Ask Guru Gobbo #111

1) The general expression means "see ya later" and was coined by early disc jockeys. They would start up a vinyl record and let the side play all the way through, seeing the audience again when the recorded needed flipped to the other side, hence "flip side".

2) That's... not a question.

3) It hasn't come out there yet? Well, the game was slated at a November 27th release last year, but I can only assume that didn't happen. Austrailia has a Q2 of this year slotted for face time with Ultra, so maybe by then? Actually, it looks like some places are reporting that the two nations had swapped time points, so I'll take it that there's just a ... five month wait? Yeesh, way to strike the hot iron, guys.

Second quarter, or "Q2", is April, May, and June.

4) To Yo-yo and Bomb, I ask if those abilities have been seriously twinked? Those are the two easiest to use and devastating of the powers. Just chuck bombs at a distance as fast as possible by tapping none stop. For the yo, try and pull off as much Gazer Spirals as possible, the down/up thing, since it makes you invincible.

Cutter is another cakewalk, from what I recall about it. Just get close and Endless Cutter to your hearts content. For more mobile foes, try to stay back and just pepper them with hits. Slow and steady may be needed to win the race. The same can hold true with Parasol, only just hold it out at the stationary opponents.

Wing and Jet, which are just horrible to start with, I can't imagine beating all the way through with. Wing would be best with dashing Condor and Bomber Headings. The Feather Gun would probably be too weak and leave you too open, unless the foe is real stupid. With Jet, be patient. Store up, Jet Cracker, and repeat.

Suplex, not Throw, is probably one of the easiest abilities to get through with. I thought so. For the most part, ignore the actual intent of grabbing stuff and just Pin Point Kick to your heart's content. It winds up going pretty fast.

5) Not really, never played it.

6) You are referring to the Story Book and the Ometon.

Apathy, with a hint of vacation. A minty hint, if that means anything.

But, all the administrators were not gone. Just two were: the Ometon and myself. There's suppose to be a lot in the Gallery, which is what I assume you are referencing, but they've been gone for probably seven months?

Excellent point. Both of these aged knights, or aged puffballs/Kirby-stocks if you would, do possess wings. However, we know for a fact that Meta Knight's are, as you pointed out, artificial. His mystic mantle merely transforms into them, and his cape can come off as it's been shucked in games such as Adventure and KiriKira Kizzu. As for Galacta Knight, too little is known about it to say for certain what is part of it and what is garb. Technically, do we even know if it has the same face under that mask? It's never been off. When Galacta falls, it's just a super NOVA like burst.

1) Like I've probably said... somewhere... an Ability Making contest would be greatly divided to try and cut off as much riffraff as possible. Put on into Super Star that wasn't there, make one for an existing enemy, etc. If it were a made-up made-up, then, yeah, it would have to have a foe paired with it.

2) Nothing happened to the Resort at all. Just two people stepped out for a month. Why, there's a plethora of staff workers. Surely, it shouldn't matter if two people abruptly vanished. Things chugged along roughly as normal and certainly didn't fall into a complete standstill. Yep.

3) Zeban, technically first from Dream Land 3, is no type of Dark Matter. That'd be like saying that Popon was made of the stuff, too, since its gooey in nature. Sure, it's both blobby and ball-shaped like Gooey, but still. No, it's just a simple, pacifistic bubble. Maybe he is actually evil, it's not like other foes don't smile, but is just incapable of causing any real harm lacking, well, about everything.

1) Marx was spontaneously revived from the left over energies remaining in the space after NOVA's demise. That dude was near god-like in power, so he had a lot of juice. Since Marx was all &uulm;bered up and crashed into the already super-powered machine, bad stuff went on and caused the unpredictable reaction. Also, his spirit probably had a lot of hate, and that stuff is gasoline for haunts and ghost creation.

2) The next Kirby game to be released is Kirby Wii, which is now said to be coming out sometime this year. Jeez, sounds familiar. Weren't we lied to about it's release last year? Yes! Well, buckoes, looks like we have a new twelve months of frustration ahead. Well, eleven now. Unless it actually comes out. Fingers crossed.

1) Other worlds suffer from Nightmare's evil, too, but they are never shown. Pop Star is the focus of the series, so Pop Star is the only one gotten a glimpse at. Also, he knows that a Star Warrior, two actually, reside there, making it a place of great interest to him.

2) Whispy Woods is in the woods as they are Whispy Woods. He isn't in the forest. He is the forest.

3) Meta Knight destroys his own ship for, mostly, reasons of it being the same game run through but with Meta Knight rather than Kirby, but some excuses were drawn up for why.

1) Shoddy workmanship. It bugs since they didn't thoroughly test it and fix it. That's pretty much all bugs for anything right there.

2) All of the other letters need completed, too. I'm guessing the 99th percent is the jumping game and the 100th is the mini-game slew.

3) Technically, Togezo was replaced since it was, basically, Spiny from Super Mario Bros. Why, they both had the same Japanese and American names, even. I don't think they ditched Rolling Turtle for a "cuter" look. Bonkers is more over the top than Rolly ever was. No, the real answer is obvious: Nintendo is headed by the Shredder! Guess what he dined on for dinner?

4) Abilities were changed to better spread out uses and usefulnesses. The Coo Cutter triple feather was in a field with already great abilities, and the directional ice breath could be used for another pet. So, they snipped and slid down the line. Pitch got the Ice, Cutter's three-way turned frosty, and a new aimable Cutter was given to the owl. And... Kine's Stone didn't change at all. Maybe it got a bit more slippery...

Kirby Cosmic Chaos, also known as KCCh, is a fan game, for those of you not familiar, which has been in production for years by the crew of Minon, Mamthew42, GBAKirbster, Caat, and other people whose names I forget. The thing is, it's a fan game when all is said and done. It's not a real Kirby game. And, if it was, if anything isn't said on the site for the effort, the very forum topic that's been linked to timelessly has it. 'Cuz, you know, since it's a fan work, they actually give all the answers willingly.

Anyhoo, as it says in the first sentence of its topic, the alien Verdans attack Pop Star and destroy the Cosmic Stone, yet another essential piece to the existence of the world. That place sure has a lot of weak points, ya know? So ensues an epic battle to ward off the attack.

1) I never dreamed it would be that hard of a concept to get. Parts of the site, that I mostly had my hands in, were whisked away and Gurus didn't just go without doin' but physically changed with a message. At first I kinda suspected people knew it was a work, but, with that topic comin', kinda made me shake my head.

2) Yep, that get filed under the same drawer of Things That Make Uncle Gobbo Cry Twin Waterfalls with the lightning sword giving sword... despite not being a sword... and being made of electricity... yet giving sword... based on shape.

The reason simply is they wanted to have Mirror. So, they stuck mirrors on the foe, made the blades shiny, and said, "Who's gonna care?" Well, no one should. I know I don't care. Sure, the reasons are different for why, but that's just how it goes.

This may be a simple communication error, Pernilla Wafer, as I wrongly assume your full name to be. The error is on part of the Gallery, which is where I found your email address listed on the site. You are registered there as "Musickirby". Why registration confirmations sometimes misfire is anyone's guess. I think Coppermine is just junk, truthfully. So, you're there and can log in, I guess.

1) You know, I never really thought about it. I suppose he could have some long, formal name but just go by Kirby in most cases. Very little is explained about his life. He could have, like, a six part name or just a really long one that is a pain to say. Kirbagillot has a ring to it, but not much of one. Maybe an onion one. What is with my food references today?

2) Some spell checks don't register some names as being properly spelled, except for very common names. They go off of dictionaries for the most part, not names.

1) Gooey himself I do not believe needs to be found. He's just the default "You got this pet already" scenario. Now, his female equivalent, be it Blob or the original little girl in the Japanese version, needs to be found at least once to get the game's last needed percent of completion. Gooey is just a health bonus.

2) Makin' cookies. What? What do you mean that reference isn't applicable yet?

Quite. As soon as I started reading, Crystal Shards was already popping into thought. No, the real answer just is as simple as they come: game gimmick. They wanted to make it fancy and different, so they threw in that twist. I mean, they could have made some sound explanation like that, even if it would be later countered in 64, or even went with something like the botched day/night cycle had messed with Kirby's beauty sleep and had thrown off his copy game. But, they didn't. There is no reason. It was just something to set Milkyway Wishes apart.