Dedede's Cake Royale Cake Royale illustration from the main menu. Details Type(s) Story Mode - Solo Levels 5 Players 1 Appears in Kirby Battle Royale

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Dedede's Cake Royale (also calledThe Cake Royale) is the main story mode ofKirby Battle Royale. It is a single-player mode, and featuresKirby andBandana Waddle Dee competing againstclones of Kirby for a prize cake in a tournament set up byKing Dedede. The structure of the game mode revolves around five "leagues" which each contain a list of predetermined Battle Royale games or sets that need to be cleared in order to advance through the story. Along the way, the player can unlock newCopy Abilities to make use of, though none of the post-launch abilities or extra characters can be used in this mode. In-between matches, a series ofcutscenes and dialogue exchanges also happen between characters to advance the narrative, and there is also a lobby in which Kirby can talk to various non-playable characters or enter the Training room. At the very end of this mode, Kirby faces off in a specialboss battle against theDededestroyer Z, which he must defeat in order to claim the Deluxe-Tiered Cake.

Plot synopsis[edit]

When the player boots up the game for the first time, it begins with the introduction cutscene and first moments of the story mode, before leading into the main menu.

The story begins, as many do, with Kirby sleeping under a tree in a grassy field. A loose piece of paper comes fluttering down from the sky, and lands on Kirby's face, stirring him. He has a look at the paper, and becomes quite excited, readying his sword and running off. At this point, the player sees what was on the paper, revealing itself to be a promotional flyer for a tournament, where the reward is a gigantic cake. As Kirby makes his way toward the site of the tournament, he runs intoBandana Waddle Dee, who has collapsed on the ground. Bandana Waddle Dee had also been traveling to the arena for the cake, but had 'walked all night', and was exhausted. Kirby helps Bandana Waddle Dee by carrying him through the forest, until they run into a dead end, where they both get ambushed byBronto Burts. After they defeat these pests, a blue clone of Kirby appears from the bush, and attacks without warning. After Kirby defeats this mysterious foe, aWarp Star appears from the sky to carry Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee the rest of the way to the arena. Once they arrive at the entrance to the Battle Castle, Bandana Waddle Dee regains his energy, and they both walk to the gate, guarded by aSoldier Waddle Dee. The guard challenges Kirby to a game ofApple Scramble in order to qualify for entrance. With this first trial cleared, Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee are permitted entry to the arena proper, and a cutscene is displayed to the player showing the sorts of battles that lay ahead. This marks the end of the intro.

The story begins proper as Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee arrive in the lobby, where King Dedede shows them his newest contraption - theKirby Printer. It is capable of creating copies ofKirby, pre-equipped with aCopy Ability, using only crank power. Dedede's plan is thus to pit Kirby against these clones in various games, confident that they will beat each other senseless over the cake. Meanwhile,Meta Knight looks on from atop a tower, content to observe for the moment. As Kirby advances through the leagues, King Dedede becomes increasingly frustrated, as he had intended for Kirby to lose the games and make him look like a fool. He uses the Kirby Printer to print Kirbys with ever more elaborate abilities in an attempt to stop his pink rival from winning more games. As Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee enter the Gold League, Meta Knight reveals himself, making it known that he is also competing in the games, and intends to challenge Kirby, noting that the clones are not up to snuff. After Kirby defeats Meta Knight and Axe Knight in the Gold League Qualifier Battle, King Dedede loses the rest of his patience, and storms out of the throne room, intent on dealing with Kirby himself.

Before the Championship Battle, Dedede reveals himself as Kirby's last opponent. Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee face off against him and a Soldier Waddle Dee in four rounds, but when he's beaten he stubbornly refuses to admit defeat. He forces Kirby to fight him and two of his soldiers alone, in a 1v3 match. Kirby manages to beat him again, prompting Dedede to retreat into his throne room, as Kirby makes chase. There, he rides an elevator up to a large chamber, where King Dedede has prepared a giant robot, theDededestroyer Z, complete with theKirby Printer as its base. Kirby has to battle this robot, along with the Kirbys it produces, though he gains some aid from Bandana Waddle Dee, who tosses him a cannon to fire at the robot with. With the Dededestroyer Z reduced to scrap, King Dedede is finally defeated, and the Kirby Printer is destroyed, causing all the Kirby clones it produced to vanish. A crowd gathers to cheer for the heroes as the cake is brought in for them to enjoy.

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  The opening cutscene as a flyer for the tournament lands on Kirby's face.
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  Kirby carriesBandana Waddle Dee through the intro stage
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  A Waddle Dee creates another Kirby copy for his king.
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  King Dedede prepares his final weapon to deal with Kirby.
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  Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee enjoy their hard-earned cake.

Gameplay overview[edit]

An intro level starts before the main menu can be accessed for the first time. It teaches the player the basics of gameplay, pits Kirby against a few minor foes and a clone of himself, and then introduces the first game,Apple Scramble. This intro sequence is also available to the player in thedemo version.

The main story mode involves five distinct leagues, or levels of difficulty. These are 'Beginner's', 'Bronze', 'Silver', 'Gold' and 'Platinum'. Kirby is placed in the Beginner's League to start with, and has to win enough games in that league to progress to the next one. Kirby cannot win points from the same battle more than once, so he will have to play in several different matches to advance. Whenever Kirby is in need of a teammate in a particular battle,Bandana Waddle Dee will fill that role. At first, Kirby will only be able to use theSword ability, but other abilities will be unlocked as the game progresses.

The following is an overview of each league, and the games within:

Intro[edit]

Completion of this battle is required to qualify for Beginner's League:

Beginner's League[edit]

100 League Points (LP) are necessary to qualify for the Bronze League. The games are as follows:

There are two unlockable bonuses in this league:

• Bomb ability - 20 LP
• Beetle ability - 60 LP

Bronze League[edit]

150 League Points (LP) are necessary to qualify for the Silver League. The games are as follows:

There are three unlockable bonuses in this league:

• Spear ability - 25 LP
• Cutter ability - 60 LP
• Fighter ability - 110 LP

Silver League[edit]

200 League Points (LP) are necessary to qualify for the Gold League. The games are as follows:

There are three unlockable bonuses in this league:

• Ninja ability - 30 LP
• Whip ability - 90 LP
• Parasol ability - 150 LP

Gold League[edit]

300 League Points (LP) are necessary to qualify for the Platinum League. The games are as follows:

There are three unlockable bonuses in this league:

• Hammer ability - 50 LP
• Doctor ability - 135 LP
• Tornado ability - 225 LP

Platinum League[edit]

Once Kirby enters this league,Boost Orbs become available for use in the Cake Royale. The first match is effectively a demonstration of how Boost Orbs can be used.

500 League Points (LP) are necessary to reach the Championship Battle. The games are as follows:

There are six unlockable bonuses in this league:

• Big Speed Boost Orb - 20 LP
• Quick Charge Boost Orb - 80 LP
• Ice ability - 150 LP
• Maxim Tomato Boost Orb - 250 LP
• Metal Boost Orb - 325 LP
• Big Attack Boost Orb - 400 LP

In theKirby novel series[edit]

In theKirby novel series, the tenth volume,Kirby's Decisive Battle! Battle Royale!!, is an adaptation of Dedede's Cake Royale.

In this novel,Tron suggests toKing Dedede to hold a tournament to spread his name throughout the galaxy. As King Dedede worries thatKirby may defeat him in the tournament, Tron shows him theKirby Printer and tells him the plan to create Kirby copies to tire Kirby out. Dedede decides to have a cake made byChef Kawasaki as the prize and calls the event Dedede's Cake Royale.

After learning that the prize of the tournament is a cake, Kirby is eager to join it and win. At the entrance to the Battle Castle, Kirby andWaddle Dee encounter aSoldier Waddle Dee who guards it. He challenges Kirby to a match ofApple Scramble to decide if he may enter, which Kirby wins. When Kirby registers to the tournament, he chooses Waddle Dee as his partner, who reveals that he wanted to participate but thought he was too weak to join. Together, they win matches ofBattle Arena,Crazy Theater andOre Express against many Kirby copies. In the semifinals they triumph overMeta Knight in a match ofFlagball. However, at the finals, Dedede challenges Kirby to a one-on-one match. Even after Kirby wins, Dedede refuses to give up and challenges him to a second round, entering theDededestroyer Z which was created byTron. Although at first it seems hopeless, Kirby wins the fight with acannon brought to him by Waddle Dee, which shoots the Kirby copies the Dededestoyer Z creates back at the mech.

After the match, Tron reveals his true intention behind Dedede's Cake Royale, creating Kirby copies and scattering them throughoutDream Land so that they eat all the food and force the residents of Dream Land to buy vegetables from him. King Dedede, who thinks that breaking the Kirby Printer is the final challenge of the tournament, helps destroy it and save Dream Land. At the end of the story, Kirby and Waddle Dee are declared the winners of the Cake Royale and receive the cake, which Waddle Dee takes a few bites from and then Kirby inhales completely.

Trivia[edit]

• According to one of theWaddle Dees, King Dedede spent his entire fortune setting up the Cake Royale.^[1]
• The story for this game mode is very similar to the typical arc of an episode ofKirby: Right Back at Ya!, complete with King Dedede assuming a haughty and jealous temperament and coming up with an elaborate and expensive harebrained scheme to try and humiliate Kirby, only to have it backfire in his face.

Gallery[edit]

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  Artwork for the Cake Royale
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  Alternate artwork for the Cake Royale
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  The menu for Story Mode

Names in other languages[edit]

References

• Good pages
• Sub-Games
• Kirby Battle Royale

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