Magolor & The Master Crown | What is Kirby Canon?

Magolor probably got one of the happiest send-offs in Kirby, he has no dead relatives, no permanent memory loss or insanity, heck, he even manages to complete his life goal of bringing the best theme park ever to fruition

I still think its funny that canonically one of the easiest and hardest bosses in the Kirby series is a tree that throws apples at you.

12:01 This moment becomes even cooler when you notice that this is the first button mashing final boss clash that appears in a post-game side mode, these sequences have been exclusive to Kirby until now Glad that this series gets to make one last return to the game where Kumazaki was able to kickstart Kirby lore, before your departure to parenthood, hope you have a great future from here on out

Some extra things: In the return to Dreamland light novel, there is a prologue that confirms Magolor did find and excavate the Lor. The Lor can also communicate to others through their heart. This is why in the novel Bandana Dee was able to hear the Lor and Magolor could not. The book also uses Magolor Soul as the final fight instead of main mode Magolor. The sound that plays when main mode Magolor dies is called “False Finale.”

Considering what Magolor said after 100%ing Magoland, maybe he could have visited the New World at some point to study Wondaria Remains in order to see how the past inhabitants had fun. Not sure where it would fit in though.

A little detail that I’ve adopted as canon is the background of the final fight with the Master Crown. It looks like a flourishing kingdom, and it reminds me HEAVILY of the ruins on Halcandra. Watching it slowly be consumed by flames and fall apart makes me feel like the Master Crown is showing Magolor an event that defines a significant portion of Kirby canon - the extinction of the Ancients.

Bravo, Meteor! You've truly earned your reputation as a hero.

Also the line for maxxing out magolor's levitation shows that he does regret betraying his friends

So WE were part of the canon all along? Damn you HAL, now I'll have to watch out for otherwordly abominations every Tuesday! In all seriousness, I'm so glad for RtD Deluxe's existence. The events of Magolor Epilogue are everything 13 year-old me wanted to see from him, packed up with some of the most fun gameplay mechanics I've ever experienced in the series. And of course, if this is gonna be the True Final Video, best of luck with whatever the future holds, Meteorz. I'm sure you'll be as good at raising your kid as you've been at raising the Kirby lore enthusiasts with the Canon videos. Godspeed you magnificent Squishy.

It’s great to see someone address that the Magolor EX and Soul fights are probably the canon final boss fights in Return to Dreamland. It always felt like the Ex mode in that game was more so of an extension of the main mode, expanding on what the main mode told us, unlike in the next games where the ex mode were smaller adventures with radically different stories. To me, EX’s final fights in Return to Dreamland and Return to Dreamland Deluxe are canon

I wonder if "traveling to the past" to research theme parks could mean he swung by Wondaria at some point... What a last hurrah for the series! Thank you for your channel, Meteorz. Take good care of yourself!

The Epilogue's ending had me quite surprised so I'm glad you're here to explain everything to us. Your help in understanding Lore all these years was invaluable!! Thanks Meteorz. Really.

That "I'll see you guys next time" at the end hits hard when you remember there probably isn't ever gonna BE a next time... Goodbye, Meteorz. I wish you a great rest of your life and we all appreciate your great contributions to figuring out the Kirby canon.

A beautiful way to wrap up the Kirby canon series, bittersweet as it is. Magolor is, in my opinion, the series' most interesting character. I like the optimistic approach this video took with Magolor's intentions, though there's plenty of room for interpretation with his lines (i.e. "the screams of every soul in the universe") and pause screen descriptions (such as "I may get to toy with you again") that allows for exploration of his more sinister aspects. Kumazaki seems to like to have such nuance in all of his games, but nowhere is this attention given as much as with Magolor! I'm certainly not complaining, though not just because Magolor is my second favorite character (barely behind Meta Knight), but because Kumazaki's creative vision has retroactively tied the Kirby series together. At any rate, traitors make for some of the most multi-faceted characters, especially when they truly were once friends (not to diss Marx, but neither he or any other Kirby villain put in nearly as much effort to be a consistent presence in Kirby's adventures). Magolor's relationship to Kirby, however authentic, makes the possibility of him not coming back from the Master Crown's influence (as in the bad ending/True Arena cutscene) feel like the truest tragedy, even considering the equally or more dismal fates of other Kirby final bosses. Fortunately, Magolor does get to live and be the charismatic, narcissist bastard that he is! There's so much to think about with this character even after all these years, what a masterpiece. It’s as if I'm more invested in Magolor then I am in any actual person. . . The Kirby canon series has been a true delight, though! Even if there's not always a next time, this channel has helped me appreciate things I never might have otherwise. For that, I am very grateful.

The endings of True Arenas, I find, tend to have a common theme of "What if it went horribly wrong?", the secret final boss having more power and ending in a demise worse than in the base game. The exceptions to this are SMEX and UCZ, but I attribute that to those games being two halves of a whole and both being celebration games, sort-of explaining the exception.

This is such a dive into the Kirby Iceberg! I used to think Magolor never had pure intentions, and was in control up until the Ultra Sword hit, but I’ve been corrected! It makes a lot of sense that Magolor visiting other worlds would give him inspiration for Magoland, and the Master Crown slowly corrupting Magolor from a distance is very interesting! And lastly… IM PART OF THE KIRBY CANON LETS GOOO Fantastic review, Meteor! Good luck on parenting, and we’ll see you… Next time!

Even after what he did to kirby and friends, I'm so happy Magolor recognized his wrongdoings in the epilogue and was given a second chance of chasing his dreams of creating the best themepark one could ever imagine. Glad Magolor was given the opportunity to start over

This man has been the king of Kirby lore. I wish you well with wherever life takes you, Meteorz.

Meteorz is a part of the canon! Changed my mind :_squishAngry:

I like how Landia EX is just a four headed Spyro