Astral Birth: Void Termina...

Void, titled Astral Birth, is a secret boss who is faced only in The Ultimate Choice of Kirby Star Allies, at the end of 'Soul Melter EX' difficulty after defeating the first three phases of Void Termina - True Destroyer of Worlds. He is a souped-up version of Void Soul, serving as the true final boss of Kirby Star Allies since Version 4.0.0, and thus making him the first boss to be a rank above a Soul boss. Despite his position as the true final boss, Void does not need to be defeated for 100% completion of the game, but beating him is needed to crown a save file and will unlock the Dream Button, which can switch Kirby's look between the default modern one and the classic style from Kirby's Dream Land. Also enough, his forms (the three phases during his fight) have different mannerisms and tones.

1st: Termina. Joyful and childish, but also somewhat manic and energized. Even speaks like an toddler, as if just playing with it's food.

"Haha! Weee!"

2nd: Void Soul. Much proper and mature, but yet more cold-hearted and menacing.

"Hm... So, little pink fool has friends?"

3rd: Astral Birth. Speaks in dead tongues, mainly Latin. Hellish and silent as well with murderous and bloodthirsty.

"STELLAR MOMENT TUUM MULTIS ANIMARUN LUMINOUS EFFUDENT, PLANETARIUM SE ALIGNANT UT VEROS HORRORES PARTY'S ASTRALIS VIDEANT!!"

Void has a white color scheme (black during certain attacks and the pre-splash screen cutscene) similar to that of Zero, and there are multicolored veins or cracks on his body like those of eyeballs. Red/black spots move about his body, often forming faces, including one similar to Kirby and one similar to Dark Matter. The background of the splash card for Void is a direct reference to the Hyper Zone from Boss Butch of Kirby's Dream Land 3, further cementing the connection to Dark Matter and Zero. In addition, at random times during his battle (and in his pause screen art), Void makes the same face 02 makes before it is fought. Once defeated, all three voices of it's forms go into chaotic rages and panic as the Astral Birth begins to blow up.

The following lists all of Void's attacks. All attack names listed here were carried from the ones of the respective attacks from the fourth phase of Void Termina, which in turn come from a Japanese Kirby Star Allies guide, while the names of the new attacks not present in the original Void Termina fight are conjecturally named.

Similar to his normal counterparts, Void can be damaged by directly tossing Friend Hearts at his body. Unlike the other forms of Void Termina, Void has some key differences:

Void does not use "Circle of Friends" (brainwash waves) or summon mini cores (unused models of his mini cores are in the game files, however). Void has a unique battle theme, titled "Suite: The Star-Conquering Traveler (Closing Movement: The Twinkling Star)".

Pleasant Dream: First, Void fires barrages of energy bullets in four directions but at a faster rate of fire while rotating the firing angle, and spreading out bullets sometimes. Unlike his normal counterparts, Void's Pleasant Dream bullets still do damage even when guarding. Then, Void shoots a ring of 11 small lasers that cover nearly the entire screen, which repeats two more times, changing the angle each time he fires. The effect makes him look somewhat like a cartoon Sun. These lasers can only be blocked by special guards, e.g. Ice and Spider.

Shooter Cutter: Void fires four cutter boomerangs around himself for two rounds. Afterwards, a third round is rapid-fired while Void is moving across the stage left-to-right or right-to-left, unlike in his weaker form. These cutters can be swallowed for the Cutter ability.

Sprint / Bound Pond: Void retreats into the background, splits into four, and charges forwards in pairs, slamming the floor in an attempt to ram Kirby and friends. This resembles the Bound Pound attack used by Drawcia Soul and other soul bosses. Void and his duplicates share their health bar and appearance, so memorizing which one of them is the real one is neither possible nor important. A bit later in the battle, Void floods the bottom of the stage with purple water and uses Sprint again, this time ramming on his own in the same pattern as Void Termina's Final Core in Story Mode and Infernal Crisis. As the attack ends, the water will also drain.

Full Smile / Laughing Needle: Void splits into four, with all four of them bursting into laughter and poking needles from their bodies in eight directions (with a couple of them going off-screen). The attack is used twice, once with all Voids in a row at the top of the screen, and again with all Voids at the bottom of the screen. Finally, Void and his clones fly to the background and merge again to form one being. This attack resembles Miracle Matter's Needle attack.

Dark Mind Laser: Void transforms into a Dark Mind-like form, reprising Dark Mind's attacks from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. First, he attacks by moving around with two rotating mirrors surrounding him, either on ground level from one side to the other or from top to bottom in the center of the arena. Then, he goes to the central-top part of the screen, and fires a laser that is reflected several times with the mirrors. Notably, only the mirrors and lasers are able to damage Kirby and his allies, as touching Void himself does not take away health when he does this attack. The attack with the mirrors can be guarded, but the lasers cannot.

Deadly Sun: Void transforms into a meteor-like form, reprising the same attack from Drawcia Soul and Soul of Sectonia. As the "sun", he will go across the upper part of the stage, then the lower part, then diagonally in both directions, and finally from the background into the center. Every even-numbered time this attack is used, both diagonal directions are swapped out for a diagonal dive at the bottom of the stage, a burst straight up and then another diagonal dive. Many Mini Dropped Stars follow Void rapidly during the move.

Loud Song / Song Laser: Void transforms into the Dark Matter-like form and fires laser beams in many different positions, like Void Soul. The lasers from this attack cannot be guarded. Lasers will be fired in the following order for the first set: 3 lasers from one side of the stage, near the bottom. 3 lasers from the other side of the stage, near the top. 2 lasers from the background on the top and bottom of one side of the stage, with 1 laser from the background in the center of the other side. These lasers are then 'swiped' across the screen to the opposite side of the stage to their starting point one at a time, with the topmost moving first. 4 lasers from the background in a row at the top of the screen that 'swipe' upwards one at a time. 10 lasers from the background in 3 rows; two rows of 4 at the top and bottom of the screen, with the last 2 in a center row to the left and right of Void. The second set changes the order of the laser fire as follows: 3 lasers from one side of the stage, near the bottom. 3 lasers from the other side of the stage, near the top. 4 lasers in a rough rectangular formation (two horizontal, two vertical) that are then 'swiped' across the stage. 5 lasers from the background in a row, with three at the top of the screen and two at the bottom of the screen, all of which 'swipe' in the opposite direction one at a time. 9 lasers from the background in 3 rows: two rows of 4 at the top and bottom of the screen, with the last one in a center row at the far left or right that fires straight ahead before getting 'swiped' across the screen to the opposite side of the stage. The third set changes things up with this order of laser fire: 3 lasers from one side of the stage, near the bottom. 3 lasers from the other side of the stage, near the top. 4 lasers from the background in a row at the top of the screen that 'swipe' upwards one at a time. 4 lasers from the background: one at the top and bottom of the screen each, with the last two in the center of the screen. These lasers are then 'swiped' across the screen to the opposite direction two at a time. 10 lasers from the background in 3 rows; two rows of 4 at the top and bottom of the screen, with the last 2 in a center row to the left and right of Void. The firing pattern differs from the first set slightly, as the top and bottom lasers alternate firing in different directions and the center two lasers fire last.