Piggyback

Artwork of multiple characters piggybacking on each other

Piggyback is the act of riding on the back of an ally. Kirby can do this with his friends in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby Star Allies and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. While riding Piggyback, the character riding cannot perform any action other than dismounting, and will generally not hamper the abilities of the character being ridden (unless they try to squeeze into a tight space, wherein the rider will be forced to jump off). However, if Kirby rides Piggyback on a CPU-controlled friend, he can take direct control of that friend, and use all the abilities pertaining to said friend (except for Friend Abilities which require holding up on the Control Stick/+Control Pad).

A character who is riding Piggyback can be ridden in turn by another character, stacking up to four friends high. In this case, only the character on the bottom will be able to perform standard moves. If all stacked characters are controlled by human players, however, it is possible to perform a Team Attack, where all friends attack at once.

To activate a piggyback, either the rider must go behind the carrier and both players must hold the guard button or one player should hold down while in mid-air above another character to mount, and to dismount, the rider must hold up on the Control Stick/+Control Pad.

Trivia

• The concept of Piggyback was originally developed for the canceled Kirby for Nintendo GameCube game.

Gallery

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  Artwork of Kirby, Golem and Heat Phanphan riding on Bonkers from Kirby for Nintendo GameCube

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  Waddle Doo, Kirby and Waddle Dee on Heat Phanphan from Kirby for Nintendo GameCube'.

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  Parasol Waddle Dee, Chilly, and Kirby piggybacking on Wheelie from Kirby for Nintendo GameCube

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  Kirby and Golem piggybacking on Wheelie from Kirby for Nintendo GameCube

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  Kirby riding Piggyback on Meta Knight in an early version of Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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  Bandana Waddle Dee riding on Kirby in an early version of Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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  A Team Attack being performed during a Piggyback in Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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  A four-stack Piggyback formation in Kirby Star Allies

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  Kirby piggybacking Marx while he fires the Team Attack laser in Kirby Star Allies

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  Four Kirbys on piggyback in an Another Dimension rift in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Ruiterzit	Piggyback
French	À cheval	On horse
German	Huckepack	Piggyback
Italian	Cavalluccio	Small horse
Spanish	Llevar a cuestas	Riding piggyback