King Dedede is a fictional character in Nintendo's Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory.
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22 Facts About King Dedede
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King Dedede is the archrival and ally of Kirby, described as his "arch frenemy".
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King Dedede is a rotund, blue penguin bird who dresses in a red, regal coat with white fur trim and his personal emblem, a stylized version of his hand striking the V sign, embossed on the back.
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King Dedede wears yellow mitten-like gloves, a red tuque with a white fur pom-pom and gold crown-like brim, a red and yellow zigzag-patterned sash, and a buff-colored sleeveless undershirt.
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King Dedede is introduced to the series as the main antagonist of the game Kirby's Dream Land, in which he steals Dream Land's food supply, prompting Kirby to travel to his castle and confront him.
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In Kirby's Dream Land 2, King Dedede appears as the penultimate boss, and fights while possessed by a spirit-like entity known as Dark Matter, the game's true final boss.
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King Dedede is again possessed by Dark Matter in Kirby's Dream Land 3, fighting against Kirby as the last boss before the secret Hyper Zone.
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King Dedede plays the role of a protagonist in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, helping Kirby in certain areas after Kirby saves him from possession by Dark Matter, who shattered the titular Crystal.
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Additionally, King Dedede is a playable character in the game's three minigames.
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Images of the game's beta show that King Dedede was originally a playable character from the game's beginning.
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In Kirby Super Star Ultra, King Dedede returns in his own game mode, Revenge of The King, which is a spin-off of the Revenge of Meta Knight subgame.
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King Dedede appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its 2023 remake as one of the four playable protagonists, alongside Kirby, Meta Knight, and Waddle Dee, and as a playable character in multi-player mode.
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In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, King Dedede is captured by Taranza, and Kirby gives chase to rescue him until the end of the game, in which Taranza uses his powers to turn him into a puppet-controlled Masked Dedede.
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King Dedede appears in the beginning and ending scenes of Kirby: Planet Robobot.
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King Dedede appears as the single boss in Kirby's Dream Course, along with a robotic version of himself.
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In Kirby's Star Stacker, King Dedede appears to antagonize Kirby during the "Round Clear" sub-game, in which Kirby has to completely deplete his hit points in order to move on to the next stage.
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King Dedede is an unlockable character in Kirby Air Ride and Kirby Canvas Curse.
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King Dedede is a boss in Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby Mass Attack.
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Masked King Dedede appears as the secret final boss, after completing the game with all Gold trophies.
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King Dedede has made several appearances outside of the Kirby video game series.
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King Dedede is featured in every Kirby manga adaptation; the first one was written by Yoshiko Sakuma, and published by Shogakukan originally in 1992, and the most recently is a 2012 Yuki Kawakami manga by Shogakukan, Hoshi no Kirby: Pack to Daibaku Show.
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King Dedede returned as a playable character in Super Smash Bros.
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