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Taranza-adjacent Quotes + Miiverse snippets
The entire floating island of Royal Road is covered with palatial buildings, to the point that the whole mass resembles a single giant castle. On it there lives a race of sweet, good-natured flower people, along with an intelligent (and possibly slightly greedy) species of insect. Our story begins when one prominent insect clan abandons the idea of peaceful coexistence and succumbs to its obsession with beauty and desire for control.
The Warp Holes in level 6 that connect the various islands were probably put in place by the final boss who controls Royal Road, in order to forward the campaign for control of the land below and the countries beyond! No doubt this explains why the Sectra Dees (the insectoid foot soldiers) are already there when Kirby backtracks to the other islands during certain stages in Royal Road. And the fact that Kirby is unable to catch up with Taranza throughout the adventure is surely because Taranza is also taking advantage of these magical Warp Holes.
The final boss of Kirby: Triple Deluxe – a unique, insectoid master of manipulative magic who calls the Warp Holes into existence and imprisons the People of the Sky – is a little different compared to previous bosses in the Kirby series. From a visual point of view too, this boss is beautiful, rather than fearful, and the opulent setting of the final showdown as well as the ultimate fate of this glamour-obsessed aristocracy just seems so fitting for Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
And despite being a very tough opponent, in the end you are left with a sense of fragility, reminiscent of blossoms falling from a flower.
That such a royal being would be called a queen goes without saying, but what about the name ‘Sectonia’? We created this name by combining two English words – ‘insect’ and ‘near’ – to create the idea of a being that is almost an insect, but not quite. The ending ‘nia’ also has quite a regal and feminine ring to it.
Queen Sectonia is a mistress of manipulative magic. Once upon a time, she looked similar to her insectoid underlings, but her current beautiful yet deadly bee-like form is a body that she took over through the use of her magic. I wonder how the minions who knew her before felt, serving a mistress who changes her appearance like that? I think that stopping at nothing to sit on the throne, even going so far as to discard one’s true form, is one of the traits that makes a true final boss.
The island kingdom of Floralia floats in the air above Dream Land, but nearby there's another realm that featured in a previous game in the Kirby series. You may have guessed that I'm talking about the Mirror World, from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror for Game Boy Advance. That game features a mysterious mirror called the Dimension Mirror, and it's that same mirror that decorates the room of Kirby: Triple Deluxe's last boss, Queen Sectonia, as can be seen in level 6 of Dededetour. We had this item make a reappearance in order to add impact to the battle in which you must fight an enemy identical to yourself.
The Dimension Mirror was chosen to play this important role to emphasise the proximity of the two realms, provide a fun reference to the earlier game, and help establish the story of Kirby: Triple Deluxe in the wider context of the series, among other reasons.
Another reason the Dimension Mirror was chosen for this key role (explained in the previous post), and ended up decorating Queen Sectonia's chambers, is that mirrors go hand in hand with the idea of beauty. But how exactly did Queen Sectonia actually get her hands on the mirror? Well, her underling Taranza stole it from the Mirror World, and gave it as tribute to his beauty-obsessed queen! Sadly, it was gazing into the mirror day after day that led to her mind being twisted towards tyranny by its power.
It looks like Taranza is getting along better with King Dedede after working together in the final chapter of the story mode for Kirby: Triple Deluxe. After seeing Taranza and King Dedede pose together, I'm assuming that they get along because they were both defeated by Kirby.
You can only see the mischievous yet lovable Taranza with his bowl-cut, silver hair together with King Dedede posing like royalty on the Platinum trophy.
Taranza's voice was never used in Kirby:Triple Deluxe, so you can hear his voice for the first time by unlocking his mask. His mechanically-altered voice was designed with the image of an androgynous young spider.
Sectonia's parasitic species survives by leeching power from other life-forms until they're weak enough to be controlled.
The Warp Holes in level 6 that connect the various islands were probably put in place by the final boss who controls Royal Road, in order to forward the campaign for control of the land below and the countries beyond! No doubt this explains why the Sectra Dees (the insectoid foot soldiers) are already there when Kirby backtracks to the other islands during certain stages in Royal Road. And the fact that Kirby is unable to catch up with Taranza throughout the adventure is surely because Taranza is also taking advantage of these magical Warp Holes.
The final boss of Kirby: Triple Deluxe – a unique, insectoid master of manipulative magic who calls the Warp Holes into existence and imprisons the People of the Sky – is a little different compared to previous bosses in the Kirby series. From a visual point of view too, this boss is beautiful, rather than fearful, and the opulent setting of the final showdown as well as the ultimate fate of this glamour-obsessed aristocracy just seems so fitting for Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
And despite being a very tough opponent, in the end you are left with a sense of fragility, reminiscent of blossoms falling from a flower.
That such a royal being would be called a queen goes without saying, but what about the name ‘Sectonia’? We created this name by combining two English words – ‘insect’ and ‘near’ – to create the idea of a being that is almost an insect, but not quite. The ending ‘nia’ also has quite a regal and feminine ring to it.
Queen Sectonia is a mistress of manipulative magic. Once upon a time, she looked similar to her insectoid underlings, but her current beautiful yet deadly bee-like form is a body that she took over through the use of her magic. I wonder how the minions who knew her before felt, serving a mistress who changes her appearance like that? I think that stopping at nothing to sit on the throne, even going so far as to discard one’s true form, is one of the traits that makes a true final boss.
The island kingdom of Floralia floats in the air above Dream Land, but nearby there's another realm that featured in a previous game in the Kirby series. You may have guessed that I'm talking about the Mirror World, from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror for Game Boy Advance. That game features a mysterious mirror called the Dimension Mirror, and it's that same mirror that decorates the room of Kirby: Triple Deluxe's last boss, Queen Sectonia, as can be seen in level 6 of Dededetour. We had this item make a reappearance in order to add impact to the battle in which you must fight an enemy identical to yourself.
The Dimension Mirror was chosen to play this important role to emphasise the proximity of the two realms, provide a fun reference to the earlier game, and help establish the story of Kirby: Triple Deluxe in the wider context of the series, among other reasons.
Another reason the Dimension Mirror was chosen for this key role (explained in the previous post), and ended up decorating Queen Sectonia's chambers, is that mirrors go hand in hand with the idea of beauty. But how exactly did Queen Sectonia actually get her hands on the mirror? Well, her underling Taranza stole it from the Mirror World, and gave it as tribute to his beauty-obsessed queen! Sadly, it was gazing into the mirror day after day that led to her mind being twisted towards tyranny by its power.
It looks like Taranza is getting along better with King Dedede after working together in the final chapter of the story mode for Kirby: Triple Deluxe. After seeing Taranza and King Dedede pose together, I'm assuming that they get along because they were both defeated by Kirby.
You can only see the mischievous yet lovable Taranza with his bowl-cut, silver hair together with King Dedede posing like royalty on the Platinum trophy.
Taranza's voice was never used in Kirby:Triple Deluxe, so you can hear his voice for the first time by unlocking his mask. His mechanically-altered voice was designed with the image of an androgynous young spider.
Sectonia's parasitic species survives by leeching power from other life-forms until they're weak enough to be controlled.