Kapar

Kapar
Artwork of Kapar from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Details
First game	Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997)
Latest game	Kirby Air Riders (2025)
Other game(s)	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Copy Ability	Cutter
Enemy Info Card

Kapar is a Kappa-based enemy debuting in Kirby's Dream Land 3. It is round and green, possessing a yellow beak and a pair of tiny, circular, black eyes, as well as flipper-like arms and two dark green, flat feet with three toes each. On its head, a round, yellow bulge surrounded by a wreath of pointed, green leaves can be seen, mimicking the bowl of water traditionally said to reside on a Kappa's head.

Game appearances

Kirby's Dream Land 3

In-game sprite

In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kapars can be found in and outside of water throughout the game.

On land, the foe initially stands in one place, waiting for Kirby to approach it; when he does, the Kapar leaps straight into the air. As soon as it reaches the same height as Kirby, it momentarily falls down again and afterwards tosses its wreath of leaves in a straight line, only to repeat the procedure a few seconds later. In water, Kapars instead swim after Kirby and may throw their corona at any time.

Touching either the Kapar itself or its weapon causes Kirby to take damage. The enemy can be defeated using any attack or inhaled and swallowed for the Cutter ability.

Locations

In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kapar can be found in the following levels and stages:

Kapar locations in Kirby's Dream Land 3
Stage	Grass Land	Ripple Field	Sand Canyon	Cloudy Park	Iceberg
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Screenshot of Big Kapar from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Kapar returns in this game, appearing in 3D for the first time. Kapar mainly stands in place, and jumps fairly high to throw its cutter ring at Kirby when he approaches. As before, Kapar can operate both on land and in water. Kapar appears on the 43rd Enemy Info Card.

A larger mid-boss version of Kapar appears in stage 3 of Aqua Star. This Kapar sits at the left end of the room and occasionally throws a cutter boomerang at Kirby while Bumbers appear and float downward from above. These Bumbers can be used as ammunition against the Kapar to defeat it.

Locations

Kapar can be found in the following levels and stages:

Kapar locations in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Stage	Pop Star	Rock Star	Aqua Star	Neo Star	Shiver Star	Ripple Star	Dark Star
Stage 1
Stage 2							N/A
Stage 3							N/A
Stage 4	N/A					N/A	N/A

Kirby Air Riders

Kapar appears in this game's Road Trip mode as one of the route characters in Boiler Boulevard. If selected, it will be summoned to deal with the leaky boiler at the end of the stage, though all it can do is ineffectively throw its cutter ring at the boiler, after which it bursts and sends the rider to Deep-Dive Drive. As with all route characters, Kapar also appears as an unlockable icon and sticker for the player's License Card.

Trivia

• Kapar was planned to be included as a selectable pattern in Kirby Family, a canceled application for the Game Boy Color that would send a pattern to a sewing machine for it to make.

Gallery

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  Artwork from Kirby's Dream Land 3
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  Artwork of the back of a manga from Kirby's Dream Land 3
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  Model of Kapar from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Screenshot of Kapar in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  License icon from Kirby Air Riders, featuring Kapar as it appears in Road Trip
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  A Kapar pattern in the selection menu for the canceled Kirby Family
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  Dedede Directory about Kapar
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  Kapar in the book Find Kirby!! Full of Kirby

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カパー Kapā	Corruption of「河童」(kappa)