How to Find (& Defeat) Meta Knight in Kirby and the Forgotten Land

In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, players can challenge the boss Meta Knight for a chance at unique rewards. However, players will not find this boss in the story, and they will need to unlock the Colosseum and win the Meta Knight Cup to find him. To unlock the Colosseum, players must defeat the cheetah boss Clawroline in the Big Top. After defeating Clawroline, players will receive a notification that the Colosseum is unlocked the Meta Knight Cup has begun.

Before beginning the cup, players should return to Waddle Dee’s Weapon Shop in Waddle Dee Town in Kirby and the Forgotten Land to choose their preferred abilities. Once players are ready to enter the Meta Knight Cup, they should register at the stand outside the Colosseum run by Commentator Waddle Dee. This NPC will advise players that Meta Knight has arrived from Planet Popstar to win the tournament. Upon entering the Colosseum, players are given the option to eat Maxim Tomatoes, and they have two ability options to choose from in the locker room. The first boss players will face in the fighting arena is Wild Frosty, who fights with ice attacks and resembles a yeti. Next up is Wild Bonkers, who is a blue primate. After defeating these two bosses, players return to the locker room to heal and change their abilities.

When players reenter the arena, they will face Tropic Wood, a giant palm tree that blows coconut bombs at the player. Once players win this match, they will face Kirby and the Forgotten Land‘s Gorimondo, a punk-styled gorilla with a spinning attack covering most of the arena. Players will have another chance to heal in the locker room again before challenging Wild Edge, a Kirby enemy. Immediately following this fight, players will face Fleurina, a white ballerina swan. Players will have a chance to heal and change abilities in the locker room before their rematch with Clawroline, the cheetah boss with lethal claws.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Beating The Meta Knight Boss

Before facing the final boss of the cup, Meta Knight, players will have one more locker room respite to heal and choose their preferred abilities. He is faster than most other enemies and wields a golden sword that can launch a ranged attack and strike in close combat. Because of this boss’s difficulty, players should carefully choose their abilities in Kirby and the Forgotten Land and prioritize any ability upgraded with Blueprints. At the midpoint in the fight, Meta Knight files into the arena and causes the ceiling to collapse, resulting in plummeting boulders covering most of the arena. Additionally, Meta Knight also uses a charged attack that covers most of the arena.

Players will want to continue moving throughout the fight, striking at Meta Knight between his attacks. Winning the Meta Knight Cup rewards players with 500 Star Coins, a Rare Stone, and the Meta Knight Sword Blueprint, which is the third upgrade for the Sword ability. Using this ability in Kirby and the Forgotten Land will stylistically turn Kirby into Meta Knight, including wielding his large sword.

Kirby & The Forgotten Land is available on Nintendo Switch.

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