Totenga

Totenga
Screenshot of Totenga from Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Details
First game	Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
Latest game	Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World (2025)
Other game(s)	Kirby and the Forgotten Land Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Copy Ability	Needle
Similar entities	Boten, Togezo, Thornsby, Jabhog, Needlous, Popon

Totenga is an enemy that debuted in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Totenga resembles a pole-shaped cactus with large protruding spikes and a small orange head with a single eye on top, also covered in spikes. In its original appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Totenga was unable to move, but it gained the ability to shuffle back and forth in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Their internal name, Togekuki, is based on the Japanese translation of "stem thorn".

Game appearances

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Appearing in White Wafers

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, Totenga is first found in the Raisin Ruins level, where it serves as an obstacle for Kirby and his companions in select areas. It cannot be inhaled at first, but attacking it with any non-direct methods will cause it to shrink in height. After enough damage, the cactus pole will have vanished entirely, leaving only the head which still stays in place. This can either be inhaled for the Needle ability, or simply dispatched.

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Totenga's model is based off its appearance in Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

Locations

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Totenga can be found in the following levels and stages:

Totenga locations in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5
Cookie Country
Raisin Ruins
Onion Ocean					N/A
White Wafers
Nutty Noon
Egg Engines
Dangerous Dinner				N/A	N/A

Kirby and the Forgotten Land / Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World

Totenga returns in Kirby and the Forgotten Land and its Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, where it has gained the ability to move by sliding along the ground, trying to block Kirby's path. It may also move in fixed patterns back and forth or in circles. In addition, if a Totenga is reduced to its head and is not defeated within a few seconds, it will regrow its thorny body. In this game, Totenga has been redesigned to have a bigger eyeball. Totenga does not have a Crystal variant in the Star-Crossed World Starry Stages.

Locations

In Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Star-Crossed World, Totenga can be found in the following stages:

Gallery

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  Model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land
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  Screenshot from Kirby's Return to Dream Land
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  Figure from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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  A Totenga in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	トーテンガ Tōtenga	Totenga Portmanteau of "totem" and「サボテン」(saboten, cactus), and likely「イガイガ」(iga-iga, thorny)
English	Totenga	Transliteration of the Japanese name
Chinese	托天甲 Tuō tiān jiǎ	Transliteration of the Japanese name
Dutch	Totenga	-
French	Totépines	From "totem" and "épines" (thorn)
German	Totempf	From "totem" and "Stumpf" (stump)
Italian	Totenga	-
Korean	토텐가 Totenga	Totenga
Spanish	Cactótem	Portmanteau of "cactus" and "tótem" (totem)