Teatime

Teatime
Screenshot of gameplay on the Teatime stage.
Details
Type	Minigame
Unlock criteria	Available at start
No. of variants	2

This article is about the minigame stage in Kirby's Dream Buffet. For the Sub-Game in Kirby: Squeak Squad, see Speedy Teatime.

Teatime is one of the eight Minigame stages in Kirby's Dream Buffet. It is available from the start, and tasks the Kirbys with collecting strawberries that fall into teacups that appear on the plates periodically.

Details

Unlike other minigame stages, Teatime's objective is always the same, though there are two different variants of the board. In the first, there is a cake in the middle of the board and eight plates surrounding it, which do not move. The second features a teacup plate in the middle with six more surrounding it, and these outer six plates revolve clockwise slowly around the middle one.

As the game progresses, teacups will appear on the plates at random locations; slowly at first, but increasing in frequency over time. When a cup appears, it releases a visual shockwave effect to alert the players to its location. Once the cups appear, strawberries will fall into them shortly afterward, and they can fall in piles of three, five, or seven, with the latter amounts occurring more often near the end of the game. Once all the strawberries are collected or vanish, the teacup holding them will disappear shortly thereafter.

Gallery

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  Two teacups in play in the cakeless variant
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  Kirbys crowding over a teacup in the cake variant

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ティータイム Tītaimu	Teatime
English	Teatime	-
Traditional Chinese	喝茶時光 hēchá shíguāng	Tea-drinking Time
Simplified Chinese	喝茶时光 hēchá shíguāng
Dutch	Thee met lekkers	Tea with sweets
French	L'heure du thé	Teatime
German	Teestunde	Teatime (literally Tea hour)
Italian	L'ora del tè	Teatime
Korean	티타임 Titaim	Teatime
Portuguese	Chá da tarde	Afternoon tea
Spanish	Hora del té	Teatime