Basic Any% Guide
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This is a basic text guide for beating Kirby: Squeak Squad as quickly as possible. Mostly showcasing the ability and bubble route, along with any backups and other information you need to know.
Blank spaces are if there is nothing important to note.
Level 1: Prism Plains
| 1-1 | Slide boost twice in the first room. Grab Fire in the second room and burn forward |
| 1-2 | Burn through the stage, get rid of the popups by holding the touch screen. RE-ENTER THE STAGE AFTER COMPLETING TO COLLECT AN EXTRA SWORD BUBBLE! |
| 1-3 | Mix for wheel by puffing the first Flamer while it's moving right, then follow the flamer to the other flamer and inhale both. Wheel is the 6th ability on the roulette. DO not mix any bubbles throughout the stage and collect the fire bubble. Having a full inventory will allow you to skip the big chest and a long cutscene. |
| 1-4 | Start mixing ability bubbles for Wheel, but save your sword bubble for Ms. Moley in Level 2. |
| 1-5 | Collect the (?) bubble, use it to mix for Invincibility Candies. |
| 1-B | King Dedede Wheel towards Dedede, then unwheel briefly after hitting him. Turn left and Wheel into him, then turn around at the left of the pillar. Repeat steps until Dedede dies. |
Level 2: Nature Notch
| 2-1 | Grab the Big Chest for a star seal |
| 2-2 | Get the (?) Bubble at the end of the stage and mix it in 2-3 |
| 2-3 | Collect Wheel Bubble in the second room. Use Candy against GaoGao if desired. If you are bad at candy mixing, make sure you at least save one for Kracko in Level 3 |
| 2-4 | Buffer a Wheel Jump at the start of the stage |
| 2-5 | Wheel bubble in the cave secret. Jump into door to not slide into the lava. |
| 2-B | Ms. Moley Collect (?) bubble if desired. Use Sword bubble against Moley Attempt to duplicate Wheel using the falling chest |
Level 3: Cushy Cloud
| 3-1 | |
| 3-2 | Get the Big Chest for a star seal |
| 3-3 | Cutter and Parasol bubble for mixing |
| 3-4 | (?) Bubble on the right side of the star room if necessary |
| 3-5 | Spark Bubble for mixing |
| 3-B | Kracko Use Candy if avalible Otherwise use Tornado |
Level 4: Jam Jungle
| 4-1 | If you aren't comfortable with the wheel strat, use Tornado or Cutter against BoxBoxer. Then grab High Jump, then use Wheel bubble after the star block room |
| 4-2 | Grab Sword Bubble if you use Sword against Yadogaine. Grab big chest for Star Seal |
| 4-3 | Top path, Right cannon. Don't use / mix bubbles to avoid picking up a Mini bubble |
| 4-4 | Buffer a Wheel Jump at the start of the stage. Right path, bottom door, grab Wheel bubble. Use Sword bubble if you lose it against Mr. Frosty |
| 4-5 | If you have Wheel, use it to get through the stage. If you have Sword, use an up-b to go down the first pit quickly. If you have neither, grab and use the Ninja bubble and use Down+B to go down quickly. |
| 4-B | Yadogaine If you have Sword, crouch cancel then slice 3 times, repeat. If you don't have Sword, grab and use the Tornado bubble, use it to take out a quarter of Yadogaine's health, then back away. Once beating Yadogaine, you can attempt to duplicate your Wheel bubble using the falling chest. |
Level 5: Vocal Volcano
| 5-1 | Grab the big chest for Star Seal |
| 5-2 | |
| 5-3 | Grab and use Sword for all 4 bosses. If you don't have a spare Wheel bubble or want to save it, re-enter the stage after beating it to mix Wheel. To mix Wheel, line up next to the Hot Head, jump inhale to inhale both the Hot Head and Swordie. Wheel is the 6th ability on the roulette. |
| 5-4 | Candy Succ (todo: add more about candy succ) |
| 5-B | Use Candy against BohBoh |
Level 6: Ice Island
| 6-1 | Use Candy on GaoGao if possible Grab Candy in the bottom right barrel |
| 6-2 | Grab big chest for Star Seal |
| 6-3 | |
| 6-4 | Use Candy on Boxy if possible |
| 6-5 | Enter hideouts after Spinni and Storo grab their chests, wait out Doc. Grab (?) Bubbles before each squeak room, use them during Doc's room |
| 6-B | Use Candy against Daroach |
Level 7: Secret Sea
| 7-1 | |
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| 7-B | Grab Sword bubble if using Sword against GaoGao in Level 8.<br.Use Candy bubble against Meta Knight |
Level 8: Gamble Galaxy
| 8-1 | Top Left path if Candy is needed, Bottom Right to warp star Be careful when taking the bottom path in the final room, an eaten input can end your run |
| 8-2 | |
| 8-3 | Use Candy or Sword bubble against GaoGao, if using Sword then use Wheel Bubble after GaoGao |
| 8-B | Grab Cutter bubble. Use Candy against Dark Daroach |
| Neb | Use Wheel for the climb. Then use Cutter bubble against Dark Nebula |
