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Enemy InfoBox Artwork from Kirby Mass Attack Details Debut Game Kirby Mass Attack Last Game Kirby Mass Attack Copy Ability N/A

Similar Enemies Boten, Dekakusan, Derakakusan

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Sprite of an orange Kakusan from Kirby Mass Attack.

Kakusan^{[Japanese title]} (カクサン) is an enemy in Kirby Mass Attack. It resembles a stout cactus with a mouth, two wide open eyes and a red or pink flower on top of it. Two curved spines stick out from each side of its head, resembling hair, while a stubby, arm-like extension grows below each pair of spines.

Being desert-themed enemies, Kakusans are first encountered in Sandy Canyon, the second level of the game. They come in three different colors (green, cyan and orange), which determine their behavior:

• Green Kakusans may either be stationary or move slowly towards the Kirbys, occasionally stopping and extending their spikes; in order to defeat them, they must be pummeled while their spines are retracted or the Kirbys will take damage and be thrown off.
• Orange Kakusans are stationary and harmless by themselves, their main purpose being to rest on top of a stack of differently colored Kakusans and serve as a means of obliterating the entire stack by slamming them downwards.
• Cyan Kakusans are likewise stationary and always have their spines extended, making them invincible to direct attacks and permanently harmful to touch. They usually form stacks below an orange Kakusan, requiring the Kirbys the defeat the enemy on top of them instead, thus slamming it down and eliminating the cyan ones below it.

All types of Kakusan are unaffected by quicksand. Apart from the regular kind, two larger varieties of Kakusans exist in the game: Dekakusans and Derakakusans.

Trivia

• Kakusan's name is most likely derived from 「カクタス」kakutasu (cactus) and the common honorific 「さん」san. 「拡散」kakusan is also the Japanese word for "scattering".
• A stack of two green and one orange Kakusan can be seen in Kirby Mass Attack's Japanese ending, watching the enemy listing from a theater seat.