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Tortuilding
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| “ | Whoa! Tortuilding's shell is a whole building! This big baddie must be some kind of boss for the smaller beasts. It enjoys basking in the sun, so it climbs to high spots and claims the whole area as its territory. (It must take a long time for this critter to get up there...) | ” | — Figure description fromKirby and the Forgotten Land |
Tortuilding is a giant tortoise-like creature that uses an entire building as its shell, which appears as a member of theBeast Pack and an enemy inKirby and the Forgotten Land and itsNintendo Switch 2 Edition. Like its smaller cousinTortorner, Tortuilding sits in place and slowly swivels around in order to try and extend its neck to bite Kirby if he is in range. Tortuilding cannot beinhaled nor harmed by any regular attack. The only thing that can defeat it is by usingCone Mouth orSpring Mouth to slam the top of its shell to break it, though the size of this creature means Kirby needs to get up high before he can land on the shell. When doing this, Tortuilding's body is revealed to be stubby with a light print of skin resembling a bathing suit, similar to an outline of skin that hasn't been tanned. A variant of tortuilding known asBig Red Tortuilding appears inRedgar Forbidden Lands and itsForgo Dreams equivalent, while another variant known asCrystal Tortuilding appears inStar-Crossed World.
Tortuilding is found exclusively at the end of theDowntown Grassland stage, while two Crystal Tortuildings appear only inMeteor Shower's Arrival. Unlike its smaller cousin, Tortuilding has a few unique interactions with environmental objects. If Kirby is hiding behind a pipe, for instance, Tortuilding will chomp down on the pipe, and get distracted for a moment. A second fragile pipe needs to be bitten by Tortuilding in order to make it weak enough for Kirby to bust open using Cone Mouth. Defeating Tortuilding reveals the golden Waddle Dee cage, and as such, defeating this foe is required to complete the stage.
Its name is a portmanteau of "tortoise" and "building".
Gallery[edit]
A Tortuilding
Encountering Tortuilding in Downtown Grassland
Kirby defeating Tortuilding using Cone Mouth
Tortuilding'sfigure
A Crystal Tortuilding
Encountering Crystal Tortuilding in Meteor Shower's Arrival
Kirby defeating Crystal Tortuilding using Spring Mouth
Crystal Tortuilding's EX figure
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ビルドトータロス Birudo Tōtarosu | Building Tortorner |
| Traditional Chinese | 建築龜塔洛斯 Jiànzhú guī tǎ luòsī | Building Tortorner |
| Simplified Chinese | 建筑龟塔洛斯 Jiànzhú guī tǎ luòsī | |
| Dutch | Pandschildpad | Building turtle |
| French | Tortiment | Portmanteau of "tortue" (turtle) and "bâtiment" (building) |
| German | Baukröte | Portmanteau of "Bau" (building) and "Schildkröte" (turtle) |
| Italian | Tartadifico | Portmanteau of "tartaruga" (turtle) and "edificio" (building) |
| Korean | 빌딩 토탈로스 Bilding Totalloseu | Building Tortorner |
| Spanish | Tortuedificio | Portmanteau of "tortuga" (turtle) and "edificio" (building) |
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