Kirby

This article is about the character in general. For other uses, see Kirby (disambiguation).

## Kirby

### Company

Nintendo
HAL Laboratory

**Kirby** (カービィ or Kābī) is the protagonist of the colorful series. Though usually a citizen from his home world Dream Land, Kirby is the hero who protects this land and the vicinity using his trademark ability to inhale his enemies and, if swallowed, copy their powers to use them against them.

## Origin

Kirby is a resident of the yellow, star-shaped planet Popstar, and the planet's consistent hero. His round, pink form is only 20 cm (8 inches) in height, though his dimensions are obviously enlarged in the *Super Smash Bros.* series. Living in the peaceful kingdom of Dream Land, he defends his home against foes such as his "arch-frenemy" King Dedede, and the malevolent, shadowy Dark Matter. Kirby is generally depicted with an innocent and easygoing personality, but he is also shown to be determined and heroic when the situation calls for it. While Kirby's species is left unclear, he is not the only one of his kind; multiple Kirby-like beings are known to exist, including Meta Knight, who bears a striking resemblance to him.

Kirby's demeanor is best described as childlike. He is often motivated solely by his instinctual needs to eat and sleep, and depending on his temperament, he may make brash decisions or allow others to take advantage of him. This extends to the point that he is occasionally compared to an infant, especially in the *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!* anime. His voice, reflecting his nature, is comparable to a toddler learning to speak: mostly incoherent babbling with a very rare short sentence. However, Kirby does show some intelligence that an infant would not possess, particularly in his combat skills and adaptability to the situations he comes across. Kirby is also perceptive of emotions, being able to tell what others are feeling and respond appropriately.

Kirby's trademark attack is his ability to Inhale forcefully, allowing him to swallow his enemies whole or spit them back out as star-shaped projectiles. Introduced in *Kirby's Adventure* was the option to copy a swallowed enemy's ability to fight back (known as a Copy Ability). He has a multitude of Copy Abilities that allow him to perform a wide variety of techniques, such as wielding a sword, breathing fire, or creating beams of energy. He can also float by storing the air he inhales, making himself large and puffy.

## History

### Brutal Mario

Kirby is a boss that appears in Brutal Mario. Because of reasons unknown, Kirby is inexplicably antagonistic towards Mario and is determined to kill him. The player fights him a few different times throughout the game. After the player defeats King Dedede, player goes into the room Kirby is sleeping in. Kirby sees the player riding Yoshi, and demands to have the "green donkey", thus beginning the battle.

#### Phase I

This fight isn't too difficult. Kirby jumps around, ground pounding and sending shockwaves with his rock ability. But Yoshi can fight back with his own ground pound. The player can ground pound near Kirby to stun him; this must be done at least a few times. After that, the player should then use Yoshi to swallow Kirby.

Kirby will then get angry, and proceed with the next part of the fight. The player will be sent to the top of the fortress, only to fight a newly giant Kirby.

#### Phase II

This is the true form of Kirby. The castle crumbles before Mario and Yoshi as they look up at the rising Giant Kirby.

Some of the rocks falling will create gaps in the arena. Kirby will aim towards Mario, and fire flaming fireballs. After getting damaged enough, he will move closer to the duo. More rocks will fall, creating more gaps in the arena.

Throughout the fight you will see Yoshi eggs strapped to balloons; you'll need to collect them to beat Kirby. When you collect an egg, press the **R** button to aim the egg, and **R** again to launch it. You will need some precision to hit him; aim too high or too low and the egg will miss. After several hits, he will descend.

#### *Milky Way Wishes*

After the player defeats Marx, Kirby will step in and eat Marx, absorbing his ability, and proceeds to kill Mario. This boss is a essentially a much more difficult variant of the Marx boss fight. He fires more boomerangs and will pop up from the ground. The player has to hit Kirby when he comes up from the ground. He doesn't have very much health, so 2-3 hits should do the trick. As a last resort, Kirby summons a black hole, only to get himself sucked in.

### Mushroom Kingdom Fusion

Kirby was originally planned to be one of the ten playable characters in Mushroom Kingdom Fusion and member of the Mushroom Kingdom Coalition. Though some development was made, he was later removed due to lack of progress and the sheer complexity of attempting to adequately program foes for his copy ability

### *Super Smash Flash*

In *Super Smash Flash*, Kirby is a 2-in-1 character, meaning he was able to tag out with another character, this character being Meta Knight. He lacks his trademark and signature attack Inhale, for copy opponents' abilities, along with other special attacks from the original *Super Smash Bros.* games. He uses his *Kirby Super Star* sprite sheet.

### *Super Smash Flash 2*

Kirby returns in *Super Smash Flash 2*, this time including copy abilities. He is now an individual character along with Meta Knight. His sprites are now custom-made. His moveset is taken directly from *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*, while his voice clips come from *Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS* and *Wii U*. He is ranked 17th of "B" tier on the current tier list.

### Super Smash Adventures

In this storyline series, Kirby plays a very prevalent role in the series. Here, Kirby is portrayed as much more childlike and playful. He does not talk and mostly communicate via gestures. However, he is shown to be very skilled in combat and has saved the protagonists many times throughout the story from doom.

### Mario and Kirby: Super Star Legacy

Kirby is the deutertagonist of this series. Unlike *Super Smash Adventures*, Kirby has the ability to speak fluently.