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|caption=Artwork of '''Rolling Turtle''' from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''.
|caption=Artwork of '''Rolling Turtle''' from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
|game1=''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' (1993)
|game1=''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' (1993)
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[[File:KA Rolling Turtle sprite.png]] '''Rolling Turtle'''<ref>Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch. ''Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics''. Pages 301, 307, 313.</ref> is a [[Mid-Boss]] in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''. The appearance of Rolling Turtle is similar to that of a turtle or tortoise. It has bunny-like front teeth along with naive eyes. It seems to have a human-like vertebrae and a very round shell. Defeating and swallowing it yields the [[Throw]] ability.
[[File:KA Rolling Turtle sprite.png]]  
'''Rolling Turtle'''<ref>Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch. ''Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics''. Pages 301, 307, 313.</ref> is a [[Mid-Boss]] in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''. It is similar to that of a turtle or tortoise. It has bunny-like front teeth along with naïve eyes. It seems to have a human-like vertebrae and a very round shell. Defeating and swallowing it yields the [[Throw]] ability.


Rolling Turtle attacks in two different ways. It can either curl up and roll toward Kirby, or toss shells at him which can be [[inhale]]d. At any point during the fight, if Kirby gets too close to Rolling Turtle, it will grab him, rock him back-and-forth, and then release him to deal damage.
Rolling Turtle attacks in two different ways. It can either curl up and roll toward [[Kirby]], or toss shells at him which can be [[inhale]]d. At any point during the fight, if Kirby gets too close to Rolling Turtle, it will grab him, rock him back-and-forth, then release him to deal damage.


==Replacement==
In ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', Rolling Turtle is replaced by a different opponent for unknown reasons, similarly to [[Bounder]] and [[Togezo]]. In Rolling Turtle's case, its replacement is the elephant-like Mid-Boss [[Phan Phan]]. Rolling Turtle is the only Mid-Boss that is replaced between ''Kirby's Adventure'' and its remake.
In ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', Rolling Turtle has been replaced by a different opponent for unknown reasons, similarly to [[Bounder]] and [[Togezo]]. In the turtle's case, its replacement is the elephant-like Mid-Boss [[Phan Phan]]. Rolling Turtle is also the only Mid-Boss to have been replaced.
 
==Gallery==
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OO Stage 1 pit Adv.jpg|Rolling Turtle going up against Kirby in [[Orange Ocean - Stage 1]]
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
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Revision as of 01:05, 21 May 2021

Rolling Turtle
KA Rolling Turtle artwork.png
Artwork of Rolling Turtle from Kirby's Adventure
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Debut game Kirby's Adventure (1993)
Copy Ability Throw
Similar to Phan Phan
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KA Rolling Turtle sprite.png Rolling Turtle[1] is a Mid-Boss in Kirby's Adventure. It is similar to that of a turtle or tortoise. It has bunny-like front teeth along with naïve eyes. It seems to have a human-like vertebrae and a very round shell. Defeating and swallowing it yields the Throw ability.

Rolling Turtle attacks in two different ways. It can either curl up and roll toward Kirby, or toss shells at him which can be inhaled. At any point during the fight, if Kirby gets too close to Rolling Turtle, it will grab him, rock him back-and-forth, then release him to deal damage.

In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Rolling Turtle is replaced by a different opponent for unknown reasons, similarly to Bounder and Togezo. In Rolling Turtle's case, its replacement is the elephant-like Mid-Boss Phan Phan. Rolling Turtle is the only Mid-Boss that is replaced between Kirby's Adventure and its remake.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ローリングタートル
Rōringu Tātoru
Rolling Turtle


References

  1. Rocha, Garitt, and Nick von Esmarch. Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics. Pages 301, 307, 313.