Copy Ability Room

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Kirby tests the Sleep ability in the Ability Testing Area from Kirby: Planet Robobot.

A Copy Ability Testing Area is a special room, section, or stage devoted specifically to Copy Ability testing; containing most, if not all of the abilities available in the game it appears in from Copy Essences scattered throughout the area. The first of these appeared in Kirby Super Star, and they have reappeared in several Kirby series titles since. These areas almost always require unlocking, either by completing the main game, or performing some other task.

Testing Areas by Game

Kirby Super Star (Ultra)

Main article: Trial Rooms

Two stages devoted specifically to Copy Ability testing can be found in the Dyna Blade area map. These are unlocked by pressing the Big Switches in Mallow Castle and Candy Mountain.

Each stage contains a different set of Copy Abilities, and a number of enemies to test them on. The areas also have Maxim Tomatoes to restore Kirby's Stamina.

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror

From the Rainbow Route - Central Circle, a Mirror Door leading to an ability testing chamber will open when all of the Big Switches in the game have been pressed, linking all of the hubs to the central circle. This room contains Copy Essences for every ability in the game, except for Master.

Kirby: Squeak Squad

From the world map, a special area can be accessed if every Treasure Chest has been collected. This area includes Copy Essences for every Copy Ability, including Ghost if the Ghost Medal has been completed.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Inside the Lor Starcutter, there are four chambers in the left wing that are unlocked by collecting Energy Spheres. Each room contains five Copy Essences for different abilities, and a Dummy to practice on. The only abilities that are not represented are limited-use abilities like Crash and Mike, Sleep and the Super Abilities.

The following is a list of what each room contains, and what the unlock requirement is:

• Room 1 - Cutter, Leaf, Needle, Fire, Sword - 20 to unlock
• Room 2 - Stone, Parasol, Whip, Beam, Spark - 40 to unlock
• Room 3 - Spear, Bomb, Tornado, Hi-Jump, Water - 60 to unlock
• Room 4 - Ninja, Wing, Fighter, Hammer, Ice - 80 to unlock

Kirby's Dream Collection

Each level in New Challenge Stages contains an ability testing room which allows Kirby to practice with abilities available on that level. Like the rooms in Return to Dream Land, these are small, and contain a Dummy to practice on. Unlike those rooms, however, Kirby equips his desired ability at the door, and is unable to discard it while inside.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Once the Story Mode is complete and all EX stages have been finished, Kirby can access the Ability Testing Room by traveling down the Dreamstalk past the first level; Fine Fields. This area consists of vine walkways and has Copy Essences for every ability in the game except for Hypernova. There is also a small room dedicated to a Training Waddle Dee, who Kirby can test his abilities on.

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Once the Story Mode is complete and all EX stages have been finished, Kirby can access the Ability Testing Room in the Access Ark area map, by hopping on a Warp Star past the entrance to Stage EX 1. In here is an area which resembles Fine Fields from Triple Deluxe, though the walkways are built using steel and pipes. All abilities can be found here, as well as a Training Waddle Dee to practice them on. In a separate area of the stage, a suit of Robobot Armor can be found, and all the armTemplate:Our modes can be tested there on a multitude of enemies.

If the save file is cleared 100%, a UFO can also be found in this stage, which will grant the U.F.O. ability when swallowed. This is the only way to get that ability in this game, unless a Kirby series Kirby amiibo is scanned in.

Trivia

• The Arena and The True Arena also have rooms stocked with Copy Essences at the beginning, though with nothing in particular to test them on.
• This article was the 2000th WiKirby article written.