker]].

|Dyna Blade occasionally flies over [[Castle Dedede]] in the first level: [[World of Peace - Dream Land]].

|Appears as a [[Sticker (Super Kirby Clash)|sticker]].

|Appears in [[Dyna Blade's Nest (Battle Stage)|Dyna Blade's Nest]].

|Appears as a [[Character Treat]].

|Trophy and sticker

|Spirit

In ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and [[Kirby Super Star Ultra|its remake]], Dyna Blade has a [[Dyna Blade (main game)|main game]] named after her. In this game, Dyna Blade disrupts the crops by slicing them down using her wings, then making off with the harvest. After Kirby discovers this, he sets off to retrieve the stolen goods. Surprisingly, it turns out that Dyna Blade stole the food only to feed her chicks, as opposed to [[King Dedede]]'s more gluttonous reasons. After Kirby helps rear her chicks, Dyna Blade befriends him and aids him in [[Revenge of Meta Knight]], flying him onto the [[Halberd]]'s deck after he's knocked off of his [[Warp Star]].

Dyna Blade is fought in the last stage of the Dyna Blade game, reachable after the [[Candy Mountain]] stage is cleared. She fights by swooping in from the background, striking with her beak, and attempting to grab Kirby with her talons. Her only weak point is her head. She can be defeated using the [[Drop Star]]s that drop whenever she swoops near the ground or lands.

Dyna Blade is also fought in [[The Arena]] as one of the first set of randomly-fought bosses. In ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'', Dyna Blade also appears on a card in [[Kirby Card Swipe]].

Dyna Blade is distinct as a boss in ''Kirby Super Star'' and ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'', due primarily to her aerial attacks and her large imposing presence. She attacks primarily with her wings, claws, and beak, but also has the ability to breathe fire. If Kirby has no ability, he can fight back by inhaling the [[Drop Star]]s that appear whenever she lands, or by inhaling her fire balls, and spitting these back. Only her head can take damage; hitting her anywhere else does nothing.

| Dyna Blade flies slowly through the air and lands after a short time, either in a new position or just straight up and down.<br>Whenever she lands, two Drop Stars appear briefly at her feet.<br>When Dyna Blade is at low health, she may do a variation of this move where she lands briefly, then flies upward again to transition into a Divebomb.

| Dyna Blade swoops in a low arc just above the ground with her talons out. If Kirby makes contact with her talons, he will be grabbed and taken into the air, where he will take continuous damage unless he breaks free (by having the player mash directions) or is automatically released after a short time.<br>This attack cannot be [[guard]]ed against, but Kirby can [[crouch]] to avoid it.<br>Each talon is independently capable of grabbing, and if Kirby has a [[Helper]] with him, both he and the Helper can be grabbed by different talons.

Dyna Blade appears in one event in [[City Trial]] mode of ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]''. During this event, Dyna Blade will fly in and land in a pre-determined though randomly selected location within the city, with her size being comparable to the larger buildings. She will harm any racers who touch her but can be attacked by flying into her head, which will cause her to drop items of various value, usually [[Patch]]es or [[Food]]. Dyna Blade will fly off and land in one other location given enough time. After being damaged sufficiently or a short time after her second landing, she will fly off and the event will end.

Dyna Blade appears in one of ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Sub-Game]], [[Kirby Quest]], as one of Kirby's 'Awesome' attacks. For the attack, she dives towards the enemies, hitting all of them in one big swooping motion.

In ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', Dyna Blade appears as a rare [[keychain]], depicting her in sprite form from ''Kirby Super Star''. Her keychain can be found in [[Fine Fields - Stage 2]].

[[File:KF2 Dyna Blades Nest gameplay.jpg|thumb|250px|Dyna Blade appearing (in sprite form) on the Dyna Blade's Nest Battle Stage in ''Kirby Fighters 2'']]

In ''[[Kirby Fighters Deluxe]]'' and ''[[Kirby Fighters 2]]'', Dyna Blade appears on a stage themed after her nest and attacks the combatant Kirbys with similar moves to her appearance in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. Instead of being rendered in 3-D, her appearance is directly taken from her in-game [[sprite]] from ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''.

Dyna Blade makes a cameo appearance in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', occasionally spotted flying behind [[Castle Dedede]] in the first level: [[Dream Land#Kirby Star Allies|World of Peace - Dream Land]]. This cameo was added to the game in the 2.0.0 patch.

In her first appearance, [[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]] tricks [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] into eating Dyna Blade's egg, which causes her to wreak havoc upon [[Cappy Town]]. However, it is found that Dyna Blade's chick had already hatched, and she forgives Kirby. After that, she is rarely seen outside of small roles or cameo appearances, and the only other episodes which features her prominently are [[The Empty Nest Mess]] and [[Waste Management]].

*In ''Kirby Super Star'' and ''Ultra'', using the [[Jet]] ability's 'Rocket Dive' on Dyna Blade at proper timing can instantly defeat her with all three hits connected (rise, drop, [[Drop Star]] rebound).

*The [[Kirby (novel series)|''Kirby'' novels]] introduce a counterpart to Dyna Blade called [[Acti Blade]]. The theme of the two names would suggest that they derive from "dynamic" and "active".