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GALACTA KNIGHT'S BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Galacta Knight is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as the final boss of the Meta Knightmare Ultra sub-game of Kirby Super Star Ultra. He is the greatest and most powerful warrior in the galaxy from the ancient past.

APPEARANCE

Galacta Knight is greatly similar to Meta Knight in both appearance and fighting style. He has a hot-pink body, which is slightly darker than Kirby's skin color, and has feathered, angelic, lavender wings. He has glowing pink eyes and wears silver armor. His mask and shield returned to being whitish-platinum in Super Kirby Clash, keeping the silver sabatons and pauldrons. He wears sabatons which, unlike Meta Knight's, do not fully cover his feet, as can be more clearly seen in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and onward. He also wears pauldrons with gray lining and white gloves. Galacta Knight is roughly the same size as his two counterparts, Meta Knight and Kirby.

His mask is whitish-platinum with two curved golden horns rising up from the top of the mask. The mask also has a vertical and horizontal opening, both ending in a tapered point. Galacta Knight wields a powerful pink lance with a purple handguard and golden pommel and carries a white buckler shield emblazoned with a gold, four-pointed star. The shield has a pink ring near the shield’s outer edge and solid pink, curved lines along the inner portion of the star.

Galacta Knight is a very powerful and legendary warrior, given the title of the "greatest warrior in the galaxy." While most of his story remains a mystery, with the only known piece of it being that he used to be a renowned hero, he is said to be from the ancient past, a time that was forgotten. According to Galactic Nova, Galacta Knight was sealed away in fear of his power. Additionally, according to the Japanese version of his pause screen description in Kirby: Planet Robobot, Galacta Knight was sealed away many times throughout the ages, but was never successfully destroyed.

PERSONALITY

Despite his decent amount of appearances, Galacta Knight's true personality and intentions are not well-known. While he was feared for his immense power, Galacta Knight has never been stated to be explicitly evil, even though he may potentially be violent and destructive. However, it is stated by Star Dream that he may destroy a nearby planet or two for seemingly no reason when brought to the current time, and in Super Kirby Clash, his Light form quest description states that the fate of the world is at risk, which appear to portray him in a villainous matter. Given that he was a hero, it could be possible that he used to be courageous and good-natured, although it is unknown what would have changed him to his current state if this were to be the case. Regardless, Galacta Knight is currently known to not be benevolent, and will use his powers to usually attack anyone within his vicinity without mercy, including those who summon him.

PURPOSE

His purpose in Meta Knightmare Ultra is simply to fight Meta Knight; he does not diverge from this request. His purpose in Kirby's Return to Dream Land is unstated, but may likely be for a similar reason. His purpose in Meta Knightmare Returns is nearly identical to his intention in Meta Knightmare Ultra, except he is summoned on Star Dream's will instead of Meta Knight's. He quickly turns on Star Dream, since it forced him to travel through space and time,[1] and sliced a huge scar on the mechanical monster, causing its "final program" to activate and transform it into Star Dream Soul OS, which survived the otherwise fatal slash. Why Galacta Knight does not do something similar to Galactic Nova is unexplained. However, Galacta Knight was sealed away for fear of his strength when Nova summoned him, whereas he wasn't when Star Dream summoned him through a portal linking space-time. His purpose in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! is unstated, but it may either be to simply fight, as it has been in previous situations, or it may be from some unknown plan by Hyness. His purpose in Super Kirby Clash was to be seemingly used as a weapon by Parallel Nightmare, but he quickly destroys his summoner and proceeds to attack Team Kirby with everything he has, ultimately fighting the group a total of four times (Party Quests included), until he is sealed inside of the crystal he is often seen trapped within, and absorbed into another portal.