Kooma Panda

The Kooma Panda is a Dream Eater that appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
When Riku and Joshua arrive at the Second District, Beat appears and claims that after defeating Joshua, he and Rhyme would be able to go back to where they belong, and despite being warned by him, Beat summons a Kooma Panda to fight Joshua. However, the Spirit, alongside several Nightmares, attacks Riku instead.

After finishing the Mark of Mastery exam, Sora returns to Traverse Town to thank the Spirits that aided him on his journey. When he arrives, no one seems to be there. After a few moments, a multitude of Spirits start appearing to welcome him, including a Kooma Panda.

Design
The Kooma Panda is a rotund bear-like Dream Eater.

The Dream Eater's name uses the Japanese word for "bear" (熊), which its English name spells phonetically.

Spirit
As a Spirit, the Kooma Panda has a bright yellow head, with an orange muzzle and a round black nose. The Kooma Panda has two yellow eyes with a black line running through them, and black eye-slots surrounding the eyes. On top of its head it has round black ears with a bright blue center. It also has a large round yellow torso that blends into turquoise closer to the bottom, and the Spirit Emblem is located on its chest. It has blue arms and yellow hands which blend into red. At the end of its hands, it has three large sharp bright turquoise claws which blend into yellow at the end of the claws. The Kooma Panda has stubby dark blue legs, as well as flat stubby grey feet.

Nightmare
As a Nightmare, the Kooma Panda has a bright blue head, with yellow muzzle that blends to pink and a round black nose. It also has two circular red eyes within black eye-slots. On the top of its head, it has round black ears with a neon purple center. It also has a large bright blue torso that blends to purple closer to the bottom, and the Nightmare Emblem is also located on the chest. It also has black arms and yellow hands that blend to pink. At the end of its hands, it has three large sharp bright turquoise claws which blend into yellow at the end of the claws. The Kooma Panda also has stubby black legs, as well as flat stubby dull turquoise feet.

Rare
As a rare Dream Eater, the Kooma Panda's color scheme is very similar to the Nightmare's. It has a bright blue head, even brighter than the nightmare version, with yellow muzzle that blends to pink and a round black nose. It also has two circular red eyes within black eye-slots. On the top of its head, it has round black ears with a neon purple center. It also has a large bright blue torso that blends to purple closer to the bottom, and the Nightmare Emblem is also located on the chest. It also has blue and lime arms and yellow hands that blend to pink. At the end of its hands, it has three large sharp bright turquoise claws which blend into yellow at the end of the claws. The Kooma Panda also has stubby blue legs, as well as flat stubby dull blue feet.

Strategy
The Kooma Panda is the only Spirit that can be fought outside of Link Portals.

The Kooma Panda is a slow, but tough Dream Eater with a lot of HP. Weaker attacks won't faze it, but combo finishers or strong commands will send it reeling. It usually closes the distance with a multi-hit punch with a long wind-up - when this attack is coming, prepare to block.

If the Panda is walking directly towards the player, it is most likely going to use its Tea-Table Flip, where it lifts and flips a piece of earth from under the player. This comes out surprisingly quickly, so the player needs good reflexes to dodge it. More rarely, it can perform a jumping slam attack, which is easy to see coming and can be blocked or dodged.

After performing enough of its attacks, the Panda tends to become stunned from fatigue. When this happens, or even just between its attacks, you are free to attack it yourself. It is also highly susceptible to ranged attacks or status effects, which can prevent it from ever attacking the player.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Sora can obtain the Kooma Panda Recipe from the first Special Portal in Traverse Town. The Kooma Panda can be created through six different recipes.