Ice Cream Island's Arena inKirby's Adventure.

The equivalent Arena inNightmare in Dream Land.

This article is about the rooms found inKirby's Adventure and itsremake. For the Sub-Game inKirby Super Star and subsequent titles, seeThe Arena.

AnArena is a type of room inKirby's Adventure and its remake,Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, in whichKirby can challenge amid-boss for aMaxim Tomato and his opponent'sCopy Ability. It resembles a real life Roman arena oramphitheater, a single screen in size and filled with spectators. LikeSub-Games, Arenas are entered through a door in the level hub, which may have to be unlocked by discovering and pressing aBig Switch hidden inside a certain stage. Arena doors are indicated by two crossed axes above the door.

Each level of the game, with the exception ofVegetable Valley,Rainbow Resort andThe Fountain of Dreams, contains a single Arena, each individual one having one particular mid-boss connected to it, which is fought every time Kirby enters the respective Arena. Each arena has a different mid-boss associated with it (detailed below). Once Kirby initiates a fight, he cannot leave until either he or his adversary is defeated (or the game is reset). Losing a battle subtracts one of Kirby's lives, whereas achieving victory causes a Maxim Tomato to drop from the sky and enables the pink hero to inhale and swallow his defeated adversary to obtain its power.

Copy Abilities and mid-bosses[edit]

The following Copy Abilities can be obtained from Arena mid-bosses.

Flavor text[edit]

• Two fighters go in, but only one will leave! You can get a tomato and an ability for a win!—Kirby's Adventure in-game description

Names in other languages[edit]

• Location types

• Articles which list Japanese names
• Articles which list French names