Egg Catcher Preview screen forEgg Catcher inMerry Magoland. Details Type(s) Reflex - Continuous Levels 3 Players 1-4 Appears in Kirby's Adventure Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

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Egg Catcher is aSub-Game inKirby's Adventure andKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. In the former, it can be accessed on certain levels by going through the appropriate doorways in theLevel hubs, while in the latter, it can be accessed viaMerry Magoland or in theLor Starcutter (though playing it in the Lor requires 40Energy Spheres). The game takes place inKing Dedede's boxing ring.Kirby is standing in the ring, while Dedede (Robo Dedede inKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe) appears on the ropes, and begins chucking eggs and bombs at Kirby. The objective of the game is to swallow as many eggs as possible and avoid swallowing a bomb, which causes the game to end early (and counts as a loss when playing solo inKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe). To play the game, the player must merely hold down A or B to keep Kirby's mouth open, and release it to close his mouth.

There are three difficulty settings for this game, those being "Easy", "Medium", and "Challenging". Each difficulty features a different pattern of eggs and bombs which are thrown, with higher difficulties making it generally more difficult to avoid bombs while also getting eggs. While inKirby's Adventure, Egg Catcher was one player only,Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe features gameplay for up to four players simultaneously, with the winner being whoever caught the most eggs.

Reward threshold[edit]

InKirby's Adventure, the reward obtained for Egg Catcher depends on how many eggs were swallowed. It does not matter if the game ends with a bomb blast or not, in this regard. The reward thresholds are as follows:

• 0 eggs - no bonus
• 1 - 6 eggs - 500 points
• 7 - 12 eggs - 1000 points
• 13 - 18 eggs - 3000 points
• 19 - 24 eggs - 5000 points
• 25 - 29 eggs -1-Up
• 30 eggs (Perfect) - 3-Up

Missions[edit]

InKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, there are eightMissions for this Sub-Game. They are as follows:

• Freshly Hatched Catcher - Play Egg Catcher for the first time.
• Catch 10 Eggs on Level 1 - Catch at least 10 eggs in a single game on Level 1.
• Double Dedede Doppelgänger - Play while wearing the King Dedede dress-up mask.
• Consistent Catches on Level 2 - Catch at least 15 eggs in a row in a single game on Level 2.
• Catch 20 Eggs on Level 3 - Catch at least 20 eggs in a single game on Level 3.
• 100 Total Eggs Caught - Catch a grand total of 100 or more eggs.
• Clear All Difficulties - Catch enough eggs to clear each difficulty setting.(Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3)
• King Catcher - Complete all other missions for Egg Catcher.

Once all 100 regular missions are completed, one final mission related to this Sub-Game is unlocked, as part of the "True Extra Missions" category:

• Keep on Catchin' (Level 3) - Catch 28 or more eggs on Level 3 of Egg Catcher.

Tutorial transcript (Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe)[edit]

• "PressA to open Kirby's mouth wide!"
• "Botheggs andbombs will be tossed your way. Try tocatch as many eggs as you can. Don't eat the bombs!"

Trivia[edit]

• In theKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe version,Meta Knight andBandana Waddle Dee use baskets to catch eggs, since they don't have usable mouths like Kirby and King Dedede. In addition, all characters but King Dedede stand on platforms to compensate for King Dedede's relatively large proportions, so as to unify the height of the characters' mouths and baskets (and by extension the location where eggs and bombs would land for each character).^[1]
• Also in theKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe version, if any player gets a perfect score of 30 eggs, their Robo Dedede explodes and can be seen malfunctioning in the background of the results screen. The only exception to this is during a Magoland Tour.

Gallery[edit]

Kirby's Adventure[edit]

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  The start of the game, when King Dedede reveals himself
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  An Egg Catcher game in progress
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  The end screen if Kirby is blown up by a bomb
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  The end screen if Kirby manages to avoid all bombs
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  The end screen if Kirby catches all 30 eggs

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

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  The start of a game
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  Multiplayer gameplay
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  Kirby exploding after eating a bomb
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  Getting a perfect score
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  Results screen after a victory

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