Marx Soul

"He absorbed a nova's power to bring back his evil soul... This really is the last battle!"

- Pause-screen description

Marx Soul is a powerful, zombified creature that is made from the paralyzed body of Marx, and all of the parts of the powerful Nova. After Marx is beaten by Kirby and crashes into Nova, they're both caught in an explosion and were both thought to be dead. But it is later revealed that Marx came back to life using Nova's energy (Nova himself was later revived by Meta Knight, presumably after Marx came back to life). However, Marx Soul seems to be dangerously mentally unstable due to the massive energy absorption, and serves as the final impediment of Kirby Super Star Ultra, being fought at the end of The True Arena. He resembles Marx in both strategy and design, with a few fixes and additions here and there. As Kirby lands the finishing blow, Marx Soul unearths a piercing scream, slowly splits down the middle, and both halves explode. Marx Soul is supposedly destroyed for good.

Physical Appearance
Marx Soul greatly resembles regular Marx in terms of his design and his battle tactics. Marx Soul's wings are now dark red as opposed to the golden-yellow ones the regular Marx has. He also has three claws instead of two. The glowing hearts on the wings are bright blue instead of red, and his eyes are now much more menacing. The pompoms on his hat are spiky and larger, whereas in his original form they were smaller and rounder. The ends of his shoes are pointy, and he has an elongated tongue with larger fangs. Marx Soul also wears a tarnished gold necklace (seemingly made from pieces of Nova) around his neck, unlike his regular form, in which he wears a red bow tie. When his full mouth and all of his teeth are shown, they are shown to be jagged and unevenly spaced apart. Strangely, the colors on Marx Soul's hat are switched. Unlike the regular Marx's hat, which has red on the right and blue on the left, Marx Soul's hat has dark magenta on the left and sky blue on the right.

Attacks
Marx Soul has most moves used in his regular form, however he has a few new attacks. The most notable being where he rains down a bunch of paint balls from the ceiling (similar to Drawcia's one attack from Kirby Canvas Curse). These balls will give Kirby the Paint ability when inhaled and swallowed. Unfortunately, Paint strangely does very little damage to Marx Soul. The vines that he sprouts are about twice their original size. Some parts of those vines bloom into roses, causing more damage to Kirby than it usually does. He can also split himself in two and create two huge energy blasts which move along the screen. All of Marx Soul's moves are much stronger than the regular Marx's moves. For example, Marx Soul uses his cutter attack two times in a row, and can move from side to side while charging up an Ice Bomb (not to mention it can be activated in mid-air) making Kirby more susceptible to damage. His energy beam and arrow attacks take up more of the screen, and his black hole attack does more damage and is even used as his opening attack (and he also uses it with much more frequency). He is much faster while hiding underground, making Kirby more susceptible to damage when he springs up. He also springs up faster than Marx.

Trivia

 * He is one of only two zombified boss forms in the Kirby series, alongside Drawcia Soul.
 * Although Marx Soul split in half and was destroyed, he shows up in the movie "Kirby Master" (which is unlocked when the file is complete) in his first form, and cheers for Kirby. The movie has nothing to do with the plot, however.
 * Strangely, Marx Soul is fought after Galacta Knight in The True Arena, even though said Galacta Knight is said to be the "greatest warrior in the universe". Although this may be because Marx Soul is not considered a traditional warrior.
 * Marx Soul has a very terrifying scream when defeated by Kirby. Marx's laughter has become even more demented in his zombified form.

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