Big Switch

A Big Switch, also formatted big switch, is a larger counterpart of a standard switch in the Kirby franchise. Although they are a counterpart, Big Switches made their first appearance in Kirby's Adventure before regular Switches made their debut in Kirby Super Star.

Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
In Kirby's Adventure, Big Switches are found in certain stages, and activating one unlocks a secret area in the overall level that it appears in. Once a Big Switch has been activated, it vanishes, and does not reapper. The Big Switches are color-coded in that the red ones unlock Arenas, the green ones unlock Sub-games, the blue ones unlock Museums, and the yellow ones unlock Warp Star Stations.

In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Big Switches return, having the same function, although all of them are red, making them no longer color-coded

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Big Switches are pressed to place a door; leading to the world they are pressed in at Rainbow Route. If every Big Switch has been activated, a golden door appears in Central Circle. This door leads to a room containing almost every Copy Ability in the game.

Kirby: Canvas Curse
In Kirby: Canvas Curse, there are three Big Switches within the stages, each corresponding to several Action Blocks that disappear upon activating the Big Switch.

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
In Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, a Big Switch appears inside Bastron when Kirby enters it in the two stages, Kirby Rocket's Big Blastoff and Back to the Battleship. In both instances, activating the Big Switch causes a self-destruct sequence to begin, which Kirby Rocket and Elline must quickly escape from.

Kirby Star Allies
In Kirby Star Allies, Big Switches can unlock extra stages and Dream Palaces. Additionally, in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, Big Switches are used to spawn Power-Up Hearts, Point Stars, and sometimes even a Dream Rod.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a Big Switch is featured as a collectible sticker. Its appearance is listed as Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, but although the sticker itself depicts the Big Switch's artwork from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. The Big Switch sticker can be applied to any fighter, and doing so increases their Launch Resistance by 18.

Rainbow Resort
In addition to small switches, there are three Big Switches within the stages; each Big Switch corresponds to several Action Blocks that disappear when the switch si activated. These Acion Blocks usually block off medals.

A switch can also be drawn in Paint Panic.

Kirby: Canvas Curse

 * Iello Adventure (Rift Ruin): In the fourth room, after the Checkpoint, obtain [[Stone from Rocky to the left of the third Fan. Enter the hidden Door to the right of the third Fan. Use Stone to pound the Stake and activate the Big Switch, destroying the Action Blocks in Reddy Land's Tiny Town, Arange Gorge's Ghost Grounds, and Iello Adventure's Rift Ruin.


 * Bloo Hills (Cold Course): In the second room, after the Checkpoint, Kirby must take the downward path after the Fan. Position the Movement Blocks and use the Mini Cannons to activate the Big Switch, destroying the Action Blocks in Iello Adventure's Contrast Cave, Neo Greo's Paletto Polis, and Bloo Hills's Cold Course.


 * Wonder Lilane (Frozen Fantasy): In the second room, Kirby must follow the Point Stars off the Sticky Panel to land on another lower Sticky Panel. Enter the Door. Destroy the Bomb Blocks and activate the Switch before the Iron Ball rolls past the Metal Blocks. The Iron Ball will fall, destory the Metal Blocks, and activate the Big Switch, destroying the Action Blocks in Bloo Hills's Canvas Canyon, Omarine Zone's Collapse Castle, and Wonder Lilane's Frozen Fantasy.

Related quotes
"You pushed the big switch that opens an Extra Stage on the World Map!"

- Extra Stage Open!