Make Friend

	Notice: It has been suggested that this article be renamed to Friend Heart.
	Please discuss this proposal on the talk page, or rename the article if appropriate. Reason: "Make Friend" is the action of THROWING the hearts, not the hearts themselves. Besides the article is mainly talking about the hearts anyway.

Artwork of Kirby holding a Friend Heart

Make Friend is an ability that Kirby and his friends possess in Kirby Star Allies. It allows them to toss Friend Hearts at enemies on the field to make them into allies.

Overview

The power of Friend Hearts comes from the scattered pieces of "four spears of the heart" after Hyness failed in the ritual as seen in the opening movie of Kirby Star Allies Story Mode.

This ability only works on certain enemies which provide Copy Abilities, and Kirby can only have up to three Friends at a time. If a fourth is claimed, the game will prompt the player to replace one of Kirby's existing friends with the new recruit.

To pull out a heart, the player must press the X button. From there, any enemy that can be charmed will have a small heart icon over their head when Kirby draws near. From there, to charm the enemy, Kirby must toss the heart at the enemy and hit them with it. Kirby can also cause a friend to appear if he hits a Copy Essence or discarded ability with a heart.

When an ally tosses a Friend Heart, that ally will transform into whichever enemy the heart was thrown at, instead of recruiting it as a new ally.

Some Bosses and Mid-Bosses are also recruitable as friends. However, before they can be recruited, they must be defeated in battle. Once they are downed, a heart can be tossed at them. Story Mode bosses like Whispy Woods (only at Fruity Forest), Pon & Con, King Dedede, and Meta Knight can be befriended by throwing hearts at them quickly after defeated. Tossing hearts at the latter two adds them to Kirby's team as Dream Friends.

Unfriend

Like in Kirby Super Star and its remake, Kirby can unfriend his allies when he has no Copy Ability. To do so, the player should press the - button or press and hold the Y button.

Alternatively, Kirby can also inhale and swallow a Friend to obtain their Copy Ability, but this has no effect on Dream Friends.

Trivia

• When quickly pulling out and tossing a heart, it will automatically be arced toward a friend-able enemy's position if thrown near one.
• When a Friend Heart is tossed at Bomber, Don Puffle, Noddy and Walky, they are instead turned into the hat of their Copy Ability - Crash, Festival, Sleep and Mike, respectively.
• When allies are turned into enemies by specific attacks of Morpho Knight and Void Termina's Final Core / Void Soul, Friend Hearts can undo that effect.
• Though throwing a friend heart to most bosses does nothing during battle, throwing it at Void Termina's Final Core / Void Soul / Void damages it.

Gallery

• Friend Heart.jpg

  Kirby holds a Friend Heart to make a friend out of a Sir Kibble, while backed by two friends made in a similar way.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Vriendenhart	Friend Heart
French	Cœur-ami	Friend heart
German	Freund-Herz	Friend Heart
Italian	Cuore amico	Friend Heart
Russian	Дружеский сердечко Druzhskoy serdechko	Friend heart
Spanish	Corazón de amistad	Heart of friendship