| “ | A threatening cloud of Dark Matter is luring the inhabitants of PopStar to evil, but not if Kirby & Co. have anything to say about it! | „ |
| ~ Description |
| “ | A blade said to be wielded by a dark swordsman who, lurking in shadow, plots to shroud the world in darkness. | „ |
| ~ Swordsman's description |
Background
Dark Matter are one of the main recurring antagonists of the Kirby franchise appearing in the "Dark Matter Trilogy", which consists of Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3 and Kirby 64.
They are eye-like, dark creatures which exists around space whose main goal is to corrupt many races to evil as possible, although some individuals can have different paths, such as the Dark Matter in Dreamland 2 or Gooey, which is by far the only Dark Matter who turned out to be good.
They often target planets mainly Popstar and Ripple Star, and usually are leaded by their masters, which are often called "Zero". After their master's defeat in Dark Star, it caused an explosion which destroyed all of it, causing all Dark Matter to explode as well, making it likely extinct aside from Gooey.
Powers and Stats
Keys: Dreamland 2 | Dreamland 3
Tier: Low 4-C, likely higher | Low 4-C, likely higher
Dimensionality: 3-D
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight (Can naturally fly), Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2: Can breath in the middle of Outer Space), Weapon Mastery (Can masterfully wield a sword in combat), Homing Attack (Can create attacks which will follow their target), Acrobatics (Shown to be able of performing some acrobatic moves), Body Control and Telekinesis (Can throw up and control parts of it's body to attack Kirby), Darkness Manipulation (Can create giant clouds of darkness to cover up entire planets), Danmaku (Can create multiple energy attacks at all once), Inorganic Physiology (Type 1: Stated multiple times that they are made of a cloud-like object), Electricity Manipulation (Can shoot out electric blasts at Kirby), Energy Manipulation and Projection (Can create and attack enemies with energy attacks), Afterimage Creation (Often leaves afterimages when attacking), Immersion (Entered and exited through Adeleine's painting), Duplication (Can duplicate itself and create smaller Dark Matter with parts of it's body), Life Manipulation and Creation (Are capable of creating random enemies such as N-Zs), Small Size (Type 1: Shown to be slightly bigger than Kirby, who is canonically 8 inches {20 cm} tall), Weapon Creation, Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3 and 6), Longevity, Elasticity, Intangibility (Can phase through solid material, with also considering the fact that they are made of a cloud-like material), Non-Physical Interaction (Scaling to Gooey), Natural Weaponry (Can use it's petals as attacks), Transmutation (Scaling to Gooey, who can absorb foes and throw them off as small stars), Power Mimicry and Absorption (Scaling to Gooey), Biological Manipulation (When possessing others, Dark Matter are capable of biologically altering them, such as making a Waddle Dee turn into a Waddle Doo), Shapeshifting (Scaling to Miracle Matter, another Dark Matter, who is capable of shifting it's body into various different elements), Fire Manipulation (Can turn into the Fire Element, and thus be capable of creating made out of fire), Ice Manipulation (Can turn into the Ice Element, and thus use attacks which are capable of freezing over Kirby), Water Manipulation (Can turn into the Water Element and thus be capable of creating attacks made out of bubbles), Earth Manipulation (Can turn into the Stone Element, and thus be capable of transforming it's own body into stone and creating several attacks made out of stone), Possession (Dark Matter are capable of possessing others, usually when encountering them, as seen multiple times), Regeneration (Mid-High: Regenerated it's whole body from a small piece, which is also a cloud-like object), Madness Manipulation (Type 2), Corruption (Type 2) and Mind Manipulation (Dark Matter's main gimick is their ability to create the Dark Clouds, which are giants clouds of darkness which can cover up entire planets, which when used, it lures all inhabitants close to them, manipulating them and turning them into the evil side, thus allowing Dark Matter to be capable of controling them, with the range of this shown to be capabale of interacting with far off planets as well, which can as well possibly affects robots, such as HR-H), Resistance to Extreme Cold and Cosmic Radiations (Unnafected by space), Corruption, Mind Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Unnafected by their own Dark Clouds), Transmutation (Scaling to Gooey, who is unnafected by Kirby's swallowing)
Attack Potency: Dwarf Star level+, likely higher (Can fight up with Pre-Dreamland 3 Kirby, who defeated Nightmare up to that point who could obliterate a huge portion of the Moon with his defeat and with Kirby also being capable of cracking Popstar with a punch) | Dwarf Star level+, likely higher (Can fight up and damage Kirby during the events of Dreamland 3 right before fighting Zero)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Fought on par with and kept up with Kirby in the middle of the sky, who is capable of reacting to his own Warp Star who could travel to the Galaxy's end in just a few seconds and can keep up with Meta Knight, who was capable of flying from Galaxy's End to Popstar in under eight seconds, and is also shown to be capable of sometimes blitzing Kirby. Three Dark Matter orbs, while chasing Ribbon, were capable of outpacing and flying past over many galaxies in the background alongside nebulaes, which is a feat this fast. In the Bad Ending of Kirby 64 they were capable of flying over to seemingly a nearby galaxy)
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Durability: Dwarf Star level+, likely higher (Capable of surviving attacks from Kirby), regeneration and immortality makes it difficult to kill | Dwarf Star level+, likely higher, regeneration and immortality makes it difficult to kill
Stamina: Limitless (Due to being clouds)
Range: Standard Melee Range, intergalactic with its powers (Can affect 6 planets which are located in separated galaxies)
Standard Equipment: It's blade,
Intelligence: Gifted (Can decently create plans to take over planets which usually succeeds)
Weaknesses: Any weapon which is related to positive emotions
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Corruption: One of Dark Matter most used, if not the most used, is it's corruption, which allows Dark Matter and it's leaders to conquer many different planets to their will such as Popstar and Ripple Star. With this, they managed to lure the inhabitants of said planets into evil, while seemingly controlling them as well.
- Possession: Another commonly used technique by the Dark Matter is their possession, which has been done a handful of times, but mostly seen during the events of Kirby 64, while they also possessed King Dedede off screen during Dreamland 2, with their leaders also being capable of possessing others.
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