Bounder
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Bounder[1] is an enemy appearing in Kirby's Adventure and Kirby Super Star. Its method of attacking is by grappling on to walls and throwing stars at Kirby.
Physical appearance
Bounder's first appearance is in a black jumpsuit and its face has only two black eyes.
In Super Star, it is now pale white instead of tan and it has a backpack, a blue suit, and red shoes; its eyes are now blue and it has a tuft of hair on it.
Game appearances
Kirby's Adventure
Bounder made its debut appearance in this title. Unlike most of the other enemies in this game, Bounder does not appear in the remake, being replaced in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land by Gip wherever Bounder was originally found.
Locations
Bounder can be found in the following levels and stages:
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| Stage | Vegetable Valley | Ice Cream Island | Butter Building | Grape Garden | Yogurt Yard | Orange Ocean | Rainbow Resort |
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| Stage 6 | N/A | N/A |
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Kirby's Pinball Land
Bounder appears as a bumper on the uppermost standard floor in Wispy-Woods Land, and can be seen crawling up and down the walls on each side. Bounder cannot be defeated in this game, but is worth 480 points when bumped into.
Kirby Super Star
Bounder makes its second appearance in the series here, though it is not present in very many locations. Much like before, it is also replaced by Gip in the remake of Template:KSSU, with one notable exception mentioned in the next section.
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Despite being replaced by Gip everywhere else, Bounder can still be seen in the background of the Sub-Game Megaton Punch. This cameo appearance can be considered Bounder's most recent appearance in any official capacity in the series.
Replacement
In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and Kirby Super Star Ultra, Bounder was replaced by Gip, a flying pig head. He was one of four characters to be replaced (the others being Togezo, who was replaced by Needlous in Nightmare in Dream Land, Rolling Turtle, who was replaced by Phan Phan in the same game, and Capsule J, who became Capsule J2 in Super Star Ultra), and the only enemy to be replaced in two remakes.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | バウンダー Baundā |
Bounder |
References
- ↑ Name taken from Kirby's Pinball Land Instruction Booklet (American release), Page 9
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