Moonlight Mansion is the second area visited inKirby & The Amazing Mirror. Moonlight Mansion is first entered after completingRainbow Route. This area is one of the nine areas of theMirror World and one of the only two not named after a food, the other being Rainbow Route. It is also one of the three areas consisting of a single building. Hidden deep in the dark mansion,King Golem guards aMirror Shard.
Moonlight Mansion is a medium-sized area and has only a few connections to other locales, specifically Rainbow Route,Olive Ocean, andCandy Constellation. The majority of exploration takes place in the mansion's vast interior. Various enemies (see table below) can be found throughout the many offices, studies, laboratory areas, and hallways between them. Some of the hazards Kirby will encounter include pits, spikes, electrical charges, andGordos. As one of the simplest areas ofKirby & The Amazing Mirror, only a few puzzles challengeKirby in order to progress further. The majority of theswitches,bomb blocks, andmetal blocks are used to access bonus areas andtreasure chests.
Moonlight Mansion is a very segmented area, consisting of four primary regions. The area to the left of the Entry is outside the mansion and is visually similar to the rightward areas in Rainbow Route. The middle-right area is inside the mansion proper in its main rooms. The lower areas are the basement, which can lead to the Boss, and the upper area is a high tower in the mansion which leads to Candy Constellation. Overall, there are 20 normal rooms, one hub, one entry, and one Warp room.
Moonlight Mansion is bordered to the west byRainbow Route, has an access tunnel toOlive Ocean in the south (or down, in this case), which needs to be activated on both sides, and has a one-way Warp toCandy Constellation to the north (or up, in this case).
Moonlight Mansion has two Goal rooms. Completing these rooms takes Kirby and his clones to theGoal Game, then returns them to theCentral Circle of Rainbow Route.
For a full synopsis of what's in each room, click on any room on the map to head to the corresponding page.
The stained glass windows in the background of the room where King Golem is fought, as well as the one directly before it, depict various bosses from the game. From top to bottom, left to right, they showMega Titan,Gobbler, King Golem,Wiz andKracko. Note that the Mega Titan window can only be seen for a short moment right after Kirby enters the boss room. This backdrop is also at least partially visible from a couple other rooms in the mansion.
The first room of the mansion's interior
One of the many halls of the mansion
A treasury split into three chambers
Making connections in the basement
Battle with one of the many Mid-Bosses
Travel through the woods
Approaching the mansion
Cooking a collection ofMinnys
Approaching the top of the mansion
Battle withKing Golem
