- ❝ From the creators of The Adventures of Hijitus and Mortadelo & Filemon comes to the adventures of the pink puffball and his pals.❞
- ―The tagline of the film.
Kirby: The Big Adventure, known in Argentina and Spain as Kirby the Movie: The Great Adventure of Kirby (Spanish: Kirby la película: La gran aventura de Kirby) is a 2012 Spanish-language computer-animated adventure science fantasy film directed by Armando Mínguez, written by Manuel García Ferré and Francisco Ibáñez and co-produced by Rayman Pereira and José Escrivá with Luis Manso, García Ferré and Ibáñez. It is based on the Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai, and is the third Kirby film not made in the United States or Japan, after 1996's Sitaare Ke Kirbee and 2006's Kanavugalin Neerootru. The film's plot follows Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee as they help an alien named Magolor recover the pieces of the Lor Starcutter so he can return home.
Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on 27 April 2012, Kirby: The Big Adventure was released in Argentina by United International Pictures on 6 May and in Spain by Filmax on 25 May, followed by a limited release by Synth Films in the United States on 25 June. The film then received mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans of the games.
Plot[]
One day, a dimension-hopping spaceship called the Lor Starcutter suddenly flies out of a dimensional rift and crashes onto Kirby's home planet of Popstar. As Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee go to investigate, they meet an alien named Magolor, who discovers that the five vital pieces of his ship have been scattered across the planet, with the 120 Energy Spheres being scattered across both Popstar and Halcandra. With Magolor offering them a trip to his homeworld of Halcandra should they help fix his ship, Kirby and his friends set off to recover the lost pieces.
After retrieving the main pieces, they travel to Halcandra, where they are attacked by a four-headed dragon named Landia. Magolor claims Landia is an evil beast that has taken over Halcandra and sends Kirby to defeat it. However, after Landia is defeated, Magolor reveals his true motive was to steal the Master Crown on its head and become all-powerful, as he wears the crown and uses it to turn into a large monster, with the intent of making the entire universe bow before him, beginning with Popstar.
Teaming up with Landia, who has split into four individual dragons, Kirby and his friends go chase Magolor in Another Dimension. During the chase, Magolor uses the Lor Starcutter to try to defeat Kirby and his friends, but Kirby and his friends defeat the Lor Starcutter. Magolor removes Kirby and his friends from the Landia dragons before they come to fight him in a final battle. During the battle, Magolor transforms into a larger monster. Kirby and his friends destroy the Master Crown, while Magolor is transported to somewhere. With the Master Crown shattered and Magolor defeated, Kirby and friends return to Popstar, after a close call escaping the now collapsing Another Dimension. The Landia dragons take the Lor Starcutter and return home.
Voice cast[]
| Character | Argentine Spanish | Castilian Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby | Victoro Otero | Francisco Sahagún | Amy Birnbaum |
| King Dedede | Matías Ibáñez | Francisco Escrivá | Ted Lewis |
| Meta Knight | Néstor D'Alessandro | Enrique Hidalgo | Eric Newsome |
| Bandana Waddle Dee | Tadeo Ortíz | Danilo Alén | Andrew Freeman |
| Magolor | Ikerne Ibáñez | José Saldaña | Terrance McPherson |
| Landia | Marco Ortíz Guillem Dávila |
Karra Elejalde Janfri Topera |
Ronald Callahan Geoffrey Burch |