Pierce

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Pierce

Artwork of Pierce from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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First game Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
Latest game Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
Other game(s) Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (New Challenge Stages)
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Copy Ability Spear
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Pierce[1] is a flying enemy that debuted in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It grants the Spear ability when swallowed.

Pierce resembles a large bumblebee with a spear in hand and a very big head and purple earmuffs. When spotting Kirby or his friends, it will charge slowly toward them and attempt to strike them with its spear. It is generally not tough to deal with.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

Pierce makes its debut in this game and reappears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. It is first encountered in the Onion Ocean level.

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Pierce can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pierce locations in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe  
Stage Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6
Cookie Country No No No No No N/A
Raisin Ruins No No No No No N/A
Onion Ocean Yes Yes No Yes No N/A
White Wafers No No No No No No
Nutty Noon No No No No No No
Egg Engines No No No No No No
Dangerous Dinner No Yes No N/A N/A N/A

In Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, Pierce can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pierce locations in Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler  
Stage Appearance? Stage Appearance?
Opening Stage No 4-3 No
1-1 No 4-4 No
1-2 Yes 4-EX No
1-3 No Sphere No
1-BOSS No Levitation No
2-1 No Health No
2-2 No Surge No
2-3 Yes Bomb No
2-4 No Upward No
2-BOSS No Needles No
3-1 No Barrier No
3-2 No Vanish No
3-3 No Cannon No
3-4 Yes Black Hole No
3-BOSS No Trickery No
4-1 No Secret Stage No
4-2 No Final Boss No

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[edit]

Pierce reappears in the Smash Combat Chamber in the New Challenge Stages mode in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition with the same function as in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

Pierce in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Pierce appears briefly in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, more or less unchanged, and still provides the Spear ability. It gains the ability to fly between the foreground and background in this game.

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Pierce can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pierce locations in Kirby: Triple Deluxe  
Stage Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6 EX Stage 7 EX Stage 8 EX
Fine Fields No No No No N/A No N/A N/A
Lollipop Land No No No No N/A No N/A N/A
Old Odyssey No Yes No Yes No N/A No N/A
Wild World Yes Yes No No No N/A No N/A
Endless Explosions No No No No Yes N/A Yes N/A
Royal Road No No No No No N/A No No

Gallery[edit]

  • A Pierce in Kirby's Return to Dream Land

    A Pierce in Kirby's Return to Dream Land

  • Pierce's model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

    Pierce's model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

  • Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

  • Artwork for the "Kirby Picnic" merchandise series, featuring a Pierce carrying honey to its hive

    Artwork for the "Kirby Picnic" merchandise series, featuring a Pierce carrying honey to its hive

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ピアス
Piasu
Pierce; also from an anagram of "spear"
Chinese 穿刺蜂[1]
Chuāncì fēng
Stinging Bee
Dutch Pierce[1] -
French Lansecte[1] Portmanteau of "lance" (spear) and "insecte" (insect)
German Brumms[1] German surname, derived from "Brummen" (to buzz)
Italian Apungola[1] Portmanteau of "ape" (bee) and "pungo" (conjugated form of "pùngere"; to prick, to sting) and/or "pungolare" (to goad, to spur)
Korean 피어스[1]
Pieoseu
Pierce
Portuguese Gespeto[1] From the name Gepeto and "espeto" (skewer) and/or the verb "espetar" (to piece, to prick)
Spanish Guijón[1] Derived from "aguijón" (stinger)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Nintendo Today! Name that Copy Ability! #43

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