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“ | Kirby's not the only hero! Helpers can be heroes, too! We'll prove it in an all-star battle!” |
— Helper to Hero • Kirby Super Star Ultra |
Helper to Hero is a mode in Kirby Super Star Ultra that is unlocked after defeating thirteen bosses or more in The Arena.
It pits the player against a set of 14 bosses, but instead of controlling Kirby, the player chooses to control any one of the twenty Helpers in the game (including Sword Knight, and excluding the Starship helper). Unlike the other boss medleys in the game, the battles actually follow a specific order throughout the entire arena.
Beating Helper to Hero with all Helpers places a ribbon on the mode selection and bottom screen of the Helper to Hero title screen, and unlocks movie 00, which consists of cutscenes from the original Kirby Super Star. Although beating the mode with all helpers unlocks the final cutscene in the game, it is only necessary to beat it with only one of the Helpers to get a full completion of the file.
Playable Characters[]
- Knuckle Joe
- Parasol Waddle Dee
- Chilly
- Blade Knight
- Simirror
- Sir Kibble
- Plasma Wisp
- Waddle Doo
- Poppy Bros. Jr.
- Gim
- Birdon
- Bio Spark
- Bonkers
- Burning Leo
- Capsule J2
- Bugzzy
- Tac
- Wheelie
- Rocky
- Sword Knight
Bosses[]
With the chosen Helper, players must defeat 13 bosses chosen from the Kirby Super Star game modes, and a new final boss, Wham Bam Jewel, who appears after defeating Wham Bam Rock.
- Whispy Woods
- Mid-Boss All Stars 1 (Chef Kawasaki, Bonkers, Bugzzy)
- Kracko
- King Dedede
- Dyna Blade
- Fatty Whale
- Chameleo Arm
- Mid-Boss All Stars 2 (Poppy Bros. Sr., Mr. Frosty, Iron Mam, Jukid)
- Twin Woods
- Heavy Lobster
- Computer Virus (Magician, Evil Knight, Great Dragon)
- Meta Knight
- Wham Bam Rock → Wham Bam Jewel
Players access the rest area between each fight. There are three Maxim Tomatoes in the rest area. Upon taking one, the next time the player enters that room, a regular tomato will take its place. Once taken, it will not reappear.
Unlike The Arena, the rest area contains a tent with a path to the colosseum and a sunset in the background. Upon reaching Wham Bam Rock, the rest area turns to night and the background music becomes Dyna Blade's Nest.
Related Quotes[]
“ | Beat 13 foes as one of many Helpers! Master each one!” |
— Game Mode Explanation • Kirby Super Star Ultra |
Trivia[]
- The overall tone of Helper to Hero is very condescending compared to most other modes:
- Discouraging and sarcastic phrases rather than encouraging ones appear when a Helper is defeated (e.g. "Try to be a hero!"), similarly to the messages displayed in The True Arena.
- The Computer Virus boss also refers to any chosen Helper as "the Helper" instead of their name, and when defeated, displays "The Helper defeated all the enemies!" before closing its windows, as if doubting its own loss.
- Meta Knight stands on his starting platform longer than usual, implying that he does not even notice that the Helper is challenging him. This may be to compensate for the fact that there's no sword to grab, as grabbing it causes Meta Knight to initiate the fight otherwise.
- Wham Bam Rock's name isn't acknowledged and is called "???." Unlike the four "???"s in The True Arena (which are Masked Dedede, Wham Bam Jewel, Galacta Knight, and Marx Soul), the identity of Wham Bam Rock is not revealed even when the Helper fights against it.
- During a two-player challenge, Wheelie cannot be ridden by another of its kind. This is probably because Kirby gets the Wheelie Rider ability when ridden, while Helpers stick to one ability.
- The music that plays in the rest area is a slower, calmer remix of the music that plays on the stage select screen of Ripple Star from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. This arrangement was remixed in Kirby: Triple Deluxe as the music for the rest area in The Arena.
- The requirement of needing to complete at least 13 rounds in The Arena (provided that Meta Knightmare Ultra hasn't already been completed) is a reference to the fact that Helper to Hero also has 13 rounds, even if the randomized order in the former means that in certain cases, not every boss can be faced in The Arena before being fought again in Helper to Hero.
- Bonkers' color scheme is similar to his official artwork in Kirby's Adventure.
- Bio Spark, Chilly, Bugzzy, Plasma Wisp, Poppy Bros. Jr, Rocky, and Sword Knight are the only Helpers that don't appear in boss icons.