Room Guarder Sample of "Room Guarder" from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Details Debut appearance Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) Last appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) Other appearance(s) Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby Air Ride Kirby: Canvas Curse Kirby: Squeak Squad Super Smash Bros. Brawl Kirby Mass Attack Kirby's Return to Dream Land Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Kirby Star Allies Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Composer(s) Jun Ishikawa

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"Room Guarder"^[1] is a mid-boss theme in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, composed by Jun Ishikawa. It is one of the two standard mid-boss themes of the Kirby series, along with "Mid-Boss Battle".

Composition[edit]

"Room Guarder" is a short theme set on the key of C major, and is similar to both "Mid-Boss Battle" and the boss theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. It starts with a short one bar intro, followed by a simple melody that always uses five chords per bar, at a constant rhythm that never changes. For all bars, the first four chords are always the same, and the fifth is always one pitch higher, and the variance in the melody comes from the initial chords of the bar. For instance, the first two bars feature the exact same notes, while the two bars after have all chords go up in pitch. This group of four bars is repeated next, and the last four bars of the song follow a similar pattern, but are all in a much higher pitch. In other words, the bar structure of the piece is AABB-AABB-CCDD, with each bar following a structure of AAAAB for their chords.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[edit]

The music track plays in all of the mid-boss battles present in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]

In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, the theme is arranged as the battle theme for the Meta-Knights.

Kirby Air Ride[edit]

In Kirby Air Ride, an arrangement of the theme, named "Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards: Mid-boss Room", can be unlocked as the alternate track of Light by completing the Top Ride checklist "Time Attack: LIGHT Finish in under 00:33:00!" This version features the original melody repeated four times, with each one adding a new instrument to the accompanying melody, in a similar fashion to "Ruins" from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

Kirby: Canvas Curse[edit]

In Kirby: Canvas Curse, a simple arrangement of the theme plays in enemy ambush rooms across various stages.

When the "Old School" sound mode is selected, the Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land arrangement plays in Spectacle Space.

Kirby: Squeak Squad[edit]

In Kirby: Squeak Squad, an arrangement of the theme serves as the game's mid-boss theme.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the theme is one of the many boss themes incorporated into the "Boss Theme Medley". The medley is one of the default tracks of the Halberd stage, and is arranged by Kentaro Ishizaka.

The track returns in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In the latter, it can be played on any Kirby series stage, Battlefield, Big Battlefield, Small Battlefield and Final Destination, like all other Kirby tracks in the game.

Kirby Mass Attack[edit]

In Kirby Mass Attack, a faithful arrangement of the theme (though omitting the intro), named "Fearsome Foe", plays in most of the game's mid-boss battles and enemy ambushes.

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

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, an arrangement of the theme, featuring two short sections based on "Fly, Kirby!" inbetween the original's melody, serves as the mid-boss theme of the levels of Halcandra, Egg Engines and Dangerous Dinner. It is titled "Mid-Boss Battle in Another World"^[2] and was arranged by Hirokazu Ando.

The track also appears in The Arena and The True Arena for the mid-boss battles against Kibble Blade, Moundo, Water Galboros and Dubior.

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse[edit]

In Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, an arrangement of the theme based on "Fearsome Foe" from Kirby Mass Attack, named "Battle in Numbers", plays in the enemy room ambushes of Deploy the Kirby Tank!, Deep-Divin' Kirby Submarine, and Kirby + Kirby, and in the crusher segment of Burning Secrets. This version features the original melody played twice, followed by a short unique section, in which after the song loops.

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

In Kirby Star Allies, an arrangement of the theme at a slightly slower tempo plays in the puzzle rooms of non-extra stages of the first two levels of the game, World of Peace: Dream Land, and World of Miracles: Planet Popstar. This version features the original melody played twice: the first section removes the first note of every other bar starting with the second, apart from the third-to-last bar, while the second has the original melody with no changes to the notes. It is named "Friend Puzzle Solving" on Nintendo Music, and arranged by the original composer, Jun Ishikawa.

Names in other languages[edit]

Room Guarder[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ルームガーダー[3][1] rūmu gādā	Room Guarder
English	Room Guarder[1]	-
European French	Salle de Garde[1]	Guard Room
German	Raumwächter[1]	Room guarder
Italian	Guardiano[1]	Guarder
European Spanish	Guardián de la Cámara[1]	Chamber Guarder

Mid-boss Room[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	中ちゅうボスの部屋へや chū bosu no heya	Mid-boss Room
English	Mid-boss Room	-
French	Pièces des boss intermédiaires	Intermediate boss rooms
German	Minibosse	Minibosses
Italian	Mid-boss Room	-
Spanish	Mid-boss Room	-

Fearsome Foe[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	はごたえのあるてきだ！ hagotae no aru tekida!	It's a Tough Enemy!
English	Fearsome Foe	-
Canadian French	Ennemi redoutable	Dreadful enemy
European French	Ennemi effroyable	Frightening enemy
German	Fürchterlicher Feind	Terrible Enemy
Italian	Avversario temibile	Formidable opponent
Korean	해볼 만한 상대 등장! haebol manhan sangdae deungjang!	A Worthy Enemy Appears!
Latin American Spanish	Temible enemigo	Fearsome enemy
European Spanish	Enemigo temible	Fearsome enemy

Mid-Boss Battle in Another World[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	異世界いせかいの中ちゅうボスバトル[2] isekai no chū bosu batoru	Mid-Boss Battle in Another World
English	Mid-Boss Battle in Another World[2]	-
Traditional Chinese	異世界的中魔王之戰[2] yì shì jiè de zhōng mó wáng zhī zhàn	Mid-Boss Battle in Another World
Simplified Chinese	异世界的中魔王之战[2] yì shì jiè de zhōng mó wáng zhī zhàn
Dutch	Tussenbaas in een andere dimensie[2]	Middle boss in another dimension
French	Combat de mini boss dans un autre monde[2]	Mini boss battle in another world
German	Zwischenboss in fremden Sphären[2]	Midboss in foreign Spheres
Italian	Scontro con il mini boss in un altro mondo[2]	Clash with the mini boss in another world
Korean	별세계의 중간 보스 배틀[2] byeolsegyeui jung-gan boseu baeteul	Mid-Boss Battle in Another World
Brazilian Portuguese	Combate contra um chefãozinho em outro mundo![2]	Battle against a small big boss in another world!
Spanish	Combate en otra dimensión contra un subjefe[2]	Battle in another dimension against a sub-boss

Battle in Numbers[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	数かずで勝負しょうぶをしかけたな kazu de shōbu o shikaketa na	Time to Battle in Numbers
English	Battle in Numbers	-
French	Combat accompagné	Accompanied combat
German	Kampf in großer Zahl	Battle in Large Numbers
Italian	Battaglie in compagnia	Battles in company
Spanish	Combate asistido	Assisted combat

Friend Puzzle Solving[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フレンズナゾトキ[4][5] furenzu nazotoki	Friends Puzzle Solving
English	Friend Puzzle Solving[5]	-

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