Tortuilding

Tortuilding
Artwork of Tortuilding from Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Details
First game	Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022)
Latest game	Kirby Air Riders (2025)
Other game(s)	Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World
Copy Ability	N/A
Similar entities	Big Red Tortuilding, Tortorner, Sleepy Turtle

“Whoa! Tortuilding's shell is a whole building! This big baddie must be some kind of boss for the smaller beasts. It enjoys basking in the sun, so it climbs to high spots and claims the whole area as its territory. (It must take a long time for this critter to get up there...)”

— Figure description from Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Tortuilding is a giant tortoise-like creature that uses an entire building as its shell, which appears as a member of the Beast Pack and an enemy in Kirby and the Forgotten Land and its Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. Like its smaller cousin Tortorner, Tortuilding sits in place and slowly swivels around in order to try and extend its neck to bite Kirby if he is in range. Tortuilding cannot be inhaled nor harmed by any regular attack. The only thing that can defeat it is by using Cone Mouth or Spring Mouth to slam the top of its shell to break it, though the size of this creature means Kirby needs to get up high before he can land on the shell. When doing this, Tortuilding's body is revealed to be stubby with a light print of skin resembling a bathing suit, similar to an outline of skin that hasn't been tanned. A variant of Tortuilding known as Big Red Tortuilding appears in Redgar Forbidden Lands and its Forgo Dreams equivalent, while another variant known as Crystal Tortuilding appears in Star-Crossed World.

Tortuilding is found exclusively at the end of the Downtown Grassland stage, while two Crystal Tortuildings appear only in Meteor Shower's Arrival. Unlike its smaller cousin, Tortuilding has a few unique interactions with environmental objects. If Kirby is hiding behind a pipe, for instance, Tortuilding will chomp down on the pipe, and get distracted for a moment. A second fragile pipe needs to be bitten by Tortuilding in order to make it weak enough for Kirby to bust open using Cone Mouth. Defeating Tortuilding in Downtown Grassland reveals the golden Waddle Dee cage, and as such, defeating this foe is required to complete the stage. Likewise, defeating the second Crystal Tortuilding in Meteor Shower's Arrival reveals the path to the three lost Starries, marking the end of the Starry Stage.

Gallery

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  A Tortuilding
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  Encountering Tortuilding in Downtown Grassland
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  Kirby defeating Tortuilding using Cone Mouth
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  Tortuilding's figure
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  A Crystal Tortuilding
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  Encountering Crystal Tortuilding in Meteor Shower's Arrival
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  Kirby defeating Crystal Tortuilding using Spring Mouth
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  Crystal Tortuilding's EX figure

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ビルドトータロス Birudo Tōtarosu	Building Tortorner
English	Tortuilding	A portmanteau of "tortoise" and "building".
Traditional Chinese	建築龜塔洛斯 Jiànzhú guī tǎ luòsī	Building Tortorner
Simplified Chinese	建筑龟塔洛斯 Jiànzhú guī tǎ luòsī
Dutch	Pandschildpad	Building turtle
French	Tortiment	Portmanteau of "tortue" (turtle) and "bâtiment" (building)
German	Baukröte	Portmanteau of "Bau" (building) and "Schildkröte" (turtle)
Italian	Tartadifico	Portmanteau of "tartaruga" (turtle) and "edificio" (building)
Korean	빌딩 토탈로스 Bilding Totalloseu	Building Tortorner
Spanish	Tortuedificio	Portmanteau of "tortuga" (turtle) and "edificio" (building)