Ask Guru Gobbo #47

1) Egad, not this again! I say it "deh-day-day" due to applied syllable emphasis, but the true name is said "day-day-day", but Western culture, as is their trend, changed it to be "dee-dee-dee".

2) The ability I care for the least is Ice in Super Star. Yes, I attach them to titles since they vary so much between them. This really hinges solely on the jumping attack the power packs. That little diagonal freeze twirl is downright terrible! It's nearly unusable in my book. At least the Fire ability in that game, which is a close second, has the ability to roll on the ground and attack all sides in its nearly worthless jumping state, not to mention that dashing turns it into a burning tackle. Ice's mid-air dash attack? A faster spin! Away with ye, foul daemon!

3) Benny. Should anyone be familiar with this jerk, he's always crashing into you in Extra Mode. Plus, his looks scare me.

1) Because they are one-shot abilities. They aren't going to give folks a free choice of ability that won't last any time. They also don't include Mini. UFO, now, cannot be obtained since you lose that ability whenever you return to the main chamber. That power is not suppose to travel well. Also, none of these powers have pedestals to even be placed upon.

2) Because any more are not needed. I think it's a good change. Super Star had three whole screen attackers, four is you count Cook, which made for a pretty poor use of abilities. Sure, they each varied slightly, but when they say the game has X number of abilities, you expect a little more variety. In Squeak Squad, they made better use of the powers they picked and efficiently utilized them. There was no Mike or Crash, just a chance of it when using Magic. Probably since you could mix to get abilities, and since the bubbles sported pedestals of the powers which, as stated above, don't exist for some, it was wagered easier to forego including them.

I'd toss in the Zorro wannabe-ness of Meta Knight, bowling pin people with arms, hair, and anime eyes, and the very existence of Tiff. Those are some nice cherries, I'd say.

1) Kirby would get confused and think the devices were equivalent to the Star Rod or Crystal Gun. Then, he'd try to use them to best some baddies and get a horrible beating as they'd do nothing.

2) Meta Dedede would rarely appear, trade his original hammer in for a lackluster sword, walk the line between face and heel, and attract masses of fan girls with his fake Spanish accent.

1) He most likely speaks some language native to Pop Star, but all the words are translated for us since no one is aware of any transgalactic translators.

2) Um, he looks different. I mean, really. If he looked the same, then wouldn't it be, well, Kirby? Dark shade of pink, wings rather than arms, and large eyes. Really, the only thing they share is the round body and round feet.

1) Blopper.

2) Much like the mirrored enemies, it seems like they may have been reaching for a trend but then just got lazy. Some of the levels translate, like the two oceans you mentioned, but then the rest get into a stretch. One problem is Butter Building which would have turned into Moonlight Mansion, Carrot Castle, or Peppermint Palace. Yogurt Yard is probably Mustard Mountain, but that leaves Cabbage Cavern out in the cold. No real equivalent for the Vegetable Valley, Icecream Islands, or Grape Gardens. It just falls apart.

3) I like both, really, but the American ones, the old American ones, where Kirby bursts into a bar and starts tossing around bikers is just too cool. Much like jerkish Kirby from Avalanche, I don't care if that's not how he's suppose to be, it's awesome!

4) Make it like the games.

1) Episode #66 is the one with the Pengies. Basically, it's an eco-message where global warming melts the arctic and gets the Pengies mad. They go and try to freeze over Dream Land to stop the Cappies from polluting or something. At one point, Meta Knight is wearing a Pengy disguise to full the gullible birds, and this is the sole reason the episode is cared about.

2) Oddly, this trend came from a reverse transformation method. Nightmare was one who started in Orb form and then grew into the Wizard. Dark Matter, true, reversed this, but then stepped up his game by becoming Zero in his next appearance, which I guess is just a circle to a bigger circle. The simplification may be a jab at the typical trend in most RPGs which have the final bosses just get astronomically insane in their stages of defeat. It just gets downright outrageous at times.

3) That's a fact that I've always shook my head at. Granted, there were some complexities in the original games, but they were no where near the detail of GIM or such. It's a paradox that goes with Kirby being meant as a simple, truthfully childish figure but trying to push him into a more serious and action oriented theme. A lot of it, I'm sure, has to do with demographic appeal. Round and bubbly generally falls to more detailed graphics. Plus, Kirby was created on Game Boy, which didn't really have the best graphical power. As the bits step up, something has to look better and fitting of the system's abilities.

1) You make me sad. They were a boss duo in Dream Land 3, and only that title. Picking up the Lololo & Lalala or Nruff & Nelly battle format, they waited at the end of Sand Canyon. They didn't do much but run back and forth with a trail of baby versions in their wake. Also, occasionally, a giant bomb would fall from the sky. Being that this was a rarer title, probably not many folks care about them. I still love 'em, tho'.

2) Now that's pretty funny. I guess this link use to have the Mailbag linked out of it. However, whoever changed it to the manga never fixed the alternative text to read properly. It's changed now, however, so all is right.

1) I'll... take your word for it. I've never bothered listening to either of them talk. I'm usually crying when the show is on. However, using a faux-British accent would fight a knight much better than, oh, a Spanish one.

2) The cape is suppose to be those batwings, by right, but a graphical transformation, a smooth one at least, is a feat and a half to pull off. Rather, it's a lot easier to just have them pop, changed.

1) What evil have I unleashed onto this world! While that could be said to make sense, could, Meta Knight's intentions on his plot to conquer Dream Land are one of the few, well established plot points, strangely enough, in the series, probably since it has dialogue. Anyhoo, no matter which version of it is taken, the end of corruption or the end of lazy life styles, neither stacks up to, "Time to avenge my parents." Also, Meta Knight is regarded as a friend of King Dedede which would be a tricky feat to fake. Allegiance is one thing, but to be all, "Hey, buddy, hold on to this Star Rod piece for me," takes more than fakeness. Additionally, I don't really see the King or his crew as cold blooded murderers. Dedede seems more like a bumbling fat cat than a forceful dictator.

2) Giygas wasn't posted for the same reason the guy who submitted a Pichu wasn't posted. Trans-series characters aren't acceptable. While there's not much limits to what I'll accept, there are some. If it's a near worthless entry, especially if the submitter already has one listed, it's just skipped over. Besides, it seemed like you were just sending in your own pets. That's right. You have a Giygas.