King Dedede

King Dedede
Kirby character
King Dedede as he appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
First game	Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
Created by	Masahiro Sakurai
Voiced by (English)	Ted Lewis
Voiced by (Japanese)	Kenichi Ogata (anime) Masahiro Sakurai (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and Super Smash Bros. series) Shinya Kumazaki (Kirby: Triple Deluxe)

King Dedede (Japanese: デデデ大王, Hepburn: Dedede Daiō^?) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in Nintendo's Kirby video game series created by Masahiro Sakurai and developed by HAL Laboratory. Dedede first appeared in the 1992 video game Kirby's Dream Land as the main villain. He returned for all other games of the series except Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004) and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (2015), also appearing in several Kirby comic books, in the 2001 anime series and in the Super Smash Bros. series, more specifically Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

King Dedede is the self-proclaimed king of Dream Land and the "arch-frenemy" of Kirby. Although Dedede is typically a major antagonist of the Kirby series, his moral character has been debated by video game critics; this is courtesy of his goals being driven by greed and selfishness rather than outright maliciousness, as well as demonstrating traits of camaraderie alongside Kirby in regards to either serious threats (such as in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards), or easy-going moments (such as in the minigames where Dedede is featured as a playable character), as well as many of his roles as the antagonist actually being the result of another enemy controlling him (such as in Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Kirby's Dream Land 3).