History VideoGame / KirbyStarAllies

** With the very first stage of the game, there's already a surprising bit of canon nod to the events of [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot the last game.]] Ordinarily, when Kirby beats the bad guy, everything goes back to the exact way it was, but the altered terrain of Green Greens brought about by the Haltmann Works Company's invasion seems to have ''stuck'', now having the same rolling geometry but devoid of the technological assimilation. The stage theme is even an orchestral version of "Re:Green Greens", signifying that while nature's been restored, the changes remain.

* CharacterSelectForcing: You're pretty much required to have a cutting ability and a fire ability in order to defeat Grand Mam, who conveniently [[FlunkyBoss summons enemies]] with those abilities during her fight, but it's also the reason why she's absent from the Ultimate Choice to prevent it from becoming Unwinnable if the player isn't Kirby and doesn't have a friend with those abilities. She's also one of two bosses without a harder variant, the other being [[spoiler:Marx, even if you only get to fight him in the credits of Heroes in Another Dimension]], who is also absent from the Ultimate Choice.

* CombatResuscitation: Like in ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe'', player characters can revive their fallen teammates (as long as they don't get crushed by obstacles). Revived teammates will be left with half health.

* {{Conlang}}: The boss description for Hyness (unhooded) in The Ultimate Choice shows the alien language used by him and the Three Mage-Sisters and their translations. For example, "bonjam" means "hello", while "jamanke" means "thank you". [[spoiler:Their word for paradise is [[WhamLine Lor.]]]]

*** The first world, Dream Land, is a WholePlotReference to [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Spring Breeze]], which in turn was one to ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand''- it even ends with the super-fast credits from the former. King Dedede has stolen all the food in Dreamland (albeit this time due to influence from the Jamba Heart piece) and so Kirby must go through several levels, venture through his castle, and defeat him.

** The game involves a crystalline structure breaking into pieces that gets spread across multiple planets, including Popstar, and Kirby and his friends set out to find them all. [[Videogame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Sounds familiar?]][[note]]The twist, however, is that the crystalline structure in this game is actually evil, and Kirby didn't manage to get the pieces -- they're instead lost and/or collected by the bad guys for their evil plan.[[/note]]

** A more minor example: in previous games, if you have the Sword ability and tilt the Control Stick up, the blade will glow purple and allow you to fire a SwordBeam just like the Skyward Strike in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]] (this move's called "Sky Energy Sword"). In this game, tilting the Control Stick up is used to activate friend abilities instead, so if you try to use the Sky Energy Sword, it won't work.
* DarkerAndEdgier: It may not start as tensely as ''Planet Robobot'' did, but ''Star Allies'' becomes one of the darkest games in the ''Kirby'' franchise once [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Hyness]] enters the room. He turns the tone from saving brainwashed enemies with ThePowerOfFriendship to a game about stopping a SinisterMinister who constantly abuses his minions and [[spoiler:even throws their bodies and himself as sacrifice to the Jamba Heart so he could destroy the universe with a GodOfEvil]].

** The theme for the last two stages of the game reprises, of all songs, ''Green Greens''. [[spoiler:A [[BossRemix more intense remix]] is used for Void Termina's fourth phase/[[TrueFinalBoss Void Soul/Void]]]][[note]]While some other final boss themes in the series (notably [[Videogame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand CROWNED]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot VS. Star Dream]]) also reference Green Greens in a miniature TriumphantReprise to show Kirby's bold struggle against the villain, Void Termina's is the only one where the Green Greens part is prominent and ''definitely'' not triumphant.[[/note]]

* TheDayTheMusicLied: [[spoiler:When Galacta Knight appears, it plays a boss opening for him, then starts blaring his background music in the middle of the cutscene... for a few seconds. Then a mysterious orange butterfly appears, he vanishes into a cloud of light, and [[BaitAndSwitchBoss reveals a new boss]], Morpho Knight]][[note]]Despite this, Galacta Knight's whole theme is available in the Jukebox[[/note]].
* DeathlyDiesIrae: The "Song of Supplication", the Three Mage-Sisters' {{Leitmotif}}, begins with the Dies Irae in the melody. [[spoiler:It gets played for all the "day of wrath" symbolism it's worth when they are revealed to be priestess of an ApocalypseCult trying to revive [[DestroyerDeity Void Termina]], whose battle theme is a much more menacing BossRemix of the song.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: In this case, defeating a miniboss means you can throw a Friend Heart at them to turn them into friends. You can also do the same to 1) Whispy Woods (he'll give you lots of Point Stars, some food and some Picture Pieces), 2) King Dedede and Meta Knight (they'll instantly become your friends), and 3) Pon & Con (this time it's mandatory). [[spoiler:This is also how The Three Mage-Sisters are unlocked.]]

* DirtyCoward: One of Hyness' moves in the second half of his battle is to [[spoiler:quite literally [[HumanShield use his own allies as a shield]] while poking in from behind to attack.]]

** The purple Jamba Heart breaks apart and gets scattered into multiple planets in form of purple shards (the pink shards were from the heart spears that were sealed in the Jamba Heart). The purple shards corrupt multiple people, while at least one pink shard falls onto Kirby, giving him his Friend Heart ability. The Three Mage-Sisters are looking for the Jamba Heart pieces for some reason. They're revealed to be [[spoiler:some part of a [[GodOfEvil dark god]], Void Termina, which Hyness was trying to revive. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the info screen if you pause during his fight]], Hyness messed up the revival ritual somehow (from not knowing the details of how Void Termina was sealed), causing the game's opening to occur]].

* DontLookAtMe: Meta Knight, as usual, but also [[spoiler:Hyness. He ''[[VillainousBreakdown flips out]]'' when Kirby knocks his hood off.]]

** The "Heroes in Another Dimension" mode added via update has a boss fight involving [[spoiler:all three Mage-Sisters at the same time.]]

** Fran-Kiss and Fran-Rouge become Francisca and Flamberge. Prayer song to God (Francisca and Flamberge's battle theme) becomes Song of Supplication.

** [[spoiler:"Valfrey Knight"[[note]]based on the words "butterfly," "valkyrie" and possibly "Freyja"[[/note]] becomes Morpho Knight.]]

** As an InternalHomage to his iconic boss fights, Meta Knight's boss battle opens with Meta Knight standing on a ledge, with a Sword planted in the ground with a "GRAB IT!" prompt over the Sword. If you wait long enough or [[CombatPragmatist fly over the Sword and attempt to attack Meta Knight directly]], [[spoiler:an alternate boss intro plays in which Meta Knight hops off of his ledge and kicks away the Sword before commencing battle.]]

** Playing Guest Star Mode with any of the patched-in Dream Friends replaces some of the levels with special themed levels unique to each character (either to make maximum use of their specialized abilities or to reference their game of origin). You can also find special HAL Room-like rooms that spell the names of the characters with star blocks; those rooms also house the final Power-Up Hearts. In addition, [[spoiler:Morpho Knight's theme music is replaced by a unique background track corresponding to the playable Dream Friend; see BossRemix above]]. You also get a unique ending picture for playing with any of them (King Dedede, Meta Knight and Bandana Waddle Dee are also given one).

* EdibleThemeNaming: The first world in the game, World of Peace - Dream Land, has the stages Donut Dome, Honey Hill, Fruity Forest and the secret stage Extra Eclair.

* EyesDoNotBelongThere: [[spoiler:Void Termina has five reptilian eyes on his body: one is on his forehead, two on his shoulders, one on his torso and one on his back]].
* FacialFacade: The final boss Void Termina in its core form homages Zero Two's fake smiley face by having its expression change to laughter whenever it uses its needle attack. Its face also alternates between an eyeball akin to the Dark Matter or a face resembling Kirby's. This trait is also retained by its stronger variants Void Soul and [[TrueFinalBoss Void]].

* FastballSpecial: Suplex, Beetle, Fighter and Gooey can be used to throw your allies as projectiles at enemies as the "Friend Throw" move, down to using their own specific throws. The Cleaning Ability has "Friend Super-Vac", where a vacuum grabs multiple allies before throwing them.

* ForestOfPerpetualAutumn: Planet Earthfall and Falluna Moon, the first two levels of Far Flung - Starlight Heroes, are fall-themed versions of Green Gardens, ''Star Allies''' first level.

* FunWithAcronyms: The first letters of the levels in World 2, including the secret levels, can be rearranged to spell F-R-I-E-N-D-S. Although the secret levels are listed after the main levels in the Stage List, if you follow the line away from Dream Land you'll cross them in the right order.

* GoldenEnding: The good ending for Heroes in Another Dimension is this for the whole game. [[spoiler:Unlocked by collecting 100 out of the 120 friend hearts scattered across the four dimensions, the ending has Kirby use a gigantic friend heart to finally HeelFaceTurn the Mage-Sisters and presumably even Hyness as well. They then bid him a heartfelt farewell.]] The credits even refers to this as a Happy Ending.

** Ice is one of the elemental abilities that can be used to mix with to create Blizzard abilities. Chilly, Daroach and Kine use ice attacks.

* FacialFacade: The final boss Void Termina in it's core form homages Zero Two's fake smiley face by having it's expression change to laughter whenever it uses it's needle attack. It's face also alternates between an eyeball akin to the Dark Matter or a face resembling Kirby's. This trait is also retained by it's stronger variants Void Soul and [[TrueFinalBoss Void]].

* RewindGag: Happens with the FadeOutFakeOut credits after defeating King Dedede in Story Mode or Hyness in Guest Star, in which they roll super-fast as if you have beaten the game. Then they rewind before revealing what comes next.

* RewindGag: It happens with the FadeOutFakeOut credits after defeating King Dedede in Story Mode or Hyness in Guest Star, in which they roll super-fast as if you have beaten the game. Then they rewind before revealing what comes next.

* NintendoHard: The True Arena might be gone from this game, but in its place is something just as brutal. Meet [[spoiler:Soul Melter EX]], the final difficulty added to The Ultimate Choice in the final update. You better hope you still have some health items left hanging before you inevitably have to face down [[spoiler:the Astral Birth himself...]]

** A similar case happens near the end of ''Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!'', with the [[spoiler:same fast-moving credits showing up after defeating Hyness as the Friend of choice. After they're reversed, a portal shows up and Galacta Knight shows up for a sudden boss fight... [[BaitAndSwitchBoss before a butterfly shows up, lands on him, and the real final boss of the mode is revealed to be Morpho Knight.]]]]

* VictoryFakeout: After defeating King Dedede, the credits start rolling, but they scroll too fast to read. When they are done, they reverse off the screen, and the Jamba Heart piece that was beaten out of Dedede flies off. Kirby and friends chase after it into the next level.

* LostInTranslation: It's not immediately obvious since the game's translation appears competent on the surface, but the translation job of ''Star Allies'' is notorious for being inexplicably altered in numerous ways from the original Japanese text, which not only includes misinterpreting titles and lines but also flat-out changing characters by altering their dialogue or descriptions and even [[DubInducedPlotHole removing text altogether]]. The changes are notable enough that HAL Laboratory formed their own localization management division starting with ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' to prevent issues like this from happening again, [[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2022/March/Ask-the-Developer-Vol-4-Kirby-and-the-Forgotten-Land-2187039.html specifically mentioning]] their collaboration with the localizations of ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand''.

* LostInTranslation: It's not immediately obvious since the game's translation appears competent on the surface, but the translation job of ''Star Allies'' is notorious for being inexplicably altered in numerous ways from the original Japanese text, which not only includes misinterpreting titles and lines but also flat-out changing characters by altering their dialogue or descriptions and even [[DubInducedPlotHole removing text altogether]]. It's pretty telling that the [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand next game]] onward would rectify this by remaining as faithful to the Japanese text as much as possible.

''Kirby Star Allies'' is a PlatformGame in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, and the first game in the series for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch. It was developed by Creator/HALLaboratory and published by Creator/{{Nintendo}}.

* EnemyMine: [[VillainousHarlequin Marx]] and [[BlackKnight Dark Meta Knight]]. Marx only joins Kirby and his friends against the Jambastion cult because he fears they might destroy the planet he wishes to rule, while Dark Meta Knight is only joining to seemingly take the power of the Dark Hearts for himself or find a new master to serve.

* BlindIdiotTranslation: It's not immediately obvious since the game's translation appears competent on the surface, but the translation job of ''Star Allies'' is notorious for being inexplicably altered in numerous ways from the original Japanese text, which not only includes misinterpreting titles and lines but also flat-out changing characters by altering their dialogue or descriptions and even [[DubInducedPlotHole removing text altogether]]. It's pretty telling that the [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand next game]] onward would rectify this by remaining as faithful to the Japanese text as much as possible.

* GreenThumb: Ninja still has its Blossom Storm technique from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' that allows the player to summon an explosion made out of leaves and cherry flowers. Now, the species of the flowers changes if the ability is embedded with an element due to a friend combo.

* PurposelyOverpowered: The Three Mage-Sisters as playable Dream Friends, having access to 4 out of 5 of the elemental powers, several hard-hitting and wide-reaching {{Invulnerable Attack}}s, a [[SmartBomb screen-clearing move]] that recharges over time, and [[LightningBruiser Zan Partizanne]] in particular having the fastest movement out of any character in the game. {{Justified|Trope}}, as the conditions to recruit them involve beating ''[[BrutalBonusLevel Heroes in Another Dimension]]''.

* WalkingSpoiler: Subverted with Hyness, given how he is the first character we see in the opening cutscene. [[spoiler:Void Termina, on the other hand...]]

* ArrangeMode: The "Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!" mode is a "Helper to Hero"-style mode where, as a Friend or Dream Friend, you traverse the 5 worlds. 1-Ups, food, and picture pieces are now point items, and Maxim Tomatoes are now regular food. In addition, all Friend Star segments are omitted, and you fight [[spoiler:[[BonusBoss Morpho Knight]]]] after Hyness.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler:Galacta Knight]] shows up as a BonusBoss, making players expect a battle with the strongest warrior once again. But then a butterfly appears and lands on his weapon. His theme song fades out as he is replaced with [[spoiler:Morpho Knight]].

* BonusBoss:
** As per tradition, there is an extra boss in Guest Star mode. [[spoiler:It's Galacta Knight... or rather, Morpho Knight.]]
** The "Heroes in Another Dimension" mode gives out new bosses for you to fight. But the most fitting one comes after achieving the happy ending, [[spoiler:where you get to fight Marx during the credits]].

** [[spoiler:The battle against [[BonusBoss Void]] incorporates a slow, somber piano reprise as the fight transitions into new phases.]]

*** Guardian of the Forest '''Whispy Woods'''
*** His Royal Nemesis '''King Dedede'''

*** Dual Defenders '''Pon & Con'''
*** Frozen General '''Francisca'''
*** Blazing General '''Flamberge'''
*** Lightning General '''Zan Partizanne'''
*** Old-Growth Elder '''Yggy Woods'''
*** The Metal Heavies '''Goldon & Silvox'''
*** Big Bad Mama '''Grand Mam'''

*** Cycloptic Stormcloud, '''Kracko'''
*** Dual Thunderheads '''Twin Kracko'''

*** Officiant of Doom '''Hyness'''
*** [[spoiler:Temporal Warrior '''Galacta Knight''']]
*** [[spoiler:Reborn Butterfly '''Morpho Knight''']]
*** [[spoiler:Destroyer of Worlds '''Void Termina''']]
*** [[spoiler:Essence of Chaos '''Void Soul''']]
*** Otherworldly Arbor '''Parallel Woods'''
*** Unearthly Storm Front '''Parallel Twin Kracko'''
*** Unearthly Thunderhead '''Parallel Big Kracko'''
*** Otherworldly Frost Blade '''Parallel Meta Knight'''
*** Otherworldly Dark Liege '''Parallel Dedede'''
*** Fell Officiant '''Corrupt Hyness'''
*** Repentant Retaliators '''The Three Mage-Sisters'''
*** [[spoiler:Dark-Winged Disaster '''Morpho Knight EX''']]
*** [[spoiler:The True Destroyer of Worlds '''Void Termina''']]

** Adeleine is no longer a OneHitWonder like in ''Kirby 64'', and is now more capable of fighting, even if [[SquishyWizard she is much weaker than the other Dream Friends]].