Samurai Kirby

Samurai Kirby is a reflex-based mini-game in the Kirby series. In it, Kirby and an opponent, wearing samurai styled clothing, have a showdown with each other. The objective is to press a button faster than the other opponent when "!" appears. If a player presses a button too soon, the showdown will start over. Kirby has to face five opponents in the game.

Opponents

 * Waddle Doo
 * Wheelie
 * Chef Kawasaki
 * King Dedede
 * Meta Knight

Quick Draw
In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, the old Quick Draw mini-game from Kirby's Adventure was replaced in favor of an updated version of Samurai Kirby. Kirby fights against the same enemies like he does in Samurai Kirby, but this time he only uses the fan as his weapon. A new addition is that there is an option of a competitive multi-player mode, which can allow for up to 4 players. In the English version, this game retained Quick Draw's name from the NES game, which resulted in some confusion among fans. The Japanese name shows that this is an update of Samurai Kirby, however.

Appearances

 * Kirby Super Star
 * Kirby Super Star Ultra
 * Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Trivia

 * A similar game also appeared in Kirby's Adventure also called Quick Draw, only this game had a cowboy theme instead of samurais. This was replaced by a stylized Samurai Kirby in the remake, but the English translation kept the Quick Draw name. Regardless, the mini-games are incredibly similar.
 * This is an unlockable sub-game in Kirby Super Star Ultra. This is one of two nostalgic sub-games, the other being Megaton Punch. It is directly ported from the SNES version of Kirby Super Star, and thus does not see any of the enhancements featured in the DS version. The only difference is that there is no two player mode.
 * Strangely enough, Meta Knight has no eyes visible through his mask, but has his usual face underneath.
 * For every enemy Kirby uses a different weapon:
 * Waddle Doo is hit with a paper fan.
 * Wheelie is hit with a squeaky toy hammer.
 * Chef Kawasaki is pied in the face.
 * King Dedede is hit with a party popper cone.
 * Meta Knight is slashed with a sword.