Halberd
The Halberd is a giant airship owned by Meta Knight. It first appeared in Kirby Super Star and later in its remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra. It also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where it plays a major role in the plot of the Subspace Emissary, but is destroyed when a lethal beam shoots it down.
The Halberd possesses four bat-like wings (two on each side) and Meta Knight's mask built on the tip of the ship to display who it belongs to. On its main deck, the Halberd has a machine consisting of a laser cannon, a normal cannon that launches bombs and a robotic arm installed to protect the ship. When Kirby fights against this machine in Super Star or Super Star Ultra, it uses the bomb cannon and the laser to attack him, whereas the and the robotic hand holds bombs, which can give Kirby the Bomb Copy Ability.
In Kirby: Squeak Squad, when Kirby enter Meta Knight's boss stage he enters an underwater room with powerups, in the next room he fights Meta Knight. The stage is rising from the sea into space. After you beat Meta Knight you can see the Halberd at level 1 of world 8, suggesting that this was the place Kirby and Meta Knight fought.
The battleship serves as the final platforming stage in Kirby's Epic Yarn. Here, Kirby uses the Starship transformation in a horizontal-scrolling shooter level to take on the many enemies of the battleship. He also combats yarn versions of the Main Cannon #2 and the Reactor. The background music for this level is an acoustic, jazzy rendition of the exterior Halberd background music from Kirby Super Star (though the in-game description for the song's CD incorrectly states it as being from Kirby's Dream Land). A similar rendition of the same theme can be heard in a stage medley on the soundtrack for Kirby Super Star Ultra.
Trophy Descriptions from the Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS trophy description
| Name | Image | NTSC-U Description | PAL Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halberd |  |
Kirby's rival, the masked warrior Meta Knight, constructed this ship to conquer Dream Land. Just in case you forget who owns it, the ship's bow is designed to look like his mask. How is a small guy like Kirby supposed to defeat a battleship?! Maybe he'll find a way inside... | Kirby's rival, the masked swordsman Meta Knight, built this airship to take over Dream Land. Just so you don't forget who owns it, the ship's bow was designed to look like his mask. How's a little guy like Kirby supposed to take on such a giant battleship?! Guess he'll just have to find a way inside... |
Trivia
- Halberd's name may come from HAL Laboratory, the developer of most Kirby games, and bird, suggesting the fact that Halberd can fly. It might also stem from the ancient weapon known as a halberd.
- When Meta Knight puts his hands on the steering wheel of the Halberd in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the sky turns from red to blue, due to the fact that it was controlled by the dark army of the subspace.
