Editing Star Bullet

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A '''Star Bullet''' (otherwise known as a '''Spit Star''', '''Spitting Star''', '''Exhaled Star''' or just '''Star''' in shorthand) is a glowing star-shaped projectile that [[Kirby]] can spit out after [[inhale|inhaling]] an enemy or object (notably the [[Drop Star]] left by [[boss]]es). It is his primary method of attacking at range, and deals a considerable amount of [[damage]] to anything vulnerable to it.

==Overview==
To launch a star bullet, Kirby must first inhale something. Instead of swallowing, the player must then press the same button used to inhale to make Kirby spit the object back out as a star. It will travel at significant speed in a straight direction until it hits something, upon which it will shatter, pass through, or be deflected, based on the power of the star, and the nature of the thing it hits.

Star bullets are capable of dealing a considerable amount of damage, more so in many cases than most [[Copy Ability]] attacks, but naturally, using them requires Kirby to inhale something first. Anything that can be inhaled can be used as a star projectile, even Kirby's friends in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'' and ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''. The trajectory of the star can be influenced by some environmental hazards or by hitting enemies at a certain angle, though this is a rare occurrence. Star bullets are also useful for clearing away blockades and hitting switches at a distance.
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===Blaster Bullet===
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Starting from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'', Kirby can swallow multiple objects at once to create a more powerful star that can pass through enemies as it hits them. This is referred to officially as {{furi|貫通|かんつう}} {{furi|星型弾|ほしがただん}} ("Piercing Star Bullet") in Japanese or a '''Blaster Bullet''' in English as described in ''[[Kirby's Blowout Blast]]''.

Prior to ''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]'', the Blaster Bullet remains the same if Kirby inhales more than 2 objects. From ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' onward, inhaling 3 or more objects makes the bullet even bigger and stronger, which is officially referred to as ビッグ{{furi|貫通|かんつう}}{{furi|星型弾|ほしがただん}} ("Big Piercing Star Bullet") in Japanese.

===Dash Damage Boost===
''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' introduced a game mechanic that a Star Bullet can do more damage if Kirby launches it while [[dash]]ing. This has been featured in main series games since ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', but is absent in ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''.

===Damage Value===
The following table lists the [[damage]] value of the Star Bullet and its variations in some ''Kirby'' games. Notably, ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' and ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' have the same damage system. The Star Bullet's power is increased in ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', possibly to match the [[Waddle Dee's Weapons Shop|Powered Up ability stats]], and the amount of inhaled objects required to reach the maximum damage output is much lower. However, its overall damage system is largely similar to the aforementioned titles.
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!colspan=6|Star Bullet damage in the ''Kirby'' series &nbsp;
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!Game
!Star Bullet
!Star Bullet ([[dash]])
!Blaster Bullet
!Blaster Bullet (dash)
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*''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
*''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''
*''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]''
|10
|{{N}}
|25
|{{N}}
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*''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''
|10
|{{N}}
|20
|{{N}}
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*''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
*''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''
|52
|60
|60
|70
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*''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''
|32
|{{N}}
|64
|{{N}}
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*''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''
|1
|{{N}}
|2
|{{N}}
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*''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''
|40
|{{N}}
|2 objects: 50<br>3+ objects: 60
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*''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
*''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
*''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''
*''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''
|52
|60
|2 objects: 60<br>3 objects: 65<br>4 objects: 69<br>5 objects: 73<br>6 objects: 77<br>7 objects: 81<br>8 objects: 85<br>9 objects: 89<br>10 objects: 93<br>11 objects: 97<br>12+ objects: 100
|2 objects: 65<br>3 objects: 70<br>4 objects: 74<br>5 objects: 78<br>6 objects: 82<br>7 objects: 86<br>8 objects: 90<br>9 objects: 94<br>10 objects: 98<br>11 objects: 102<br>12+ objects: 105
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*''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''<ref name="FL">[https://docs.google.com/file/d/1tfx7jTmAHFRo9qNrSjhq0X-a_O8UQ8U8unIv5uOUFlU/view ''Kirby and the Forgotten Land''  research spreadsheet by firubii]</ref>
|80
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|2 objects: 120<br>3 objects: 190<br>4+ objects: 300
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==Game appearances==
===''Kirby'' series===
Star Bullets were first introduced in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'', where they were Kirby's only method of defeating most [[boss]]es. Since then, they have remained mostly unchanged throughout the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]].

A few exceptions include:
*Some legendary items can fire Star Bullets too, such as the [[Star Rod]] and the [[Triple Star|Triple Star Cane]].
*[[UFO]] in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' fires a Star Bullet at medium charge and a Blaster Bullet at max charge. Starting in ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', it instead fires a Heat Beam and a Piercing Heat Beam, which are fundamentally similar and do the same amount of damage as their counterparts (though they have become weaker since ''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]'').
*In ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', [[Wheelie Rider]] can fire '''Star Shots''' in 2-player gameplay only. They are smaller in size and closer in range, but can be fired in 8 cardinal directions.
*In ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', Star Bullets have the color of the [[Copy Ability]] yielded by the swallowed object, instead of the traditional yellow. Additionally, if Kirby inhales an enemy and then immediately spits it back out, he will spit that enemy as a projectile instead of a star like in the other games.
*In ''[[Kirby Air Ride]]'', Star Bullets have slight homing properties.
*In ''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]'', Blaster Bullets formed by 3 or more stars can also pass through walls and destroy [[Block|Metal Blocks]].
*In ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'' and continuing up to ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', Blaster Bullets travel more slowly and can become much larger and stronger than before, reaching their maximum size and power at 12 inhaled objects.
*In ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', a special variation of the move called the '''Planet Buster''' is used by [[Robobot Armor]]'s [[Halberd Mode]].
*In ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]'', Kirby once again spits out the enemies and objects he inhales unchanged in appearance, rather than always spitting out stars. This is even true if he inhales multiple things at once, which come out "orbiting" each-other until they hit something. In addition, projectiles Kirby spits can ricochet off walls, and will automatically seek enemies close to their flight path, with an auto target range of 40 degrees in Spring Breeze Mode and 20 degrees in Wild Mode.<ref name="FL"/> Aside from that, the power cap was decreased to four objects, but its max power is now even higher than it was before.

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
{{SmashWiki|Inhale}}
In the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]], [[smashwiki:Kirby|Kirby]] and [[smashwiki:King Dedede|King Dedede]] can inhale and shoot their opponents (or sometimes their teammates) out as star bullets, though they behave differently. They travel more slowly, always pass through enemies they hit, and the person transformed can revert back by button-mashing, or revert back normally after traveling some distance. The power of the star depends on the weight of the opponent spat out, meaning that an opponent like [[smashwiki:Jigglypuff|Jigglypuff]] would make for a weak star, while a fighter like [[smashwiki:Bowser|Bowser]] would make for a very strong star.

==Trivia==
*In some old games, if the Star Bullet is launched underwater, it will get affected by gravity and fall down instead, including [[UFO (enemy)|UFO]]'s Star Bullets in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''. For example, if a Blaster Bullet is launched underwater in ''Kirby's Adventure'', it will fire in a parabolic manner.
*[[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] can be seen firing a Star Bullet at [[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]] and [[Escargoon]] in the second Japanese opening sequence of ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''.
*The state in which [[Kirby]] can launch Blaster Bullets in ''[[Kirby's Blowout Blast]]'' is officially referred to as まんぷくカービィ<ref>https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/897654751638245376</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/898379918635016192</ref> (''Manpuku Kirby'', "full-stomach Kirby") in Japanese and "Full Belly Kirby"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZjQaHmQlzg</ref> or "super-stuffed Kirby"<ref>https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1040208523693641729</ref> in English.
**This form of Kirby makes a cameo appearance as one of the Painter attacks from the [[Artist]] ability in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''.
*Blaster Bullets do increased damage in [[Heroes in Another Dimension]] and [[The Ultimate Choice]]'s Soul Melter EX of ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''.

==Gallery==
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KDL Kirby Star Bullet artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]''
KA Star Bullet demonstration screenshot.png|Firing a Star Bullet in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''
KDL2 Kirby Star Bullet.png|Artwork from ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''
KDL2 Kracko Fight.png|Hitting Kracko with a Star Bullet in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''
KSS Kirby Exhale artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
KSS Star Bullet demonstration.png|Firing a Star Bullet at a Waddle Dee in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''
KDL3 Kirby Basic Attack artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''
KDL3 Star Bullet demonstration.png|Firing a Star Bullet at a Rocky in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''
Star Bullet K64.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''
K64 Aqua Star Stage 5 screenshot 06.png|Spitting an enemy back at [[Acro]] in ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards''
KaTAM Radish Ruins Room 5.png|Kirby launches a Star Bullet at a [[Mirra]] in ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]''.
KSqS Kirby Star Bullet artwork.png|Artwork from ''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''
KSSU Kirby Star Bullet.png|Artwork from ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''
KRtDL Cookie Country Stage 1-3.jpg|Kirby chases after a big Star Bullet he spat earlier in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''.
KPR Star Bullet.png|Kirby spits one out in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''
KBBl Stage 2-3 3.png|Firing a Blaster Bullet at some enemies in ''[[Kirby's Blowout Blast]]''
KSA Star Bullet demonstration.png|Firing a Star Bullet in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''
SSB Star Bullet model.png|Model of a Star Bullet from ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
Kirby no Copy-toru Kirby Star Bullet artwork.jpg|''[[Kirby no Copy-toru!/gallery|Kirby no Copy-toru!]]'' artwork
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==Names in other languages==
===Star Bullet===
{{Names
|ja=星型弾
|jaR=Hoshigatadan
|jaM=Star Bullet
|pl=Gwiezdna Kula<ref>[https://www.nintendo.pl/kirby-planet-robobot/ Nintendo Polska - ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'']</ref><br>Gwiezdny Pocisk<ref>[https://www.nintendo.pl/news/uratuj-planete-popstar-przed-armia-robotow-w-grze-kirby-planet-robobot-na-nintendo-3ds-premiera-juz-10-czerwca/ Nintendo Polska - ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'']</ref>
|plM=Star Bullet <small>(literally Star Ball)</small><br>Star Bullet
|ru=Звездную пулю<ref>[https://www.nintendo.ru/-/Nintendo-3DS/Kirby-Planet-Robobot-1091342.html Nintendo Russia - ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'']</ref>
|ruR=Zvezdnuyu pulyu
|ruM=Star bullet
|de=Wurfstern
|deM=Throw star
|fr=Tir étoile
|frM=Star shot
}}

===Blaster Bullet===
{{Names
|ja=貫通星型弾
|jaR=Kantsū Hoshigatadan
|jaM=Piercing Star Bullet
|de=Durchschlagstern
|deM=Piercing star
|pt=Projétil potente
|ptM=Powerful projectile
|fr=Tir puissant
|frM=Powerful shot
|es= Bala Penetrante
|esM= Penetrating Bullet
|nl=Doorboorkogel
|nlM=Piercing bullet
}}
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