Nightmare
Official artwork of Nightmare fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.
Universe	Kirby
Debut	Kirby's Adventure (1993)
Smash Bros. appearances	SSB4 Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Kirby Air Riders (2025)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Dream Land,Popstar
Created by	Masahiro Sakurai
Voice actor	Hisao Egawa
Article on WiKirby	Nightmare

Nightmare (ナイトメア,Nightmare) is the main antagonist and final boss ofKirby's Adventure and its remake,Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

Origin[edit]

Kirby facing Nightmare inKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

Nightmare is the final boss ofKirby's Adventure and its remakeKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. He attempted to infect theFountain of Dreams in order to spread nightmares to Dream Land's populace. Due to the threat this posed,King Dedede sealed Nightmare away by dismantling theStar Rod, the source of the fountain's power, cutting all of Dream Land off from any dreams in the process.Kirby, believing that Dedede had intentionally sabotaged the fountain out of selfishness, reassembled the Star Rod in full by defeating Dedede's minions, ultimately besting the king himself at the fountain. Once the Star Rod was put back in place, Nightmare was released. Dedede theninhaled Kirby and fired him, along with the Star Rod, off to fight Nightmare in the sky and later Popstar's moon.

Nightmare's design is based onKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, which in turn had borrowed Nightmare's visual redesign from theKirby: Right Back at Ya! anime, where he once again appears as the main antagonist, this time as the head ofNightmare Enterprises (Holy Nightmare Co. in the original Japanese version).

Nightmare's ability to black out the screen originally had no basis in theKirby series and was aSmash-exclusive invention for the character. However, his return as a boss inKirby Air Riders gave him a very similar ability to black out the arena with only the player, a semi-transparent overlay of Nightmare himself, and Nightmare's projectile attacks (indicating his location) being visible.

InSuper Smash Bros. 4[edit]

As anAssist Trophy[edit]

Nightmare inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Nightmare appears as anAssist Trophy. When summoned, he will first appear in his orb form before transforming into his true form, then blacks out the entirety of the screen, forcing players to fight in the dark.

While player tags disappear during the blackout,shields and other special effects do not, and players can use various moves to track themselves in the dark.

Nightmare has a spawn chance of32/1254. He cannot be summoned on the following stages in a standard versus match (applies to both games and only the base form unless noted otherwise):

Nightmare cannot be summoned if the following items are active and vice versa:

• Items: a thirdDaybreak part, a thirdDragoon part, andSmash Ball.
• Poké Ball Pokémon:Palkia,Togepi,Victini, andZoroark.

Trophy[edit]

The Nightmare trophy appears in both versions. InSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U, it is part of theKirby's AdventureTrophy Box.

Nightmare's trophy inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Nightmare's trophy inSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U

Nightmare

This ball of nightmares came from the Fountain of Dreams, taking nightmares to all of Dream Land. King Dedede sealed it away by shattering the Star Rod, but it was revived when the Star Rod was restored by Kirby. In Smash Bros., it hides the stage and the fighters in pure darkness.

:Kirby's Adventure (05/1993)

:Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (12/2002)

This terrible being came from the Fountain of Dreams, bringing bad dreams to all of Dream Land. King Dedede sealed him away by shattering the Star Rod, but when Kirby restored it, Nightmare was able to come back. In this game, he shrouds the stage in darkness, making it impossible for the fighters to see.

:Kirby's Adventure (12/1993)

:Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (09/2003)

InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

As an Assist Trophy[edit]

Nightmare returns as an Assist Trophy, functioning as he has in previous games. Unlike inSSB4, more effects, includingshields, are now obscured in the dark, making it even more difficult to track characters.Training Mode describes his Assist Trophy:Covers the stage in a deep darkness. Can't be KO'd.

Nightmare has a spawn chance of32/2086. He cannot be summoned on the following stages in a standard versus match (applies only to the base form unless noted otherwise):

Nightmare cannot be summoned if the following items are active and vice versa:

• Items:Boss Galaga, a thirdDaybreak part, a thirdDragoon part, andSmash Ball.
• Poké Ball Pokémon:Palkia,Togepi,Victini, andZoroark.
• Assist Trophies:Andross,Arcade Bunny,Ashley,Color TV-Game 15,Devil,Dr. Kawashima,Flies & Hand,Moon,Nikki,Nintendog,Skull Kid,Squid Sisters,Thwomp,Vince, andYuri Kozukata.

Spirits[edit]

Nightmare also appears as two differentprimary spirits. Nightmare Wizard can be obtained byenhancing the Nightmare's Power Orb spirit at level 99.

The Nightmare's Power Orb's Spirit Battle uses aGiantKirby puppet fighter and is fought on the Fountain of Dreams stage. During the battle, Nightmare appears as a hostile Assist Trophy while Kirby starts off with a Star Rod, referencing Nightmare Power Orb's star-shaped attacks.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
341		Nightmare's Power Orb		★★	2	1714	6879	1003	4024	711	2855	Can Be Enhanced at Lv. 99	Kirby Series
342		Nightmare Wizard		★★★★	2	5068	12671	2380	5950	2027	5069	Jam FS Charge	Kirby Series

Gallery[edit]

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  Nightmare inUltimate.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ナイトメア,Nightmare	—
English	Nightmare	—
French	Cauchemar	Nightmare
German	Albtraum-Zauberer	Nightmare Wizard
Spanish	Pesadilla	Nightmare
Italian	Mago Incubo	Nightmare Wizard
Chinese	Nightmare	—
Korean	나이트메어,Nightmare	—
Dutch	Nightmare	—
Russian	Кошмар	Nightmare
Portuguese	Pesadelo	Nightmare

Trivia[edit]

• Rather thanBanjō Ginga, who voices the character in the JapaneseKirby: Right Back at Ya! anime, Nightmare is voiced inSmash byHisao Egawa. This is unlikeMeta Knight andKnuckle Joe, who share their Japanese voices with the anime. Notably, after the release ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, Ginga later returned to voicean alternate version of Nightmare inSuper Kirby Clash.
• Nightmare is the only Assist Trophy from theKirby universe who wasn't introduced inKirby Super Star, instead debuting inKirby's Adventure.

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