History VideoGame / KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror

* AlternateUniverse: The Mirror World is an alternate universe where Kirby and his splitup companions must venture to defeat the BigBad.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg/250px-Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg American boxart]], shows Pink Kirby frowning determinedly while in his Sword form. Contrast with the Japanese and European versions (see above), where he is happily playing with his cellphone instead.

* BigDamnHeroes: This title turned the trope into a ''game mechanic'' - namely, the Kirbys never follow you, the only way to have them help you in both exploration and combat is to call them with your cell phone. It becomes incredibly satisfying to call them for aid against bosses, with them literally coming out of nowhere... unless their ArtificialStupidity kicks in.

* DarkIsEvil: Dark Meta Knight, who splits Kirby into four and is both [[spoiler:an area boss and the last boss before the final battle against the real BigBad, Dark Mind.]]

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Subverted with [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight. The first time you fight him, he's masquerading as Meta Knight, and the fact that he doesn't [[MythologyGag throw you a sword]] is your first hint at his true identity.]]

* MythologyGag: The cell phone can be used not only to summon the other Kirbys to where the player is at the moment, but also can summon a Warp Star to take the player back to the hub. Kirby also used a cell phone in a cutscene in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' to summon a warp star.

''Kirby & The Amazing Mirror'' is one of the ten Game Boy Advance games to be available to participants in the Platform/Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, released exclusively to early 3DS adopters for free on the [=eShop=] in December 2011. In April 2014, the game was brought to the Platform/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. Like all GBA Virtual Console games, the multiplayer mode is inaccessible in these releases. A Platform/NintendoSwitch port of the game was released in September 2023 as part of the system's Nintendo Switch Online service, and unlike the 3DS and Wii U ports, it has online multiplayer functionality.

** Not even the new Copy Abilities were safe, as Angel became Cupid[[note]]Reverted to Angel in its ''[[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Triple Deluxe]]'' keychain[[/note]], Minimum became Mini[[note]]probably due to its word length; Minimum (ミニマム) easily fits into the ability box in Japanese but is a much longer word in English, with three M's that are harder to squeeze into that space, unlike other seven-letter abilities like Tornado or Parasol.[[/note]], and Sma Bro became Smash.[[note]][=SmaBro=] (スマブラ) is a PortmanteauSeriesNickname for VideoGame/SuperSmashBros only used in Japanese, so this is {{Justified|Trope}} to avoid confusion. Its English name was changed to "Smash Bros." in ''[[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Planet Robobot]]'' to make the connection more explicit.[[/note]]

** The ending scene is nearly identical to the ending of ''[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Kirby's Adventure]]'' and its [[UsefulNotes/GameboyAdvance GBA]] remake, ''Nightmare in Dream Land''.

* LiterallyShatteredLives: Both Dark Meta Knight and [[spoiler:Dark Mind]] both shatter upon defeat. This only happens to Dark Meta Knight in his second battle, [[spoiler:while Dark Mind only shatters in his first four phases.]]

* LiterallyShatteredLives: Both Dark Meta Knight and [[spoiler:Dark Mind]] both shatter upon defeat. This only happens to Dark Meta Knight in hi second battle, [[spoiler:while Dark Mind only shatters in his first four phases.]]

''Kirby & The Amazing Mirror'' (known in Japanese as ''Hoshi no Kirby: Kagami no Daimeikyū'', or "Kirby of the Stars: The Great Labyrinth of the Mirror") is the eighth main series ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game, and the second to be made for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, released in 2004. The game was published by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and developed by HAL Laboratory with assistance from Creator/{{Dimps}} and Flagship (a studio owned by Creator/{{Capcom}}). The title is most notable for the shift from ''Kirby'''s typical style of a straightforward PlatformGame to a nonlinear {{Metroidvania}} with optional cooperative multiplayer. It is notably the first ''Kirby'' game to be made following the 2003 departure of series creator Creator/MasahiroSakurai from HAL; Sakurai would act as an advisor to the game's developers as his final piece of involvement with the series.

''Kirby & The Amazing Mirror'' is one of the ten Game Boy Advance games to be available to participants in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, released exclusively to early 3DS adopters for free on the [=eShop=] in December 2011. In April 2014, the game was brought to the UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. Like all GBA Virtual Console games, the multiplayer mode is inaccessible in these releases. A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port of the game was released in September 2023 as part of the system's Nintendo Switch Online service, and unlike the 3DS and Wii U ports, it has online multiplayer functionality.

A [[SpiritualSuccessor successor]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS (called ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'') was released two years later (minus the {{Metroidvania}} gameplay), which uses a few of the same mechanics such as treasure chests, vitality hearts, and spray paint cans.

* RuinsForRuinsSake: Area 8, Radish Ruins, is a vast complex of ruins in the middle of a jungle that Kirby explores at dusk.

* TempleOfDoom: Radish Ruins appear to take place inside a temple, as seen in the world map.

''Kirby & The Amazing Mirror'' is one of the ten Game Boy Advance games to be available to participants in the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS Ambassador Program, released exclusively to early 3DS adopters for free on the [=eShop=] in December 2011. In April 2014, the game was brought to the UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. Like all GBA Virtual Console games, the multiplayer mode is inaccessible in these releases.

* LiterallyShatteredLives: Both Dark Meta Knight and [[spoiler:Dark Mind]] both shatter upon defeat.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg/250px-Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg American boxart]], shows Pink Kirby frowning while in his Sword form. Contrast with the Japanese and European versions (see above), where he is happily playing with his cellphone instead.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg/250px-Kirby_%26_the_Amazing_Mirror.jpg American boxart]], shows Kirby frowning while in his Sword form. Contrast with the Japanese and European versions (see above), where he is happily playing with his cellphone instead.

** A ''ton'' of enemy names. Some like changing Blockn to Blockin, Cookn to Cookin, Kororun to Roly-Poly, and Builgue to Snooter make sense, but not as much the others: Lip to [[ComicalTranslation Leap]], Mirron to Mirra, Halley[[note]]actually a {{pun}} involving the Japanese katakana for Halley's Comet as well as ''hari'', meaning needle[[/note]] to Haley, Fally to Foley[[note]]which became HAL's new [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization romanization]] as of ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', so it is an intentional pun on the words "fall" and "foliage"[[/note]], Dockorn to Bang-Bang, Dissy to Boxin, Annie to Cupie, Galeb to Golem.
** The shark boss is named Gabriel in the Japanese version, but is renamed Gobbler for the international release.

** Not even the new Copy Abilities were safe, as Angel became Cupid[[note]]Reverted to Angel in its ''[[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Triple Deluxe]]'' keychain[[/note]], Minimum became Mini[[note]]probably due to its word length; Minimum (ミニマム) easily fits into the ability box in the Japanese version but is a much longer word in English, with three M's that are harder to squeeze into that space, unlike other seven-letter abilities like Tornado or Parasol.[[/note]], and Sma Bro became Smash.[[note]][=SmaBro=] (スマブラ) is a PortmanteauSeriesNickname for VideoGame/SuperSmashBros only used in Japan, so this is {{Justified|Trope}} to avoid confusion. Its English name was changed to "Smash Bros." in ''[[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Planet Robobot]]'' to make the connection more explicit.[[/note]]

* InfinityMinusOneSword: The Smash ability, which gives Kirby multiple powers from his ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' moveset. While it's both [[RuleOfCool very cool]] and very useful due to having Stone, Hammer, and Final Cutter, letting you get past most obstacles (though it can't light fuses), it's also quite rare because the main way you get it is by swallowing [[GiantHandsOfDoom Master Hand]], who only shows up in a couple of miniboss encounters and as an area boss (with Crazy Hand). Once you activate all the shortcut switches, you unlock the Copy Room (which has almost every ability in the game, including Smash), but that requires scouring the world to ''find'' all those switches first. (You can also [[EasterEgg swallow two Noddys and let the random ability selection stop itself]], which will always give you Smash.)

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: Shadow Kirby probably would've helped the Kirbies much earlier on if he knew they weren't evil as he first thought.]]

* MirrorUniverse: The Mirror World [[spoiler:subverts this. The game's first cutscene shows that Dark Meta Knight is a villain, and throughout the game Shadow Kirby is implied to be just as evil as him. However, the final battle reveals that Shadow Kirby was actually [[GoodAllAlong trying to protect the Mirror World all along]], and only attacked the other Kirbies because [[LockedOutOfTheLoop he believed they were intruders]]. Also, [[EldritchAbomination 0]]'s Mirror World counterpart turns out to be just as twisted and wicked as its original self, if not even more so.]]