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Rope

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Rope
ARope platform fromKirby's Return to Dream Land.
Details
TypeDevice
FunctionSuspending platforms above the ground, which can be cut using the right move/ability.
FoundAttached to platforms that Kirby can walk on
Game(s)Various
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ARope (sometimes calledString or aRope Platform) is adevice in theKirby series. It consists of a platform hanging from a string or rope, which can be cut loose using an appropriate attack, such as those from theSword orCutterCopy Abilities. Doing so will cause the platform to fall, which will have various consequences depending on what type of platform the rope was holding, and what may have been laying on top of the platform at the time.

Game appearances[edit]

Rope video game appearances  
GameAppears asNotes
Kirby Super StarDevice
Kirby & The Amazing MirrorDevice
Kirby: Squeak SquadDevice
Kirby Super Star UltraDeviceReprises its function fromKirby Super Star.
Kirby's Return to Dream LandDevice
Kirby's Dream Collection Special EditionDeviceAppears inNew Challenge Stages as well asKirby Super Star.
Kirby: Triple DeluxeDevice
Kirby: Planet RobobotDeviceThis title features a heavier and more durable variety of rope called achain, which can only be broken with theRobobot Armor.
Kirby Star AlliesDeviceChains once again appear in this title, this time only being breakable with the use ofPower Effects.
Kirby and the Forgotten LandDevice
Kirby's Return to Dream Land DeluxeDeviceReprises its function fromKirby's Return to Dream Land.

Kirby Super Star /Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]

Ropes first appeared inKirby Super Star, where they are used mainly to block certain passages unless Kirby has the appropriate ability. The platform to which the rope is attached tends to be athin floor, though it cannot be passed through from above.

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

More applications were applied to ropes inKirby's Return to Dream Land. In this title,enemies anditems were placed on the platforms that the ropes suspended overbottomless pits; this made it either a good or bad idea to cut the ropes and send the platform falling into the pit. In addition, string platforms could also be found in larger and heavier varieties, making them acrushing hazard if Kirby is standing underneath them.

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

InKirby: Planet Robobot, a heavier version of rope exists, known as achain. These can only be cut using the various cutting attacks of theRobobot Armor, and are directly analogous to the smaller string varieties that Kirby himself can cut.

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

InKirby Star Allies, there are multiple variety of ropes. They are as follows:

  • Big Bomb appears in multiple levels, notable for being attached to a hanging rope. Cutting the rope with a normal slicing attack drops the bomb, but does not detonate it, causing it to roll away and respawn. Cutting the rope with aSizzle-based slicing weapon, however, lights the fuse and detonates the bomb.
    • A variant of the Big Bomb,Mega-Big Bomb is found exclusively onGrott Moon and wielded byGrand Mam. The rope for Mega-Big Bombs can only be cut by slicing shots from theFriend Star, and then detonated with a fire shot afterwards.
  • Flame Chain is a special variety of chain that can hold up platforms of all types. This continuously burning chain can be cut by any move that can cut ropes regularly, but only if those moves are infused with theBluster,Blizzard, orSplashPower Effects.
    • Regular chains are also in this game, but are much thicker and require slicing shots from the Friend Star in order to be cut.
  • Trees & Nuts appear in mainly the earlier levels, consisting of a simple nut hanging from a vine. Cutting it down with a slashing weapon causes the nut to open, revealing various items such asfood orPoint Stars.

List of Abilities that can cut ropes[edit]

List of characters that can cut Ropes[edit]

Profiles[edit]

Kirby Super Star[edit]

  • Wii U Virtual Console manual bio:"You can cut it by using a Copy Ability, such as Cutter."

Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]

  • Instruction manual bio (page 21): "You can use a certain ability to cut these."

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

LanguageNameMeaning
Brazilian PortugueseCorda[1]Rope


References