Cupid

Cupid Artwork of Cupid Kirby from Kirby: Squeak Squad Details First game Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Latest game Kirby: Squeak Squad Type(s) Unlimited uses Obtained from Cupie Power(s) Flying, shooting arrows Comparable to Archer

Cupid is a Copy Ability that first appeared in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. It also appears in Kirby: Squeak Squad. 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.

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.
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

• Cupid Kirby appears as a keychain in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, mistakenly named Angel Kirby (the Japanese name).
• Cupid Kirby appears in the Celebration Picture: "The Great Labyrinth Battle" in Kirby Star Allies.

Profiles

Flavor text

Image	Game	Flavor text
	Kirby & The Amazing Mirror	Fire a pointy arrow. Press and release B to fire the arrow. Change where you aim with the +Control Pad.
	Kirby: Squeak Squad	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, Kirby Fighters Deluxe, and Kirby Fighters 2, 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".
• Cupid Kirby appears on the cover art and commercials of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.

Gallery

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  Artwork from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

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  Sprite from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad

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  Icon from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

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  Keychain from Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  Banner from the Kirby Personality Quiz

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	エンジェル Enjeru	Angel
Dutch	Cupido	Cupid
French	Arcupidon	Cupid's Bow Likely a conjunction of Arc Cupidon
German	Amoria	Cupid
Italian	Cupido	Cupid
Russian	Купидон Kupidon	Cupid
Spanish	Arkero	Archer Likely a misspelling of Arquero