Editing Dededetour!

{{Good}}{{Infobox-SubGame
|image=[[File:KTD Dededetour Title.jpg|300px]]
|caption=Title screen for '''Dededetour!'''
|type=Time Attack - Solo
|levels=6
|players=1
|appeared=''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
|similar=[[Meta Knightmare]], [[Meta Knightmare Ultra]], [[Meta Knightmare Returns]], [[Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!]]
|theme music=[[File:Gourmet Race KTD.oga]]
|theme title=[[Gourmet Race (theme)|Dededetour! title screen theme]]
|description=The theme that plays on the title screen for Dededetour!, which also appears in [[Dedede's Drum Dash]].
}}
{{Quote|At long last--{{color|red|Dededetour}}! This land will not be ruled by {{color|red|Queen Sectonia}}. No! It will be ruled by {{color|red|the king}}! The self-proclaimed Great King of Dream Land embarks on his own {{color|red|adventure}}!|Pause screen caption in DededeTour!}}
'''Dededetour!''' (also called '''DededeTour!''') is an [[Extra Mode]] which is unlocked after completing the Story Mode in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''. It stars [[King Dedede]], having him run through all the stages of the main game in a continuous time attack with limited recovery items and enhanced foes. Its name is a pun on the word "detour", which is fitting, since King Dedede has to take many detours from the main path in order to find the hidden [[Warp Hole]] shortcuts and save time. At the end of the tour, King Dedede faces a different set of bosses after defeating [[Queen Sectonia]] DX, which emerge from the [[Dimension Mirror]] kept in her possession.

Much like the [[Meta Knightmare]] modes from other games, King Dedede's run is kept by a long running timer, and the best times are saved to a high score table, encouraging [[speedrunning]]. Completing Dededetour! at least once is required for [[100% completion]] of ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'', and is also required in order to unlock [[The True Arena]].

==Story==
The story is effectively an alternate version of the main game story, where King Dedede sets out to defeat [[Queen Sectonia]] and take [[Floralia]] for himself, and [[Taranza]] seems to not be present at all (nor [[Kirby]], for that matter). Dedede ventures through the six islands of Floralia, freeing the imprisoned [[People of the Sky]] in the process. With this done, he poses in triumph, only for the [[Dimension Mirror]] to appear behind him. Out of the mirror jumps a [[Shadow Dedede|shadowy clone]] of the king, which Dedede defeats, causing it to shatter into shards of glass. Dedede then jumps into the mirror to face off against [[Dark Meta Knight]], who is seeking revenge for his imprisonment. After defeating this foe, King Dedede seals him back into the mirror, then shatters it with a decisive hammer swing.

==Gameplay differences==
In Dededetour!, King Dedede runs through a continuous stream of the [[stage]]s in each [[level]], with the [[World Map]] or [[level hub]]s cut out, and fewer [[Food|recovery items]] to be found along the way. Areas which utilized the [[Hypernova]] ability are skipped, and Dedede can find [[Warp Hole]]s in several places which allow him to skip other parts of the stages. These often require entering a side chamber, or performing a certain task in the stage to unlock. They also play a distinct jingle that isn't found anywhere else in the game, with the exceptions of the Warp Holes found in rest areas and those that were already in Story Mode. For a list of all the Warp Holes in Dededetour! and where they link to, see the [[Warp Hole]] page.

In-between each level and inside the levels, King Dedede can find rest areas with [[Big Switch]]es which will save the player's progress and fully heal Dedede. Continuing a game will place King Dedede directly after the last rest area. When a level is complete, the time taken to complete it will be shown to the player with the overall time kept in a top time scoreboard once the game is finished.

There are six levels, and they consist of the following material:

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!colspan=3|'''Levels in Dededetour!'''
|-
!'''Name'''
!'''Image'''
!'''Material'''
|-
|Level 1
||[[File:KTD Dededetour Level 1 2.png|250px]]
|[[Fine Fields]] normal stages
|-
|Level 2
||[[File:KTD Dededetour Level 2 1.png|250px]]
|[[Lollipop Land]] normal stages
|-
|Level 3
||[[File:KTD Dededetour Level 3 1.png|250px]]
|[[Old Odyssey]] normal stages
|-
|Level 4
||[[File:KTD Dededetour Level 4 1.png|250px]]
|[[Wild World]] normal stages
|-
|Level 5
||[[File:KTD Dededetour Level 5 1.png|250px]]
|[[Endless Explosions]] normal stages
|-
|Level 6
||[[File:KTD Dededetour Level 6 27.png|250px]]
|All EX stages from each level (except [[Royal Road - Stage 8 EX]]) + [[Royal Road]] normal stages
|}

Due to the nature of Level 6, it often takes longer to complete than the previous levels put together. There are checkpoints in each level, however.

===Bosses===
[[File:KTD Shadow Dedede battle 1.png|thumb|250px|King Dedede battling [[Shadow Dedede|his shadowy counterpart]] at the end of Dededetour!]]
Enhanced "DX" versions of all Bosses and Mid-Bosses previously encountered in the Story Mode are fought in Dededetour!, excluding those battled using Hypernova. At the end of Level 6, Dedede first encounters Queen Sectonia DX, and then two new foes: [[Shadow Dedede]] (who can be considered the DX version of [[Masked Dedede#Kirby: Triple Deluxe|Masked Dedede's Revenge]]), and [[Dark Meta Knight#Kirby: Triple Deluxe|Dark Meta Knight's Revenge]].

King Dedede encounters the following Bosses through his run:
*[[Flowery Woods]] DX
*[[Paintra]] DX
*[[Kracko]] DX
*[[Coily Rattler]] DX
*[[Pyribbit]] DX
*[[Queen Sectonia]] DX
*[[Shadow Dedede]]
*[[Dark Meta Knight]]'s Revenge

===Moveset===
King Dedede gains an enhanced moveset for his tour, which allows him to tackle any and all challenges thrown his way. Among his new and improved moves are a fiery Hammer Twirl to burn foliage and break ice blocks, a "Hammer Wave" projectile which works similarly to [[Sword]] Kirby's Sword Beam, and a "Hammer Cannon" which allows him to aim and fire an arrow-like projectile similar to those of [[Archer]] Kirby.

The following table lists King Dedede's standard moveset in Dededetour!:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2"
!colspan=6|King Dedede's Moveset in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''
|-
!'''Skill'''
!'''Button Execution'''
!'''Image'''
!'''Skill'''
!'''Button Execution'''
!'''Image'''
|-
| '''Hammer'''
| {{center|B}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Hammer.png]]}}
| '''Hammer Twirl'''
| {{center|↓ + B}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Hammer_Twirl.png]]}}
|-
| '''Hammer Wave'''
| {{center|B while at full health}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Hammer_Wave.png]]}}
| '''Dedede Hammer Flip'''
| {{center|↑ + B}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Hammer_Flip.png]]}}
|-
| '''Giant Dedede Swing'''
| {{center|Dash + B}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Giant_Dedede_Swing.png]]}}
| '''Dedede Hammer Cannon'''
| {{center|Press and hold B, and then release}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Hammer_Cannon.png]]}}
|-
| '''Quick Fall'''
| {{center|↓↓ in midair}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Quick_Fall.png]]}}
| '''Aim Hammer Cannon'''
| {{center|Either of ↑↓ while holding B}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Aim_Hammer_Cannon.png]]}}
|-
| '''Giant Swing'''
| {{center|B in midair}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Giant_Swing.png]]}}
| '''Dedede Hammer Throw'''
| {{center|Dash + X}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Hammer_Throw.png]]}}
|-
| '''Ultra Swing'''
| {{center|Dash + B in midair}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD_Dedede_Ultra_Swing.png]]}}
| '''Underwater Hammer Swing'''
| {{center|B while swimming}}
|{{center|[[File:KTD Dedede Underwater Hammer Swing.png]]}}
|}

==Trivia==
*This is the first time King Dedede has ever seen Dark Meta Knight, as Dedede was not present in ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]''. ''Triple Deluxe'' was also released in the year of ''Amazing Mirror''{{'}}s 10th anniversary (2014).
*According to a [[Miiverse]] post, the best time any of the developers got on a Dededetour! run was 0:58:44.45.
*The Hammer Cannon and the Hammer Twirl's fire element would not appear again in Dedede's future playable appearances, although he has used fire in his moveset since then. ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' would trade these for the Head Slide and the Super Dedede Jump.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
KTD Dededetour Menu.png|The full main menu.
KTD Dededetour Rest Area.png|A [[Rest Area]].
KTD Dededetour Game Over.png|The [[Game Over]] screen.
KTD Dededetour lower screen.png|The lower screen during regular gameplay, showing the Dedede motif
KTD Dededetour Shadow Dedede Battle.png|King Dedede battling Shadow Dedede.
KTD Dededetour Ending.png|King Dedede finishes the job.
KTD Dededetour Credits.png|The credits
KTD Dededetour Final Time.png|The final run time
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{names
|ja=デデデでゴー！
|jaR=Dedede de gō!
|jaM=Go with Dedede!
|frA=Aventures de Dadidou
|frAM=Dedede's Adventures
|frE=Aventures de DaDiDou
|frEM=Dedede's Adventures
|de=Dededes Abenteuer
|deM=Dedede's Adventure
|it=Dedede all'avventura
|itM=Dedede to adventure
|es=Aventura de Dedede
|esM=Dedede's adventure
|ko=GO! 디디디
|koR=GO! dididi
|koM=GO! Dedede
}}

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