Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler

Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
The title screen of Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
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Type(s)	Extra Mode
Levels	5
Players	1-4
Appears in	Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Comparable to	Heroes in Another Dimension

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Alone in a strange dimension and without his powers, Magolor must platform through challenging stages and defeat enemies. You and up to 3 friends can take control of different-colored Magolors for 4-player interdimensional action. Complete the main story to unlock this new adventure!

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— Description of Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler from the North American website for Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

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Magolor's adventure isn't over yet! You can now play Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler.

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— Unlock quote from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler is an Extra Mode that appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, which is unlocked after the Story Mode is complete. In it, the player plays as Magolor, who has been stranded deep within Another Dimension and has lost most of his magical powers, gaining a ragged monochrome look in the process. Throughout this adventure, Magolor can defeat enemies to gain Magic Points, which he can then use to upgrade his magical abilities. He can also find Fruit Fragments to unlock new skills and attacks. Along the way, Magolor will travel through more than 20 stages and fight different variants of bosses from the Main Mode (such as a watery version of Goriath and a fiery version of Fatty Puffer), with the goal being to eventually open a portal to return home. Like with the Main Mode, Magolor Epilogue can be played with up to four players, though everyone plays as (presumably non-canon) differently-colored Magolors.

Overview

When starting out in Magolor Epilogue, Magolor is very weak, able to only hover a short distance off the ground and fire a short range magic pulse to defend himself with.

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The shattered crown was scattered across dimensions, as were Magolor's powers. Now he seeks to reclaim them! Is this a journey of penance or revenge? And what surprises await at the end?!

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— Special Page for Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

The central premise of Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler is that Magolor, as a consequence of his defeat at the hands of Kirby and his friends, has been banished to the lowest depths of Another Dimension and stripped of most of his magical powers. Magolor's goal throughout this mode is to recover his lost power and eventually find his way home. As such, all of the stages in Magolor Epilogue take place in disparate dimensions, similar to the stages in Heroes in Another Dimension from Kirby Star Allies.

There are 24 main stages in Magolor Epilogue, spread across four "areas". Most of the main stages keep score in the form of Magic Points, which are earned by defeating enemies or finding them in various places in stages. Additional Magic Points may be earned by scoring "combos" on enemies, with each additional hit adding one point to the combo. At the end of each stage, the game will present the total number of Magic Points earned, and, if applicable, award a medal based on the result, similar to the scoring system for stages in Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. Once Magolor gains enough Magic Points, he can enter the "Magolor's Magical Skills" menu to spend them to upgrade his abilities. If he wants to learn new skills and attacks, he needs to find Fruit Fragments scattered around the realms, which are collected from bosses in a similar way to the ship parts of the Lor Starcutter in the Main Mode.

In terms of enemies, Magolor fights the standard enemies from the Main Mode, with the notable addition of the Darpas, Dippas, Dupas, and Deppas from Another Dimension, and other enemies bearing their Halcandran designs. There are however a number of distinct bosses based on bosses from the main story, as well as a new final boss:

Electricky Dooter - a version of Mr. Dooter dressed as a wizard who uses lightning attacks
Fiery Puffer - a version of Fatty Puffer with horns who uses fiery attacks
Hydriath - a version of Goriath with a fishtail and hair made of water who uses watery attacks
Rampaging Doomers - a group of four Sphere Doomers with horns made out of Energy Sphere gears
Crowned Doomer - a version of Grand Doomer powered up by the shards of the Master Crown and a red fruit
Master Crown - a manifestation of the Master Crown itself, taking the form of a large, gnarled tree by consuming the red fruit

Levels and stages

The main hub of Magolor Epilogue is subdivided into five "areas", which are analogous to levels in the Main Mode, though they are all connected together into one singular hub. As Magolor clears each stage, he can progressively unlock more and more of the hub by dispelling the clouds and gaining new skills that allow him to traverse certain barriers. There are also some hidden Magic Points in the hub itself that can be found. Each area, excepting Ethereal Altar, has up to four main stages, a boss stage, and a handful of extra stages. They are as follows:

Areas and stages in Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
Area	Main stages	Extra stages	Boss(es)	Notes
N/A	Magolor Epilogue - Opening Stage			Magolor learns Magic Bomb after completing this first stage. This stage cannot be replayed after first completing it.
Aerogree Dimension	Aerogree Dimension - 1-1 Aerogree Dimension - 1-2 Aerogree Dimension - 1-3 Aerogree Dimension - 1-BOSS	Aerogree Dimension - Magic Sphere Stage Aerogree Dimension - Levitation Stage Aerogree Dimension - Health Stage	Electricky Dooter	Magolor learns Magolor Surge and Magolor Cannon after completing this area.
Pyred Dimension	Pyred Dimension - 2-1 Pyred Dimension - 2-2 Pyred Dimension - 2-3 Pyred Dimension - 2-4 Pyred Dimension - 2-BOSS	Pyred Dimension - Magolor Surge Stage Pyred Dimension - Magic Bomb Stage Pyred Dimension - Upward Magic Sphere Stage Pyred Dimension - Secret Stage	Fiery Puffer	Magolor learns Dimensional Vanish and Deadly Needles after completing this area.
Poseiblu Dimension	Poseiblu Dimension - 3-1 Poseiblu Dimension - 3-2 Poseiblu Dimension - 3-3 Poseiblu Dimension - 3-4 Poseiblu Dimension - 3-BOSS	Poseiblu Dimension - Deadly Needles Stage Poseiblu Dimension - Magic Barrier Stage Poseiblu Dimension - Dimensional Vanish Stage	Hydriath	Magolor learns Black Hole after completing this area.
Locandra Dimension	Locandra Dimension - 4-1 Locandra Dimension - 4-2 Locandra Dimension - 4-3 Locandra Dimension - 4-4 Locandra Dimension - 4-BOSS	Locandra Dimension - Magolor Cannon Stage Locandra Dimension - Black Hole Stage Locandra Dimension - Trickery Stage Locandra Dimension - Extra Stage	Rampaging Doomers	Magolor is able to increase all his skills to their true max after completing this area.
Ethereal Altar			Crowned Doomer Master Crown	The game is complete after finishing this area.

In the Japanese, English, and Korean versions, the first letters of the areas (with Ethereal Altar at the end) spell out "APPLE", referencing the Fruit Fragments becoming a Gem Apple sprout.
In the German version, the first letters of the areas spell out "APFEL", which translates to "apple" in German.
In the Brazilian Portuguese version, the first letters of the areas spell out "FRUTA", which translates to "fruit" in Portuguese.
In the French version, the first letters of the areas spell out "POMME", which translates to "apple" in French.

Trivia

In a Miiverse post about Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe, series director Shinya Kumazaki appears to have hinted at the premise of this mode. When talking about Magolor's role in the game, he said, "Magolor’s whereabouts are uncertain after Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, but he seems pretty lively here. After roaming around the dimension beyond space and time, he might’ve found an exit."^[1]
The Japanese subtitle for Magolor Epilogue, 異空イクウをかける旅人タビビト (ikū wo kakeru tabibito, "The Traveler Across Another Dimension"), is the same as the Japanese name of Distant Traveler, the final stage of Dedede's Drum Dash, though the katakana and hiragana are flipped (異空いくうヲカケル旅人たびびと). Likewise, the Korean subtitle for the epilogue is also identical to the Distant Traveler stage name from Dedede's Drum Dash. Consequently, the song "Distant Traveler" had its name retranslated to "Interdimensional Traveler".
Interestingly, the opening cutscene shows Magolor Soul when flashing back to Magolor's defeat rather than his Story Mode form, even though Magolor Epilogue can be played before clearing Extra Mode.

Gallery

Artwork of Magolor as he appears in Magolor Epilogue
Artwork of a Fruit Fragment
Japanese logo
Part of the opening scene, where Magolor is falling into the depths of Another Dimension
Part of the opening scene, where Magolor is reduced to a colorless tattered version of his robes
Part of the opening scene, where Magolor falls through a portal to another realm
Magolor wakes up and examines his condition
The Ethereal Altar
Magolor finds a Fruit Fragment
Magolor fighting Fiery Puffer
Magolor recovers another Fruit Fragment
Magolor is using his Deadly Needles attack
Magolor is using his Double Deadly Needles attack
Magolor is firing a laser at three Galbos
Magolor traversing the level hub for Aerogree Dimension
Magolor using his meager remaining magic power to fight off an enemy
Magolor getting a Magic Point combo
A stage clear screen
Gameplay featuring four Magolors
Magolor's Magical Skills menu
A splash card explaining a new skill that Magolor learned from a Fruit Fragment
Magolor using Magolor Surge to bypass a flaming bar hazard
Magolor up against the Rampaging Doomers
Magolor looking around in the remains of the Ethereal Altar after defeating the Master Crown

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