Rainbow Route

Rainbow Route The Central Circle in the middle of Rainbow Route. Details Level Nr. 1 Room count 51 Goal Game count 3 Connected level(s) Moonlight Mansion Cabbage Cavern Mustard Mountain Carrot Castle Mid-Bosses Batafire Box Boxer Master Hand Boss None

Theme music "Forest/Nature Area" Clip of the "Forest/Nature Area" theme from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

Level progression First level Moonlight Mansion →

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Rainbow Route is a location found in and around the center of the Mirror World, a dimension that lies parallel to Dream Land. It is mostly composed of an overgrown forest path that leads around the land in a circle. While mostly located in a forest, Rainbow Route also features caves, tunnels, and mountain trails. At certain points, the path branches and connects to the many other locations of the Mirror World, making Rainbow Route the main hub from which most other areas are reached. In the center of the Rainbow Route there lies a giant rainbow from which a sanctuary-like building can be accessed. This building, which seems to be located in the sky since it is surrounded by clouds, serves as the resting place of an important mirror. During the Kirby series, Kirby visits this place only in one game, namely Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.

General Description[edit]

Kirby travels through the Rainbow Route while attempting to save the Mirror World from Dark Mind during Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. When he first arrives at the Central Circle after pursuing the foe who split him into four, he witnesses a fight between Meta Knight and his counterpart Dark Meta Knight, the latter being responsible for Kirby's split. Dark Meta Knight then manages to trap Meta Knight inside the mirror and breaks it into eight shards, which he spreads over the whole world.

After that the Rainbow Route serves as the game's hub, connecting to all the areas Kirby needs to explore. Hidden throughout the different areas are several Big Switches which activate Mirrors between the areas and the Central Circle. Kirby can use these gateways as shortcuts to travel faster through the Mirror World by jumping from hub to hub. After collecting all eight Mirror Shards, the Dimension Mirror in the center of the world becomes the passage leading to the final boss. After Kirby defeats this foe, Meta Knight leaves his sword behind in front of the mirror, which Kirby can use from then on.

From all nine areas found in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Rainbow Route is the only one that features Mid-Bosses, but no Bosses and therefore no Mirror Shards. It is also one of the two levels to be not named after a certain kind of food, the other one being Moonlight Mansion.

Enemies and Mid-Bosses in Rainbow Route[edit]

EnemiesMid-Bosses Image Name Copy Ability Image Name Copy Ability Image Name Copy Ability Image Name Copy Ability Image Name Copy Ability Bang-Bang Missile Cookin Cook Heavy Knight Sword Prank None Snooter None Batty None Cupie Cupid Hot Head Fire Rocky Stone Soarar None Big Waddle Dee None Droppy None (default) Laser Ball Laser Roly-Poly None Sparky Spark Blipper None Flamer Burning Leap None Scarfy N/A Sword Knight Sword Blockin N/A Foley Bomb Metal Guardian Laser Shadow Kirby None Twister Tornado Bomber Crash Giant Rocky Stone Mirra N/A Shooty None Waddle Dee None Boxin Fighter Golem Stone, Wheel Noddy Sleep Shotzo N/A Waddle Doo Beam Bronto Burt None Gordo N/A Parasol Parasol Sir Kibble Cutter Wheelie Wheel Chip None Haley None Sprite Name Copy Ability Batafire Burning Box Boxer Fighter Master Hand Smash

Map[edit]

Rainbow Route Area Map
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Rainbow Route is far and away the largest area in the game, consisting of 51 separate rooms. It also bears the Central Circle (appropriately) in the center, which, by the end of the game, links to all the other areas in the world. The area can be described as fairly circuitous, with a single primary path leading from the central zone to the surrounding areas.

Rainbow Route is bordered to the east by Moonlight Mansion, to the south by Cabbage Cavern, to the north-east by Mustard Mountain, and to the west by Carrot Castle. Each border links to these areas by several routes, making access fairly straightforward.

Rainbow Route has three Goal rooms. Completing these rooms takes Kirby and his clones to the Goal Game, then returns them to the Central Circle. There is no Boss Room for this area.

For a full synopsis of what's in each room, click on any room on the map to head to the corresponding page.

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Regions in the Mirror World
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