Castle Dedede, sometimes referred to as Dedede's Castle, is a recurring location or locations in the Kirby series. In all games, this castle serves as King Dedede's home and sometimes the last level. Castle Dedede is seen in different environments from game to game, suggesting that multiple castles go by this name.
Castle Dedede is located at the peak of Mt. Dedede. Kirby enters Castle Dedede in order to defeat King Dedede and take back all the food he stole. Kirby first enters a room with four doors, in which he can go through in any order. After Kirby defeats the bosses at the end of each door's path, he can enter the Castle's boxing ring and face off against King Dedede. The windows of the small fortress appear to look like scowling eyes, which turn to sad-looking eyes after Kirby defeats King Dedede and sends him flying out of the castle. Kirby then grows to an enormous size and carries the castle across Dream Land, returning the food to everyone by a hole on the bottom of the Castle.
While not known if it is Castle Dedede itself, Dark Castle, a large palace taking up the bulk of the last Rainbow Island, is similar in appearance to the castle on Mt. Dedede.
Castle Dedede is located on Mt. Dedede in Spring Breeze. It's exactly the same as in Kirby's Dream Land, except it only contains a room with enemies that give Copy Abilities
In Kirby Super Star Ultra, Castle Dedede appears in Revenge of the King in the level The Revenge. Kirby navigates throughout the castle and fights the king's servants. Once he has defeated all of them, Kirby enters the boxing ring and fights Masked Dedede
Castle Dedede is located at the edge of Iceberg. It is a strange tower that shares King Dedede's color scheme, but contains the looming eye of Zero. Kirby eventually finds his way into the castle and confronts a possessed King Dedede at the top.
Castle Dedede is located in or near a forest. Kirby navigates throughout the castle and eventually reaches the top where he fights a once again possessed King Dedede.
Castle Dedede is located on a cliff in Prism Plains, where Kirby fights King Dedede after accusing him of stealing his cake. The castle resembles its counterpart in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. In fact, there is a device in King Dedede's room that resembles the teleporter in the anime, where King Dedede receives monsters from Nightmare Enterprises. After the initial confrontation with Dedede, if Kirby returns to Prism Plains, it can be seen that the castle's main chamber and roof had collapsed. Either the Squeaks broke it during their break-in or Dedede threw Kirby into them with such force that it caved in the roof.
Head to Castle Dedede, and overcome its formidable defenses. Jump across giant cannonballs, avoid row after row of spikes, and uncover secret passages to well-guarded rooms. Show Yin-Yarn he's not the king of this castle!”
— Official guide
Castle Dedede is the 47th stage in Kirby's Epic Yarn and its port, Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn. It is also the fourth stage in Dream Land. It comes after Cloud Palace and precedes Yin-Yarn. There is no metamortex in the stage.
In the opening and ending cutscenes of the games, Castle Dedede can be seen on a hill. The castle appears just like its counterpart in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
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The main features of this stage are the multitude of cannons spread throughout the stage that test the player's jumping and timing skills. There are hidden doors throughout the entire place leading to hidden rooms. These rooms are filled with beads, treasures and other goodies. There are also enemies as well as pictures of the enemies in the room. In order to unlock these treasures, Kirby has to defeat all of the enemies in the room.
Castle Dedede is located on an island in the middle of Dedede Resort. It's made up of four walls, four towers, and a giant dome in the middle. The interior is made of sweets. The Kirbys make their way into the castle and fight King Dedede.
In the opening of Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Castle Dedede was lifted into the sky by the Dreamstalk, ending up next to Kirby's house. It appears to be the very same castle seen in Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby Super Star. Once Kirby awakens, he sees Castle Dedede and heads towards it, only to see Taranza enter it. Taranza kidnaps Dedede and breaks through the ceiling, with the Castle's windows once again turning into sad-looking eyes.
At the end of both credits, Castle Dedede can be seen on a small hill.
Castle Dedede is the same as in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, though this rendition is much larger and pays homage to the medieval era. In the opening cutscene, During the Haltmann Works Company's invasion, King Dedede tries to fight back by using the castle's cannons. Nevertheless, it is effortlessly destroyed by the Access Ark's defense sentries and is not seen again until the game's end as a pile of rubble.
Castle Dedede is the same as in Kirby: Planet Robobot. A Jamba Heart piece crashes into it in the opening cutscene, resulting in Dedede being possessed by it. Kirby visits the castle in the stage Clash at Castle Dedede.
This section contains information that does not coincide with the main series canon.
Castle Dedede in the anime.
King Dedede has many castles throughout the Kirby games, though he only seems to have one in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
The castle is made of yellow bricks on the outside, with the towers having red tops. It has a fountain and courtyard in its outside. The inside of the castle has green bricks in its walls throughout the hallways. The castle consists of Dedede's throne room, which has a monster transmitter that is linked to the one in the command center of Nightmare's Fortress, as well as Tiff and Tuff's family's living room, Meta Knight's living room, the dining hall, the castle kitchen, the bathrooms, Dedede's bedroom and balcony, Escargoon's bedroom, the library, and even the dungeon, where the Channel DDD studio is located. Various statues of Dedede himself, as well as his faceprints, can be seen throughout the castle. One of the castle's towers also has an observatory in it.
Taranza, the Master of Puppetry (Star Allies Arrange ver.)
The Great King Dedede has Arrived!
Taranza Sees Right Through You!
Another Swordsman and King's World to Win
Dedede Gogogo
Giant Masked Dedede RMX
VS King D-Mind RMX
Dedede Arena
VS. Shadow Kirby Ver. 1
VS. King Dedede & Meta Knight ver. 2
Stage of the Partners Who Shook the Heavens
Roar of Dedede
Masked and Wild: D.D.D
King Dedede's theme is as timeless as the Kirby series itself, as the portly penguin king features as Kirby's main antagonist throughout the games, and is the final boss in Kirby's Dream Land, the first in the series.
The musical motif is recurrent throughout many games and is not limited to contexts involving Dedede directly. The only notable confrontation against Dedede where some variation of the theme does not play is in Kirby's Adventure, when fighting him at the Fountain of Dreams.
Kirby Super Star introduces an extended version of the theme music, which includes Kirby Super Star's main leitmotif, which has been used ever since.
Mt. Dedede is the final level in Kirby's Dream Land. It doesn't have much of a musical theme as the level is essentially a series or doors to bosses, and Kirby was not expected to stay in the main area for long. The music resurfaced in Kirby Super Star and was used again as the background music in the configuration screen of Kirby Super Star Ultra.
The music that plays in the stage from Kirby's Epic Yarn is a remix of Gourmet Race's theme from Kirby Super Star.
The CD in this stage incorrectly states that Gourmet Race's theme came from Kirby's Dream Land. This is likely a localization error, as Hoshi no Kirby can mean either Kirby's Dream Land or the Kirby series as a whole; the latter was likely the intended meaning.
The second portion of the stage in Kirby's Epic Yarn takes its appearance directly from The Revenge from Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Dedede Arena
Dedede's Castle appears in the distance in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse’s introduction.
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