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===Update History===
===Update History===
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{{buff|After copying Pac-Man's Bonus Fruit, Key will no longer be discarded when it is recycled.}}
{{buff|After copying Pac-Man's Bonus Fruit, Key will no longer be discarded when it is recycled.}}



Revision as of 14:34, December 15, 2018

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This article is about Kirby's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For the character in other contexts, see Kirby.
Kirby
in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Kirby
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Universe Kirby
Other playable appearances in SSB
in Melee
in Brawl
in SSB4
Availability Starter
Final Smash Ultra Sword
Kirby (SSBU)
Kirby's ability to copy other fighters is totally unique! While he is light and can be launched easily, he can also jump up to five times in the air, so he has great recovery. Look for his new Stone transformation, too.
Super Smash Blog, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official Site

Kirby (カービィ, Kirby) is a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed on June 12th, 2018. Kirby is classified as fighter #06.

Makiko Ōmoto once again reprises her role as the voice of Kirby, with most clips re-used from Super Smash Bros. 4.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. 4

Aesthetics

  • Change As with all veterans returning from Smash 4, Kirby's model features a more subdued color scheme.
  • Change Like many other characters, Kirby is more expressive, both with his face and his movement.
  • Change Some of Kirby's animations, particularly his dash and initial jump, have been tweaked to closer resemble his appearance from Kirby's Return to Dream Land onward.
  • Change Kirby's voice line for taking medium damage has been changed to his alternate KO sound from Smash 4.
    • Change As a result, he gains a new KO sound, which sounds similar to one of his Melee knockback voice clips.
    • Bug fix Kirby's light knockback sound effect that went unheard in Smash 4 is now used.
  • Change Kirby's on-screen appearance has a more intense, fiery explosion than in previous games. The large, cartoony stars that appear have been removed, and while the sparkle effects are still present, they have been drastically toned down. All in all, it more closely resembles how it appeared in the original Super Smash Bros.
  • Change Up taunt has been shortened, with Kirby striking the ending pose without dancing first. The pose itself has been tweaked; Kirby now raises one of his feet, resembling the pose he makes when gaining an ability in his games.
  • Change Kirby's victory poses have been modified. Two new dances are used, one with Kirby waving his arms and breakdancing, and another with Kirby moonwalking and sliding, both based off of Kirby’s Return to Dream Land and ending in a unique pose. Kirby also splits into three separate Kirbys when not in team battles, referencing his home series. This is the first and only game to have Kirby's victory poses finish differently.
    • Change Kirby now faces forward instead of away when "wiggling" in one of his victory poses.
  • Change When Kirby gains a new Copy Ability, he briefly poses like he does in his home series. This animation can be canceled.
  • Change Some Copy Ability hats have been changed.
    • Change His Samus helmet has a fully opaque visor, as it was in Super Smash Bros.
    • Change His Captain Falcon helmet now has triangular eyes, and the visor is opaque as in Super Smash Bros.
    • Change His Zelda cap has been changed from the wimple she wore as a child in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to a hairstyle matching her new A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds-inspired look.
    • Change His Ganondorf cap is now consistent with Ganondorf's Ocarina of Time appearance, effectively reverting to its design in Melee.
    • Change His Wolf cap now matches Wolf's Star Fox Zero-based appearance.
    • Bug fix His Jigglypuff cap now matches his costume color, just like in previous games.

Attributes

  • Buff Like all characters, Kirby's jumpsquat animation now takes three frames to complete (down from 4).
  • Buff Kirby dashes much faster (1.57 → 1.727). As a result of initial dashes being standardized, Kirby's initial dash is also noticeably faster (1.5 → 1.9).
  • Buff Kirby walks faster (0.93 → 0.977).
  • Buff Kirby's air speed is slightly faster (0.8 → 0.84).
  • Buff Now that taunts can be cancelled, Kirby can act quicker after discarding a Copy Ability.

Ground attacks

  • Neutral attack:
    • Buff The first hit of neutral attack now has the ability to jab lock.
    • Buff The last hit of neutral attack has less startup, deals slightly more damage, and has more knockback.
    • Buff Neutral infinite connects more reliably, as it keeps opponents on the ground and thus can't be SDI'd out of.
    • Nerf Neutral attack deals less damage overall.
  • Up tilt:
    • Buff Up tilt has slightly more range on its front hitbox.
    • Change Up tilt has slightly more knockback.
      • Buff This makes it easier to combo it into other moves.
      • Nerf This makes it harder to chain it into itself at low percents.
  • Down tilt:
    • Buff Down tilt no longer sends opponents at a backwards momentum once tripped, improving its reliability for comboing.
  • Dash attack:
    • Change Dash attack has reverted to its Melee iteration, where Kirby does a tackle identical to the "Burning" copy ability.
    • Buff Unlike in Melee, dash attack doesn't go off ledges.
    • Buff Dash attack has decreased startup lag.
    • Buff Dash attack deals more damage.
    • Buff Dash attack can cross up shields.
    • Buff Dash attack can't be SDI'd out of.
    • Buff Dash attack has increased knockback, to the point that it KOs at higher percents.
    • Buff Dash attack maintains Kirby's speed and momentum much better.
    • Nerf Dash attack has slightly more endlag.
    • Nerf Dash attack no longer has multiple hitboxes.
  • Forward smash:
    • Change Forward smash has a different start-up animation: Kirby now pulls back before executing a thrust kick instead of performing a spin first, making it resemble Smash Kick, one of Smash Bros. Kirby's attacks in Kirby: Planet Robobot.
    • Nerf Forward smash deals slightly less damage when angled upwards.
  • Up smash:
    • Buff Up smash has reduced startup (frame 14 → 12) and ending lag.
    • Buff Up smash's late hitbox deals more damage.
  • Down smash:
    • Buff Down smash has increased range.
    • Buff Down smash acts similarly to the version in Brawl, but the whole move sends opponents at a horizontal angle, improving its KO potential as well as its edgeguarding potential when near a ledge.

Aerial attacks

  • Buff All aerials have less landing lag (Neutral: frame 10 → 7, Forward: 13 → 8, Back: 17 → 10, Up: 12 → 7, Down: 17 → 16).
    • Buff Forward aerial has notably less landing lag, making it now possible to combo with the first hit of the attack into other moves, albeit much easier and safer than in previous games.
  • Buff Down aerial do more damage.
  • Buff Neutral aerial has much less ending lag.
  • Buff The last hit of forward aerial has less startup, which makes landing all three hits easier.

Throws/other attacks

  • Nerf Standing grab and dash grab have increased ending lag.
  • Buff Pummel is faster.
  • Nerf Pummel deals less damage.
  • Change Forward throw now has Kirby jump much higher during the animation, able to reach the height of Battlefield's lower platform.
    • Nerf Because of this, this can possibly interrupt many of his combos when under a soft platform.
  • Nerf Up throw has slightly less knockback, hindering its ability to KO at lower percents.

Special Moves

  • Inhale:
    • Buff Inhale has more range.
    • Buff Inhale has reduced startup and endlag.
    • Buff Inhale can catch projectiles like a fully charged Charge Shot. Kirby can then choose to spit it out as a star that deals damage or swallow it to heal himself.
    • Buff Spitting out inhaled opponents as a star deals more damage.
    • Buff When swallowing an opponent and gaining their Copy Ability, Kirby now receives a 1.2x damage multiplier for his copied neutral special when compared to the copied opponent.
    • Change Inhale has a more opaque visual effect.
  • Hammer:
    • Buff Hammer deals more knockback when fully charged.
    • Nerf Hammer deals slightly less shield damage, making it less safe when hitting shielded opponents.
    • Buff Hammer has intangibility frames when used both in midair and on the ground.
    • Change Kirby may use his uncharged or fully-charged voice lines from Smash 4 when swinging an uncharged Hammer.
    • Change A fully charged Hammer triggers Special Zoom.
  • Final Cutter:
    • Buff Final Cutter's ascending hitbox has been greatly improved.
    • Buff Final Cutter has less endlag when landing.
    • Buff Final Cutter's projectile travels slightly further.
    • Buff Final Cutter's spike hitbox is much stronger and deals more knockback, heavily improving its reliability.
  • Stone:
  • Change Ultra Sword now features a special background effect upon usage, in a similar fashion to the use of Super Abilities in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Update History

1.2.0

Buff After copying Pac-Man's Bonus Fruit, Key will no longer be discarded when it is recycled.

Classic Mode: Gourmet Clash

Kirby's opponents are characters who, like Kirby, love to eat things, including their enemies. For each battle, Kirby and his opponent each spawn with 35% damage and several food items appear on the stage as the match begins

Round Opponent Stage Music
1 Pac-Man Pac-Land PAC-MAN
2 Yoshi Yoshi's Island Ground Theme - Super Mario World
3 Donkey Kong Jungle Japes Jungle Hijinxs
4 Wario Gamer WarioWare, Inc.
5 King K. Rool Kongo Jungle Mangrove Cove
6 King Dedede Fountain of Dreams Gourmet Race (64)
Bonus Stage
Final Marx ? VS. Marx

Role in World of Light

Kirby facing the World of Light, from the mode's opening cutscene.

Kirby was among the fighters summoned to the cliffside to assist in defeating an army of Master Hands.

After Galeem absorbed all of the Master Hands during the opening cutscene, he began to unleash beams of light that vaporized all of the fighters and later imprisoned all of them. Kirby was the sole survivor after escaping on his Warp Star, barely warping away from the beams before they could engulf him.

Kirby crash-lands in a canyon area, and begins his quest to save the other fighters as the initial starting protagonist.

Curiously, hostile Kirby copies still appear as encounters for the player to fight.

Alternate costumes

Kirby Palette (SSBU).png

Gallery

Character Showcase Video

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Trivia

  • Kirby's stock icon is one of four to show eyes (the others being Meta Knight, R.O.B., and Sonic), likely due to it being a simplistic pink circle otherwise.
  • Kirby's pose resembles his character artwork in Kirby Super Star, but rotated to slightly face the screen. Coincidentally, this was also used for his character select artwork in the original Super Smash Bros.
  • Kirby is the only Kirby series character to keep his Final Smash between Smash 4 and Ultimate.