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- This article is about the reoccurring Kirby enemy. For an item in Kirby Air Ride, which was renamed to Walky, see Mike (item).
Walky is an anthropomorphic microphone enemy which makes regular appearances in the Kirby series, first appearing in Kirby Super Star. He resembles a sentient old stage microphone with red feet and a mouth, and his sides each have a yellow hinge that connect the dark blue head with the yellow or tan mouth. Walky is typically found walking around or sitting in place; when Kirby draws near, he attacks by singing, shooting out harmful musical note projectiles. In all of his appearances, if Kirby inhales and swallows a Walky, he will grant him the Mike Copy Ability. Perhaps due in part to him providing a limited-use ability, Walky has never appeared as a Helper character.
Game appearances
Walky's video game appearances | ||
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Game | Role | Notes |
Kirby series | ||
Kirby Super Star | Enemy | |
Kirby Air Ride | Enemy | This is Walky's first 3D appearance. |
Kirby Super Star Ultra | Enemy | As this is a remake of Kirby Super Star, his role doesn't change. |
Kirby's Return to Dream Land | Enemy | |
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition | Enemy | Kirby Super Star is ported here, where Walky has the exact same role. |
Kirby: Triple Deluxe | Enemy | |
Kirby: Planet Robobot | Enemy | |
Kirby Star Allies | Enemy | |
Kirby and the Forgotten Land | Reference | Commentator Waddle Dee's microphone is based on Walky. |
Kirby's Dream Buffet | Reference | Walky appears on a Character Treat. |
Super Smash Bros. series | ||
Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Trophy | |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | Trophy |
Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra
Walky makes his first appearance as a regular enemy in Kirby Super Star and returns in its remake. Encountered only in a very small number of locations throughout either game, this enemy usually walks back and forth and stops regularly to yell three musical notes at Kirby, which hurt him on contact. Only one Walky in the game, encountered in the fourth stage of Dyna Blade, possesses a different behavior; he moves faster than a regular Walky and runs away from Kirby with a gasp when he spots him instead of attacking, making him harmless as long as Kirby does not collide with him directly.
Walky possesses 16 points of health and increases Kirby's score by 890 points when defeated. Kirby can also swallow him for the Mike ability.
Locations
Walky can be found in the following places in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra:
Walky locations in Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra | |||
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Stage | Appearance? | Stage | Appearance? |
Green Greens | RoMK Chapter 4 | ||
Float Islands | RoMK Chapter 5 | ||
Bubbly Clouds | RoMK Chapter 6 | ||
Mt. Dedede | RoMK Chapter 7 | ||
Peanut Plains | Floria | ||
Mallow Castle | Aquarius | ||
Cocoa Cave | Skyhigh | ||
Candy Mountain | Hotbeat | ||
Trial Room 1 | Cavius | ||
Trial Room 2 | Mekkai | ||
Sub-Tree | Halfmoon | ||
Crystal | ??? | ||
Old Tower | Purple Plants | ||
Garden | Illusion Islands | ||
RoMK Chapter 1 | Crash Clouds | ||
RoMK Chapter 2 | The Revenge | ||
RoMK Chapter 3 |
Kirby Air Ride
In Kirby Air Ride, Walky can be found on various Air Ride courses, where he sits still and sings to himself until he is inhaled by a passing Kirby or otherwise defeated. He grants the Mike ability as usual.
Locations
In Kirby Air Ride, Walky can be found in the following places:
Walky locations in Kirby Air Ride | |||
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Location | Appearance? | Location | Appearance? |
Fantasy Meadows | Beanstalk Park | ||
Celestial Valley | Machine Passage | ||
Sky Sands | Checker Knights | ||
Frozen Hillside | Kirby Melee 1 | ||
Magma Flows | Kirby Melee 2 |
Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Walky appears rarely in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, letting out musical notes that harm anyone they touch. Like before, swallowing him grants the Mike ability.
Locations
In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
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Stage | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | |||
Cookie Country | ||||||||
Raisin Ruins | ||||||||
Onion Ocean | N/A | |||||||
White Wafers | ||||||||
Nutty Noon | ||||||||
Egg Engines | ||||||||
Dangerous Dinner | N/A | N/A |
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Walky appears again in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, reprising his role, function, and rarity from his previous appearance.
Locations
In Kirby: Triple Deluxe Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Walky locations in Kirby: Triple Deluxe | ||||||||
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Stage | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 EX | Stage 7 EX | Stage 8 EX |
Fine Fields | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
Lollipop Land | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
Old Odyssey | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Wild World | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Endless Explosions | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Royal Road | N/A |
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Walky appears once again in Kirby: Planet Robobot, unchanged from before.
Locations
In Kirby: Planet Robobot Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Walky locations in Kirby: Planet Robobot | ||||||||
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Stage | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 EX | Stage 7 EX | Stage 8 EX |
Patched Plains | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
Resolution Road | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
Overload Ocean | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Gigabyte Grounds | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Rhythm Route | N/A | N/A | ||||||
Access Ark | N/A |
Kirby Star Allies
Walky appears in this title. He provides the Mike ability to Kirby, but cannot be recruited as a Friend, instead turning into the Mike Ability Item when Kirby tosses a Friend Heart at him.
Locations
In Kirby Star Allies Walky can be found in the following levels and stages:
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Though Walky doesn't physically appear in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Commentator Waddle Dee holds a microphone that strongly resembles one.
Kirby's Dream Buffet
In Kirby's Dream Buffet, Walky appears on a Character Treat, using his artwork from Kirby Super Star.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy description
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy description
In Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
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“ | Well...if you speak into it, it makes your voice a lot louder so everyone can hear you! I know! Maybe you could hold a karaoke contest! | ” | — N.M.E. Sales Guy describing what Walky could be used for, in Abusement Park |
In Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Walky appears as the monster of the day in the episode Abusement Park, where it is described as "the microphone Monster". It is ordered from Night Mare Enterprises by King Dedede and, at the suggestion of the N.M.E. Sales Guy, used as a microphone for a karaoke contest. It is inhaled by Kirby for the Mike ability when it is his turn to sing, which causes the plan to send him to N.M.E. Headquarters to backfire, and Kirby later destroys Castle Dedede inadvertently. Walky later emerges from the rubble - having apparently been spat out by Kirby at some point - but when it sees Kirby again, Walky runs away in horror and is not seen again. Notably, the anime refers to Walky using neutral pronouns.
Screenshot of Walky from the episode Abusement Park
In the Kirby novel series
In the Kirby novel series, Walky appears as a secondary character in Kirby and the Dangerous Gourmet Mansion?!. He has a painfully loud voice that can hurt anyone's eardrums when he yells. Walky is one of King Dedede's many subordinates that get pushed around a lot.
In Kirby and the Dangerous Gourmet Mansion?!, Walky is one of the three thieves who kidnaps Mrs. Parfaitski, with the other two being Wheelie and Sir Kibble. Walky is the last of the three to appear. He shows up when Wheelie leads Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight to the cave that Mrs. Parfaitski is held hostage in. Walky uses his loud voice to stop the group, so he can explain their reason for kidnapping her. Wheelie quickly silences him; he and Sir Kibble then explain that they kidnapped Mrs. Parfaitski because she was cruel to her chefs and locked them up due to her picky and unnecessary dissatisfaction with their food. The group then heads to where an angry Mrs. Parfaitski is tied up. Kirby inhales Walky to gain the Mike ability, and sings an ear-splitting song with food-themed lyrics. This eventually causes the cave to collapse, and everyone rushes out quickly. Kirby then drops the ability, releasing a dazed Walky, who was fortunate enough to miss out on the song. With Mrs. Parfaitski finally giving in, the group returns to her mansion to free the locked away chefs.
Trivia
- In the English version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Walky trophy lists Kirby's Dream Land as an appearance (which is itself erroneously listed as an NES game in the American version), conflating the enemy with the microphone item. The Japanese version of the aforementioned game, alongside all versions of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U list Kirby's Adventure instead, but this still isn't correct, as the only providers of the Mike ability in said game are Mr. Tick-Tock and Paint Roller's mike.
- When using Walky in the anime, Kirby sings Kihon wa Maru, albeit badly. In the Japanese version, it is also possible to hear a sad horn playing to reflect how bad his performance is (since he is tone-deaf).
Gallery
Character Treat from Kirby's Dream Buffet
Model used for his trophy from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring two Walkys
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ウォーキー Wōkī |
Walky |
Dutch | Walky | - |
French | Walky | - |
German | Walky | - |
Portuguese | Walky | - |
Latin American Spanish | Micro | Mike |
European Spanish | Walky | - |
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- Monsters
- Enemies in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- Enemies in Kirby Super Star
- Enemies in Kirby Air Ride
- Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land
- Enemies in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
- Enemies in Kirby: Planet Robobot
- Enemies in Kirby Star Allies
- Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
- Creatures that yield Mike when swallowed