Magolor's Tome Trackers
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Magolor's Tome Trackers is a Sub-Game which appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, as an addition over the base game. It can be accessed in Merry Magoland or in the Lor Starcutter (though in the latter, 10 Energy Spheres must be collected first). In this subgame, Magolor tasks up to four players to compete against each other to be the first to find the specific tomes he is thinking of before time runs out. His memory can be a bit fuzzy, though, so some guesswork will be needed from the contestants to find the correct book first.
Gameplay
In this game, each contestant, whether that be Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, or Bandana Waddle Dee, is outfitted with a scholar's cap. Magolor is dressed like a professor with a white mustache. At the start of the game, each contestant is allowed to roam freely before a timer of sixty seconds starts. During this time period, Magolor will ask for a specific book, which the contestants must find. Each time a contestant finds the right book, they gain a point, and the book in question is replaced with a different one. Each tome can have a different binding color and a different character or symbol on its cover. At certain times, the correct book is not shown right away: for example, the book's back is shown instead of the front, with Magolor flipping it, or Magolor removing the dust covering the book's front. At 25 seconds remaining, the "Last Chance" begins, where every book has the same color, and the contestants must find a certain amount of a specific cover. Books collected in the "Last Chance" are golden, and worth twice as many points.
The playing field of Magolor's Tome Trackers consists of three levels of thin floors over a wide floor at the bottom. There are gaps in the thin floors in places, and contestants can run off the left side of the screen to appear on the right side, and vice-versa. There are three difficulty levels for Magolor's Tome Trackers, though the only difference between the levels is the CPU difficulty.
Tome symbols
Each of the tomes in this subgame have different symbols on their covers, which are references to different characters, items, and other entities from the Kirby series. They can include the following:
- Bomb
- Cappy
- Cherries
- Elfilin
- Energy Drink
- Friend Heart
- Invincible Candy
- Kabu
- Kirby on Warp Star
- Lor Starcutter
- Maxim Tomato
- Parasol
- Rare Fragment
- Shotzo
- Spear of the heart
- Star Rod
- Tornado Frosting
- Triple Star
- Tulip
- Ultra Sword
Missions
There are nine Missions for this Sub-Game. They are as follows:
- New Student at the Library - Play Magolor's Tome Trackers for the first time.
- 5 Tomes in a Row - Find 5 Magic Tomes in a row before your rivals can grab them.
- Then I Volunteer! - Play while wearing the Elfilin dress-up mask.
- Tome-tally Perfect - Win without grabbing a single incorrect tome.
- 7 Gold Tomes on Level 2 - Find 7 Gold Magic Tomes in a single game on Level 2.
- 18 Points on Level 3 - Win with 18 or more points in a single game on Level 3.
- 100 Total Points - Earn a grand total of 100 or more points.
- Clear All Difficulties - Win on all difficulty settings. (Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3)
- New Head Librarian - Complete all other missions for Magolor's Tome Trackers.
Once all 100 regular missions are completed, two final missions related to this Sub-Game are unlocked, as part of the "True Extra Missions" category:
- Consecutive Tomes Tracked (Level 2) - Find 6 Magic Tomes in a row in a single Level 2 game of Magolor's Tome Trackers.
- Tracking a High Score (Level 3) - Win with a score of 20 or more points in a single Level 3 game of Magolor's Tome Trackers.
Tutorial transcript
- "Find the Magic Tome with the same cover image that Magolor is picturing! Press A/B to jump and ↑ or B/Y to retrieve a tome."
- "After Last Chance begins, the points will be doubled! Find as many Gold Magic Tomes as you can to make a stunning comeback victory!"
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | みつけて！マホロア図書館 Mitsukete! Mahoroa toshokan |
Discover! Magolor Library |
| Traditional Chinese | 尋找！魔法洛亞圖書館 xún zhǎo! mó fǎ luò yà tú shū guǎn |
Find It! Magolor's Library |
| Simplified Chinese | 寻找！魔法洛亚图书馆 xún zhǎo! mó fǎ luò yà tú shū guǎn | |
| Dutch | Magolors zoekboeken | Magolor's book search |
| French | Chasse au tome de Magolor | Magolor's tome hunt |
| German | Magolors Bücherhatz | Magolor's Book hunt |
| Italian | Caccia al tomo di Magolor | Magolor's tome hunt |
| Korean | 찾아라! 마버로아 도서관 chaj-ala! mabeoloa doseogwan |
Find It! Magolor Library |
| Portuguese | Caça ao Livro de Magolor | Magolor's Book Hunt |
| Spanish | Cazagrimorios de Maglor | Magolor's grimoire hunt A "Grimoire" is also known as a "book of spells" or a "spellbook." |
