Yaban Artwork ofYaban fromKirby's Dream Land 3. Details First game Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) Copy Ability None Similar entities Yariko

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In-game sprite

Yaban is an enemy appearing inKirby's Dream Land 3. Yaban is a round, peach-colored creature with two round hands of the same color as its body and a pair of oval, jungle green feet. Of its face, only a perpetually emotionless mouth and two rosy cheeks are visible, the area where its eyes would be being obscured by its green hair, which is tied up in a knot at the top. In one of its hands, the Yaban holds a woodenlongbow.

These comparably large enemies are encountered relatively early in the game, first appearing in the final stage ofGrass Land, and are found in every level, making their final appearance in the second-to-last stage ofIceberg. Each Yaban remains stationary until approached byKirby, at which point it leaps straight into the air and, at the climax of its jump, uses its bow to shoot an arrow diagonally downwards, which remains stuck in the ground for a short amount of time and can harm Kirby even after it has landed. As the Yaban's projectile is always fired into the same direction and from the same point, however, its target can be easily predicted, allowing Kirby to avoid it. Yabans are vulnerable to any attack, but yield noCopy Ability when inhaled and swallowed.

Locations[edit]

InKirby's Dream Land 3, Yaban can be found in the following levels and stages:

Yaban locations inKirby's Dream Land 3
Stage	Grass Land	Ripple Field	Sand Canyon	Cloudy Park	Iceberg
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6

InKirby: Right Back at Ya![edit]

Yaban makes a tiny cameo appearance as amonster in theKirby: Right Back at Ya! episodeCowardly Creature. It is shown briefly training as part of the "Young Monsters of the Future" program run by monster clowns, using a jump rope. Strangely, Yaban is light pink in its appearance here, as opposed to its coloration inKirby's Dream Land 3.

Trivia[edit]

• InKirby: Planet Robobot, whenPresident Haltmann is defeated byKirby, he insults Kirby and the other inhabitants ofPopstar by calling them "savages". In the Japanese version, Haltmann says 「ヤバン」, which is the same as Yaban's Japanese name.

Names in other languages[edit]

• Enemies in Kirby's Dream Land 3
• Ability-neutral creatures
• Monsters

• Articles which list Japanese names