History VideoGame / TeamKirbyClashDeluxe

The story progression is expanded from the original: whereas the original game has 5 worlds (and 1 unlockable world) with one boss each, now each world hosts up to 8 bosses, the tougher of which you have to unlock by spending Gem Apples and/or beating the harder "Ordeal" bosses; doing the latter also unlocks new worlds and fights, and lets you purchase better gear.

A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version of the game titled ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' was released on September 4, 2019, considered the "definitive" version of ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe''. ''Super'' introduces an overhauled Story Mode that puts the parallel counterpart of Kirby's original foe Nightmare in the spotlight, and adds a slew of new Quests, new bosses to challenge, new equipment, and new music. In addition, ''Super'' adds a Party Quest mode where players can challenge specialized Quests that can be played solo or with up to three friends in local and online multiplayer modes.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' is free to download, but if you need a lot of Gem Apples quickly, you're gonna need some real money. Buying them all (how much you can buy is limited) will also upgrade the tree in the town so that it will produce a lot of Gem Apples when it's harvesting time. (If you want to still play for free, you'll have to collect apples twice a day every day for just short of two years and ten months).

** When a boss gets furious or when a new Colossal boss enters in a battle with two or three, the AI Kirbys will charge up attacks, oftentimes to their max charge level. However, since the enemy is invincible during the entire time they spawn or turn red, that means any attacks unleashed at that time won't deal any damage.

** Even better is the Platinum Gears - not only do they shine and gleam brightly, but [[InfinityPlusOneSword they have phenomenal stats]]. They also require one Rare Fragment each (along with 99 of other fragments and Gem Apples) to buy.

** The final boss is [[spoiler:Dark Mind from ''[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror The Amazing Mirror]]'' fusing with King Dedede/Shadow Dedede, known as "King D-Mind"]].

* DamageSpongeBoss: Like in ''Team Kirby Clash'', the bosses all have high amounts of HP. As you get better gears you might find the battles easier and easier, but usually, to get better results, you'd like to break up the damage-boosting potions as well before the fight, especially with the later bosses.

* DiscOneFinalBoss:
** It's revealed later in the Empyrean stage that Taranza was the one behind the monsters' attacks. But after you beat him, even tougher monsters appear; after you beat them all, the final world appears: the "Decisive Battlefield", where you fight Landia EX. But ''then'' [[spoiler:after it comes Parallel Susie and Parallel Landia, topped with "The Final Battle" with Dark Taranza and what seems to be his boss, King D-Mind. And ''finally'' comes the TrueFinalBoss.]]

* FreemiumTimer: The game has a "Vigor" meter that will get used when the player goes into quest battles, with each quest requiring a certain amount of Vigor to be initiated or reset. If it's depleted, you'll have to either wait for the meter to replenish itself by waiting a few minutes, or eat some Gem Apples proportional to how much Vigor you need to begin the quest. Gem Apples, as you might expect, are purchasable using real money. The various Codices of Vigor, purchasable in the Shoppe, reduce the time it takes to regain one point of Vigor; the first cuts it down to five minutes, the second to four, the third to three, and the final to just one.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: There's nothing described for the mysterious [[spoiler:"black mirror" beyond it being used as Taranza's "final weapon". It looks like the Dimension Mirror, but with black frames and sporting more spikes, and spawns Dark Taranza and King D-Mind. We don't know where it comes from either. Parallel Susie might be involved in it too, since there are some symbols in her mech, resembling those of King D-Mind's hammer symbol.]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: While the other classes use sensible weapons, Doctor Healmore uses flasks. Justified, though, in that he uses it to spray medicinal water above him, create concoctions of FireIceLightning, and most importantly, for its special move Healing Area.
* LaserBlade: The Susian Bolt Blade is a Susie-themed Sword that has a "blade" made of energy and electricity.
* LegacyBossBattle:
** The fight against [[spoiler:King D-Mind]] is, more or less, just a reuse of the [[spoiler:Shadow Dedede]] fight from ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe''... up until he TurnsRed.

** Like in the original, when you level up, in addition to your actual stat gains you may get a message saying that a "stat" such as Puffiness or Eye Sparkle increased (not that it matters). A very similar message appeared after defeating Computer Virus in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''.
** The Rarity 8 and 9 gears are based on several ''Kirby'' characters: [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 Dark Matter Blade]] and [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Landia]] (for Sword Hero), [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Wham Bam Rock]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]] (for Hammer Lord), [[VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse Drawcia]] (complete with the Magic Paintbrush for your staff) and [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Magolor]] (for Beam Mage) and [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 Chuchu]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Taranza]] (for Doctor Healmore).

* NiceHat: You can purchase a lot of different hats as your "armors". The best hats look especially brimming with power.

** Magolor appears in white and green coloration in this game. [[spoiler:Once you collect everything from his shop, he goes back to his usual white and blue.]]
** Taranza has a more purple coloration than his usual red. [[spoiler:He too goes back to normal once he's brought back to the Dream Kingdom.]]

* PlayEveryDay: You can harvest the Gem Apple Tree twice a day, once every 12 hours. You can also ring the Adventurer Bell every 24 hours which also gives you Fragments and more Gem Apples.

** Extending the time limit of your mission.

* QuadDamage: You can buy damage-boosting potions from Magolor's Shoppe that you can consume before a battle; you can consume up to 5 at a time.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Taranza's garb is colored red and black (along with purple) in this game. He's also seemingly antagonistic. [[spoiler:When you beat the TrueFinalBoss, Taranza is freed from the "influence" of the dark mirror and goes to his original color scheme. Parallel Susie also has this color scheme instead of her usual pink and white, and she's definitely more vicious than before.]]

* StealthPun:
** The Gem Apple Tree is a subtle reference to the saying "money doesn't grow on trees". The irony being that the Gem Apples are the game's currency.

* SwordfishSabre: Sword Hero's rank 7 weapon is a literal swordfish.
* TimeLimitBoss: All of the fights are set on time limits. Clearing one with enough time left grants a special badge that's pretty much required for the highest rank. If you exceed the time limit without defeating the boss, you may choose to extend the timer with Gem Apples. Time Beam can also stop the timer once the power accumulates to full on the enemy.

* TrueFinalBoss:
** [[spoiler:The "True Final Battle" is a rematch against a stronger King D-Mind.]]

* TheUnfought: Taranza was one in his [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe original appearance]], but it's finally averted here. He's rather powerful as a boss, too. [[spoiler:This is because he is corrupted by the black mirror's magic.]]

* WarmupBoss: The first boss is [[GiantMook Colossal Waddle Dee]]. In the first battle with it, it does nothing but slowly walk around and occasionally jump.
* WhamShot: In Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, [[spoiler:Dark Taranza, upon defeat, summons another mirror. Out of it comes Shadow Dedede, but with the mask of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]]]].

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''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' is a spinoff game from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS; as the name implies, it's the "deluxe" version of ''Team Kirby Clash'', a MiniGame mode included in ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot''. It was released in April 12, 2017 in North America, and April 13, 2017 in Japan and Europe. It is free to download, but it also features {{microtransactions}} that will help you with progress in the game.

''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' is a spinoff game from the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' video games for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS; as the name implies, it's the "deluxe" version of the MiniGame of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'', ''Team Kirby Clash''. It was released in April 12, 2017 in North America, and April 13, 2017 in Japan and Europe. It is free to download, but [[AllegedlyFreeGame it also features]] {{microtransactions}} that will help you with progress in the game.

Just like ''Team Kirby Clash'', up to 4 players fight [[BossGame various bosses]] under [[TimeLimitBoss a time limit]] and gain experience and {{Character Level}}s to increase their abilities. New to this game are "Equipments", alternate weapons and hats that you can purchase and use to strengthen the Kirbys, Fragments obtained from bosses that you can use to buy rarer equipment, as well as [[PracticalCurrency Gem Apples]] that you can gain from either completing achievements, harvesting them from the Gem Apple Tree, or purchasing them with real money. Battles now run on a [[FreemiumTimer stamina system called Vigor]], which, if depleted, can regenerate by either waiting for a few minutes or eating a few Gem Apples. Leveling up will also [[LevelUpFillUp replenish the Vigor to full.]] Players can also acquire other players' Kirbies and bring them into battle with the [=StreetPass=] feature, or search for Kirbies online with the "Wandering Adventurers" option, marking the first instance of online interactivity in the series. {{Toys/Amiibo}} is also supported, granting Fragments for scanning various amiibo.

* AlternateUniverse: ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' takes place outside of the main ''Kirby'' continuity in a land called the Dream Kingdom (as opposed to Dream Land).

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: When you're fighting flying enemies (i.e Greater Doomer, Kracko, Telepathos etc), Beam Mage's Time Beam attack will become more effective and will stop the enemy in less amount of hits. It's to compensate the fact that, well, they're flying and thus the Time Beam cannot hit them most of the time.

* ShamuFu: Sword Hero's rank 7 weapon is a literal swordfish.

* SuddenlyVoiced:
** This is the first time since ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Revenge of the King]]'' that Bandanna Waddle Dee can talk.

** You can only have 20 heroes summoned between Streetpass and the internet; getting any more after that point will cause the oldest heroes to leave.

* OldSaveBonus: If you have StreetPass data for ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' on your 3DS, you can get special gears for your Sword Hero based on Susie. [[DoubleUnlock You have to buy them first with a large amount of fragments]], however.

* OldSaveBonus: If you have saved game data of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' in your 3DS, you can get special gears for your Sword Hero based on Susie. [[DoubleUnlock You have to buy them first with a large amount of fragments]], however.

** There's also Landia from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', a 4-headed winged dragon that can split into 4 smaller one-headed dragons upon TurningRed. [[spoiler:There's also variants called Landia EX and Parallel Landia.]]

Just like ''Team Kirby Clash'', up to 4 players fight [[BossGame various bosses]] under [[TimeLimitBoss a time limit]] and gain experience and {{Character Level}}s to increase their abilities. New to this game are Fragments obtained from bosses that you can use to buy rarer equipment, as well as [[PracticalCurrency Gem Apples]] that you can gain from either completing achievements, harvesting them from the Gem Apple Tree, or purchasing them with real money. Battles now run on a stamina system called Vigor, which, if depleted, can regenerate by either waiting for a few minutes or eating a few Gem Apples. Players can also acquire other players' Kirbies and bring them into battle with the [=StreetPass=] feature, or search for Kirbies online with the "Wandering Adventurers" option, marking the first instance of online interactivity in the series. {{Toys/Amiibo}} is also supported, granting Fragments for scanning various amiibo.

* FreemiumTimer: The game has a "vigor meter" that will get used when the player goes into quest battles. If it's depleted, you'll have to either wait for the meter to replenish itself (by waiting a few minutes) or eating the Gem Apples which restores it instantly. Gem Apples, as you might expect, is purchasable using real money.

* WarmupBoss:
** The first boss is [[GiantMook Colossal Waddle Dee]]. In the first battle with it, it does nothing but slowly walk around and occasionally jump.

* BigBad:
** Taranza, who is instigating the monster rampages throughout the Dream Kingdom. [[spoiler:Defeating him at first fails to stop him, and it isn't until Team Kirby takes down King D-Mind that Taranza returns to normal.]]

A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version of the game titled ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' was released on September 4, 2019, considered the "definitive" version of ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe''. ''Super'' introduces an overhauled Story Mode that puts Kirby's original foe Nightmare in the spotlight, and adds a slew of new Quests, new bosses to challenge, new equipment, and new music. In addition, ''Super'' adds a Party Quest mode where players can challenge specialized Quests that can be played solo or with up to three friends in local and online multiplayer modes.

* AchievementSystem:
** Meeting certain objectives awards "Heroic Quests", a list of achievements that award Gem Apples and Rare Fragments. There are 255 Heroic Quests throughout the game.

* CompositeCharacter:
** The Greater Doomer has attacks of both Fire and Ice Sphere Doomers from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', but in a NonElemental flavor.
** Mr. Frosty's design in ''Super'' is based on his smaller, rounder design in the [=3DS=] games but integrates elements of his ''Star Allies'' design, including detailed fur and a light blue denim patch on his behind.

* DarkReprise: Decisive Battlefield is a dark and depressing version of [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand Castle Lololo]].

** It's revealed later in the Empyrean stage that Taranza was the one behind the monsters' attacks. But after you beat him, even tougher monsters appear; after you beat them all, the final world appears: the "Decisive Battle", where you fight Landia EX. But ''then'' [[spoiler:after it comes Parallel Susie and Parallel Landia, topped with "The Final Battle" with Dark Taranza and what seems to be his boss, King D-Mind. And ''finally'' comes the TrueFinalBoss.]]

* OldSaveBonus: If you have a saved game data of ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' in your 3DS, you can get special gears for your Sword Hero based on Susie. [[DoubleUnlock You have to buy them first with large amount of fragments]], however.

* TrickBoss: [[spoiler:In ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', the final boss appears to be Dark Taranza. After he's defeated in only one phase, he summons the Black Mirror, which summons King D-Mind. Afterwards, King D-Mind immediately turns against Dark Taranza and kills him, replacing him for the rest of the battle.]]

* TurnsRed: "[[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry [Boss Name] is furious!]]" After which the bosses will whip up stronger attacks and tactics. This happens to every single boss in the entire game. In the event of a group fight with two to four bosses in sequence, the last one is the only one to do this.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Surprisingly averted in ''Super''. The max level is 100, but given how [[NintendoHard utterly nuts]] the hardest Quests get, you will need all the help you can get.

** ''Super'' cranks Heroic Quests UpToEleven: there are now '''900''' of them, and they're now associated with a mechanic called Heroic Rank, which raises your LevelCap when you clear enough Heroic Quests.

* AutobotsRockOut: [[spoiler:It's pretty much standard for any Galacta Knight appearance. Aeon Hero (Light/Dark) [[UpToEleven cranks it up a notch]]: Can you say "Galacta Knight but with '''[[OrchestralBombing symphonic metal?]]'''"]]
* AwardBaitSong: In a first for the ''Kirby'' series, ''Super Kirby Clash'' has a vocal theme called "Green Tree Memories from Kirby", performed by Natsumi Iwaide.
* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler:Tougher: King D-Mind in ''Super Kirby Clash''. It initially appears that Team Kirby will fight Parallel Nightmare, but he instead opens a portal that summons King D-Mind. And like with Dark Taranza before him, King D-Mind turns against Parallel Nightmare, smacking him into the background before the battle starts.]]
* BattleAura: SDX equipment in ''Super'' is enveloped in a faint aura of light that bears semblance to flame.
* BeamSpam: A number of Parallel Nightmare's attacks are just about firing as many explosive stars as he possibly can, with one attack in particular being a massive flood of stars from the background that strike the foreground at seemingly random, exploding all over the place.

** In ''Super'', Dark Taranza's role is taken over by Parallel Nightmare.

** ''Super'' adds the Rarity 15 Starlight equipment, even more elaborate versions of the Platinum series equipment that have gold-colored headgear and equally-colorful weapons.

* BonusBoss: Following the defeat of the main story, you unlock a number of new bosses in party mode to face off against at a considerably higher difficulty. The final battle of the story mode ends at level 65, however the highest level of these fights are 85-90. The final boss of the story mode is a "Super" mission, but these new ones are "Super+".

** Nightmare makes his return in ''Super'' in his first prominent role in a ''Kirby'' game since ''[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Nightmare in Dreamland]]'', which itself was a remake of the NES game ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', meaning he hasn't been in a new role since 1993.
* CallBack:
** In Toughest: The Final Battle, [[spoiler:Parallel Nightmare dies the same way Nightmare did in ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland'', ThroatLight and all]].
** [[spoiler:Galacta Knight [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turns against]] [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot another]] being that summoned him from across time and space.]]

** As you make story progress, various ''Kirby'' characters will appear in the Dream Kingdom town. These include familiar faces such as Rick, Kine, Coo, and [[spoiler:Taranza]]. ''Super'' adds several more friends, such as Meta Knight, Gooey, Parasol Waddle Dee, [[spoiler:Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne]].
** [[spoiler:In a similar vein to the [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Lor Starcutter]] appearing in Galacta Knight's "space beam" attack in ''Planet Robobot'', the [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Jamba Heart]] will sometimes appear when Aeon Hero uses the space beam.]]

** You can buy up to 3000 Gem Apples, after which the game stops taking your money and gives you 450 Gem Apples per harvest. ''Super'' amps this up to 5000 paid Gem Apples, but a max level Tree will now give ''2000'' Gem Apples per harvest.

* DemotedToExtra: In ''Super'', Taranza is kicked out of the BigBad role in favor of Parallel Nightmare. Team Kirby deals with him as soon as their first encounter and he joins the heroes afterward.

** [[spoiler:In ''Super'', defeating King D-Mind causes the credits to roll. However, Parallel Nightmare is still on the loose, so Team Kirby jumps right back into the action. This also unlocks the Castle Village hub area from the original ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', the Grasslands area, and Toughest bosses.]]
* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: The naming convention for the Rarity 14 Sword Hero gear, based on [[spoiler:Morpho Knight]]. The description for the headpiece even describes said character as "the knight of doom".

** Clearing a certain late-game Quest in ''Super'' unlocks "SDX" upgrades, even more potent upgrades that can be purchased after buying an equip's DX variation.

* FinalBossNewDimension: All of ''Super''[='s=] final boss fights take place in an area called Dreamscape that combines elements of [[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure the Fountain of Dreams]] and [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Another Dimension]].

* GiantMook: In addition to Kibble Blade and King Doo returning from ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', this game also introduces its own Giant Mooks. You'll fight a Colossal Waddle Dee as a WarmupBoss. It's just like a regular Waddle Dee, only larger and slower. Later you'll fight [[SequentialBoss Colossal Double-Team and Triple-Team]] where Colossal Kabu (the spinning moai head mook) and Colossal Hothead (the "Fire" mook) join in the fun. ''Super'' also adds a Colossal Driblee to the mix in a few fights.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:In ''Super'', Parallel Nightmare summons King D-Mind to battle Team Kirby. The moment he appears, King D-Mind turns to Parallel Nightmare and immediately slugs him in the face with his hammer, blasting Parallel Nightmare into the background. This ultimately proves ''fatal'' when Parallel Nightmare attempts to summon the Aeon Hero (read: '''''[[BloodKnight Galacta]] [[SealedEvilInACan Knight]]'''''), who rather than booting him aside, outright slashes Nightmare across the back while the latter was distracted, and turns his attention to Team Kirby.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** In ''Super'', the Rarity 14 Sword Hero gear is based on [[spoiler:Morpho Knight]], a key character in ''Star Allies'' who is meant to be a surprise.
** The Rarity 14 Flask casually spoils the [[spoiler:Dimension Mirror's role in Sectonia's demise]].

** The fights against Nightmare in Super definitely qualify, given said villain hasn't been seen in quite some time, and the vast majority of his attacks have been overhauled with some new versions, and a number of attacks added.
** There's also [[spoiler:Galacta Knight, who got some new iterations of his attacks, and reappears after having gotten his fight stolen by Morpho Knight in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'']].
** The fight against Taranza is a version wherein the fight in Super has no plot reason to exist other than mistaken identity on Team Kirby's part, but allows for a new fight against Taranza to happen, and later iterations with a couple new attack designs.

* LevelCap: Level 50. This is doubled to 100 in ''Super'', although the cap is now tied to Heroic Quests. Raising your Heroic Rank by clearing Heroic Quests will increase the cap by 10 Levels at a time.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Aeon Hero (Light), the FinalBoss of ''Super Kirby Clash''. He's basically Galacta Knight on steroids.]]

** Super changes this slightly. Purchasing 5000 of them levels the tree up to the point where it throws 2000 at you. The game will actually still allow you to buy more Gem Apples, but it always warns you every time you go to use the shop that doing so will not level the tree up any further. As such you still ''can'', but the game tries to convince you to just wait out the 12 hour respawn.

* MissionPackSequel: ''Super'' is essentially this, despite being on a new console.

** ''Super'' adds the Rarity 14 tier, which is based on other ''Kirby'' villains: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Morpho Knight]]]] for Sword Hero, [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Masked Dedede]] for Hammer Lord, [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Sectonia]] for Dr. Healmore, and [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Marx]] (based on his ''Star Allies'' appearance) for Beam Mage.

** From the second fight onward, Parallel Nightmare uses attacks that he used in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''[='s=] Strato Patrol EOS sub-game.

* NintendoHard: ''Super Kirby Clash'' has some outrageously brutal boss fights towards the Story Mode endgame, necessitating ForcedLevelGrinding or [[BribingYourWayToVictory buying Gem Apples to get the best gear for your team]] to stand a chance, much less get Platinum Rank.
** The Super+ boss fights take this far harder in the post game, where even being at the same level as the boss can result in you taking 1/4 health damage from a single hit while wearing the best possible gear.
* OhCrap: Parallel Nightmare's reaction when [[spoiler:King D-Mind turns against him]].

** The Ice Dragon from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' reappears here, in full. ''Super'' introduces an elemental variant called Electric Dragon that fights with ShockAndAwe instead.

** Roughly half of the new equipment added in ''Super'' is variations of previously-existing gear with modified stats, including a blue version of the fish hat for Sword Hero and a "princess"-themed version of the MagicalGirl equipment for Beam Mage.
* PalmtreePanic: The Seaside in ''Super'', replacing Grasslands from the original game.

* PoisonousPerson: ''Super''[='s=] Venom Kracko, a purple cloud with a reptilian eye. In addition to sharing most of his moveset with Kracko, he can spread poison clouds with various attacks that inflict heavy damage to Kirby.
* PostEndGameContent: After you clear all of the Story Quests in ''Super'', you unlock a batch of new content on the Party Quest side, all of which are ranked "Super" difficulty. Clearing this content ultimately unlocks "Super+" Party Quests, including the hardest fights in the game and the TrueFinalBoss.

* RecurringBoss: [[spoiler:Nightmare is fought no less than three times in ''Super''. While his initial early-game encounter is a straight port of his ''Adventure'' fight with minor enhancements, later fights drastically mix up his moveset with several new attacks.]]

** In the Port Village in ''Super'', Taranza sits on Magolor's shoppe. Meta Knight is flying around in the background, occasionally landing near the water, Kine and Rick are hanging out on benches on the opposite sides of the screen, Coo will fly back and forth, and Francisca and Flamberge are hanging out near the water while talking.
** In the Castle Village in ''Super'' Hyness will fly along the background, Gooey rolls around behind the quest sign near a Parasol Waddle Dee, Parallel Susie is relaxing on Magolor's Shoppe, Zan Partizanne is relaxing by herself on a bench near the right edge of the screen, and Adeleine and Ribbon are near the left edge of the screen with Ribbon floating above Adeleine who is hard at work on a painting.

* SceneryPorn: Thanks to the move to the ''Star Allies'' engine, the game's original graphics were remastered for ''Super'', resulting in some gorgeous battle environments.

** Not only does this apply to ''Super'', [[spoiler: but rather than a palette swap, Parallel Nightmare ends up taking visible damage after the second battle with him, chipping a horn off, cracking his pauldrons and exposing one of his eyes through his visor.]]

* SocializationBonus: In ''Super'', playing online costs less Party Vigor and awards 30% more EXP by default.

** The "DX" in DX upgrades stands for "Deluxe". The third level upgrade added in ''Super'' tacks on an "S" to it, meaning "Super", thus making it [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar "Super Deluxe"]].

** Nightmare in ''Super'' now has EvilLaugh voice clips similar to [=3DS=] ''Kirby'' villains like Sectonia and Haltmann. Amazingly, this is a RoleReprisal - his voice actor from ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'', Creator/BanjoGinga, provides these clips.
* SummonBiggerFish: Parallel Nightmare does this twice in ''Super''. [[spoiler:Both times he gets his ass kicked [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the thing he summoned]] as a result.]]

* TrickBoss: Happens once in both ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' and ''Super Kirby Clash''.
** [[spoiler:In ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', the final boss appears to be Dark Taranza. After he's defeated in only one phase, he summons the Black Mirror, which summons King D-Mind. Afterwards, King D-Mind immediately turns against Dark Taranza and kills him, replacing him for the rest of the battle.]]
** [[spoiler:At the end of the first phase of Parallel Nightmare's Revenge in ''Super Kirby Clash'', Parallel Nightmare appears to be defeated, but he gets up and summons a dimensional rift. As he laughs maniacally, the being he summoned, revealed to be Aeon Hero, cuts down Parallel Nightmare, seemingly killing him. Aeon Hero then replaces Parallel Nightmare's Revenge for the remainder of the round.]]

** For the Party Quests in ''Super'', it's [[spoiler:Aeon Hero (Dark), a drastically souped up NintendoHard version of Galacta Knight. Aeon Hero (Light) meets this quota for the Story Quests]].

** [[spoiler: The message is different for Aeon Hero and his variants: "[[OhCrap Aeon Hero's power has been unleashed!]]"]]
* UndergroundMonkey: Used gratuitously in ''Super''. Many bosses are variants of other bosses, typically in elemental flavors, like Spark Bonkers (Bonkers but with ShockAndAwe and a mohawk) and Mr. Floaty (Mr. Frosty but with MakingASplash and a beach design).

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon:
** Decisive Battlefield, the 6th and final area in ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe''. It is home to all of the game's strongest and final bosses, including the BonusBoss.
** ''Super Kirby Clash'' demotes Decisive Battlefield to the DiscOneFinalDungeon and instead has Dreamscape, the 8th area. If you thought Decisive Battlefield was ominous and [[AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield colorful...]]

** ''Super'' replaces the Colossal Waddle Dee with a Colossal Spear Waddle Dee. The first boss is also changed to Hornhead from ''Triple Deluxe'', who is at least aggressive in nature, but still essentially as easy.
* WhamShot:
** In Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, [[spoiler:Dark Taranza, upon defeat, summons another mirror. Out of it comes Shadow Dedede, but with the mask of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Mind]]]].

** And again in Super Kirby Clash, [[spoiler:Parallel Nightmare, after being beaten for the third time, summons another portal. Out of the portal comes Galata Knight or in this game...]]
--> "[[spoiler:Aeon Hero]] [[WhamLine has appeared!]]"
** Once more in Super Kirby Clash, [[spoiler:during the fight against Aeon Hero's dark form, one attack he uses is to fire out a flurry of spears... the same spears that were used to seal away Void Termina in ''Kirby Star Allies''.]]

A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version of the game titled ''Super Kirby Clash'' was released on September 4, 2019, considered the "definitive" version of ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe''. ''Super'' introduces an overhauled Story Mode that puts Kirby's original foe Nightmare in the spotlight, and adds a slew of new Quests, new bosses to challenge, new equipment, and new music. In addition, ''Super'' adds a Party Quest mode where players can challenge specialized Quests that can be played solo or with up to three friends in local and online multiplayer modes.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: [[spoiler:Tougher: King D-Mind in ''Super Kirby Clash''. It initially appears that Team Kirby will fight Parallel Nightmare, but he instead opens a portal that summons King D-Mind. And like with Dark Taranza before him, King D-Mind turns against Parallel Nightmare, blasting him into the background before the battle starts.]]

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Toughest: The Final Battle. [[spoiler:At the end of the first phase of Parallel Nightmare's Revenge, Parallel Nightmare appears to be defeated, but he gets up and summons a dimensional rift. As he laughs maniacally, the being he summoned, revealed to be Aeon Hero, cuts down Parallel Nightmare, seemingly killing him. Aeon Hero then replaces Parallel Nightmare's Revenge for the remainder of the round.]]

* BeamSpam: A number of Nightmare's attacks are just about firing as many explosive stars as he possibly can, with one attack in particular being a massive flood of stars from the background that strike the foreground at seemingly random, exploding all over the place.

** In ''Super'', it's [[spoiler:Aeon Hero (Dark), a drastically souped up NintendoHard version of Galacta Knight]].

* LegacyBossBattle: The fight against King D-Mind is, more or less, just a reuse of the Masked Dedede fight from ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe''

** There's also Galacta Knight, who got some new iterations of his attacks, and reappears after having gotten his fight stolen by Morpho Knight in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''

* AdaptedOut: The [[spoiler:"black mirror"]] that Taranza uses in ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' is absent in ''Super''.

** When the enemy TurnsRed, they're invincible during this period. The mages can hold their Time Beam charge until it's over. But what do they do? They release it while the transformation is still going. And for the others, they just keep attacking the thing, the Sword Hero also releasing a powerful attack that would have ended it, or at least lead to ending it. The same thing can happen when the enemy is in the air or in the background.

** Dark Taranza, who is instigating the monster rampages throughout the Dream Kingdom. [[spoiler:Defeating him at first fails to stop him, and it isn't until Team Kirby takes down King D-Mind that Taranza returns to normal.]]

** In the Castle Village in ''Super'' Hyness will fly along the background, Gooey rolls around behind the quest sign near a Parasol Waddle Dee, Susie is relaxing on Magolor's Shoppe, Zan Partizanne is relaxing by herself on a bench near the right edge of the screen, and Adeleine and Ribbon are near the left edge of the screen with Ribbon floating above Adeleine who is hard at work on a painting.

* AutobotsRockOut: [[spoiler:It's pretty much standard for any Galacta Knight appearance. Aeon Hero (Light/Dark) [[UpToEleven cranks it up a notch]]: Can you say "Galacta Knight but with '''[[OrchestralBombing symphonic metal?]]''']]

* StealthPun: The Gem Apple Tree is a subtle reference to the saying "money doesn't grow on trees". The irony being that the Gem Apples are the game's currency.