Heavy Mole
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| “ | I am Heavy Mole, watch while I undermine your precious dream!! | ” | — Dialogue from Kirby's Avalanche. |
Heavy Mole is a boss that debuts in Kirby's Adventure. It is a large, golden machine with a single eye, a missile launcher on its backside, and two extendable, mechanical arms with red spiked attachments on the end of each which allow it to dig through the ground with ease. On its back are two spinning turbines and a pair of smoking tailpipes. The missiles it launches are also cycloptic. Heavy Mole's battle strategy is to dig a tunnel using its arms while firing missiles behind itself. The main dangers posed to Kirby by Heavy Mole are the tricky movements of the digging arms and the missiles, though the latter also serve as a means of retaliation, since they can be inhaled.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]
In Kirby's Adventure and its remake, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Heavy Mole appears as the boss of Yogurt Yard, the fifth level in the game, where it is fought underground. This battle is a running one, with the screen following Heavy Mole as it moves through the earth. Kirby needs to take care not to get left behind and risk getting crushed by the scrolling screen making contact with a tunnel surface.
In its boss battle, Heavy Mole digs through the ground using its red spiked attachments, which damage Kirby if he runs into them. Sometimes, when digging up or down, Heavy Mole will launch a red or yellow missile from its backside at Kirby. If Kirby swallows a red missile that has its eye closed, he will gain the Sleep ability; this is inherently dangerous due to the auto-scrolling arena. By swallowing the yellow one with its eye open, however, Kirby will gain the Hammer ability, which can be used to attack the boss or dig through the ground. Defeating Heavy Mole causes it to explode, as well as changing the stage from its arena to a flat, featureless plain.
Kirby's Avalanche[edit]
| “ | A sneaky, underhanded underworld figure, Heavy Mole will hit you when you least expect it. | ” | — Kirby's Avalanche Instruction Booklet (North American print), page 23 |
In Kirby's Avalanche, Heavy Mole is the ninth boss fought (not counting the three "Lesson" bosses only fought in Easy mode). It focuses on destroying blobs quickly, instead of strategically forming chain reactions. Its AI is similar to Zoh Daimaoh from Puyo Puyo, but Heavy Mole does not shake the board.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]
In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Heavy Mole appears as a regular Keychain, under its Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land appearance. Strangely, its sprite does not have the two spinning turbines on it, leaving two holes on its body.
Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]
In Kirby's Dream Buffet, Heavy Mole appears on a Character Treat, using its sprite from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. It reuses Heavy Mole's sprite as a keychain from Kirby: Triple Deluxe with the missing turbines.
Trivia[edit]
- According to an internal document created by HAL Laboratory around the time Kirby's Adventure was released, Heavy Mole was convinced to work for King Dedede in exchange for a year's worth of coal.[1]
Gallery[edit]
Artwork[edit]
Artwork from Kirby's Adventure
Artwork used for The Landscapes of Dream Land merchandise series
Dedede Directory about Heavy Mole
Sprites[edit]
Sprite from Kirby's Adventure
One of Heavy Mole's yellow missiles from Kirby's Adventure
One of Heavy Mole's red missiles from Kirby's Adventure
Sprite from Kirby's Avalanche
Icon from Kirby's Avalanche
Sprite from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Keychain from Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Screenshots[edit]
The battle with Heavy Mole in Kirby's Adventure
Fight against Heavy Mole in Kirby's Avalanche
Other[edit]
Pixel Heavy Mole Character Treat from Kirby's Dream Buffet
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ヘビーモール Hebī Mōru |
Heavy Mole |
| Traditional Chinese | 重量級鼴鼠 Zhòngliàng jí yǎn shǔ |
Heavyweight mole |
| Simplified Chinese | 重量级鼹鼠 Zhòngliàng jí yǎn shǔ | |
| Dutch | Heavy Mole | - |
| French | Heavy Mole | - |
| German | Heavy Molli | - |
| Italian | Heavy Mole | - |
| Korean | 헤비 몰 Hebi Mol |
Heavy Mole |
| Portuguese | Pesopeira | Combination of "Peso" (weight) and "topeira" (mole) |
| Spanish | Topo pesado | Heavy mole |
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