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Moto Shotzo
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Moto Shotzo[Japanese title] is anenemy appearing inKirby Super Star andits remake. It possesses a spherical body with a white upper half that has a cannon attached to it, while four dark, round spheres are affixed to its orange bottom half for support.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby Super Star /Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]
Moto Shotzo debuted inKirby Super Star and later appeared in itsremake. Although its name containsShotzo, the enemy does not resemble a traditional Shotzo much in behavior apart from its ability to fire cannonballs, primarily due to being mobile and destructible. Inhaling and swallowing a Moto Shotzo does not grantKirby anyCopy Ability. It is a somewhat rare enemy, only appearing in two stages of the game (with an extra appearance inKirby Super Star Ultra).
Locations[edit]
Moto Shotzo can be found in the following places inKirby Super Star andKirby Super Star Ultra:
| Moto Shotzo locations inKirby Super Star &Kirby Super Star Ultra | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Appearance? | Stage | Appearance? |
| Green Greens |  | RoMK Chapter 4 | |
| Float Islands | | RoMK Chapter 5 | |
| Bubbly Clouds | | RoMK Chapter 6 |  |
| Mt. Dedede | | RoMK Chapter 7 | |
| Peanut Plains | | Floria | |
| Mallow Castle | | Aquarius | |
| Cocoa Cave | | Skyhigh | |
| Candy Mountain | | Hotbeat | |
| Trial Room 1 | | Cavius | |
| Trial Room 2 | | Mekkai | |
| Sub-Tree | | Halfmoon | |
| Crystal | | ??? | |
| Old Tower | | Purple Plants | |
| Garden | | Illusion Islands | |
| RoMK Chapter 1 | | Crash Clouds | |
| RoMK Chapter 2 | | The Revenge | |
| RoMK Chapter 3 | | ||
Kirby Mass Attack[edit]
In theKirby Mass AttackSub-GameKirby Quest, aKirby rides a Moto Shotzo in one of the Awesome Attacks while guiding a mechanical dragon with boxing gloves calledDragon Tank. This is in reference toTrax, the game from which Moto Shotzo's design derives; the mechanical dragon is the Stage 1 boss in that game.
Trivia[edit]
- Moto Shotzo's design is a reference to the playable tank fromTrax—known in Japanese as 突撃！ポンコツタンク (Totsugeki! Ponkotsu Tanku), roughly "Charge! Junk Tank"—an early 1991Game Boy game developed byHAL Laboratory before they worked on theKirby series.Masahiro Sakurai actually worked on animation and programming forTrax as one of his first assignments at HAL, and the regularShotzo's distinct spiraling bullets were taken from it.[1]
- Moto Shotzo is one of the few enemies inKirby Super Star Ultra whose appearance (in-game sprite) is exactly the same as it was inKirby Super Star.
- Cannons that resemble Moto Shotzo appear in theRocket Rumble minigame inKirby Battle Royale, but they are not confirmed to be the same.
Gallery[edit]
Milky Way Wishes palette fromKirby Super Star
Unused palette fromKirby Super Star
Milky Way Wishes palette fromKirby Super Star Ultra
Unused palette fromKirby Super Star Ultra
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | モトシャッツォ Motoshattso | Moto Shotzo |
References
- ↑"・・・子供でなくても、ポンコツタンクは知らないでしょう。ポンコツタンクとは、４人同時プレイ可能なゲームボーイのゲームで、私がハル研入社時、アニメや仕様を作っていました。なので、爆発パターンやへろへろ弾など、カービィへの布石がいくつか残っていたりします。企画は別のデザイナーです。
...Even if you're not a kid, you probably don't know what Trax is. Trax was a four-player Game Boy game, and I worked on the animation and technical design for it around the time I joined HAL. That's why some parts, like the explosion patterns and spiraling bullets, actually served as groundwork for Kirby. The game's planning was by another designer." –Masahiro Sakurai (Super Smash Bros.official Japanese website)
