Meta Knight

Meta Knight is a major character in the Kirby series, first appearing in Kirby's Adventure and becoming a series staple ever since. He's the leader of a group of armored warriors named Meta-Knights and the captain of his personal battleship, the Halberd.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is one of the most famous characters in the Kirby series, appearing in a lot of games.
 * 2) He's almost as iconic as Kirby himself, if not more so.
 * 3) He has a funny voice and lots of equally funny quotes in "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!".
 * 4) He has a cape that can transform into 2 wings, which he uses for flight.
 * 5) His appearance also sparked a series of subgames called the Meta Knightmare series where you can actually play as him instead of Kirby, which appeared in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Super Star Ultra and Planet Robobot.
 * 6) He played many heroic roles in Brawl's Subspace Emissary, like saving Lucas and Pokemon Trainer from falling to their demise and helping Marth and Ike out in battle.
 * 7) He's a great leader to the Meta-Knights, and never treats anyone in his team without respect.
 * 8) Eric Newsome's work as him in Smash is very awesome and nice to listen to, despite lacking Eric Stuart's Spanish accent.
 * 9) His design also inspired other Kirby characters like Dark Meta Knight and Galacta Knight, who have a similar yet detailed design to him. Not only that, but he was also shown having battles with them (losing to Dark Meta Knight, but winning against the even mightier Galacta Knight).
 * 10) He genuinely cares about his friends and teammates. In Revenge of Meta Knight, he is the last one to leave the damaged Halberd to make sure everyone made it out safely.
 * 11) More often than not, he's very honorbound. In his boss fights for example, he gives Kirby a sword so they can fight fairly.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He went through an unnecessary hiatus between 2012 and 2015.
 * 2) While he was a great addition to the Smash series, he was sadly broken in Brawl due to his attacks lacking startup and ending lag, and got banned from tournaments for that.
 * 3) He has no lines in the original Kirby games, so his personality is unclear (unlike in Smash and the anime Kirby).
 * 4) He has a villainous moment in Revenge of Meta Knight, where he uses the Halberd and try and take over Dream Land, as well as trying to kill Kirby. That being said, he probably did it to avenge his hurt comrades.
 * 5) He sometimes leaves his opponents in the dust for no clear reason, like in the Meta-Knights fights in Kirby's Adventure.

Trivia

 * If you defeat him in the Kirby games, his mask cracks and his face is revealed, but it's just Kirby's face. This made fans theorize that he's the same species as Kirby.
 * His sword wouldn't be named Galaxia until Kirby Right Back At Ya.