Ability Item
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An Ability Item is a special representative object which can be inhaled for a Copy Ability, which appears in Kirby Super Star, Kirby Super Star Ultra, and Kirby Star Allies. In those first two games, Kirby can create these items by discarding his currently-equipped ability while a helper is on screen, or if he uses the Normal Beam on his helper. In Kirby Star Allies, these items are mainly created by defeating the appropriate enemy with the Friend Star or by defeating a Mid-Boss.
How to create
Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra
To create an ability item, the player can press the A button (X in Kirby Super Star Ultra), which is the same button used to call a helper. Once done, Kirby discards his ability, and tosses the created item a short distance ahead of himself. The item created will resemble the ability in question, whether it be the weapon associated with it, the discarded hat, or some other item.
In addition, ability items can be made by using the Normal Beam on a helper, which transforms the helper into the corresponding item. As before, the player can do this by pressing the A button (X in Kirby Super Star Ultra), but only when Kirby does not have an ability equipped.
Kirby Star Allies
In addition to creating them by "unfriending" appropriate allies, regular ability-providing enemies will leave behind an ability item if they are defeated using shots from the Friend Star. Also, if a Mid-Boss is defeated and subsequently bursts out of existence, an ability item will be left behind. Lastly, if Kirby tries to Make Friends with a Bomber, Walky, or Don Puffle, they will be immediately turned into ability items rather than being recruited as allies.
Properties
Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra
An ability item acts like most other items in the game, in that it does not move and will fall if the floor underneath is destroyed. Unlike most items, however, it will not automatically activate when Kirby touches it. Instead, it must be inhaled and swallowed to activate. The ability item can also be spat out as a Star Bullet, but it cannot be recovered afterward if used in this way. Additionally, if an ability item is left behind or left alone long enough, it will disappear, unlike other items.
Much like with Copy Essences, if a helper touches an ability item, it will automatically change into the corresponding helper for that item, and have its health fully restored. Transforming a helper with no health left into an item and then re-summoning it can be a useful method of saving the helper before it bursts out of existence.
Types of items
Most copy abilities in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra have a corresponding ability item. These items are as follows:
| Ability | Picture (KSSU) |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beam | 
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A bronze magic wand with a crystal ball attached |
| Bomb | 
|
A round black bomb |
| Copy | 
|
Tac's bag |
| Cutter | 
|
A hat resembling the one Kirby wears |
| Fighter | 
|
A boxing glove |
| Fire | 
|
A hat resembling the one Kirby wears |
| Hammer | 
|
A wooden mallet |
| Ice | 
|
A hat resembling the one Kirby wears |
| Jet | 
|
A toy jet |
| Mirror | 
|
A golden magic wand with a crystal ball attached |
| Ninja | 
|
A hat resembling the one Kirby wears |
| Parasol | 
|
A parasol |
| Plasma | 
|
A hat resembling the one Kirby wears |
| Stone | 
|
A stone with a headband, resembling Rocky |
| Suplex | 
|
A wrestling champion's belt |
| Sword | 
|
A sword in a scabbard |
| Wheel | 
|
A wheel |
| Wing | 
|
A colorful bird which flaps its wings on occasion |
| Yo-Yo | 
|
A hat resembling the one Kirby wears |
Abilities that do not have items include: Cook, Crash, Mike, Paint, Sleep, Starship, and Wheelie Rider.
Kirby Star Allies
In Kirby Star Allies, there is an ability item which corresponds to every standard Copy Ability in the game. Instead of taking on the form of a representative object, the item resembles the corresponding hat which Kirby wears. Unlike in Kirby Super Star and its remake, ability items in this game float in the air for a moment after they are created, and then slowly drop back down. They disappear after a few moments. If Kirby touches or inhales an ability item, he will obtain that ability. If he tosses a Friend Heart at it, the item will be made into an ally (assuming a corresponding ally exists for that ability item). If a non-Dream Friend ally touches an ability item that can be made into an ally, they will be turned into the ally corresponding to the item touched if the original ally and item differ in ability (otherwise, nothing happens).
Profiles
Kirby Super Star Ultra
- Instruction manual bio (page 21): "Gives Kirby a new Copy Ability when swallowed."
Trivia
- Oddly enough, any created ability items disappear immediately when Kirby cycles between or selects Copy Essences Deluxe in Milky Way Wishes.
- Some items, such as the Parasol and Wing items, fall slowly to the ground.