“ | Looking like a sleeping dragon, Galbo spends most of the time with his eyes closed, thinking of far-off lands. Get too close, though, and he'll wake up and send a cloud of fire breath your way. Be careful.” |
— Description • Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Official Strategy Guide (Prima) |
Galbo is an enemy in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Dream Land 3. He gives the Burning ability in Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and gives the Fire ability in Kirby's Return to Dream Land onward.
Physical Appearance[]
Galbo is a small, limbless and red dragon-like creature with a white/cream underbelly, a jagged mouth and orange spikes running along its back. He resembles Ice Dragon without arms or legs.
Games[]
Kirby's Dream Land 3[]
Galbo breathes a stream of fire when approached; he otherwise is asleep.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[]
If Kirby holds Galbo over his head, he will breathe fire periodically. In addition to regular Galbo, Big Galbo appears in Stage 1 of Neo Star as a Room Guarder; in addition to summoning Yarikos, two at a time, Big Galbo also periodically breathes out fire. He takes four hits to defeat.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[]
Galbo uses the same attacks from previous appearances. A blue variant, Water Galbo, also exists, which gives the Water ability.
Kirby: Planet Robobot[]
Galbo slowly spins 360 degrees when breathing fire, hitting Kirby if he stands on either side of the enemy.
Other Appearances[]
While Galbo does not return as a regular enemy in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, a monstrous version named Flame Galboros appears as a mid-boss.
In Kirby: Right Back at Ya![]
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“ | With Kirby so attached to that cute little monster, he won't want to fight a big ol' bad one. When the giant Galbo attacks, Kirby's history!” |
— N.M.E. Sales Guy • Hatch Me if You Can |
In Hatch Me if You Can, Kirby finds a Galbo egg in Tokkori's nest, after which the egg eventually hatches. The newborn Galbo, Mini Galbo,[1] becomes out of control and starts to eat everything in sight, but Kirby refuses to scold him for his troubles. It later turns out that Nightmare Enterprises hid the egg underneath Kirby so he would grow attached to him, which was all part of N.M.E.'s plan to help King Dedede defeat him by using a king-sized adult Galbo that looks like the child, which they figure Kirby would be unwilling to attack because he would confuse it with Mini Galbo. Their trick works; Dedede buys the king-sized Galbo, whom Kirby quickly becomes reluctant to attack because of his attachment towards Mini Galbo. Mini Galbo is suddenly confused as to who to side with, and deals with a great amount of pressure. It finally decides to attack the adult Galbo.
The adult Galbo counterattacks and seemingly destroys Mini Galbo with a tremendous blast of fire. Enraged, Kirby becomes Fire Kirby and, with the Warp Star's help, destroys him in the same manner that he did to the Ice Dragon in the past, this time burning him from the inside out and inflating him so much that he explodes. Not long afterwards, Mini Galbo reveals that he had flame-proof skin, much to Kirby's relief. Oddly enough, though Mini Galbo survives, he is never seen again.
Naturally, the Galbos' only real ability was to breathe fire, much like the ones in the games. Also, as opposed to the game Galbos, whose bodies were red, the anime Galbos were colored purple. They also had red or brown spines on their backs instead of orange along with a green tongue.
Trivia[]
- In Kirby: Right Back at Ya! the baby Galbo is one of the three monsters to have befriended Kirby; the others are Chilly and Phan Phan.