Inhale (disambiguation)

Inhale
	File:Inhale.png; Kirby inhales Mario, allowing him to copy Fireball.
Users	Kirby; King Dedede
Universe	Kirby
Article on WiKirby	Inhaling

"Copy" redirects here. For the abilities Kirby gains after he inhales an opponent, see Copy ability.

Inhale (すいこみ, Suction) is the neutral special move of Kirby and King Dedede.

Kirby

Kirby's Inhale in Super Smash Bros.

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Kirby's Inhale in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Inhale is Kirby's neutral special move attack in all four of his incarnations in the Super Smash Bros. series, though it was previously called Vacuum in Super Smash Bros. and Swallow in Super Smash Bros. Melee. When the special move button is pressed, Kirby opens his mouth and begins to inhale, creating a vortex of wind. Kirby will not stop inhaling until the button is released. If a character comes near the vortex, they will automatically be sucked inside Kirby, who will bloat up with the person inside of him. He cannot move in Super Smash Bros., while in later games, he can move at extremely slow speeds and jump a short distance. Increased weight causes Kirby to fall faster as well. The goal of the attack is to swallow the victim (by pressing down or the special move button), which will make Kirby copy their powers, enabling him to perform that character's neutral special move (the character pops out after being swallowed and can still perform their neutral special attack). If Kirby traps the wrong character in his mouth, or simply doesn't want the character's move, Kirby can spit the character out by pressing the attack button and it has set knockback. Any player who is hit by the character that was spit by Kirby will take damage and decent vertical knockback.

Kirby has a unique hat depending on who was inhaled, such as wearing Mario's hat if he swallows Mario. The copied special attack will sometimes be lost if Kirby is attacked enough, is KO'd, or if he decides to discard it by taunting. Inhaling another Kirby and copying will do nothing unless the other Kirby has already copied an attack and is wearing a hat. If a Kirby is wearing a hat, another Kirby is able to steal it for themselves.

Swallowing Items

Main article: Item swallow

Just like King Dedede's Inhale and Wario's Chomp, Kirby can swallow items using the attack. Any item meant to be eaten will have the same effect (such as Food). However, Kirby can eat any item on the screen. Kirby will automatically swallow the item when it is in his mouth, meaning he can keep other characters from using it. Poké Balls, Mr. Saturn and other "live" items cannot be swallowed. If Kirby inhales large items such as a crate, Kirby cannot move nor attack until it is fully swallowed and it will take some time to digest the item. If Kirby inhales an explosive such as a Bob-omb, he will receive 5% damage.

Copy abilities

Main Articles: Copy ability (SSB), Copy ability (SSBM), Copy ability (SSBB), Copy ability (SSB4)

Inhaling other Kirbys

When a Kirby attempts to copy another Kirby that has no copied ability, the swallowed Kirby will pop out the same way as normal; however, it makes a different sound and the swallowing Kirby doesn't receive a copied ability.

If a Kirby swallows a Kirby with a copied ability, then the swallowing Kirby copies the power, as well as removing the ability from that Kirby.

"Kirbycide" applications

Main article: Kirbycide

In Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Kirby is capable of slowly walking around the stage while carrying opponents in his mouth, or swallowing a foe while slightly off-stage. This allows for some forms of Kirbycide, wherein Kirby jumps off the edge with someone in his mouth and releases them at a distance or position from which they are unable to recover, forcing a KO. One may Swallow at the last second for a K.O. (usually during Time Mode for an extra point) and may survive due to Kirby's tall recovery.

Kirby can also jump off the stage and Inhale the opponent who is conveniently standing by. This is the only way to Inhale Kirbycide in the original Super Smash Bros., as well as the easiest.

Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the known variations:

Ice Breath: Ice Kirby's attack. Breathes out cold air to deal damage with a freezing effect. Cannot copy abilities.
Jumping Inhale: Kirby jumps and moves a significant distance forwards as he inhales. However, the stars he spits out do no damage.

Ice Breath
Jumping Inhale

Description from the Melee Instruction Booklet

Press File:GCN BButton.png to swallow an enemy, then File:GCN BButton.png again to copy his or her power. Press File:GCN DPad U.png to discard the copied power.

Description from the Brawl Instruction Booklet

Swallow your foes, then use their copied standard moves. Ditch the ability with the + Control Pad.

Description from the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Foldout

Inhale foes, and copy their standard special moves.

Origin

Inhaling and spitting has been a trademark attack of Kirby since Kirby's Dream Land, but it was not until Kirby's Adventure was he able to swallow an enemy to copy their attack. This is called his "copy ability". It wasn't until Kirby Super Star that Kirby also had different hats that indicated what copy ability was held. A single attack from an enemy or damage incurred from the environment was usually enough to make Kirby lose his copied power. Kirby then had to quickly re-absorb the ability (resembling a star bouncing around on the screen) by inhaling and swallowing it again, or else it would be destroyed after it contacted a hazardous surface or enough time had passed. In the later installments of Kirby featuring entire health bars instead of a display of remaining health points, it is possible for him to occasionally keep his copy ability even after being damaged.

Trivia

Because Olimar's neutral special move is useless by itself, Kirby does not exactly copy the move. Rather, he will use Pikmin Pluck followed immediately by Pikmin Throw, although the Pikmin will not latch on after being thrown. Instead, they will die as soon as they come into contact with anything.
- A similar trait appears if Kirby copies Rosalina, whose neutral special sends forth or recalls a Luma. Instead, Kirby summons, then immediately sends forth the Luma, who disappears after making contact.
If Kirby copies Little Mac, he will not be able to use Little Mac's KO Uppercut, as he does not acquire a Power Meter.
When Kirby uses Inhale on enemies in the Subspace Emissary, they will take small constant amounts of damage because Kirby can't copy NPC enemies' abilities. It's also noteworthy that Kirby is unable to inhale False Characters. In Melee's Adventure Mode, however, Kirby can swallow enemies such as Topis and Goombas. If he attempts to copy their abilities, however, they will be swallowed and removed from gameplay, much like games in his own series. Kirby can also inhale Waddle Dees and Doos and then swallow them in Brawl, although he will not get any Copy Abilities from them.
- In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS's Smash Run game mode, Kirby can once again swallow enemies as long as they are small enough to fit in his mouth. Once swallowed, the enemies take massive damage and instantly fly out of Kirby. If they are killed when Kirby swallows them, they will bounce around as if they died normally.
In Super Smash Bros., Kirby can swallow Metal Mario, but is unable to absorb his usage of Fireballs.
Because Kirby is smaller than most of the characters he inhales, his copied moves are sometimes inferior versions to theirs, due to lower reach and smaller hitboxes, such as Giant Punch and Mach Tornado. This usually applies for physical attacks and can also affect certain projectiles; for example Kirby's lower release point causes Mario's Fireballs to bounce faster and therefore not last as long. On the other hand, his small size and unique moveset allow for interesting setups of some copied moves. For example, Kirby shoots his Blaster at a lower height than their original users, preventing some characters from ducking under the shots. He can also laser lock more characters than Falco can for similar reasons.
As a grab, the flames of Superspicy Curry disappear while Kirby has an opponent captured.
The appearance of Kirby's "hats" after copying an ability is unaffected by what palette the copied character is using. A notable example of this is Kirby copying Wario, whereafter Kirby always will wear Wario's biker helmet, even if Wario was wearing his outfit with overalls.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4, if Kirby obtains the ability of a character that is later unloaded from the memory, the ability will be dropped once that happens. For instance, in All-Star Mode, when fighting against the Mario universe characters, if Kirby inhales Mario, who, after being defeated, is taken over by Peach, Mario will be unloaded from memory, and Kirby will lose the Fireball ability.

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Kirby's special moves

Neutral special	Swallow		Inhale
Side special	—	Hammer		Hammer Flip
Up special	Final Cutter
Down special	Stone
Final Smash	—		Cook Kirby	Ultra Sword

King Dedede

King Dedede's Inhale

Inhale is King Dedede's neutral special move. The attack is identical to Kirby's Inhale in appearance, but with slightly increased range and no copying ability. By pressing the special move button, Dedede will begin to inhale the air in front of him, creating a vortex. He will continue to inhale as long as the button is held down. If a character comes near him, they will automatically be sucked inside of him and will be trapped in his stomach. When swallowed, Dedede's stomach enlarges to hold the victim, which makes him extremely slow. Dedede simply spits the character back out when the attack button is pressed, or they break free themselves. King Dedede also has 25 frames of invincibility after he Inhales someone.

Other similarities to Kirby's Inhale include the ability to eat items and perform a form of sacrificial KO, sometimes known as "Dededecide" or "Regicide." The Dededecide is more effective than the Kirbycide is in Brawl, as King Dedede is able to fast-fall while using the move, unlike Kirby. King Dedede also has a considerably higher falling speed than Kirby, even without fast-falling.

The Inhale explosion glitch

To compensate for not being able to copy abilities, Dedede's Inhale does more damage than Kirby's Inhale and he can inhale any opponent regardless of his or their size. This attack does 10% when the opponent is exhaled; if the character-projectile hits someone, it does 9 to 18% to that person depending in the inhaled opponent; the heavier the inhaled opponent is, the higher the amount of damage it does. The projectile also deals more vertical knockback to opponents compared to when Kirby exhales the opponents.

Dedede's Inhale (and Kirby's copied Inhale) has at least two glitches. When used on a mine from Snake's down smash, the explosion will go off continuously until it hits someone, Snake plants another mine, or Dedede stops Inhaling. When used on Ike in the middle of a Quick Draw, Ike will hit Dedede but continue past, often to his death. However, this is probably due to the vacuum effect created by the Inhale.