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Cupid
File:Cupid SqS.png
Artwork of Cupid Kirby from [[Kirby: Squeak Squad|Template:KSS KMA]]
Details
First game Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Latest game [[Kirby: Squeak Squad|Template:KSS KMA]]
Usage type Unlimited uses
Obtained from Cupie
Power(s) Flying, shooting arrows
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Cupid is a Copy Ability that first appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. It also appears in [[Kirby: Squeak Squad|Template:KSS KMA]]. Kirby receives this ability by sucking up and swallowing a Cupie. While Kirby has the Cupid ability, he possesses a halo and a set of wings, along with a bow and arrows.

Game Appearances

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

Cupid Kirby makes his debut in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. Kirby can receive the Cupid ability by sucking up a Cupie or by touching a Copy Essence.

Cupid's moveset in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror  
Skill Button Execution Description Damage
(Star Bullet=10)
Element
Arrow
B (Hold for charge)
Cupid Kirby fires an arrow (no charge) or three arrows (charged).
  • Arrows can cut ropes.
  • Press ↑/↓ to aim while charging.
  • Charged arrows share the same hitbox and won't do triple damage when all hit, however.
3 (no charge)
5 (charged)
Slash
Fly
↑, or A in midair, then D-Pad
Cupid Kirby can fly in 8 cardinal directions, replacing the standard hover. No No

Kirby: Squeak Squad

Cupid makes its second appearance in this game, and is once again obtained by swallowing Cupie. The ability has not fundamentally changed since Amazing Mirror, but obtaining the Ability Scroll for Cupid allows Kirby to charge up and fire three arrows at once.

Cupid's moveset in Kirby: Squeak Squad  
Skill Button Execution Description Damage
(Star Bullet=40)
Element
Arrow
B (Hold for charge)
Cupid Kirby fires an arrow (no charge) or three arrows (charged).
  • Arrows can cut ropes.
  • Press ↑/↓ to aim while charging.
  • Charging doesn't increase the power.
  • Charged arrows share the same hitbox and won't do triple damage when all hit, however.
10 Slash
Fly
↑, or A in midair, then D-Pad
Cupid Kirby can fly in 8 cardinal directions, replacing the standard hover. No No
Rapid-fire
(Ability Scroll required)
Dash + B
Cupid Kirby fires three arrows at once that travel straight forward.
  • Arrows can cut ropes.
  • Can be used in midair.
  • The arrows share the same hitbox and won't do triple damage when all hit, however.
10 Slash

Cameo Appearances

Profiles

Flavor text

Image Game Flavor text
KatAM cover art.jpg Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Fire a pointy arrow. Press and release B to fire the arrow. Change where you aim with the +Control Pad.
File:USCover KSS.jpg [[Kirby: Squeak Squad|Template:KSS KMA]] Fire pointy arrows. Press and release B to fire the arrows. Change where you aim with +.

Trivia

  • Another bow & arrow-based Copy Ability, Archer, was introduced in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.
  • In some spin-offs like Kirby Mass Attack and Kirby Fighters (Deluxe), when a Kirby is defeated and fainted, an angel-like spirit will be released out of his body which resembles Cupid Kirby but is ghostly white and without the bow and arrow.
  • In the Japanese games, the pause description describes that the Cupid ability (Angel in the Japanese version) is like a demon, which is possibly a homage to Kirby's alias "The Pink Demon".[1]
  • Cupid Kirby appears on the cover art and commercials of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese エンジェル
Enjeru
Angel
Dutch Cupido Cupid
French Arcupidon Cupid
German Amoria Cupid
Italian Cupido Cupid
Russian Купидон
Kupidon
Cupid
Spanish Arkero Cupid

References

  1. "あたるといたいをうちます
    おしてはなしてがとびます
    アクマのようなテンシです
    (Fire arrows that hurt. Press and release to fire the arrows. The angel is like a demon.)
    " –Pause description of Cupid (Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and [[Kirby: Squeak Squad|Template:KSS KMA]], Japanese versions)

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