

The primary goal of this mode is to earn as many points as possible along the way by playing well and choosing helpful story items. From there, three (or more) Story Items are made available at random to choose from, the bonuses of which will last until the end of the chapter. In-between each battle, Kirby and his buddy will automatically heal by at least 20 HP (30 in the Final Chapter), which can be augmented by certain Story Items. Battles are played in much the same fashion as standard fights, but damage values, health, and other factors of both allies and enemies is determined by Story Items collected along the way. Kirby and his buddy may be pitched against one or two opponents at varying levels of strength based on the chapter being played and the distance climbed up the tower.
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In Story Mode: The Destined Rivals, the objective is to fight through a series of battles against CPU opponents with a buddy who is controlled either by a second player or the CPU. Story Mode: The Destined Rivals consists of a series of battles where Kirby teams up with a buddy in order to tackle opponents, while making use of items to recover health and boost various attributes. Despite this augmentation, Kirby and his buddy defeat the two one last time and send them packing using the Buddy Star Blaster, disabling the artifact in the process. Once they reach the top of the heightened tower, they battle King Dedede and Meta Knight one last time, who attempt to use an artifact of sinister power to make themselves stronger. Kirby and his buddy believe themselves to have won, but as they head away from the tower, they see that it mysteriously grows even taller, and know that they must head back to the top to defeat the rivals once again. Once Kirby and his buddy reach the Summit, they fight their rivals a second time and finally defeat them. The first fight begins to turn in Kirby's favor, so King Dedede and Meta Knight flee higher up the tower. After defeating several foes and toppling first Twin Woods in Chapter 1, then Waddle Dees disguised as his rivals in Chapter 2, Kirby and his buddy finally confront King Dedede & Meta Knight in Chapter 3.

Despite Kirby's inability to read the invitation, he grabs a buddy (of the player's choosing) and heads to the tower to start climbing. They send Kirby an invitation to come face them at the top of the Buddy Fighters Tower. In order to defeat Kirby, King Dedede and Meta Knight have decided to partner up and fight as a team. Opening narration from the story mode in Kirby Fighters 2 Now, to finally defeat Kirby, the old rivals have become partners, taking on Kirby as a battle team! And so they sent Kirby a challenge. Many times before have they stood in Kirby's path, even allying with one another on occasion. In addition to regular opponents, Kirby and his buddy also battle bosses in a similar manner to traditional Kirby boss fights. As they ascend and defeat their opponents, the player has an opportunity to select Story Items to power the team up in various ways or heal them.

The game mode consists of five levels (referred to as Chapters) inter-cut with narration as Kirby and his buddy make their way up the tower past numerous foes. Story Mode: The Destined Rivals is a game mode for one or two players in Kirby Fighters 2 which pits Kirby and a buddy of his choosing against King Dedede and Meta Knight, who have teamed up into a duo and headed to the Summit of the Buddy Fighters Tower in order to finally defeat Kirby in combat.

Pause caption from Story Mode: The Destined Rivals in Kirby Fighters 2 Team up with a buddy for a duo adventure! Defeat enemies on each floor and get the Story Items! Grab power-ups and climb to the highest heights of Buddy Fighters Tower! This article is about the game's story mode, and should not be confused with Kirby Fighters: The Destined Rivals!!. Screenshot from the chapter select screen for Story Mode: The Destined Rivals prior to beginning the game mode.
