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Mirror World
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TheMirror World (also written in lowercase asmirror world[1], and alternatively referred to asMirror Country[2] orMirror Land[3]) is a world that lies in the sky, accessible through a magicalDimension Mirror high aboveDream Land. First appearing inKirby & The Amazing Mirror, it is said to be a peaceful realm similar to Dream Land, and is named after its many mirrors that are able to make wishes come true.
Though similar to Dream Land in many respects, the Mirror World has little in common geographically with the more familiar world. It has very few open plains, being instead covered primarily with forest. Despite being located in Dream Land's skies, it has very little in the way of cloudy terrain (unlike Dream Land), and its mansion has no analogue to Dream Land. However, it shares many common creatures with Dream Land. The areas are linked together with theCentral Circle, which also contains a Dimension Mirror.
The Mirror World is the setting for the gameKirby & The Amazing Mirror. It containsall the areas Kirby needs to visit in order to complete the game. During the game, an evil being calledDark Mind attacked the peaceful world and spread chaos by causing the mirrors to create sinister reflections. WhenMeta Knight gets into a fight with hisevil reflection and disappears into the Mirror World, Kirby enters the realm in search of him, and ends up saving the world by collecting the eight Mirror Shards of the Central Circle's Dimension Mirror and defeating Dark Mind (with the help ofthree copies and hismirror counterpart).
The Mirror World briefly appears as the setting for the finalboss battle inDededetour inKirby: Triple Deluxe.Queen Sectonia had obtained the Dimension Mirror as a tribute fromTaranza, who stole it from the Mirror World; after defeating Queen Sectonia DX, King Dedede finds the mirror and battles his reflection,Shadow Dedede. Following that, he enters the mirror and fights Dark Meta Knight — who had been sealed in the other Dimension Mirror — within the Mirror World. After winning the battle, King Dedede traps Dark Meta Knight in the Dimension Mirror and destroys it. Dark Meta Knight's battle inThe True Arena is also set in the same area in the Mirror World. The Dimension Mirror's appearance in this game was chosen, in part, due to the Mirror World being in close proximity to the game's setting ofFloralia, which is also located within the skies of Dream Land.[4]
Locations[edit]
Locations of the Mirror World include these areas:
- Rainbow Route
- Moonlight Mansion
- Cabbage Cavern
- Mustard Mountain
- Carrot Castle
- Olive Ocean
- Peppermint Palace
- Radish Ruins
- Candy Constellation
- Dimension Mirror (level)
In theKirby novel series[edit]
In theKirby novel series, the Mirror World makes an appearance inKirby's Labyrinth Rescue!.Kirby and his friends go through theDimension Mirror into the Mirror World to rescueMagolor's supposed friend who got trapped in the Great Labyrinth of the Mirror. They travel through it but get lost in the labyrinth. For helpingElline andClaycia, they gain a canvas that by drawing on it can transform Kirby into theKirby Rocket, which they use its radar to navigate in the maze. In the innermost part of the labyrinth, they find the true Dimension Mirror andTaranza, the one that Magolor called his friend. They learn that the reason that Taranza was sealed inside the Mirror World was because of his desire for help, which the Dimension Mirror responded to by swallowing him and sealing its true power in the labyrinth. With the conflict over, Kirby and his friend leave Mirror World and Taranza returns toFloralia.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | 鏡の国 カガミのくに カガミの国[5] Kagami no Kuni | Mirror World 国kuni is usually translated literally as "country", but is understood in fictional media to mean "land" or "world" (i.e. the Japanese version ofAlice in Wonderland translates "Wonderland" as ふしぎの国fushigi no kuni). |
| Traditional Chinese | 鏡之國 jìng zhī guó | - Mirror Country |
| Simplified Chinese | Mirror World 镜之国 jìng zhī guó | |
| French | Monde Miroir | Mirror World |
| German | Spiegelwelt | Mirror world |
| Italian | Mondo degli Specchi | World of Mirrors |
| Korean | 거울 나라 geoul nala | Mirror World 나라nala is usually translated literally as "country", but is understood in fictional media to mean "land" or "world" (i.e. the Korean version ofAlice in Wonderland translates "Wonderland" as 이상한 나라isanghan nala). |
| Spanish | Mundo de los espejos | World of mirrors |
References
- ↑"High above the skies of Dream Land,the mirror world needs help!" –Narrator (Kirby & The Amazing Mirror)
- ↑"One of many statues found inMirror Country, far up in the skies of Dream Land. Typically inert, Golems will only move to attack if Kirby draws near. Other Golems protect treasure chests, and some get shot from the mouth of the King Golem. Kirby can inhale Golems with a super inhale to copy the Stone ability." –Golem's trophy description (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
- ↑"The second character is Dark Meta Knight from the Kirby & The Amazing Mirror game. Dark Meta Knight is a shadow of a powerful knight that made a great impact on aMirror Land, located high above Dream Land." –Tatsuya Kamiyama (Nintendo Switch News Channel -Kirby Star Allies Channel #7)
- ↑"The island kingdom of Floralia floats in the air above Dream Land, but nearby there's another realm that featured in a previous game in the Kirby series. You may have guessed that I'm talking about the Mirror World, from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror for Game Boy Advance. [...] The Dimension Mirror was chosen to play this important role to emphasise the proximity of the two realms, provide a fun reference to the earlier game, and help establish the story of Kirby: Triple Deluxe in the wider context of the series, among other reasons." –Shinya Kumazaki (Miiverse)
- ↑Kirby Fighters 2
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