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Zapuzu
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| Zapuzu | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot of Zapuzu from Kirby Air Riders | |
| Details | |
| First game | Kirby Air Riders (2025) |
| Copy Ability | Flash |
Zapuzu is an enemy that appears in Kirby Air Riders. It is composed of six free-floating triangles, colored white with borders of various shades of blue. The central triangle is the biggest, with the other smaller triangles surrounding it. Each triangle features small, triangular eyes. It moves around in quick dashes and attacks by rearranging its triangles and creating a field of electricity around itself. It grants the Flash ability when inhaled or captured.
Locations[edit]
Zapuzu can be found in the following Air Ride courses and their Single Race versions:
| Zapuzu locations in Kirby Air Riders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Appearance? | Location | Appearance? |
| Floria Fields | 
|
Fantasy Meadows |
|
| Waveflow Waters |
|
Celestial Valley |
|
| Airtopia Ruins | 
|
Sky Sands |
|
| Crystalline Fissure |
|
Frozen Hillside |
|
| Steamgust Forge |
|
Magma Flows |
|
| Cavernous Corners |
|
Beanstalk Park |
|
| Cyberion Highway |
|
Machine Passage |
|
| Mount Amberfalls |
|
Checker Knights |
|
| Galactic Nova |
|
Nebula Belt |
|
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フラムズ Furamuzu |
From「フラッシュ」(furasshu, "flash") and possibly a reversal of「ズーム」(zūmu, "zoom"); the usage of "Z" in each name may reflect the Z axis representing depth when plotting three-dimensional space, referring to its flat appearance |
| English | Zapuzu | From "zap", with "-uzu" taken from the Japanese name |
| Traditional Chinese | 閃茲 shǎn zī |
From「閃 / 闪」(shǎn, "flash"), with the ending「茲」(-zī) taken from the Japanese name |
| Simplified Chinese | 闪兹 shǎn zī | |
| Dutch | Zapuzu | - |
| French | Deltaz | From "delta", the third letter of the Greek alphabet; capital delta looks like a triangle (Δ), referencing its shape |
| German | Britzap | |
| Italian | Zapz | - |
| Korean | 플랫시즈 Peullaessijeu |
From "플래시" (peullaesi, "flash"), with the ending "즈" (-jeu, "-zu") taken from the Japanese name |
| Portuguese | Lampezum | From "lampejo" (flash) and "zum" (zoom) |
| Spanish | Zapzap | - |
