Kirby: Fright to the Finish!!
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Kirby: Fright to the Finish— The Movie is a direct-to-video
feature-length film released June 14, 2005 in the USA. Released by the Home Entertainment division of 4Kids Entertainment
, the movie starred the popular Nintendo
character Kirby.
The movie merges the last five episodes of the series (in chronological order) together for an American release. This "movie" version does not exist in Japan. It deals with the final showdown between Kirby and Nightmare. Kirby gets tired during the fight and Nightmare enters his sleep. Tiff discovers that since Nightmare is a living form of nightmares, he can only be beaten in the dream world. She then enters Kirby's dream. When Nightmare is about to crush Kirby, a Warp Star appears and Kirby swallows it, becoming Star Rod Kirby, which is Nightmare's only weakness. With the Star rod, Nightmare is ultimately defeated.
The DVD included a "Bonus Kirby Episode" called Hour of the WolfWrath, and the American-created music videos Kirby ‘If Ya Can’t Beat ‘em, Eat ‘em and What’s Cooking on Kirby. Although out of print, this DVD is still available as new and used.
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
feature-length film released June 14, 2005 in the USA. Released by the Home Entertainment division of 4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment is an American film and television production company in bankruptcy since April 2011. It is known for English-dubbing Japanese anime and specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States...
, the movie starred the popular Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
character Kirby.
The movie merges the last five episodes of the series (in chronological order) together for an American release. This "movie" version does not exist in Japan. It deals with the final showdown between Kirby and Nightmare. Kirby gets tired during the fight and Nightmare enters his sleep. Tiff discovers that since Nightmare is a living form of nightmares, he can only be beaten in the dream world. She then enters Kirby's dream. When Nightmare is about to crush Kirby, a Warp Star appears and Kirby swallows it, becoming Star Rod Kirby, which is Nightmare's only weakness. With the Star rod, Nightmare is ultimately defeated.
The DVD included a "Bonus Kirby Episode" called Hour of the WolfWrath, and the American-created music videos Kirby ‘If Ya Can’t Beat ‘em, Eat ‘em and What’s Cooking on Kirby. Although out of print, this DVD is still available as new and used.
Trivia
- Many references to the sub-game Revenge of Meta Knight were made including the appearance of Meta Knight's battleship Halberd and the boss Heavy Lobster.
- The Nightmare Enterprises monsters (and briefly Kirby) were riding various Air Ride machines, found in Kirby Air RideKirby Air RideKirby Air Ride,or カービィのエアライド in Japan, is a racing game video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console starring Kirby, one of HAL's characters....
, which at the time of the episodes' original Japanese airing, had just been recently released.