A Magic Tube[1] is a Device in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
Physical Appearance
A Magic Tube is a transparent pink tube that has many curves, with red connectors between turns; at one end is a wide opening, and at the other is a plug with a blue star on it keeps the end of the tube closed until Hypernova inhales it.
Games
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Magic Tubes appear in Stage 2 of Endless Explosions and Stage 3 of Royal Road.
In Endless Explosions, from the first Magic Tube, Hypernova Kirby inhales a Waddle Dee and three boulders from the background, one of which has a Treasure Chest containing a 1UP; it curves away, then up, then away, then left, then does a 360° counterclockwise turn, then away, and then down. The second Magic Tube requires Kirby to destroy a Bomb Block to create a platform of Unbreakable Blocks. From the second Magic Tube, Kirby inhales two Waddle Dees and nine boulders from the background, one of which has a Treasure Chest containing the stage's third Sun Stone; it curves away, then up, then does a 360° clockwise turn, then right, then up, then left, then does a 360° counterclockwise turn, then away, and then down. The third Magic Tube also requires Kirby to destroy a Bomb Block to create a platform. From the third Magic Tube, Kirby inhales a single Waddle Dee that is particularly determined not go get inhaled, to the point of swimming against Kirby's Hypernova Inhale and upheaving an island—which has three Pop Flowers and the Goal Door on it—out of the lava before losing his grip and being sucked into the tube; it curves away, then up, then corkscrews up 990° counterclockwise, then left, then does a 360° counterclockwise turn, then away, and then down.
In Royal Road, Hypernova uses a Drill Boat before stopping in front of the Magic Tube. This Magic Tube, and the interaction, is identical to the second Magic Tube in Endless Explosions; it gives the stage's second Sun Stone, and also has a Warp Hole located in its second 360° turn.
