Door Artwork of Kirby using a Door from Kirby Super Star Ultra Details Type Device Function Transports Kirby between areas/rooms Found Out in the open in stages Game(s) Various Similar to Mirror, Hero Door

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A Door (otherwise known as a Doorway) is an object that Kirby and other playable characters can use to move from one area or room to another. Doors are typically black openings marked overhead by stars and are only slightly larger than Kirby himself. Doors have appeared largely unaltered in every game in the main Kirby series, and entering one plays an iconic jingle which itself has remained constant through the entire series.

Overview[edit]

Doors operate the same way in every main series Kirby game, starting with Kirby's Dream Land. To use one, the player must press up on the + Control Pad, Control Stick, or Circle Pad while Kirby is in contact with the doorway. This will cause him to enter the door and be taken to a different area or room.

Some doorways will lead to side-areas where they can be accessed again to return to the starting point. These are referred to as round-trip doors,^[1] and are marked in later titles by a single small star or by orange stars. Most are marked either by large stars or by a set of three, and are one-way only. However, the opposite is true for Kirby & The Amazing Mirror: while doors with big stars can be accessed from both sides, doors with smaller stars lead only one way. Starting in Kirby's Adventure, stages that don't end in boss fights instead end with a door. This door will usually have a special indicator, such as much larger stars, or a golden frame. Doors are also typically seen in world hubs as the entrance to stages, and are specially marked as such. Doors can also be made to appear or disappear by pressing Switches, defeating enemies, or just waiting.

Within each game's code, doors are not technically tied to the physical object, which instead is a typical sprite or model; the association between the two is largely for the player's convenience. Occasionally, doors can be replaced with a different object, such as a more elaborate entrance. They can be obscured, hidden behind objects, or even invisible, as well. Hidden doors are marked by peculiarities in the background, requiring an attentive eye, and usually lead to secret areas, including item caches and HAL Rooms. A famous example of a hidden door involves floating up to the moon at the top of Bubbly Clouds to access a secret room filled with bonus items, which has become a recurring secret through the series.

Notably, there are no "traditional" doors within Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards; Kirby typically enters new areas by walking into aesthetic doors that exist within the environment, or simply walking, flying, or diving off-screen into the next room. A similar approach is taken for Kirby and the Forgotten Land, due to the more open-ended design of the 3D spaces, though the traditional star-marked doors still occasionally appear. Warp Stars inherit some of doors' previous functions, including how red stars designate a "round-trip".

Door variants[edit]

There have been many variants of doors throughout the series, though most tend to be purely aesthetic, such as the doors leading to boss encounters in later entries. Some however can serve as barriers unless specific criteria are met:

• In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, doors take on the appearance of mirrors. They may occasionally be occupied by a Mirra, who will block access unless defeated.
• In Kirby's Epic Yarn (and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn), while there are no doorways that take Kirby to different areas altogether, some will allow him to hop into the background or to be transported to a different part of the stage by means of zipper warp.
• In Kirby Mass Attack, special shortcut doorways can be found behind obstacles which take the Kirbys to a warp zone that allows them to skip most of the stage. This can only be used on repeat visits, however.
  • There is also an enemy door called Ill Gate that will attempt to trick the Kirbys.
• Starting in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, the door that ends a stage is a distinct object known as a Goal Door,^[2] which has a golden winged frame.
• In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, some doors are locked, requiring a Key to open. They are called Key Doors^{[Japanese title][3]} or, informally, locked doors.^[4]
• In Kirby: Planet Robobot, some doors are reinforced with metal shutters which can only be opened using the Robobot Armor. Additionally, when Kirby is inside the armor, he cannot use smaller doorways.
• In Kirby Star Allies, there are special doors called Multi-Route Doors^{[Japanese title][5]} which can only be opened with the help of one or more Friends. These doors always lead to an area where the team is split into different portions.
  • In addition, there are the Hero Doors which can be found in Heroes in Another Dimension which change the player's ability/character upon use.
• In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe's Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, special doors known as Ordeal Doors appear in the level hub as entrances to bonus stages where Magolor can test his Magical Skills.

Gallery[edit]

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  The iconic 'IN' door from Kirby's Dream Land

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  Artwork of Kirby entering a door from Kirby's Dream Land 3

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  Artwork of Kirby entering a door from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

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  Artwork of Kirby entering a door from Kirby: Squeak Squad

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  Artwork of Kirby entering a Door from Kirby's Epic Yarn

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  A locked door in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, which can only be opened using a Key

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  A Goal Door in Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  LINE animated sticker from "Kirby's Puffball Sticker Set"

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  "Suddenly from the door☆Mat" from "EVERYDAY KIRBY!" merchandise series

Names in other languages[edit]

Door[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	トビラ Tobira	Door

Round-trip door[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	おうふくトビラ Ōfuku tobira	Round-trip door

Goal door[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ゴールトビラ Gōru tobira	Goal door
Traditional Chinese	終點之門 zhōng diǎn zhī mén	End Goal Door
Simplified Chinese	终点之门 zhōng diǎn zhī mén
Dutch	Doeldeur	Goal door
French	Porte arrivée	Goal door
German	Zieltür	Goal door
Italian	Porta di arrivo	Goal door
Korean	골 문 gol mun	Goal Door
Portuguese	Porta triunfal	Triumphal door
Spanish	Puerta de meta	Goal door

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