Whirlpool AWhirlpool inKirby and the Forgotten Land Details Type Hazard Function Affects movement from far away, drags things down when they get too close Found In water-themed stages Game(s) Kirby and the Forgotten Land Similar to Bottomless pit

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Whirlpool^{[conjectural title]} is a type of environmentalhazard present inKirby and the Forgotten Land. It appears as a raging spiral current inside a pool ofwater. When any item or object, includingKirby, gets too close to a whirlpool, that object will start to be dragged by the motion of the current and gradually pulled inward. Once it reaches the center, control is taken away and the object is sucked down into the water. For Kirby orBandana Waddle Dee, being sucked into a whirlpool has the same effect as falling into abottomless pit: after a brief moment, they take heavydamage and then are returned to the nearest safe area outside the whirlpool. For enemies, items, and other objects, such asKnock-Knock Nuts, being sucked into the whirlpool effectively removes them from the field of play. Enemies in particular can be seen being "defeated" at the bottom of the vortex.

Whirlpools are first encountered in the stageAbandoned Beach, but are found in many other stages from there. They can come in a wide variety of sizes, and may spin either clockwise or counterclockwise. Some of them will move across the surface of the water. InFast-Flowing Waterworks in particular, several rooms have pools that are entirely encompassed by a whirlpool. Kirby can fight the current by jumping with regular timing or sidestep them byhovering over them.

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• There is at least one example of a whirlpool that does not harm Kirby when he is sucked in, instead taking him to a new area. This whirlpool can be found inConcrete Isles (details on that page).

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  Kirby fighting against a whirlpool to get a tin of fish inFast-Flowing Waterworks

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