| “ | N-Zs walk through the worlds, neither attacking nor avoiding Kirby. You can easily avoid N-Zs by leaping over them.” |
| — Description • Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Official Strategy Guide (Prima) |
N-Z is an enemy in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. It gives no Copy Ability when inhaled.
Physical Appearance[]
N-Z is a small spherical creature with a dark gray body and has two large shiny black eyes. It has pointy cat-like ears, and white feet.
Games[]
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[]
N-Z replaces Waddle Dee as the most common enemy in the game, since the only Waddle Dee that appears is one of Kirby's friends. They are just as simple to defeat as Waddle Dees are in other games. Big N-Z can be found in the first stage of Pop Star as a Room Guarder; it simply stands still and summons regular N-Zs one at a time.
N-Z can only be found on Pop Star, Ripple Star, and Dark Star; these are also the only planets where Dark Matter appears, and N-Zs can be seen dropping from the Dark Matter cloud in Stage 3 of Ripple Star. It is also the only enemy that can be found on Dark Star other than the final boss, 0². Because of this, it is implied that N-Zs (or at least, these particular ones) are created by Dark Matter or have some other affiliation with it.
Trivia[]
- These enemies take the place of Waddle Dees in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards because the only Waddle Dee in the game is Kirby's friend. However, Waddle Dees are still the common enemy in most games where Bandana Waddle Dee, who is also often a friendly or even playable character, is present, since Bandana Waddle Dee can be distinguished.
- There is a similar occurrence in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, where the common enemy that functions similarly to Waddle Dee is Cotta. This would occur again in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, with Awoofy taking the role as the common enemy since all Waddle Dees are held captive and are friendly.
- While Waddle Dees do appear as enemies in Kirby Mass Attack, Beanbons take on the role as the most common enemy in that game.
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