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Mini-Game (theme)

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Mini-Game
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Sample of"Mini-Game" fromKirby's Dream Land 3.
Details
Debut appearanceKirby's Dream Land 3 (1997)
Last appearanceKirby: Planet Robobot (2016)
Composer(s)Jun Ishikawa
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"Mini-Game"[conjectural title] is a theme fromKirby's Dream Land 3 associated with theMini-Games in the third stage of each level, as well asMG-5. It was composed byJun Ishikawa.

Composition[edit]

Kirby plays a game.

"Mini-Game" is a relatively short and playful theme in Mixolydian C and 4/4. It has abundant accidentals, including such that blur the line between major and minor. Also present are syncopations in the melody. This melody goes back and forth at a quick pace, first played by a flute-like instrument, and eventually a trumpet in a climactic descending passage ending in repeated notes not unlike the phrases of "Stage: Comical". The accompaniment is simple, not venturing beyond tonic, subdominant and dominant.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Dream Land 3[edit]

InKirby's Dream Land 3, the theme plays during theHeart Star games ofGrass Land - Stage 3,Ripple Field - Stage 3,Sand Canyon - Stage 3,Cloudy Park - Stage 3, andIceberg - Stage 3, as well as the respective Mini-Games inMG-5.

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[edit]

While not directly appearing inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards, the "Battle with Friends" themes ("Battle with Friends: Waddle Dee", "Battle with Friends: Adeleine", "Battle with Friends: King Dedede") are derived from "Mini-Game", each in their own unique way while borrowing elements from the original theme.

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]

Main article:Bomb Rally (theme)

InKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, another partial remix of this theme appears as the theme for theBomb Rally Sub-Game. This variant shares similarities with the aforementioned "Battle with Friends: King Dedede".

Kirby's Return to Dream Land /Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

Main article:Ninja Dojo - Title

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and itsremake feature a new partial arrangement in the form of "Ninja Dojo - Title". This arrangement is also similar to "Battle with Friends: Waddle Dee".

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

InKirby: Planet Robobot, the original version of "Mini-Game" plays in the puzzle rooms ofGigabyte Grounds - Stage 7 EX.

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Music inKirby's Dream Land 3
Main stage and boss themes
Extra area and menu themes
Special themes
Unused
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Music inKirby: Planet Robobot
Menu themes
Stage themes
Boss themes
Themes used in EX stages
Sub-game themes
Cutscene and credits themes
Special themes
Themes for Other Games