Strato Patrol EOS Title card forStrato Patrol EOS. Details Type(s) Arcade Shoot-em-Up Levels 6 Players 1 Appears in Kirby Mass Attack

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Strato Patrol EOS is aSub-Game inKirby Mass Attack, available in the Extras menu once 35Medals have been obtained. It is unconfirmed what "EOS" stands for, but theMusic Player implies that it may stand for "Explorer of Space".

Stato Patrol EOS plays like a classical arcade space shooter, with the Kirbys functioning as the ship(s). They will fire stars continuously from their mouths, and need only be maneuvered using the stylus. Courses consist of scrolling areas where enemies come in that need to be shot down. Among them areSkullys who may be carrying extra Kirbys. These Kirbys can be freed by shooting down the captor Skully. When multiple Kirbys are on the field, they will follow the stylus in a snake-like pattern. Up to 10 Kirbys can be kept this way. Additionally, power-ups can be collected on the field which increase the Kirbys' firepower. As a last resort, the player also has a Panic Button (pressed using L or R) which fires a bunch of largeStar Bullets that take up most of the screen. One of these is awarded per stage cleared. A score multiplier is present, which increments for each enemy and projectile gunned down, and resets for each enemy left undefeated.

There are six stages in total. They are summarized as follows:

• Stage 1 is a flight over the plains. Few obstacles are present, and the player has an opportunity to gather Kirbys here. The boss isWhispy Woods.
• Stage 2 is a flight over the ocean, where enemies become much more numerous. The boss isKracko.
• Stage 3 is a flight high into the sky. The bosses areMr. Shine & Mr. Bright.
• Stage 4 is a flight through space, with many asteroids in the way. The bosses are theMeta-Knights.
• Stage 5 is a flight through theHalberd, with many retracting walls and conveyors with crates containingGordos orSkullys. The boss isMeta Knight.
• Stage 6 is the final stage, and is a battle withNightmare, in both orb form and wizard form.

To clear this Sub-Game, all six stages must be completed.

Enemies in Strato Patrol EOS[edit]

Trivia[edit]

• Strato Patrol EOS and its name, logo, title screen, and gameplay are a wholesale reference to宇宙うちゅう警備隊けいびたい SDF (Uchū Keibitai SDF, "Space Defense Force SDF"), a vertically-scrolling shooter released byHAL Laboratory for theNES in 1990.
• TheGame Over screen for this Sub-Game depicts theN.M.E. Sales Guy fromKirby: Right Back at Ya!.
  • In the Japanese version of the game, a large blue text that says "HOLY NIGHTMARE" is displayed on top of the N.M.E Sales Guy, which further references his appearance on the television screen in the anime, even having a matching blue spotlight background. The international versions replace it with a purple curtain-like background similar to the background used in most international versions of the anime.
• Unused sprites inKirby Mass Attack suggest thatKing Dedede was planned to be playable alongside Kirby. Data suggests he would have played similarly to Kirby, but having hammers as projectiles instead.

Gallery[edit]

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  Kirby cruises through the grasslands of Stage 1
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  Battling Whispy Woods
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  Clearing a stage
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  The Kirbys fly throughGordos in Stage 2
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  Battling Kracko Jr.
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  Battling Kracko
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  The Kirbys contend with aBugzzy and someBronto Burts in Stage 3
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  BattlingMr. Shine and Mr. Bright
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  Busting through asteroids in Stage 4
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  Javelin Knight andMace Knight engage against the Kirbys
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  Trident Knight andAxe Knight also confront the Kirbys
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  BattlingMeta Knight
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  Nightmare's Power Orb on the horizon
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  Nightmare and the Kirbys clash in the final battle
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  Completion screen

Names in other languages[edit]

• Sub-Games

• Articles which list Japanese names
• Articles which list Korean names