Why do the Kirbys suddenly need air underwater? They don't wear scuba gear underwater, unlike in the main Kirby games when he is seen wearing one.
Unused sprites of King Dedede showed that he was at one point intended to be a playable character in the sub-game Strato Patrol EOS, but this idea was scrapped. This is most likely done because, by far, this game seems to contain the most references to Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, bringing back a few anime-exclusive songs and characters like Escargoon, the NME Salesguy, Kabuki Kirby, and even Max Flexer. The king's malicious personality from the anime may serve as a serious factor as to why his sprites were Dummied Out. Maybe they just want him to keep up appearances...
In this game, Kirby dies. A lot. And being split into ten Kirbys, he also gets to watch himself die repeatedly, sometimes in quite gruesome ways. Imagine watching yourself get crushed, incinerated, mangled by machinery, eaten by monsters...the list goes on, and it just keeps happening, again and again. This could be the darkest game in the entire series. This doubles as Tear Jerker when you're brought to the Game Over screen if your whole Kirby platoon gets wiped out by a boss.
