Kirby

"Hiii!!"

- Kirby

Kirby is a creature from the planet Pop Star. He lives in the country called Dream Land. However, his land is ruled by the corrupt King Dedede, who frequently causes trouble. But Kirby always manages to protect his land. His species is unknown. Kirby rarely appears in the Mario series, but his most notable appearance alongside Mario is the Super Smash Bros. series.

Super Smash Bros. Series
Kirby appears in Super Smash Bros., whereas Kirby is eight inches high: his dimensions were obviously heightened for this game. Kirby was a light fighter, and most of his attacks were light-weight (except for his Stone attack, of course). However, Kirby had a unique ability, so far restricted to him. He is able to use suction abilities, and pull an opposing fighter inside his mouth. Once he spat that player out, Kirby would gain one of their powers. This attack was taken straight from the Kirby series. Each character gives him a differant attack, and he could easily get rid of the power by taunting. This ability made him a favorite among players.

Kirby returned in the games sequel Super Smash Bros. Melee. He was still a default character, but was lighter and weaker than before. Kirby is now able to copy more abilities, now that more characters have been introduced, and is now able to use a new attack, the Hammer.

In Adventure Mode, Kirby appears in Stage 5: Green Greens. The player must battle Kirby in the Green Greens stage. Upon his defeat, the player must battle 18 Kirby's, each with a different power. If the 18 Kirby's are defeated in less than 30 seconds, a giant Kirby will appear to battle the player. However, this Kirby is basically the same as a Kirby who has permanently used a Mushroom.

Kirby returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, along with his rival Meta Knight and archenemy King Dedede. Kirby's Final Smash attack is called Cook Kirby. Stage 5 of Classic Mode always uses characters from the Kirby series, thus Kirby has a chance of appearing in it. Stage 15 of All-Star Mode is also Kirby based.

Solid Snake Codec Conversation

 * Otacon: Snake! Watch out!
 * Snake: For what? That pink marshmallow?
 * Otacon: That's Kirby, also known as "Kirby from Dream Land." He's from another planet--in other words, an extraterrestrial. He's got a powerful stomach that lets him swallow and digest anything. And he also has a "Copy Ability" that allows him to mimic opponents, steal their moves, and use those moves against them. On top of that, he has the power to fly around the stage, so once he's got you in his sights, there's no place to run.
 * Snake: ...Huh? Yeah, got it. I'll... keep an eye out.

Role in the Subspace Emissary
In the beginning, a trophy of Mario and Kirby are thrown into an arena. The two come to life and fight. The player chooses the one to play with. After the battle between the two, the winner resurrects the loser with a touch. The Subspace Army attacks the stadium. Mario, Kirby, Peach, and Zelda oppose them. Mario is blown away and Kirby is ambushed by Petey Piranha, who has captured the princesses. Kirby then goes off against Petey. Whoever is freed, afterwards Kirby takes them for a ride off into the Sea of Clouds on his Warp Star before being hit onto the Halberd. Soon after, an Arwing gets shot down, blowing both the Princess and Kirby off the Halberd onto the ground below.

After they land in some grassy area, Kirby starts walking away leaving the princess behind. The princess turns around and sees Bowser with a Dark Cannon who immediately shoots the princess and turns her into a trophy. Kirby then hops on King Dedede's Cargo (originally belonged to Wario) and waits there. After King Dedede collects the Mario and Pit trophies (depending on which princess was saved, it could have been also Link and Yoshi), Kirby hops out. King Dedede then gasps and with his Cutter Sword, Kirby destroys the large object that is holding the two trophies. Kirby quickly revives the two and they all jump off the car. King Dedede turns around and leaves.

Kirby and Mario, Pit, Link and Yoshi all become a team and go off to save the other trophies (the princess, Ness and Luigi). They reach King Dedede's Castle but are still unable to rescue the trophies as Bowser escapes with the princess trophy in his Koopa Clown Car, while the other trophies are buried under a large pile of stones. While Bowser steals the princess, the badge that Dedede had put on the princess falls off. Kirby goes off to inspect it and swallows it. The team then leaves because soon, Dedede's Castle is destroyed by another Subspace Bomb. After leaving, they reach a desert below the castle where they follow the Ancient Minister. However the Ancient Minister sends R.O.Bs out to stop them and he sets another bomb. It explodes however Mario hops on Yoshi and rides off. Meanwhile, Pit and Link hop on Kirby's Warp Star and fly off. They escape before the explosion can reach them.

Later, Kirby and the others find the Ice Climbers, Marth, Lucas, the Pokémon Trainer and Ike fighting the Subspace Army and subsequently join the fight. All of the other heroes join up with them afterwards. Near the end, when the heroes are all fighting Ganondorf and Bowser in their large Subspace Gunship, Kirby ends up destroying the gunship. He comes in riding Dragoon and flies right into the villain's large cannon, destroying not only the cannon but the whole ship itself. Ganondorf and Bowser escape by going in the large black hole in the sky. All the heroes follow them inside. They are all in Subspace itself. Kirby and all the other attempt to fight Tabuu; however, they are all defeated with his Off Waves. The badge that Kirby swallowed turns out to have the power to turn a trophy back to life. Kirby is brought back and goes off to revive Link, Yoshi, Peach, Zelda, the Ice Climbers, Meta Knight, Lucario, R.O.B., Solid Snake, and even Wario, who also had been working with the Subspace Army and ended up in Subspace earlier on. Soon Kirby comes across Ganondorf in his trophy form, but before he could do anything, Bowser suddenly appears and starts attacking Ganondorf, having been betrayed by him earlier. Dedede (who revived Luigi and Ness with the badges) then reunites with Kirby. Kirby, as well as everyone else, fights Tabuu a second time and are able to defeat him.

Cameo Appearances
Kirby made a cameo in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga in the Yoshi Theater poster. There was a poster in the theater advertising a movie known as Kirby Story, whose artwork featured Kirby riding a Warpstar through the air. The Kirby series enemy Gordo also appeared in Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, and the Star Rod, the single most important artifact of the Kirby series, got appearances as a major artifact in Paper Mario and Mario Party 8.

Mario has also made cameos in some of his games. One such cameo is Kirby Super Star, where Mario, Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach, and Birdo were in the background of events such as Kirby Vs Dedede and the Megaton Punch competition. They are also noticable in Kirby Super Star Ultra, a remake of Kirby Super Star. He also appears as the rarest form of stone as a gold statue.

Appearances in Other Media
Kirby makes several appearances in the Club Nintendo comic series. In "Super Mario: Mario im Wunderland", he is unhappy with his pillow-like appearance and wishes to look like Mega Man. Crab the wizard, however, turns him into a toaster.

In the story "Warios Weihnachtsmärchen", he is caged for unknown reasons in Wario's Bomb Shop and expresses his anger by commanding Wario to free him. The shopkeeper, however, paints him black and sells him as a "surprise bomb". When the buyer, Kid Klown, finds out about Kirby being the "surprise", both are angry at Wario. At the end of the story, they forgive him, as he gives some cookies to them.

He makes one more appearance in the comic "Super Mario in Die Nacht des Grauens", featuring him as Mario's ally in the fight against Abigor. In this story, Kirby lives in a skyscraper together with several other Nintendo characters. In order to fight Abigor, who plans to take over the building, Kirby together with Mario and Link puts on some magic clothes and serums which turn them into aggressive ghostbusters. In this form, Kirby uses his Inhale and Fire Breath abilites to fight Abigor's allies.

Finally, Kirby appeared alongside Mario in the obscure educational video Mario Kirby Masterpiece; however, this video was merely a compilation of their non-intertwining adventures. In Kirby's Mario Kirby Masterpiece segment, he helps a little lost dog find its mother, who was kidnapped by King Dedede.

Profile Information from ''Super Smash Bros.
''The 8-inch high Kirby hails from a distant, peaceful star. Like his simplistic appearance, he is an easily-understood character. True to his instincts, Kirby eats when he gets hungry and sleeps as soon as he grows tired. Nevertheless, Kirby remains a formidable opponent. In addition to his distinct flying and swallowing skills, he also has the ability to copy enemy attacks for ever-changing action.

Trivia

 * In Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Kirby will occasionally transform into a Thwomp when using his downward-B attack.
 * Wario's ability to suck up Coins in Wario World is extremely similar to Kirby's inhale ability.
 * Kirby was in Nintendo Monopoly, where he replaced Virginia Avenue, and costed $160.
 * The theme song from Kirby's anime television show Kirby: Right Back at Ya! is a selectable song in Donkey Konga.
 * In both Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Melee, Kirby has more trophies of himself than any other character. (Not including cameos on Final Smash and other similar trophies).