Kirby Star Allies
Template:Game Kirby: Star Allies (Japanese: 星のカービィ スターアライズ Hoshi no Kabi: Star Allies) is an upcoming main-series title for the Nintendo Switch. It is set to release on March 16th 2018 in all regions.
Overview
Kirby: Star Allies is an action platformer, styled after previous games in the main series, greatly resembling Kirby's Return to Dream Land in its art style, but in HD. The central gimmicks of the game appear to be using hearts to befriend certain enemies on the stage to turn them into allies in the vain of the Helpers from Kirby Super Star (Ultra). Collecting certain friends will allow Kirby to solve various puzzles, and perform combo attacks called Friend Abilities. These attacks include combining Copy Abilities, as well as performing special moves with the friends. Once Friends are acquired, they can either be controlled by the CPU, or controlled by additional players.
In the stages, Kirby and his friends can collect Picture Pieces. These serve as optional collectable items which are used to form 'celebration pictures'.
Not much is known about the story. Recent trailers do suggest, however, that a strange wizard-like being is raining magic on Pop Star, and it is this magic that gives Kirby the ability to charm creatures on the field at will using hearts.
Confirmed Copy Abilities
New Abilities
Returning Abilities
- Beam
- Beetle
- Bomb
- Cleaning
- Cook
- Crash
- Cutter
- ESP
- Fighter
- Fire
- Hammer
- Ice
- Mike
- Ninja
- Parasol
- Plasma
- Sleep
- Stone
- Suplex
- Sword
- Water
- Whip
- Wing
- Yo-yo
Friend Abilities
According to pre-release information, it should be possible to augment most Copy Abilities in the game with another elemental Copy Ability (such as Fire, Ice, and Plasma) to add an effect to that ability. When it comes to utility abilities like Sword and Yo-yo, the move-set doesn't appear to change after the combination, but attacks will cause lingering elemental effects, and be more powerful. Certain combinations (presumably those done between two elemental type abilities) create unique moves, such as Curling and Icicle Lance. It would appear that a Friend needs to be present to pull off these moves in particular.
In addition, there are more specific friend attacks, which can be done with four Friends. These don't appear to rely on any specific Copy Ability, but instead involve the four friends cooperating in some way to unleash a special attack and/or means of travel, like the Friend Train and the Friends Star.
Known Elemental Augments
- Blizzard - provided by Ice
- Sizzle - provided by Fire
- Splash - provided by Water & Parasol
- Wind - provided by Cleaning & Wing
- Zap - provided by Beam & Plasma
Special Friend Copy Abilities
- Artist + Stone combo
- Chumbrella (Parasol + Friends)
- Cook + Friends
- Ice Curling (Stone + Ice)
- Splash Curling (Stone + Water)
- Festival + Friends
- Friend Throw (Suplex or Fighter + a Friend)
- Icicle Lance (Water + Ice)
- Mike + Friends
- Refrigerator (Artist + Friends)
- Stone Drop (ESP + Stone)
- Water + Plasma combo
- Web Bounce (Spider + a Friend)
Known Friend Attacks
Confirmed Enemies
New Enemies
- Anger Masker
- Driblee
- fiery shield-wielding enemy
- party cone enemy (provides Festival when swallowed)
- water bubble enemy
- Stick-wielding enemy (called 'Jahalbeet/Jahalbeat' in Japan)
- stick enemy followers
Returning Enemies
- Beetley
- Bio Spark
- Birdon
- Blade Knight
- Blipper
- Bouncy
- Bronto Burt
- Broom Hatter (now providing the Cleaning ability)
- Burning Leo
- Cappy
- Carry Dee
- Chilly
- Chip
- Como (now providing the Spider ability)
- Coner
- Dekabu
- Kabu
- Knuckle Joe
- Gim
- Grizzo
- NESP
- Noddy
- Nruff
- Parasol Waddle Dee
- Plugg (now providing the Plasma ability)
- Poppy Bros. Jr.
- Propeller
- Puppet Dee
- Rocky
- Scarfy
- Shotzo
- Sir Kibble
- Waddle Dee
- Waddle Doo
- Wester
- Driblee 2.jpg
Driblee.
- Fire Shield.jpg
Unknown enemy that wields a fire shield.
Anger Masker with no armTemplate:Our.
- Water Bubble Enemy.jpg
Unknown enemy which resides in a bubble of water.
- Party Cone Enemy.png
Artwork of an unnamed enemy who provides the Festival ability.
- Stick Friend.jpg
Unknown enemy who grants the Stick ability.
Confirmed Friends
- Beetley
- Bio Spark
- Birdon
- Blade Knight
- Bonkers
- Broom Hatter
- Bugzzy
- Burning Leo
- Chef Kawasaki
- Chilly
- Como
- Driblee
- Gim
- Knuckle Joe
- NESP
- Parasol Waddle Dee
- Plugg
- Poppy Bros. Jr.
- Rocky
- Sir Kibble
- Stick-wielding creature
- Vividria
- Waddle Doo
- Wester
Confirmed Mid-Bosses
Confirmed Bosses
- King Dedede
- Whispy Woods
- Meta Knight
- Francisca
- red general (called 'Fran Rouge' in Japan)
- yellow general
- Pon Con
- at least one other who has not been named
Sub-Games
amiibo
Kirby: Star Allies will be compatible with amiibo, but at this time, it is unknown what bonuses the figurines will offer, or if any new figurines will be made specifically for the game.
Trivia
- Friends appear to be able to bear different [[Color Changes|colTemplate:Our schemes]] depending on their player number, like Sir Kibble in green armor. In addition, the Friends wear Kirby-style hats appropriate to their ability once they've been recruited.
- The Cleaning ability returns in this title, after a 21 year long absence.
- This is the first game in the Kirby series to have an official release with Chinese text.
Gallery
- Star Allies Promo Image.jpg
Promotional image for Star Allies (JP).
- Allies Kirby.png
Kirby from the box art.
- Meta Knight Allies.png
Meta Knight's artwork from the main site.
- Allies Parasolguy.png
Parasol Waddle Dee from the box art.
- Biospark Allies.png
Bio Spark from the box art.
- Blade Knight Allies.png
Blade Knight from promo art.
- Bonkers Allies.png
Bonkers from promo art.
- Poppy Allies.png
Poppy Bros. Jr. from promo art.
Artwork of Kirby preparing a heart.
- KSwitch 01.jpg
Whispy Woods encounter.
- KSwitch 04.jpg
Kirby tosses a heart to a Poppy Bros. Jr. to befriend him.
- KSwitch 05.jpg
Poppy Bros. Jr. becomes a Helper.
- KSwitch 06.jpg
Kirby and three friends blast through an obstruction.
- KSwitch 07.jpg
Kirby and three friends form a ring to roll down a hill.
- KSwitch 08.jpg
Kirby and three friends complete a stage.
- KSwitch 09.jpg
A Parasol Waddle Dee helps Kirby with a puzzle.
- KSwitch 10.jpg
Kirby and three friends fight Mr. Frosty.
- KSwitch 11.jpg
Kirby traverses the stage select area.
- Artist Allies.jpg
Kirby using the Artist ability.
- Spider Allies.jpg
Kirby using the Spider Ability.
- KSwitch Promo Art.jpg
Official art made to commemorate the announcement of Kirby for Nintendo Switch (as it was known then).
- Buff-dedede.png
A cut-scene showing King Dedede becoming considerably beefier before Kirby has to fight him.
- Francisca.jpg
A new boss character known as Francisca.
- Crystal Heart Allies.jpg
A strange crystal heart encased in a sphere, presumably the source of the villain's power.
- Fire + Sword Art.jpg
Artwork of Kirby combining the Fire and Sword abilities together.
- Cleaning + Curling Stone.jpg
Artwork of the Cleaning ability and the Curling Stone Friend Ability.
- Buff Dedede.jpg
Artwork of King Dedede in his beefed-up form.
- Kirby Cutscene Allies.jpg
Kirby sleeps before yet another invasion.
- Meta Knight Allies.jpg
Meta Knight watches as magic falls from the sky.
- Unknown Threat Allies.jpg
A mysterious wizard-like character who may be the main villain.
Video Gallery
E3 2017 Reveal Trailer
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9-13 Nintendo Direct Trailer
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1-11 Nintendo Direct Trailer
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1-25 Playable Friends Trailer
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Animated Trailer
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Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Dutch | Kirby: Star Allies | Kirby: Star Allies |
French | Kirby: Star Allies | Kirby: Star Allies |
German | Kirby: Star Allies | Kirby: Star Allies |
Italian | Kirby: Star Allies | Kirby: Star Allies |
Spanish | Kirby: Star Allies | Kirby: Star Allies |
External Links
- Kirby: Star Allies on Kirby Informer
- Kirby: Star Allies main site (EN)
- Kirby: Star Allies main site (JP)