Kirby Battle Royale

Kirby Battle Royale
Also known as: Kirby Battle Deluxe! (JP/KR) Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 3DS Released in JP: November 30, 2017 Released in US: January 19, 2018 Released in EU: November 3, 2017 Released in KR: February 1, 2018 This game has unused animations. This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article

This game/console's online features are no longer supported. While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of April 8, 2024) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

To do: *Try to find a way to restore a group of unused Test Maps located in RomFS\map\Project\.

Despite the name, Kirby Battle Royale is not a Battle Royale Game, rather it's a weird mini-game collection with a few notable achievements. It's the first Kirby game to have online play, 3D Copy Abilities, and both top-down 3D and side view 2D modes. From plain brawling to throwing a ball to a flag, there are lots of mini-games to play. The costumes alone will make a hardcore Kirby fan cry with joy! All of the Copy Abilities are tied to different games from different years, too. It also has an Arena mode as one of the minigames, so maybe the title isn't far off after all.

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Prototype Info

Unused Graphics

Character icons

The Training Dummy and Axe Knight have 5 duplicates of the same face icon in their icon file. Every other playable character has 5 other icons for their alternate colors, but since Axe Knight and the Dummy aren't playable, the rest of the icons are the same as their default one and go unused. Additionally, the Soldier Waddle Dees have unused colored character icons, since they actually have alternate colors, but only use the Green, Blue and Orange versions, meaning the Pink, Yellow and Gray versions are nowhere to be seen.

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  The Dummy's icons

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  Axe Knight's icons

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  The Soldier Waddle Dee's icons

Dummy Texture

Found in many model files inside of the folders of RomFS/gfx/Project is an 8×8 black square called "Dummy_", possibly used for testing. Putting it here would be unneeded, since... Well, it's just a black square.

(Source: Vyroz)

Unused Animations

King Dedede

"Test" is an unused animation found in King Dedede's story model. The animation itself only has Dedede about to close his eyes without moving at all for 110 frames.

Revision History

Version 1.0

The base game with no changes/updates.

Version 2.0

Released on December 13, 2017 in Japan, Europe and Australia. It includes the following changes:

• Added the winner of the Copy Ability Poll, Mirror.
• All of the medal text that was altered from the Demo to the 1.0 release was reverted to its Demo properties.

English

Requirement (1.0)	Requirement (Demo and 2.1 onwards)	Unlocked (1.0)	Unlocked (Demo and 2.1 onwards)
Learn more about this game on the Options Menu.	Learn more about previous games on the Options Menu.	(unchanged)
Load at least 20 fuel blocks during battle in Rocket Rumble.	Knock loose at least 20 fuel blocks during Rocket Rumble.	Loaded at least 20 fuel blocks during battle in Rocket Rumble!	Knocked loose at least 20 fuel blocks during Rocket Rumble!
Win 10 battles in a row vs. all CPU Lv. 5 foes in a single-player battle.	Win "all 10" series in single-player mode vs. all CPU Lv. 5 foes.	Won 10 battles in a row vs. all CPU Lv. 5 foes in a single-player battle!	Won "all 10" series in single-player mode vs. all CPU Lv. 5 foes.

French

Requirement (1.0)	Requirement (Demo and 2.1 onwards)	Unlocked (1.0)	Unlocked (Demo and 2.1 onwards)
Faites perdre au moins 20 unités de carburant aux fusées rivales dans Décollage imminent!	Placez au moins 20 unités de carburant dans votre fusée dans Décollage imminent!	Les fusées rivales ont perdu au moins 20 unités de carburant dans Décollage imminent!	Votre fusée a reçu au moins 20 unités de carburant dans Décollage imminent
Remportez la victoire en solo dans le mode 10 batailles contre des ORDI de niveau 5.	Gagnez 10 fois à la suite en solo contre des ORDI de niveau 5.	Vous avez remporté la victoire en solo dans le mode 10 batailles contre des ORDI de niveau 5.	Vous avez gagné 10 fois à la suite en solo contre des ORDI de niveau 5!

Spanish

Requirement (1.0)	Requirement (Demo and 2.1 onwards)	Unlocked (1.0)	Unlocked (Demo and 2.1 onwards)
Descubre más cosas sobre este juego en el menú de opciones.	Descubre más cosas sobre otros juegos de Kirby en el menú de opciones.	(unchanged)
Carga al menos 20 unidades de combustible en Carrera de cohetes.	Derriba al menos 20 unidades de combustible en Carrera de cohetes.	¡Has cargado al menos 20 unidades de combustible en Carrera de cohetes!	¡Derribaste al menos 20 unidades de combustible en Carrera de cohetes!
Gana 10 combates seguidos contra rivales de nivel 5 controlados por el CPU en el modo individual.	En el modo individual, gana en 10 combates contra rivales de nivel 5 controlados por el CPU.	(unchanged)

• Various animations for the Squeaky Hammer piece of headgear were changed so they're facing another angle. Said animations are:
  • HammerAttackMiss
  • HammerBash
  • HammerBashHit
  • HammerBashStart
  • HammerFlip
  • HammerTwirl
  • HammerWheel
  • HammerAttackMiss_1
  • HammerChargeSecond_1
  • HammerFullCharge_1
  • HammerAttackMiss_1
  • HammerBash_1
  • HammerBashHit_1
  • HammerBashStart_1
  • HammerFlip_1
  • HammerTwirl_1
  • HammerWhirl_1
  • HammerNormal_1

1.0	2.1 onwards

Version 2.1

Released on December 27, 2017 in Japan, Europe and Australia, and January 19, 2018 in North America. It includes the following changes:

• Made it easier to gain Ranking Points in an Online Battle.
• Made it so that the player gains Ranking Points even if an Online Battle is cancelled due to an opponent disconnecting.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the game to crash when a rocket is launched in Rocket Rumble.

Version 3.0

Released on February 1, 2018. It includes the following changes:

• Added Kirby’s Sleep Copy Ability, winner of the second Copy Ability Poll.
• Adjusted the strength of certain Copy Abilities. These adjustments are currently unknown.
• In an Online Battle, a Battle Arena match will be terminated if it is taking unusually long due to attacks focused on one player. This will end as an incomplete game that won’t affect Ranking Points.
• One text entry in "SHPrize.msbt" was changed to reflect the addition of Sleep and Mirror.

1.0.0 and 2.1.0	3.0.0
Used all 16 different abilities when fighting in Single Player!	Used 16 different abilities when fighting in Single Player!

• A new text entry to the file "ONDialogue.msbt" was added that reads:

A communication error has occurred due to another player's disconnection. Your ranking will increase by 15 pts.

• All of the motion files of the playable characters were altered, but no differences in animations can be found.

(Source: Vyroz, Nintendo)

Internal Name

Kirby Battle Royale is referred to as "Project" and internally, and is often abbreviated to "Pj" in many files and branches. Kirby Battle Royale is also known to have a second internal name, being "Ibiza", as evidenced by the game's sound archive.