Adeleine
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Adeleine is the young painter that joins forces with Kirby in his quest to rid Dark Matter from his realm in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. Always seen with her easel by her side, she, with her art, regularly bridges the second and third dimensions; her paintings literally morph off of the page, ranging from enemies that Kirby can fight and defeat, to items like 1-Ups and Maxim Tomatoes that Kirby can actually use. It is noted that Adeleine strongly resembles Ado, the painter of Kirby's Dream Land 3, in physicality and personality, and the two are heavily implied to be one and the same, with "Ado" being her nickname.[1] In speaking of physicality, Adeleine most frequently dons a large red cap, green over-shirt, and simple brown shoes, an appearance that changes in colTemplate:Or only when playing the mini-games in The Crystal Shards.
Personality
Adeleine, although like the other Kirby 64 characters, does not talk, but from what is seen of her, she is very peppy and upbeat, and always seems to be happy even when times are tough. When Kirby sees her in a stage, she is more than eager to paint some food for him or help him find a Crystal Shard.
Game Appearances
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
- Main article: Pop Star (level)#Stage 2
Like all of Kirby's eventual partners in The Crystal Shards, Adeleine is first met on Pop Star doing what she does best - painting a landscape. Right before Kirby enters the scene, a Crystal Shard had interrupted her painting session, and like Waddle Dee before her, she bends down to pick it up, intrigued. Using her easel as a generation point, Dark Matter, noticing the shard, jumps Adeleine and embodies her; at this point, Kirby runs onto the screen, only to see Adeleine painting up various enemies for Kirby to fight. After defeating the final come-to-life painting, which is a scale drawing of Dark Matter itself, the evil forces escape her body, yielding Kirby, Waddle Dee, and Ribbon the Crystal Shard she had been holding. From this point on, Adeleine accompanies the group in finding the remainder of the Crystal Shards hidden across the realm.
Kirby Star Allies
“ | The wait is over! This clever artist and her fairy companion from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards are back on Planet Popstar! They may not be the galaxy's most powerful duo, but their perilous paintings and shiny crystals are nothing to scoff at. | ” | — Flavor text of Adeleine & Ribbon in Story Mode and The Ultimate Choice |
“ | "Back for a new adventure!" The attack artist from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and her pal Ribbon have returned! And with Adeleine's newly improved painting skills, these two are ready to be in the mix! |
” | — Flavor text of Adeleine & Ribbon in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! |
Adeleine returns in Kirby Star Allies as a Dream Friend added as a part of Wave 2 on July 27th, 2018 alongside Daroach and Dark Meta Knight. She is paired up with Ribbon as Adeleine & Ribbon, and uses her to hover. One of her attacks includes painting a variety of enemies from the Dark Matter Trilogy including Batamon, Ghost Knight, and I3. She can also charge up this attack to paint Waiu, Kracko, or Ice Dragon and ride upon it. She is able to do her flailing attack from the end of the battle against her as well. She can also use the Shard Gun from the final boss of Kirby 64 while flying in the air with Ribbon. She can also paint scenery on her canvas to hide behind it. She can also use a Friend Ability similar to Still Life, but instead of painting the refrigerator of Ice-Spark Kirby, she paints the Picnic from the bonus stages of Kirby 64.
Adeleine & Ribbon has the lowest health of all playable characters in Kirby Star Allies. In addition, Adeleine is tall and thus considered a big character, i.e. easier to get hit. However, Ice Dragon and Kracko from Ado's Painter can deal massive damage, making Adeleine & Ribbon one of the fastest characters to beat The Ultimate Choice solo.
Adeleine & Ribbon moveset in Kirby Star Allies | |||
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Skill | Button Execution | Description | Damage[2] |
Brush Slash | Adeleine swipes her brush forward. | Brush: 240 Paint: 160 | |
Brush Force | Adeleine charges forward while rapidly swiping her brush, and if she hits an enemy, she gets pushed back a bit. | 240 | |
Painter | Adeleine brings out her canvas and creates paintings of various past enemies. She can paint in random Batamon, Ghost Knight, I3, and even Octacon from Kirby: Right Back at Ya! in his small form. |
Canvas: 160 The painting moves/disappears: 240 I3 attacks: 360 Ghost Knight attacks: 320 Octacon attacks: 160→40→16 (3rd hit onward) | |
Ado's Painter | Adeleine brings out her canvas and creates paintings of two past bosses and a past mid-boss. She can paint Kracko, Ice Dragon, and Waiu in order. Once she has completed the painting of the boss/mid-boss, she can ride and control it.
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Canvas: 160 The painting disappears: 240
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Ribbon Flight | Ribbon carries Adeleine in the air while flying, at the same speed of dashing. | ||
Ribbon's Crystal | Adeleine uses Ribbon's Crystal Gun while being carried to shoot Crystal Shards at enemies. She shoots two Crystal Shards each time she uses it, and it can be used in quick succession. | 140+23 | |
Fairy Dance | Adeleine twirls around with Ribbon in the air, damaging nearby enemies. This attack can also be used to grab nearby items.
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Summon Ribbon: 80 Dance: 120+30+24 (3rd hit onward) Final hit: 260 | |
Canvas Cover | Adeleine and Ribbon hide behind a canvas. Enemies simply pass by instead of hitting the canvas. Paintings on the canvas include:
When released, paint is sprayed around Adeleine to deal damage. By tapping both the direction and L/R buttons, Canvas Cover can be repeated very quickly and deal massive damage to enemies nearby. |
160 (release) | |
Al Fresco | Adeleine's exclusive Friend Ability, similar to Still Life of the Artist ability. She paints the same Picnic minigame from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, in which it then creates a bunch of food and Point Stars. | ||
Reference: A Star Bullet deals 520 damage. |
Ado's Painter moveset in Kirby Star Allies *Attack names for this section are conjectural. | |||
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Kracko *Kracko can move freely in the air while attacking. | |||
Skill | Button Execution | Description | Damage |
Beam Whip | Kracko creates two beam whips of electricity around it.
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320→160 (2nd hit onward) | |
Lightning Bolt | Kracko shoots a lightning bolt below it.
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160→40 (2nd hit onward) | |
Hover | Kracko moves upward. Has the same effect as pressing ↑. | ||
Ice Dragon | |||
Skill | Button Execution | Description | Damage |
Icy Wind | Ice Dragon breathes icy wind while moving forward and waggling his tail.
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320→240→113→98 (4th hit onward) | |
Block Push | Ice Dragon creates a block of ice and pushes it forward.
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240 | |
Icicle Drop | Ice Dragon slams down, causing four icicles to fall, two on each side.
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Icicle: 160 Stomp: 360 | |
Hover | Ice Dragon waggles his tail to hover for a limited amount of time. | ||
Waiu *Waiu cannot Infinity Jump or hover. | |||
Skill | Button Execution | Description | Damage |
Cutter Throw | Waiu throws a purple cutter, which can be fired in quick succession.
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160→80 (2nd hit onward) | |
Vanishing Dash | Waiu vanishes and then quickly moves a distance depending on how long the button is held.
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Star Stomp | Waiu stomps down to throw a star bomb that bounces three times on the ground and then rises into the air. | Star: 320 Stomp: 240 |
Trivia
- According to the English manual for Kirby 64, Adeleine came to Pop Star from another world to study art. Which other world that might be is unknown.
- In the Japanese media, Adeleine calls Kirby by the nickname カーくん (Kā-kun).[3]
- Adeleine sees King Dedede as a brother.[4] In the Japanese media, she calls him デデのだんな (Master/Mister/Sir Dede).
- Adeleine is a little shy about being fed items, so she hides her face a little while doing Face-to-Face.[4]
- A couple of the character interactions in the main menu of Kirby Star Allies has Adeleine either hiding from or trying to attack Gooey. Presumably this is because she is mistaking Gooey for Dark Matter, who had possessed her in Kirby 64.
- In the Chinese version of Kirby Star Allies, the button execution of Painter and Ado's Painter is incorrectly shown as ↑ + B.
Gallery
- Adeleine.png
Official art
- AdeleineBattle3.jpg
Adeleine draws up different, simple enemies for Kirby to fight in her stead.
- AdeleineBattle1.jpg
One of the larger foe-drawings faces Kirby.
- AdeleineBattle2.jpg
The final enemy drawing, Dark Matter, stands between Kirby and Adeleine's Crystal Shard.
- Adeleine & Ribbon.png
Artwork with Ribbon from their appearance as a Dream Friend in Kirby Star Allies.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | アドレーヌ Adorēnu |
Adeleine |
Traditional Chinese | 阿朵萊妮 ā duǒ lái ní |
Adeleine |
Simplified Chinese | 阿朵莱妮 ā duǒ lái ní | |
Dutch | Adeleine | - |
French | Adeleine | - |
German | Adeleine | - |
Italian | Adeleine | - |
Russian | Аделин Adelin |
From English name |
Spanish | Adeleine | - |
References
- ↑ 20th Anniversary Kirby Pupupu Encyclopedia, p. 20
- ↑ https://twitter.com/zhanghm11111/status/1029754886034882561
- ↑ Kirby 64 Japanese official website - Character introduction
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nintendo Switch News Channel - Kirby Star Allies Channel #11