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Pink Ball Activate!

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Pink Ball Activate!
"Pink Ball Activate!":


"Outlaw Driver":
"Final Takeoff":

Various arrangements of "Pink Ball Activate!" from Kirby: Planet Robobot.
Details
Debut appearanceKirby: Planet Robobot (2016)
Last appearanceKirby Air Riders (2025)
Other appearance(s)Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
Kirby Star Allies
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Kirby Clash
Kirby Fighters 2
Composer(s)Hirokazu Ando
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"Pink Ball Activate!"[1][2][3] is a musical piece composed by Hirokazu Ando, first appearing in Kirby: Planet Robobot.

Composition[edit]

Robobot Armor's Fire Mode in effect.

"Pink Ball Activate!" is an energetic 2/4 theme in D Dorian mode, performed primarily with electronic instruments. It has an introductory segment teetering between C and B. The melody then comes in played by an electric guitar, each phrase ranging within a fourth. The phrase concludes with two rising octaves and a roll, a motif properly displayed in the third section of "Haltmann Works Co. HQ". This section repeats with new instrumentation, and the octaves are replaced with sixths, followed by harmonized beat. The second section of the theme is hopeful in character, featuring the original phrase in the bright E minor with elements of G major. The phrase now ranges within a fifth, and is also played by an electric guitar. It plays thrice, and the melody revolves around the dominant. Now with its original fourth range, the phrase modulates from E minor back to D minor, and after the rising octaves return, the track loops from the main melody.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

Pink Ball Activate! serves as the theme of the Robobot Armor and has been rearranged into several versions in Kirby: Planet Robobot's soundtrack, including:

  • "Outlaw Driver" - the track that plays when the Robobot Armor enters Wheel Mode in Rhythm Route - Stage 4. This track is also used as the title & ability room music of The Arena. It's set in G Dorian mode and has an intro based on "Flight of Azure" and a new supporting four-note rising phrase.
  • "Final Takeoff" - the track that plays during the Story Mode cutscene of the Robobot Armor scanning the Halberd to become Halberd Mode. A further arrangement of "Outlaw Driver".

"Pink Ball Activate!" can be found as track 009 in Kirby: Planet Robobot's Jukebox, "Outlaw Driver" can be found as track 044, and "Final Takeoff" can be found as track 090. The theme is also used as the music of the Nintendo 3DS Theme "Kirby Planet Robobot: Robobot Armor Activate!"

Team Kirby Clash Deluxe[edit]

"Final Takeoff" is re-used for the battle against Parallel Landia in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe.

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

In Kirby Star Allies, "Pink Ball Activate!" is reused in the Extra Planet δ stage during the Friend Star portion. "Outlaw Driver" is reused during the mid-boss battle with Bugzzy and Vividria on Extra Planet γ.

"Pink Ball Activate!" can be found as Track 126 in the Kirby Star Allies Jukebox and "Outlaw Driver" can be found as Track 102.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

"Pink Ball Activate!" makes an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as one of the many Kirby tracks that can be played on Battlefield, Small Battlefield, Big Battlefield, Final Destination and any Kirby stage. The theme also plays during the Robobot Armor and Susie Spirit Battles.

Super Kirby Clash[edit]

The "Final Takeoff" remix from Super Kirby Clash.

"Final Takeoff" gets remixed with additional instrumentation over-top the original track for the Tougher and Toughest Landia EX battles and the Toughest Party Quests against Team Colossal Quad, Hornhead, Spark Bonkers, Ignite Edge and Blocky.

Kirby Fighters 2[edit]

"Gigavolt (Secret Song)" from Kirby Fighters 2.

The original version of "Pink Ball Activate!" is the default track for the Gigavolt Battle Stage. A remix of the track can be unlocked as the stage's secret song when the player reaches Fighters Rank 97.

Kirby Air Riders[edit]

In Kirby Air Riders, the original version of "Pink Ball Activate!" can be unlocked as the alternate track for Mountain.

Other appearances[edit]

"Pink Ball Activate!" was played live in the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert, as part of the "Kirby: Planet Robobot Medley".

In The Sound of Kirby Café, "Pink Ball Activate!" is the first theme featured in Track 12: "Café De Planet / Pink Ball Activate! ~ The Noble Haltmann".

On the Kirby 30th Anniversary Site, the original version of "Pink Ball Activate!" plays when viewing Kirby number 28 ("Momodama Hasshin!").

"Outlaw Driver" was performed live at the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival as part of the "Go Go! Kirby Race Medley", along with "Gourmet Race", "Circuit Speedway", "Top Ride: Grass", and "City Trial: City".

"Pink Ball Activate!" is featured in an officially licensed collection of Kirby sheet music published by Yamaha Corporation.[4]

Names in other languages[edit]

Pink Ball Activate![edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 桃球発進ももだまはっしん！ロボボアーマー[1][5][2][3]
momodama hasshin! robobo āmā 		Pink Ball Launch! Robobo Armor
English Pink Ball Activate![1][2][3] -
Chinese Pink Ball Activate![3]
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Dutch Pink Ball Activate![2][3] -
French Pink Ball Activate![2][3] -
German Pink Ball Activate![2][3] -
Korean 도구 발진! 로보보 아머[3]
dogu baljin! lobobo ameo 		Pink Ball Launch! Robobo Armor
Portuguese Pink Ball Activate![2][3] -


Outlaw Driver[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese アウトロウドライバー[1][6]
autorou doraibā 		Outlaw Driver
This is a reference to Outlaw Players, an amateur action racing game created by Shinya Kumazaki in 2000–2001.
English Outlaw Driver[1] -


Final Takeoff[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ファイナル・テイクオフ[1]
fainaru teikuofu 		Final Takeoff
English Final Takeoff[1] -

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Kirby: Planet Robobot Original Soundtrack
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Name listed in the description of the "Kirby: Craft-Paper Party" Nintendo 3DS theme
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Kirby Air Riders Music Player
  4. ↑ Yamaha Sheet Music Store - Product KB24-6208 "ピアノで楽しむ 星のカービィ ～ゲーム音楽セレクション～" ("Fun with Piano: Kirby of the Stars ～Game Music Selection～")
  5. ↑ Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert pamphlet
  6. ↑ Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival pamphlet
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