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~ Star Dream on the Dark Matter Clone
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Creating this dark swordsman pushed Star Dream to the limits of its abilities. The cloning process was a success, but only a partial data analysis was possible, and its true form has not yet emerged.
A clone of Dark Matter, usually referred to as Dark Matter Clone, appears to do battle against Kirby (Franchise)/Meta Knight to test him during the Meta Knightmare Returns sub-game. The clone takes the form of Dark Matter Blade; due to Star Dream's inability to analyze the alien life-form correctly, his true form only appears inside Dark Matter's cloak and the last moment of his demise.
He will initially fight similarly to Dark Matter Blade, staying at a side of the arena, and shooting dark energy at the player. Soon, he will move to the background to fire larger energy balls, which can be launched back at him. He will occasionally also dash towards the screen with a dive attack.
Once Dark Matter loses half of his health, his eye will temporarily withdraw to the main body to let out a roar before changing color to red. At this stage, Dark Matter will now utilize moves from his true form; he will first move to a side of the screen while the eye fires Dark Lasers around the arena. Afterwards, he will summon four orange spheres around himself which Kirby can swallow to get the Fire ability, and he will circle the arena briefly before ordering the spheres to attack the player. Dark Matter will then head to the background before performing three multi-slash attacks.
In addition to Dark Matter Clone, Dark Matter Blade from Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Dark Matter from Kirby's Dream Land 3 are present as rare stickers for the player to unlock.
Alignment:Neutral Evil (The Dark Matter's go after planets and proceed to possess and corrupt everyone in the vicinity, spreading throughout multiple galaxies)
Dark Matter Sword: A weapon wielded by Dark Matter Blade. He attacks by dashing forward trying to stab Kirby, firing energy beams from his sword, and by launching dark energy orbs.
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A blade said to be wielded by a dark swordsman who, lurking in shadow, plots to shroud the world in darkness.
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~ Weapon Description • Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
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Armor that borrows its appearance from the dark swordsman with a single eye. It is said that isn't hair but part of his body.
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~ Armor Description • Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
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Standard Tactics: Dark Matter Clone will fly around, shooting dark energy orbs and slashing with his sword.
Weaknesses: The Dark Matter's main weakness is love and joy, with those things creating a weapon that can harm it. The Rainbow sword can reflect some of its attacks. The Dark Matter clone is inferior to the original due to Star Dream's inability to analyze the lifeform correctly.
