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.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is one of the most famous characters in the Kirby series, appearing in a lot of games.
 * 2) He always has his signature mask, Galaxia sword, and sometimes even his battleship Halberd, and you can always recognize him by these.
 * 3) He has lots of funny quotes in the anime.
 * 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 3 games! Those games are Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kirby: Super Star Ultra, and Kirby: Planet Robobot!
 * 6) He played many heroic roles in Brawl's Subspace Emissary, like saving Lucas and Pokemon Trainer and helping Marth and Ike out in battle.
 * 7) He leads the Meta-Knights, and is freindly to everyone in his team.
 * 8) Eric Newsome's work as him in Smash is very awesome and nice to listen to.
 * 9) His design also inspired other Kirby characters like Dark Meta Knight and Galacta Knight, who have a similar yet detailed design to Meta Knight. Not only that, but he was also shown having battles with them (losing to Dark Meta Knight, but winning against 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.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He went through an unnecessary hiatus between 2014 and 2016.
 * 2) While he was a great addition to the Smash series, he was sadly broken in Brawl, and got banned from tournaments for that.
 * 3) He has no voice 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.

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.