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Lor Starcutter
| Lor Starcutter | |
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 Artwork of the Lor Starcutter from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe | |
| Details | |
| Game(s) | Kirby's Return to Dream Land Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (New Challenge Stages, cameo) Kirby: Triple Deluxe (reference) Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (cameo) Kirby: Planet Robobot (reference) Kirby Star Allies (cameo) Kirby's Dream Buffet (reference) Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe |
| Inhabitant(s) | Magolor |
| Theme Music | |
Clip of the music that primarily plays inside the Lor Starcutter in Kirby's Return to Dream Land | |
- This article is about the Lor Starcutter in a general context. For the boss fight with the Lor Starcutter in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, see Lor & Magolor.
The Lor Starcutter (sometimes shortened to Lor) is a technologically advanced flying ship which serves as a location, as well as a boss, in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake. It is piloted by Magolor, who claims to have found it abandoned in a volcano on Halcandra. In the opening cutscene for the game, the Lor Starcutter crashes on Popstar, causing it to lose the oars, the left wing, the right wing, the mast, the emblem, and all 120 Energy Spheres. In order for it to fly again, Kirby and his friends must collect all of the missing parts. Once the Lor Starcutter has all parts restored, the Lor Starcutter is able to travel through dimensions to reach Halcandra, where it was originally salvaged.
The Lor Starcutter serves as a safe area Kirby can visit in-between his journeys in the game. Entering the Lor Starcutter leads to the main room with Magolor, as well as the ship's main console. The Copy Ability Rooms are located to the left in the ship, the Challenge Stages to the right, and the Sub-Games can be accessed by either going to the left or right hallway and going down a ladder. However, all of those need a certain number of Energy Spheres to access, and access to any of the rooms requires that Kirby find the Oars (complete Level 1: Cookie Country).
Once he makes his deceit known, Magolor uses the Lor Starcutter to attack Kirby and friends in the game's climax. In this form, the duo are referred to as Lor & Magolor. The ship takes on a dark color scheme and uses its various parts as weapons. More information about this boss fight can be found on its page.
Additionally in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, the Lor Starcutter also appears in Merry Magoland, docked at the western portion of the park after Kirby has defeated Grand Doomer in Story Mode.
Contents
Origin[edit]
The following is spoken word for word by Magolor once Kirby has collected all 120 Energy Spheres:
It can be seen that the Lor Starcutter has a mind of its own when it rescues Kirby and company after Magolor is defeated. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, the Special Page for Lor EX & Magolor states that the Lor sensed something was amiss when it met Magolor, and that it may be deliberately holding back its true power to help Kirby defeat him.
In the Wii version's Extra Mode, Magolor EX's Special Page states that he stole both the Lor and the Master Crown from their "sacred resting places on Halcandra". This aligns with his claim that he excavated the ship from Landia's volcano, and suggests a link between the two artifacts. Other dialogue from Magolor in Extra Mode strongly implies that the same ancients who built the Lor also built Nova from Kirby Super Star and the Star Rod from Kirby's Adventure.
Locations and unlock requirements[edit]
The Lor Starcutter contains many rooms which are unlocked by collecting Energy Spheres. These rooms can be sorted into three basic types: Challenge Stages, Sub-Games, and Copy Ability Rooms. The following charts list all of the rooms that can be unlocked inside the Lor, and their Energy Sphere requirements. Note that the list differs between Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
| Lor Starcutter Unlockables in Kirby's Return to Dream Land | ||
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| Unlockable | Type | Req. |
| Sword Challenge | Challenge Stage | 7 |
| Ninja Dojo | Sub-Game | 15 |
| Copy Ability Room 1 (Cutter, Leaf, Needle, Fire, Sword) |
Copy Ability Room | 20 |
| Whip Challenge | Challenge Stage | 25 |
| Scope Shot | Sub-Game | 30 |
| Hi-Jump Challenge | Challenge Stage | 35 |
| Copy Ability Room 2 (Stone, Parasol, Whip, Beam, Spark) |
Copy Ability Room | 40 |
| Bomb Challenge | Challenge Stage | 50 |
| Copy Ability Room 3 (Spear, Bomb, Tornado, Hi-Jump, Water) |
Copy Ability Room | 60 |
| Water Challenge | Challenge Stage | 70 |
| Copy Ability Room 4 (Ninja, Wing, Fighter, Hammer, Ice) |
Copy Ability Room | 80 |
| Wing Challenge | Challenge Stage | 90 |
| Item Challenge | Challenge Stage | 120 |
| Lor Starcutter Unlockables in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe | ||
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| Unlockable | Type | Req. |
| Sword Challenge | Challenge Stage | 5 |
| Magolor's Tome Trackers | Sub-Game | 10 |
| Copy Ability Room 1 (Cutter, Leaf, Needle, Fire, Sword) |
Copy Ability Room | 15 |
| Sand Challenge | Challenge Stage | 20 |
| Booming Blasters | Sub-Game | 25 |
| Whip Challenge | Challenge Stage | 30 |
| Copy Ability Room 2 (Sand, Parasol, Whip, Beam, Spark) |
Copy Ability Room | 35 |
| Egg Catcher | Sub-Game | 40 |
| Hi-Jump Challenge | Challenge Stage | 45 |
| Samurai Kirby | Sub-Game | 50 |
| Bomb Challenge | Challenge Stage | 55 |
| Checkerboard Chase | Sub-Game | 60 |
| Copy Ability Room 3 (Stone, Bomb, Tornado, Hi-Jump, Water) |
Copy Ability Room | 65 |
| Bomb Rally | Sub-Game | 70 |
| Mecha Challenge | Challenge Stage | 75 |
| Crackity Hack | Sub-Game | 80 |
| Copy Ability Room 4 (Spear, Mecha, Wing, Fighter, Ice) |
Copy Ability Room | 85 |
| Smash Ride | Sub-Game | 90 |
| Water Challenge | Challenge Stage | 95 |
| Kirby on the Draw | Sub-Game | 100 |
| Copy Ability Room 5 (Ninja, Hammer, Crash, Mike, Festival) |
Copy Ability Room | 105 |
| Wing Challenge | Challenge Stage | 110 |
| Ninja Dojo | Sub-Game | 115 |
| Item Challenge | Challenge Stage | 120 |
Part locations[edit]
- Energy Spheres - all around Popstar and Halcandra.
- Oars - Cookie Country
- Right Wing - Raisin Ruins
- Left Wing - Onion Ocean
- Emblem - White Wafers
- Mast - Nutty Noon
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Oars -
Right Wing -
Left Wing -
Emblem -
Mast
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy[edit]
| Name | Image | American English description | British English description | Appears In / Related Games |
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| Lor Starcutter |  |
The Lor Starcutter is a ship that sails across the universe. The ship’s parts, scattered all across Dream Land following its crash landing, were all collected with the help of Kirby and the gang. Some of the parts, like the emblem, mast, oars, and wings, serve as more than just ship parts. You'll find out why later. | A spacefaring vessel that travels among the stars. Though its parts got scattered all across Dream Land, they were safely reassembled thanks to Kirby and friends. It's actually more powerful than it looks – the emblem fires star-shaped projectiles, the mast can create tornadoes, and even its oars and wings can be fired as weapons. | Wii:  Kirby's Return to Dream Land (10/2011)  Kirby's Adventure Wii (11/2011)
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Cameos[edit]
The Lor has made several cameo appearances in later Kirby games.
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[edit]
The Lor makes a brief cameo in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition. The interior is seen in the introductory cutscene for the New Challenge Stages Sub-Game when Magolor introduces himself, and it is seen flying in the background in the credits sequence, where Magolor returns to it after flying behind Kirby for a while.
Stone[edit]
The Lor is depicted in one of Kirby's Stone ability transformations in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot and Kirby Star Allies (as a silver sculpture in all three games).
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse[edit]
In this game, the Lor Starcutter appears as an icon in the Music Room that represents the Kirby's Return to Dream Land music tracks.
Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]
In Kirby: Planet Robobot, the Lor sometimes appears inside the rift created by the "Time-Border Great Slash Flash" attack from Galacta Knight Returns. According to a comment by Shinya Kumazaki made during the "Kirby: Planet Robobot Drawing and Screenshot Challenge" on Miiverse, the Lor can travel through time as well as space; Kumazaki implies that this version of the Lor may come from a different time period than the events of Kirby: Planet Robobot.[1] Additionally, aside from its Stone statue, a sticker of the Lor's emblem can also be obtained in the game.
Kirby Star Allies[edit]
In Kirby Star Allies, the Lor sometimes appears in the Far-Flung Starlight Heroes level hub. In Version 4.0.0, Magolor can make use of the Magoloran Launch Friend Ability, where allies can jump on the ship before it charges forward to attack.
The Lor Starcutter also cameos in the Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! ending picture if the player completes the mode with either Magolor, Taranza, or Susie.
Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]
In Kirby's Dream Buffet, the Lor Starcutter appears on a Character Treat, using its artwork from Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
In the Kirby novel series[edit]
In the Kirby novel series, the Lor appears in Kirby's Labyrinth Rescue!, Kirby and the Search for the Dreamy Gears!, Kirby: Lor Starcutter and a Magician of Falsehood and Kirby: Come On Over to Merry Magoland!.
In Kirby's Labyrinth Rescue!, Magolor shows up with the Lor Starcutter in Dream Land. Kirby and King Dedede board it with Magolor when they volunteer to help find his friend. Meta Knight and Waddle Dee chase the Lor Starcutter with the Halberd to make sure nothing bad happens. Inside it, Magolor shows the Dimension Mirror.
In Kirby and the Search for the Dreamy Gears!, the Lor is an ancient mysterious ship that was rumored to have the power to cross to a different world. It serves as Magolor's motivation for collecting the gears in the story. Before the events of the story, Magolor finds the Lor in the sky in a broken state. Because some of its parts are missing, the Lor can't move. Magolor searches for a way to repair the Lor, but since the Lor was made from the power of the ancient civilization, ordinary parts can't repair it. After hearing a rumor that an ancient machine was found in Diamond Town, Magolor comes to the town to find if there are ancient parts that he can use. After stealing all the gears, Magolor tries to escape Diamond Town and repair the Lor, but is captured by Hugo and his subordinates.
Trivia[edit]
- A cutter is a class of ships designed for speed, so named for the way they cut through waves. Based on this, it is likely that "Lor" is the ship's name while "Starcutter" is the class it belongs to; Magolor often refers to the ship as "the Lor" or "my Starcutter", but never "the Starcutter".
- Corrupt Hyness' Special Page for the second phase of his battle in Kirby Star Allies states that Lor means "Paradise" in Hyness' language. This is possibly a reference to the Lor Starcutter's origin, suggesting it was not always used for battle purposes. This is more concretely hinted at in Lor EX & Magolor's Special Page in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, which states that "it can travel to far-off paradises with ease".
- The Lor Starcutter is associated with a particular electronic metronome sound in cutscenes, with "A Visitor from Afar" and "Halcandra: A New Enemy" both featuring the same sound in establishing shots of the ship's interior. The same electronic metronome sound also appears in Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World, being heard in "Prescient Stirring Fa-lu-wa-a Song", "Eternally Stirring Fa-lu-wa-a Song", and "Last Song (Incomplete) - NEICHEL's Unfinished Track".
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World features an object called the spaceship New World, available as a collectible figure and also seen in various other places in the game (most notably as part of the rubble in the Star-Crossed World level prior to the fight with Genwel Meteonelfilis). This spaceship, with its spherical design and distinctively-shaped windows, strongly resembles the cockpit of the Lor Starcutter (the area directly below the mast).
- This similarity is directly pointed out by the characters in the light novel adaptation of the game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Meteoric Star-Crossed World.
Gallery[edit]
- Main article: Lor Starcutter/gallery
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Artwork from Kirby's Return to Dream Land -
Stone transformation in Kirby: Triple Deluxe -
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Splash screen for a Magoloran Launch from Kirby Star Allies -
Kirby's Return to Dream Land panel from Puzzle Swap in the StreetPass Mii Plaza, featuring the Lor Starcutter -
The Lor Starcutter in Find Kirby!! Full of Kirby (Peaceful Grassland) -
Lor Starcutter Travel Sticker from the "Kirby Pupupu Train" 2016 events -
"Return to Dream Land" figure from the "Kirby Terrarium Collection Game Selection" merchandise line, manufactured by Re-ment
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 天かける船 ローア Ama kakeru fune Rōa |
The Ship that Soars the Skies, Roah 「かける」is an alternate writing of「翔る」(meaning "to soar"), and "Roah" is possibly a reference to Noah's Ark In the Japanese version of Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, the name is written in English as "Lor Starcutter" |
| English | Lor Starcutter | |
| Traditional Chinese | 飛越天際船 洛亞 fēi yuè tiān jì chuán luò yà |
The Ship that Soars the Skies, Lor-ya In the Chinese versions of Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, the name is written in English as "Lor Starcutter" |
| Simplified Chinese | 飞越天际船 洛亚 fēi yuè tiān jì chuán luò yà | |
| Dutch | Lor Starcutter | - |
| French | Galéronef Lor | Lor Starcutter Likely from "galère" (a large rowing boat and sail, used from Antiquity to the 18th century) and "nef" (a large sailing boat from the Middle Ages) |
| German | Sternenkreuzer Lor | Starcruiser Lor |
| Italian | Astrobarca Lor | Lor Astroboat |
| Korean | 하늘배 로아 Haneulbae Roa |
Sky Ship Roa In the Korean version of Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, the name is written in English as "Lor Starcutter" |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Astrovela Lor | Lor Astrosail |
| European Portuguese | Lor Starcutter[2] | - |
| Russian | Космокатер Лор[3] Kosmokater Lor |
Spaceship Lor "Космокатер" is a term originating from Soviet writer Kir Bulychev's sci-fi novella Alisa's Voyage |
| Spanish | Astrovelero Lor | Lor Astrosailboat |
References
- ↑ "This screenshot seems to depict the extraordinary meeting of the Lor Starcutter with…itself! This craft is capable of traversing space and time, so a meeting of two Lor Starcutters from different times is certainly possible. Wow, wouldn't it be cool if that really happened? I wonder - the Lor Starcutter that can be seen when Galacta Knight performs this attack...what time is it from? And, if there is someone inside it, who are they, and where are they going? Presumably, when the rift opens and we can see them, they can see into our world, too! Ooh, it really sets the imagination racing, doesn't it!" –Shinya Kumazaki (Kirby: Planet Robobot Drawing and Screenshot Challenge on Miiverse)
- ↑ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
- ↑ Tumblr archive of Russian Miiverse post
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