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Chameleo Arm
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| Chameleo Arm | |
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 Artwork of Chameleo Arm from Kirby Super Star Ultra | |
| Details | |
| First game | Kirby Super Star (1996) |
| Latest game | Kirby Air Riders (2025, reference) |
| Other game(s) | Kirby Super Star Ultra Kirby: Triple Deluxe (keychain) |
| Copy Abilities | Paint (rainbow balls) |
| Theme music | |
Clip of the music which plays during Chameleo Arm's fight in Kirby Super Star | |
Chameleo Arm (Ghameleo Arm in Kirby Super Star) is a boss that appears in Kirby Super Star and its remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra. It looks like a chameleon with arms (which it uses for clinging to walls), claws on the bottom, lumps on its back, and hair. It mainly moves by rolling on the ground, leaping into the air, and clinging to walls. It has a long pink tongue, whereas its body has no set color, possessing a different one each time the boss is challenged. Its official artwork shows green as the default color. It also changes color after disappearing and reappearing, or after being attacked using the Paint ability.
In Kirby Super Star, Chameleo Arm's introductory appearance is rolling into the arena opposite of Kirby; in Kirby Super Star Ultra, it starts out invisible, holding onto the wall in the middle of the arena as it makes itself visible to Kirby, then somersaults into one side of the arena and then rolls forward to face Kirby.
The boss's strategy is its power to camouflage itself, spit rainbow balls (which grant the Paint ability when inhaled and swallowed), attempt to eat Kirby (and spit him out if he does), and attack with its extendable claws. In its invisible state, striking Chameleo Arm's body can be tough, especially when the boss is moving around.
Once its health is depleted, Chameleo Arm is knocked out of the arena, falling off-screen much like Kirby does when defeated.
Chameleo Arm sports multiple color schemes. In the original game, Chameleo Arm appears in six colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and pink. In the remake, it has a new purple color, and it also has another set of seven colors which exclusively appear in Milky Way Wishes and Helper to Hero: maroon, salmon, gold, olive, cyan, black, and white. The alternate color version of Chameleo Arm also has more health than the standard version, much like with several other bosses.
Other appearances[edit]
- A sprite of Chameleo Arm from Kirby Super Star appears as a keychain in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
- A fossil shaped like Chameleo Arm can be seen in Cavernous Corners and Robo Dedede's arena in Kirby Air Riders.
Trivia[edit]
- Chameleo Arm bears resemblance to the giant chameleon-like deities in the intro of the Famicom Disk System game, Fire Bam. Like the Kirby series, the game was also created by HAL Laboratory.
Gallery[edit]
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Artwork from Kirby Super Star -
Sprite from Kirby Super Star -
Chameleo Arm's color schemes in Kirby Super Star -
Defeating Chameleo Arm in The Great Cave Offensive (Kirby Super Star) -
Using Paint on Chameleo Arm during its boss fight in Milky Way Wishes (Kirby Super Star) -
Sprite from Kirby Super Star Ultra -
Chameleo Arm's color schemes in The Great Cave Offensive and The Arena (Kirby Super Star Ultra) -
Chameleo Arm's color schemes in Milky Way Wishes and Helper to Hero (Kirby Super Star Ultra) -
The Arena icon from Kirby Super Star Ultra -
Helper to Hero icon from Kirby Super Star Ultra -
Ninja Kirby throws knives at an orange Chameleo Arm that is trying to eat him in The Great Cave Offensive (Kirby Super Star Ultra) -
Keychain from Kirby: Triple Deluxe -
Dedede Directory about Chameleo Arm
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ガメレオアーム Gamereo Āmu |
Ghameleo Arm; 「ガメレオ」 (gamereo) is a clipped and voiced version of 「カメレオン」 (kamereon, transliteration of "chameleon") |
| English | Ghameleo Arm[1] Chameleo Arm[2][3] |
Translation of Japanese name; "arm" possibly describes its clawed tail "Chameleo" derived from "chameleon" |
| French | Caméléos | From "Caméléons," which means "Chameleons" |
| German | Chamäo | From "Chamäleon," which means "Chameleon" |
| Italian | Elastolonte | A fusion of the words "Elastico" (elastic) and "Camaleonte" (chameleon) |
| Korean | 카멜레암 kamelleam |
Chamelearm A play on words on "카멜레온" (chameleon) and "암" (which sounds phonetically similar to the English word "arm"). |
| Spanish | Camaleón | Chameleon |
