Boss Endurance mini-game:
To unlock the Boss Endurance mini-game, beat the game.
Cake in Collections menu:
To unlock the Cake in the “Collections” menu, beat the game.
Time Attack mode:
To unlock Time Attack mode, beat the game with all 120 chests collected.
Bonus world:
To unlock the tower in the center of the world map, collect the secret map pieces from all worlds. Once inside you can get any Ability Bubble.
Ghost ability:
The Ghost ability allows you to control certain opponents with B. While controlling enemies you can use their attacks with B, jump a lot with A, and destroy them with Select.
Best abilities:
The best abilities in the game are U.F.O., Ghost (obtained in World 8), Triple Star (obtained in World 8), Ninja, and Magic (without the scroll). The Hammer ability and the Cutter ability (both with scroll) are also good.
Combining items:
Combine the following abilities together to make better ones by dragging them together:
Fire and Sword
Ice and Sword
Lightning and Sword
Ice and Bomb
Lightning and Bomb.
When combining two items together, keep the stylus held on the touch screen and the items will spin around in circles. Keep your stylus on the touch screen then move it around in circles. The Bubbles will change colors. If you release the items when the Bubbles are red, you will get either the Fire or Sleep ability; if blue, you will get Ice or Sleep; if green you will get Spark, Wave, or Sleep; if white you will get Sword or Cutter; and if yellow/orange you will get Animal or Metal.
Brace for impact:
When Kirby is about to be damaged by an enemy or object, press Down to duck. Kirby will still take damage, but his copied ability will not be lost and you will not lose a treasure chest to the Squeaks if they are attacking.
Birthday message:
To receive a birthday greeting, set the current system date to the date entered for your birthday in the system settings. After the introduction sequence, a short “Happy Birthday!” message featuring various Kirby characters will appear.
In-game reset:
To perform an in-game reset, hold L R Select Start to return to the starting menu.
World 7 Meta Knight strategy:
Get the Sword Scroll and have Sword and Fire/Ice/Thunder in your inventory. Combine Sword with one of them so you have a Fire/Ice/Thunder Sword. Fire burns, Ice freezes, and Thunder lets you hit metal on the ground and send jolts of electricity travel through the room.
World 3 end Boss strategy:
Get the U.F.O. power-up and the lollipop that makes you invincible. To get the U.F.O., go to level 3-4 and go through the level until you get to the hill where metal persons are falling from the sky. From there, go to the opposite side of the mountain and get the “?” in a bubble. Touch it to get a random power-up. If it’s the lollipop then you are halfway done. Get on the Warp Star to go to a new place. When you get there, suck up one of the fire persons if you do not already have it, then go to the very right of the level. To the right of the door, burn the cloud away and inside is the U.F.O. Do the level again and get a spare if you wish. If you don’t have the lollipop for invincibility, you can mix power-ups until you get one or get the “?” power-up for a random one. When you have the lollipop and the U.F.O.s, go to the Boss level. You won’t need the fire or tornado power-up, but take them if you wnat. When you reach the Boss, do not use the lollipop but stay in the middle of the screen and shoot power shots at him by holding B. After he dies the first time, he will destroy the cloud ground and make another with holes. He now has an electric shield around him. Use the lollipop and keep flying into him or staying directly on him and he will die quickly.
Tornado jump hint:
With the Tornado ability, press A and immediately afterwards press B to jump really high while doing the Tornado attack. This works great against Bosses.
Scroll benefits:
You can “attach” an element to scrolls, such as Sword, Bomb, and Wheel. For example, in World 6-SECRET, have the Wheel scroll and copy the Wheelie at the start of the stage, then start your roll on the ice. Any enemy you touch while you are still rolling will be turned to ice. The Ice-Wheel ability can also make ice bridges by running over the surface of the water.
Ability combinations:
Unlock the following abilities by mixing the corresponding abilities. Note: Some abilities can only be used by mixing:
ABILITY – MIX
Ice Sword – Sword (scrolled) Ice
Fire Sword – Sword (scrolled) Fire
Spark Sword – Sword (scrolled) Spark
Icebomb – Bomb (scrolled) Ice
Spark Bomb – Bomb (scrolled) Spark