Kirby Fighters 2

Remember that side-game in Kirby: Triple Deluxe that managed to get an updated standalone release? Well, now it has a sequel, but this time, Dedede and Meta Knight use the power of love to thrash Kirby's ass. Cool!

To do: A bit of stuff: Data relating to a possible 3D Kirby game (most likely Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Double check this when the game releases). Text differences between the American and European English, French and Spanish localizations. Character/boss/item/mode/etc. name changes across all the localizations: Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Korean, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

eShop Demo Leftovers#

The game contains most of the assets made specifically for the eShop Demo, which released a few days later after the original game's launch. Things such as text, logos and even code still remains.

Logo#

These are the "Demo" graphics that are supposed to go below the logo, both in English and Japanese.

Text#

Every single message from the Demo is here, completely translated into every language. Please not that, despite there being both an EU_English folder and a US_English folder, they're both identical in content.

Tips.msbt#

TitleMenuBody.msbt#

Unused Character Textures#

Kirby#

Despite only Pink, Yellow, Blue and Green Kirby being playable in-game, updated textures for Chalk, Navy and Red Kirby from Kirby Fighters Deluxe exist within Kirby's model file, located in RomFS/gfx/Fight/Hero/Kirby/Base/.

Additionally, Ghost variants also exist, including one for Shadow Kirby, who could only turn into a Ghost in Kirby Fighters Deluxe due to his playable status in that game.

Shadow Kirby#

Additionally, Shadow Kirby also has an unused texture found in RomFS/gfx/Fight/Hero/GhostShadow/GhostShadow.bfres which is the Kirby Fighters Deluxe color version of Shadow Kirby. However, it is 256x256 compared to its 64x64 3DS counterpart. Which could mean Shadow Kirby was planned to use that color but changed sometime during development.

King Dedede#

Parallel Dedede's textures from Kirby Star Allies are located inside RomFS/gfx/Fight/Hero/DededeGhost/DededeGhost.bfres, the file for Dedede's Ghost model. It's unknown why they're here, but they were must likely used as a placeholder while developing the final battle. This is just mere speculation, though.

Meta Knight#

Similarly to the case above, Meta Knight's model file, located in RomFS/gfx/Fight/Hero/Metaknight/, hosts Parallel Meta Knight's textures from Kirby Star Allies. Once again, it may be possible that these were used while developing the final battle.

Unused Music#

Inside the Sound Archive of the game, located in RomFS/snd/Fizz/, an intro-less version of Kirby's Return to Dream Land's arrangement of Green Greens lies within the 47th wave archive (WARC_47_GUESS_B_SYS_FIZZ). This is unusual, as music in Kirby games is never stored in Wave Archives. Additionally, another unused track is present inside the 49th Wave Archive. The tune sounds like it could've been used when running out of time in a story mode match, or when building up to an event.

Unused Moves#

Magolor#

Remnants of Magolor's "Magoloran Launch" technique from Kirby: Star Allies exists in the game, including its model. It can be accessed by doing a lot of Mint edits, but otherwise, it's basically unusable. It has only one state, no hitboxes, and cannot be launched. The projectile itself is called MahoroaLor in the game's main Mint file, identified with the hex value 161.

Ninja#

Ninja's ability to perform the "Quad Shock" move in the air like in Kirby's Return to Dream Land is back once again. It was also originally unused in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, the original Kirby Fighters, and Kirby Fighters Deluxe. The Mint of the move was updated significantly, as the "TryToChangeState(Scn.Fight.Hero.Obj)" function under "StateSlashReverse" resembles the move's code in Kirby Star Allies more than Triple Deluxe‍ '​s or Fighter Deluxe‍ '​s. However, it's disabled in a similar way, where the "Scn.Fight.Hero.Obj.footState()" and "Gobj.FootState.isGround()const" instructions tell the move to only be usable while Kirby is on the ground.

public return bool TryToChangeState(Scn.Fight.Hero.Obj)

fenter 21, 1, 2
ldsrsr r5, r1
calltr r4, Scn.Fight.Hero.Obj.footState()
calltr r3, Gobj.FootState.isGround()const
ldsrsr r2, r3

Removing the last 3 lines shown above from the function causes the move to work in both the air and the ground. When it's used in the air, the move makes use of an animation that has been unused since Kirby: Triple Deluxe. In addition, the "TryToChangeStateVSDedede(Scn.Fight.Hero.Obj)" function from Kirby Fighters Deluxe is also here, responsible for loading special properties when fighting bosses. This function also disables the aerial version of the move in the same way, and removing the exact same lines of code makes it so Kirby can use the move in mid-air while fighting boss characters.

Unused Debugging Features#

Like in Kirby Fighters and Kirby Fighters Deluxe, some debugging features found their way into the game's code.

DebugSquatWait#

Archer Kirby has an unused ability state referred to as "StateDebugSquatWait". This doesn't allow Archer Kirby to attack, but instead cycles through the different designs for the Camouflage move. The camouflage remains in front of Archer Kirby even when he is flying or moving, and it can only be removed via the camouflage being destroyed. Of course, this move existed in the previous fighting games where Archer appears in, and was most likely used for testing if all of the designs would appear correctly. Unlike those games, there are no debugging messages set in its Mint scripts.

DebugFreeMove#

The debugging feature "DebugFreeMove", first seen in Kirby Fighters, is back once more. This noclip feature works exactly the same as Kirby Fighters, making Kirby invulnerable to all damage and letting him clip through terrain. However, it seems that Kirby can somewhat interact with the collision boxes of other fighters, pushing them around slightly. Like in previous games from the Fighters sub-series, the modules for this action are under Scn.Fight.Hero.Common, consisting of the animation script "AnimScriptDebugFreeMove" and the state script "StateDebugFreeMove".

Unlike previous games, there are no debugging messages in its scripts set by either HAL or Vanpool.

Unused Items#

Data for some unused power-up stones for Story Mode exist in the game files, even having stats for all five levels. One would've increased shield health, while the other would've presumably reduced knockback.

Unused Ability Constants#

Inside RomFS/mint/Fight.bin, under Scn.Fight.Hero.AnimKind, various animation constant entries for the Ice, Crash, Stone, Spark, Fire, and Wheel Abilities can be found, but no animations for them exist. These constants are leftovers from the previous fighting game.

Regional Differences#

Items#

Like in Kirby Fighters and Kirby Fighters Deluxe, the Sweet Potato from the Japanese settings has been changed to a Mint Leaf in International settings to reflect how it has been since Kirby's Dream Land. The models, the tips artwork and the story mode stickers have all been changed.

Japanese	International

Spanish Question Mark#

While playing the game with Spanish settings, all instances of a lone question mark are replaced with a question mark inside parentheses, probably because a question mark is always accompanied by an inverted question mark in Spanish grammar. The changes include the random character icon, and the random stage icon.

International	Spanish

Internal Project Name#

According to the Sound Archive, the many music files in the stream folder, and various promotional images for the game that Nintendo had shared previously on Play Nintendo, the game's internal project name is "Fizz".

References#