Friend Circle

Friend Circle Artwork of Friend Circle Details Debut game Kirby Star Allies Type(s) Specific Location Use Requirements Four friends Power(s) Roll down hills while invincible. Comparable to Wheel, Friend Train, Pipe Mouth

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When friends combine their power, they can form a ring! This big hoop rolls down slopes, picking up items, and if you hold the jump button, the hoop will spring high--BOING! It's a great way to avoid gaps.

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— Kirby Star Allies Pause Screen description

Friend Circle is a situational Friend Ability present in Kirby Star Allies. It allows Kirby and his friends to form up and take the shape of a wheel, allowing them to roll down hills, crushing any foes in the way. To activate this ability, four Friends are needed (it doesn't matter which friends) and a Friend Platform must be found in the stage. Once activated, the Friend Circle allows the friends to move quickly down hills. While moving, they are invulnerable to attack, but they can still fall into bottomless pits. To prevent this, they can perform a single jump, which can vary in height depending on how long the player holds down the button.

Controls

Friend Circle move-set in Kirby Star Allies
Skill	Button Execution	Description
Jump	A/B	The Friend Circle jumps for a short height and then very quickly falls back down to earth.
Jump high	Press and hold A/B	The Friend Circle leaps into the air for a long time before touching the ground again.

Usage

The Friend Circle is used in the following stages:

• Friendly Field
• Heavenly Hall
• Jambandra Base
• Heroes in Another Dimension - Dimension III

Other appearances

• An attack for Hyness has him and The Three Mage-Sisters use a variant of the Friend Circle, called the デクころがり (Rag Doll Circle).
• The Three Mage-Sisters as a Dream Friend are able to use a variant of the Friend Circle, called Sister Circle.
• The Friend Circle is depicted on a Character Treat in Kirby's Dream Buffet, using its Kirby Star Allies artwork.

Trivia

• If Kirby falls into a bottomless pit while using Friend Circle (and entered the area while using it), he will be reset along with his friends from the start, still in formation. In Story Mode, Kirby will still lose whichever ability he had on hand, however.
• In Heroes in Another Dimension - Dimension III, after the end of a Friend Circle section, if one ally is removed before Kirby loses a life, then he and his remaining allies will not respawn in Friend Circle formation, instead spawning regularly as if they weren't in a Friend Circle.
• One of Kirby's Stone transformations in Star Allies resembles the Friend Circle formation as depicted in the main artwork.
• When a Friend Circle section ends, the Star Allies will come out of their formation by falling on their face and then brushing themselves off. The only exceptions are Meta Knight and Dark Meta Knight, who land on their feet and look around curiously. This also happens with Friend Train.
• Both the regular Friend Circle and Sister Circle leave a trail of pink, blue, and yellow star particle effects when rolling. However, Hyness's Rag Doll Circle has him leaving a trail of purple star effects instead.

Gallery

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  Activating Friend Circle in Kirby Star Allies

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  Kirby and Friends standing on a Friend Circle Platform

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  The Friend Circle in action in Friendly Field

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  Kirby spots a Friend Circle Platform off to the side in Heavenly Hall

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  The Friend Circle rolls down the halls to escape the crumbling fortress

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  The Friend Circle busts at a door after the hall closes in on the team

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  Activating the first Friend Circle in Jambandra

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  Rolling through the first perilous hall

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  Reaching a side area entry point

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  The second Friend Circle hall

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  Freeing a treasure chest near the end

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  Hyness using his variant of the Friend Circle, Rag Doll Circle

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  The Three Mage-Sisters using their variant of the Friend Circle, Sister Circle

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  Kirby and co. use the Friend Circle in Heroes in Another Dimension - Dimension III

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  The Stone transformation of the Friend Circle

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  Credits image featuring the Friend Circle in use

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  Credits image of Heroes in Another Dimension, featuring the Friend Circle

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  Credits image of Corrupt Hyness using Rag Doll Circle

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  Various concept art pieces

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  "Let's Roll, Valentine!" Valentine's Day card

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  Character Treat from Kirby's Dream Buffet

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	フレンズころがり Furenzu Korogari	Friends Circle
Traditional Chinese	盟友滾輪 méng yǒu gǔn lún	Friend Circle
Simplified Chinese	盟友滚轮 méng yǒu gǔn lún
Dutch	Vriendenkring	Friend circle
French	Cercle d'amis	Friend circle
German	Freundeskreis	Friend circle
Italian	Circolo amici	Friend circle
Korean	프렌즈 구르기 peulenjeu guleugi	Friends Circle
Polish	Friend Circle	-
Portuguese	Círculo de amizade	Friendship circle
Russian	Дружеский круг Druzheskiy krug	Friend circle
Spanish	Círculo de amistad	Friendship circle
Thai	Friend Circle	-