Floria is characterized primarily by a large open grassland area segmented off by tall trees, and with lots of doorways interspersed. After landing in the area, Kirby will quickly find his route forward blocked by one of the trees until he uses one of the doors. Once entering the door, however, Kirby will find that he is in largely the same place, but the season has moved forward from spring to summer. The tree up ahead is still blocking his path, though a number of other changes have been made to the landscape. If Kirby re-enters the doorway he used, the season advances again to fall, and the tree is cleared away. Using this and other doors in the area, Kirby can freely cycle between the four seasons, encountering different obstacles in each one, but ultimately making forward progress toward the right. The door on the rightmost end of the area will take Kirby directly into the boss fight againstTwin Woods.
Kirby hops along near one of the seasonal doors on Planet Floria.
In the summer version of the main area, this essence can be found inside a tree which can only be accessed from the right near the right-end of the area.
In the winter version of the main area, this essence can be found through a doorway buried under a frozen pond. Kirby will need to bust through the ice to get it.
Twin Woods serves as the boss of this planet. It has largely the same attack strategy as its previous appearance inRevenge of Meta Knight, but has higherHealth. In the remake, it also always bears a fall hue, unaffected by the season set at the time the boss fight starts.
The basic concept of switching between different phases of a single area would be reused in two different instances in future games, though not in quite the same way:
In theKirby Star Allies stageExtra Planet α, the first area has doors which switch between a day, evening, and night version.
Floria is referenced through the name ofFloria Fields inKirby Air Riders, though the course otherwise is closer toFantasy Meadows. The Japanese name, フラリア (officially translated as "Floria", though spelled closer to "Flaria"), is also a reference to Floria.
Kirby hops along near one of the seasonal doors on Planet Floria.
Kirby's path to the right is blocked by a tall tree trunk.
Stepping through the first door into Summer
Heading back through to skip to Fall
One more time through to enter Winter
Heading over the tree - reduced to a stump - in Fall
Breaking through the frozen lake to get to a door in Winter
Spotting a frozen waterfall leading into an abyss
Heading toward a hidden doorway in a tree in Summer
Hopping over one more tree stump in Fall to reach the door to the boss
Defeating Twin Woods using Cutter
Planet Floria on the map screen inKirby Super Star Ultra
Stage map (Kirby Super Star Ultra)
