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| “ | You have much yet to learn. | „ |
| ~ One of Meta Knight's victory quotes in the Super Smash Bros. series. |
| “ | This darkness must meet my sword! | „ |
| ~ Meta Knight in Kirby Star Allies. |
Meta Knight is the tritagonist of the Kirby franchise.
He is the enigmatic leader of a group called the Meta-Knights and is Kirby's friendly rival. While he started out as an anti-villain, he eventually became a hero (starting with Kirby and the Amazing Mirror), and one of Kirby's closest friends in the mainline games, though he is still portrayed as an antagonist on some occasions.
In the Super Smash Bros. games, he is voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi in the original Japanese translation and by Eric Newsome in the English translation.
Personality[]
Meta Knight is a stoic, solitary, honorable and passionate swordsman. He constantly strives to be the greatest warrior in the galaxy, as he constantly engages in intense training, and when he summoned Galactic Nova in Kirby Super Star Ultra, his wish was to fight the greatest warrior in the galaxy, Galacta Knight. Most of the time, he gives Kirby a sword before fighting him, unless Kirby is going to accidentally release a villain, such as Dark Nebula.
It also appears that Meta Knight despises laziness, to the point he tried to take over Dream Land and end its lazy lifestyle. For unknown reasons, he likes to hide his face. Whenever his mask is broken, he flees. His solitude is shown when he entered the Mirror World to protect Dream Land by himself.
He also deeply cares about his allies despite his solitude, as he tells his crew to abandon ship when the Halberd is about to crash, and says "I'm sorry." after he said "You are all about to perish. Do as you please."
Biography[]
Kirby's Adventure/Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland[]
Meta Knight makes his first appearance here in 1993 as a boss in the Orange Ocean, although he is never given a proper name. In this game, King Dedede, after splitting the Star Rod into several pieces to prevent the evil Nightmare from wreaking havoc on Dreamland, recruits Meta Knight and the Meta-Knights into his army to protect one of the Star Rod's pieces.
Throughout every world, Meta Knight would send his soldiers after Kirby in order to stop him, although, alternatively, this can be seen as Meta Knight trying to prepare him for Nightmare. He later duels Kirby at the base of his operations, Orange Ocean. When Meta Knight loses, his mask is split in two, revealing his face. He then quickly retreats.
In Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland, the "Meta Knightmare" sub-game is unlocked after clearing the game 100%. In it, Meta Knight rushes through the stages to practice his swordplay, ending once King Dedede is defeated. While stronger and faster than Kirby, Meta Knight only has three health bars compared to Kirby's six, and the player is not given the option to save until the sub-game is over.
Kirby Super Star/Kirby Super Star Ultra[]
Meta Knight appears in the sub-game Revenge of Meta Knight. In this sub-game, Meta Knight plans to end the lazy lifestyle of Dreamland by force by using the Halberd to take it over. However, his plan is foiled by Kirby who defeats him in a duel, destroys the Halberd and escapes on a Wheelie Bike. This is Meta Knight's only villainous role.
In the remake Kirby Super Star Ultra, Meta Knight once again has his own sub-game. This time, it is a relevant story. After going through Kirby's adventures from the original Kirby Super Star (excluding Gourmet Race), Meta Knight revives the comet NOVA and, to become stronger, he wishes to fight the greatest warrior in the galaxy, Galacta Knight. He defeats Galacta Knight and is thus, the greatest (technically one of the greatest) warrior in the galaxy.
In the sub-game Samurai Kirby, Meta Knight appears as the final opponent.
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror[]
In this game, Meta Knight has a more heroic appearance. Right from the get-go he flies to the parallel Mirror World to save it from danger, but is instead kidnapped by his evil Mirror World counterpart, Dark Meta Knight. Dark Meta Knight then proceeds to split Kirby into four separate Kirby's. When the four Kirby's gather all the Mirror Shards, they encounter Meta Knight and his Dark counterpart. The four Kirby's defeat Dark Meta Knight and are sucked into a portal, and Meta Knight tosses his sword after them so they can fight Dark Mind. After Dark Mind is defeated, Meta Knight puts the sword in a pedestal.
Kirby: Canvas Curse[]
Meta Knight serves no role in the main story of Kirby: Canvas Curse, but can be unlocked as a playable character by selling 25 medals only after King Dedede has been unlocked. He moves twice as fast as Kirby and can float in water, but only has three health points. A sword can be heard swinging when he rolls into enemies.
Kirby: Squeak Squad[]
In Ice Island, after Kirby defeats Daroach and his Squeaks and reclaims the chest presumed to hold his Strawberry Shortcake, Meta Knight snatches it away and flees to the Secret Sea. Kirby chases after him and defeats Meta Knight, obtaining the chest. However, Meta Knight was trying to keep the chest away from Kirby, as it held the imprisoned Dark Nebula, which Daroach found out the hard way when he opened the chest and was possessed by the Lord of Darkness.
Kirby's Epic Yarn/Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn[]
Meta Knight in Kirby's Epic Yarn.
Alongside King Dedede, Meta Knight is ambushed by the yarn sorcerer, Yin-Yarn, and warped into Patch Land. He is the boss of the seventh world, Space Land, where he is controlled by a machine producing magical swords. Once Kirby arrives and defeats Meta Knight by snatching and tossing away all of the swords, he aids Kirby and Prince Fluff by warning them of Yin-Yarn’s plot to take over Dreamland on top of Patchland. During the final battle, when Yin-Yarn turns into Mecha Yin-Yarn, Meta Knight drops a Tankbot metamortex for Kirby and Prince Fluff to transform and defeat the sorcerer.
In Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn, Meta Knight appears as the protagonist of one of the game's sub-games, called Slash and Bead. In it, the player controls a flying Meta Knight in an endless sidescroller, slashing down enemies in his way.
Kirby Mass Attack[]
While absent from the actual game, Meta Knight appears in various sub-games as the penultimate boss of Statos Patrol EOS and the boss of Chapter 3 and one of the last opponents of Chapter 4 with Blade Knight and Sword Knight in Kirby Quest.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land/Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[]
In both Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Meta Knight appears as one of the four playable characters. He assists Kirby, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee in reconstructing the Lor Starcutter. Out of the four, Meta Knight is the most serious of the group. He also never shakes hands with Magolor, owning to his anti-social nature. They agreed to help him by getting the missing pieces back and succeeded in doing so. Magolor then brought Meta Knight and the others to his home planet of Halcandra, where they were attacked by Landia. Magolor told them that the dragon was running rampant on Halcandra and Meta Knight and the others agreed to defeat it for him. But when they succeeded, Magolor revealed that he had been manipulating them to obtain Landia’s Master Crown so as to gain infinite power. He headed off to conquer Popstar and Meta Knight and the others followed with help from Landia, successfully defeating Magolor and making it back to Popstar.
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[]
Meta Knight retains his roles in both Kirby's Adventure and Kirby Super Star. His 8-bit sprite appears in the History Hall as a golden statue. He may also greet Kirby after clearing the New Challenge stages.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[]
Meta Knight only appears in the 100% cutscene in the crowd. But he does make several cameos, such as one of Stone Kirby's transformations, one of Circus Kirby's balloons, and five Keychains based on his appearances in Kirby's Adventure, Kirby Super Star, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby: Canvas Curse, and Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Kirby: Planet Robobot[]
When the Haltmann Works Company invades Popstar and begins mechanizing the landscape, Meta Knight attempts to use the Halberd to fight against the HWC mothership, the Access Ark, but the Halberd is shot down within minutes. Afterwards, Meta Knight is captured by the alien invaders and mechanized by their Mother Computer, Star Dream, into a cyborg warrior known as Mecha Knight. Kirby encounters Mecha Knight twice in the game, the first encounter in Gigabyte Grounds and later in the Access Ark center where he is upgraded by Susie Haltmann to become Mecha Knight+, but is once again defeated by Kirby. His mechanic mask shatters, breaking him out of his hypnosis and returns to his senses.
Mecha Knight[]
- Overhead Slash: Mecha Knight will perform a quick strike with little warning.
- Triple Slash: Mecha Knight will slash with his sword thrice.
- In the second phase, this can follow up with a Multisword Attack.
- Drill Stab: At a good distance, Mecha Knight will thrust toward Kirby.
- Up Thrust: Mecha Knight will perform this attack only if Kirby is directly above him.
- Down Thrust: Mecha Knight will stab Kirby from mid-air if he's directly below him.
- Spin Slash: Mecha Knight will charge his sword and spin around while slashing.
- Multisword Attack: In a fan-like motion, Mecha Knight and unleash a Crescent Shot.
- Spinning Beam Sword: Mecha Knight will spin around in the air with a spinning sword strike. He'll continue spinning until he lands.
- Final Beam Sword: Mecha Knight will vertically spin, performing a shockwave as he strikes the ground.
- Crescent Beam Shot: Mecha Knight will charge up and perfrom a Crescent Shot across the stage.
- In the second phase, he can fire three at a time.
- Shoulder Launcher: Mecha Knight will hover in mid-air shooting two missiles to home in on Kirby.
- In the second phase, he'll fire four at a time.
- Eye Beam: Mecha Knight will fire five lasers.
- In the second phase, he'll fire six at a time. He'll reposition himself on the other side of the stage and do it again.
- Spark Tornado Attack: Mecha Knight will spin around and fly around in the air and try to ram Kirby.
- Thunder Tornado: Mecha Knight will stab the ground unleashing a lightning tornado.
- In the second phase, it will sweep across the stage entirely.
Second Phase Only[]
Mecha Knight will raise his sword, which will turn rainbow.
- Plasma Walk: With an electric field around him, Mecha Knight will walk toward Kirby, leaving behind electric conflagrations. He'll end this attack with an electric burst.
- Mega Eye Beam: Mecha Knight will fire four lasers up in the air in the center of the stage, causing debris to fall. He'll fly off the stage until the attack ends in three waves.
- 3D Eye Beam: Mecha Knight will fire the beam and even graze the camera.
- Spinning Beam Sword: Mecha Knight will spin around in the air with a spinning sword strike. He'll continue spinning until he lands.
Mecha Knight+[]
- Mega Beam Sword: Mecha Knight+ will enlarge his blade and can use it in three of his other attacks.
- Triple Slash: From a distance, Mecha Knight+ will easily try to slash Kirby with his blade from the other side of the stage. He will perform it again from the other side.
- Down Thrust: In the air, he'll try to lock on Kirby's current position and try to thrust downwards onto him. He'll perform this attack thrice.
- Spin Slash: Mecha Knight+ will spin his sword in the center of the stage, taking up almost the entire ground of the stage. Lightning will generate directly above him.
- Overhead Slash: Mecha Knight+ will quickly strike with his sword with little warning.
- Up Thrust: Mecha Knight+ will perform this attack only if Kirby is directly above him.
- Multisword Attack: In a fan-like motion, Mecha Knight+ and unleash a Crescent Shot.
- Final Beam Sword: Mecha Knight+ will vertically spin, performing a shockwave as he strikes the ground.
- Crescent Beam Shot: Mecha Knight+ will charge up and perform a Crescent Shot across the stage.
- Shoulder Launcher: Mecha Knight+ will hover in mid-air shooting six missiles to home in on Kirby.
- Eye Beam: Mecha Knight will fire five lasers.
- In the second phase, he'll fire six at a time. He'll reposition himself on the other side of the stage and do it again.
- Glide Sword: Mecha Knight+ will dive across the stage twice.
- Spark Tornado Attack: Mecha Knight will spin around and fly around in the air and try to ram Kirby.
Second Phase Only[]
- Back Arms: Mecha Knight+ will generate a scorpion-clawed tail from his back to hit Kirby. It is used in four variants.
- Arms Punch: Mecha Knight+ will punch Kirby based on his position three times. If Kirby is behind him, Mecha Knight+ will reposition himself.
- Rush Punch: Mecha Knight+ will punch rapidly and attempt to hit Kirby in the fray.
- Arms Grip: Mecha Knight+ will plant his claw tail into the ground and use Crescent Beam Shot from a distance at Kirby five times. Then, he'll reposition himself on the other side of the stage and repeat it.
- Arms Hold: Mecha Knight+ will swing his claw tail and attempt to grab Kirby. The swing will come in from which direction he swings it from. The second attempt will happen much sooner.
- Mega Eye Beam: Mecha Knight+ will fire four lasers up in the air in the center of the stage, causing debris to fall faster than last time. He'll fly off the stage until the attack ends in five waves.
- Plasma Walk: With an electric field around him, Mecha Knight+ will walk toward Kirby, leaving behind electric conflagrations. He'll end this attack with an electric burst.
- 3D Thunder Tornado: Mecha Knight+ will stab the (back)ground unleashing lightning tornadoes to hit Kirby.
- 3D Eye Beam: Mecha Knight+ will fire the beam and even graze the camera.
Shortly after Kirby defeats President Haltmann and Star Dream flies out to destroy all life in the cosmos, Meta Knight arrives with the Halberd and allows Kirby and his Robobot Armor to analyze the Halberd.. Kirby uses his Robobot to absorb and copy the Halberd, and uses it to defeat Star Dream in a stellar dogfight. In the last moments, Star Dream fires a laser at the Halberd, damaging it, and Meta Knight ejects Kirby and the Robobot and pilots the Halberd back to Dream Land while Kirby drills Star Dream through the Access Ark, destroying both machines for good. Meta Knight is last seen observing Popstar returning to normal aboard the Halberd.
In the sub-game "Meta Knightmare Returns", unlocked after completing the game, Meta Knight once again rushes through all of Kirby's stages. After defeating Haltmann in the Access Ark, Star Dream, viewing Meta Knight as its new administrator, creates clones of Dark Matter Blade and Queen Sectonia to test the knight's strength. After Meta Knight defeats the two, Star Dream summons a portal containing Galacta Knight to serve as the third and final test. Galacta Knight seemingly destroys Star Dream by slashing it and engages Meta Knight, only to be defeated and resealed back into his dimension.
Kirby Star Allies[]
Meta Knight is corrupted by a Jamba Heart caused by Hyness' failed attempt to revive Void Termina, and appears as the boss of the second area, World of Miracles - Planet Popstar in the stage Sacred Square. He splits into four clones after taking enough damage, though the real clone takes more damage. After he is defeated and freed from the Jamba Heart, he can join Kirby's team as a Dream Friend and supporting character, where his move set is identical to his appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Alternatively, Kirby can befriend Meta Knight right away by throwing a Friend Heart immediately after defeating him.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land[]
Meta Knight appears as a minor character in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, appearing in the game's Colosseum mode as the final boss of the Meta Knight Cup and a standard boss in The Ultimate Cup, while a previously unencountered and more powerful phantom version of him appears in The Ultimate Cup Z. In the game, it is revealed Meta Knight resisted Fecto Elfilis' brainwashing and stayed behind in Waddle Dee Town to protect the Waddle Dees from the Beast Pack while Kirby was rescuing them, defeating one particularly persistent boss over 30 times.
Other Media[]
Kirby's Pinball Land[]
Meta Knight makes a cameo in the top stage of Kracko's Land, but only if Dedede has been defeated at least once. After defeating Mr. Bright, if Kirby destroys all the stars without defeating Mr. Shine first, Meta Knight will appear in the center of the stage. He does not move nor can be hit.
Kirby's Avalanche[]
Meta Knight is the twelfth and penultimate challenger of the main game, after Kracko and before King Dedede.
Kirby's Super Star Stacker[]
Meta Knight is the sixth opponent in the main game, after Chef Kawasaki and before King Dedede.
Kirby Air Ride[]
Meta Knight appears as an unlockable playable character, unlocked by gliding for half an hour total in the air and by breaking a thousand boxes in City Trial's Free Run mode.
Kirby Fighters series[]
Meta Knight appears as the final boss of Story Mode alongside King Dedede in Kirby Fighters 2. At the last floor of the Story Mode: "The Destined Rivals", he takes the form of "Waxing Crescent Masked Meta Knight" after replacing his mask with the Mask of Dark Bonds (that was given to him by King Dedede). He's also an unlockable playable character after you beat Chapter 4 in Story Mode.
Super Kirby Clash[]
Meta Knight becomes a resident of the Port Village after defeating Pyribbit. He is standing on a ledge behind the Quest Board watching the ocean. He may occasionally take flight.
Kirby Battle Royale[]
Meta Knight is an unlockable fighter, either by clearing the Cake Royale, or by sending save data from the game's demo to the full version. His moveset is identical to the Sword ability, but his hold B attack is the Dimensional Strike.
Super Smash Bros.[]
Super Smash Bros. Melee[]
Meta Knight makes his debut in the Super Smash Bros. series in Super Smash Bros. Melee, appearing as a collectible trophy.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]
Meta Knight in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Meta Knight was one of many newcomers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
In Subspace Emissary, He first encounters Marth and has a brief duel with him, but the two quickly join forces to defeat the Primids attacking them. While chasing the Ancient Minister, they encounter Ike, who becomes their teammate.
Later, the three swordsmen meet a robot known as Galleom and defeat him in the wilds. After saving Lucas and the Pokémon trainer, Meta Knight and the Ice Climbers climb an ice mountain where he duels with Lucario.
After their duel, they board the Halberd and team up with Snake. There they battle False Peach and False Zelda and defeat them returning the Princess to normall. After retaking the Halberd by beating Duon Meta Knight joins the other heroes in the battle against the Subspace Army and their leader, Tabuu after Tabbu knocks the Master Hand unconscious and turns Ganondorf, along with all the heroes (Except Sonic, Toon Link, Jigglypuff and Wolf O'Donnell) into its trophies. After getting free thanks to Kirby he joins the party while getting Bowser, Gannondorf, and Wario to help. After Tabbu's defeat they are all seen standing proudly on the cliff at the end after saving their world from being assimilated into Subspace.
He is currently ranked first in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl tier list, and is notorious in the game due to his extreme power.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[]
Meta Knight returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Meta Knight appears to be heavily nerfed, and is much weaker than his Super Smash Bros. Brawl counterpart, especially with toned down frame data and the removal of Shuttle Loop's glide, although he remains viable.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Meta Knight returns as a playable character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is slightly faster and stronger than he was in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. He has a new Final Smash called "Darkness Illusion" where he summons a lightning bolt to strike foes in the air, then slashes at them repetitively before launching them sideways. Meta Knight is also one of the many fighters who helps to fight Galeem and Dharkon as well as their army of Puppet Fighters.
His Classic Mode campaign is "Two Sides of the Same Coin", where Meta Knight battles two opponents based on characters fighting their evil counterparts, such as battling Samus and Dark Samus. The penultimate match is against two other Meta Knights using the Galacta Knight and Dark Meta Knight costumes.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya![]
Meta Knight appeared as a hero as well as an ally for Kirby in the anime. Originally, he was a Star Warrior alongside Kirby who fought in the war with Nightmare's monsters, as well as one of the only survivors. He assisted Tiff and himself to help Kirby defeat enemies from Nightmare Enterprises that King Dedede has ordered. He is also shown to reveal Kirby's past in Tiff's dream.
Appearance[]
Meta Knight wears his trademark attire, including his silver mask, and his blue (or dark purple depending on the game appearance) Dimensional Cape with gold trimmings, as well as a pair of patched or metallic shoes. He also appears to have yellow eyes(formerly silver, see trivia). He has bat-like wings that normally hide in/become his cape, and flies with them in the games. The wings' first prominent use is in Kirby Super Star, where Meta Knight chased Kirby near the end of Revenge of Meta Knight. In Kirby Air Ride, he can fly with them whenever he takes part in a race. Meta Knight's weapon of choice is usually the Galaxia sword, which is a spiked golden sword with an embedded ruby in the hilt. Under his mask is a face that closely resembles Kirby's but with a dark tone.
Music[]
- Meta Knight victory theme (a electric guitar cover of the Kirby Dance) from the Super Smash Bros. franchise:
Relationships[]
Allies[]
- Meta-knights (Group of soldiers under his leadership).
- Captain Vul (First Officer and Pilot of Halberd).
- Sailor Waddle Dee (Commander of the Halberd's Bridge).
- Heavy Lobster (Security Weapon).
- Kirby (Formally).
- King Dedede (Boss).
- Bandana Dee.
- Magolor (previously).
- Susie Haltmann.
- Tiff and Tuff.
- Marth.
- Ike.
- Ice climbers.
- Lucario.
- Solid Snake.
- Princess Zelda/Sheik.
- Princess Peach.
Enemies[]
- Kirby (Sometimes).
- King Dedede (Sometimes).
- Galacta Knight (rival and archenemy).
- Dark Meta Knight (dark copy).
- Morpho Knight.
- Dark Mind.
- Daroach.
- Dark Nebula.
- Drawcia.
- Yin-yarn.
- Magolor.
- Susie Haltmann (previously).
- Haltmann works corporation.
- The Three mage-sisters.
- Hyness.
- Void Termina.
- Master Hand and Crazy Hand.
- Marth (previously).
- Galleom.
- Lucario (previously).
- Subspace Army.
- Tabuu.
- Master Core.
- Galeem.
- Dharkon.
- Marx.
Trivia[]
- In Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland, Kirby Super Star Ultra, and Kirby: Planet Robobot, Meta Knight has his own sub-games, known as Meta Knightmare, Meta Knightmare Ultra, and Meta Knightmare Returns, respectively, where he's playable.
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the first time Meta Knight had a voice in a game. But Kirby's Avalanche was his first speaking role and Kirby Super Star was his first canon speaking role.
- A rearrangement of the track "Revenge of Meta Knight" from Kirby Super Star won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental, or A Capella, making it the first leitmotif of a video game character to win a Grammy Award, and the second video game track to the win a Grammy Award following 2011's "Baba Yetu" from Civilization IV. Unlike "Baba Yetu", "Revenge of Meta Knight" is a rearrangement of a video game track, composed by Charlie Rosen of the 8-Bit Big Band, making it the first video game rearrangement to win a Grammy.
- While his appearance might say otherwise, Meta Knight is not actually evil, as most of his roles have him challenging Kirby to a fight or doing good deeds (even when he serves as the main villain in Revenge of Meta Knight, he still had the good intention to try and bring Dream Land into a more active lifestyle). Even his role in the TV series Kirby: Right Back At Ya! is more heroic than in the games, as he appears as a sort of mentor, helping Kirby and others, though only when he absolutely has to. He also has a habit of appearing seemingly from nowhere, helping Kirby and his friends in times of need.
- In addition, Meta Knight has a lot of knowledge about Kirby's abilities, explaining them to Tiff and Tuff for every ability's debut. This is possibly due to the fact that he looks like Kirby without his mask.
- Up until Planet Robobot, Meta Knight is depicted as having silver eyes, with his mask tinting them yellow, and making other characters eyes more yellow as well. Since this is the game where he is forcibly turned into a cyborg, and since his silver, detailed eyes bore a closer resemblance to Kirby’s eyes relative to the completely uniform new yellow eyes, a popular fan theory is that the eye color change is a direct result of the augmentation performed on him that for whatever reason was more permanent than the other modifications.
- Meta Knight's appearance in the Story Mode for Kirby Battle Royale has him viewing the situation from above at a remote location, with his cape wrapped around him; this role may be a reference to Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, where he generally observes the situation from a remote area while wrapped in his cape.
- Meta Knight's battle theme from Kirby Super Star was remixed heavily for the battle against the Sphere Doomers in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
- In the E3 2006 trailer for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pit fires at Meta Knight using his bow, causing Meta Knight to enshroud himself in his cape. Doing so gives him minor invisibility and Pit's arrow soars straight through Meta Knight, apparently not affecting him. Meta Knight has never been seen utilizing this ability since then, however, this is likely just a visualization of how his Dimensional Cape works.
- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it can be observed that Meta Knight's visor is not pitch black. When standing in a certain way, it is possible to see blue coloring around his yellow eyes.
- Meta Knight's circumstances in Kirby: Planet Robobot parallel King Dedede's in Kirby Triple Deluxe, as both were kidnapped by the enemy before eventually being controlled to fight Kirby, but are defeated and have their masks shattered. They then assist Kirby to get his Final Weapon to fight the true antagonist, with a little help from a traitor of the antagonist's side.
- In The Subspace Emissary, not counting Mario and Donkey Kong (who have been both a protagonist and a villain), Meta Knight is the only villain character to not play a villainous role.
- Meta Knight alongside Sephiroth are the only characters in Super Smash Bros. that leave the victory screen in their victory animation.
- In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, he is the only boss to fight Kirby - by his own will in the Colosseum.
- Similarly, his Phantom copy is the only Phantom Boss fought in the Colosseum, techinically classifying it as a secret boss.
- In an official poll held on Smabura-Ken (the game's official Japanese website) regarding characters for a potential sequel to the first game, Meta Knight placed 19th with 11 votes, tied with the Legendary Pokémon Lugia. Notably, he received fewer votes than fellow Kirby character Gooey.
External Links[]
- Meta Knight on the Kirby Fandom Wiki
- Meta Knight on the Heroes Wiki
- Meta Knight on the Magnificent Baddie Wiki
- Meta Knight on the Nintendo Wiki
- Meta Knight on Wikirby
- Meta Knight on the Super Smash Bros. Wiki
- Meta Knight on the Mario Wiki
