Copy Abilities and permissions

[alldevouringabomination]

Kirby has the ability to take on the aspects of whatever he swallows, and he does not need to inhale it first. Not everything has a power that he can take (otherwise, he'd keep turning into food all the time), but a lot of the time something or someone can grant him its power, whether it likes it or not.

This is called Copy Ability, and the potential variety is limitless. Most of the time, you'll know if Kirby is using a Copy Ability because he usually is wearing a hat and/or costume relating to said Ability. Copy Ability can be extremely powerful, allowing him to use powers usually exclusive to other people, and he can even combine two Abilities together to use aspects of both at once and if the source of power is potent enough, he can even use a disgustingly strong version of it called Super Abilities. Even unique artifacts can grant Kirby power.

However, Kirby can also cough up what he eats as well, so he won't destroy anything irreplaceable or kill whoever he eats. So if he eats something he shouldn't, don't worry. :)

This means that Kirby can gain powers from his enemies, his friends, and the environment. Here is a list of canon Copy Abilities, and canon Super Abilities, so you have a better idea of what Kirby is capable of. Thus we come to permissions:

What powers can your character, character's attacks, or character's items grant Kirby, should he eat them?
Remember, you don't have to be an enemy to give Kirby a Copy Ability. Tossing him a torch to grant him Fire, for example, is perfectly legitimate. Also, don't feel pigeonholed into giving him a canon Ability, if a new one would fit better. If you feel that he should get Forklift from eating a forklift, then that's fine; Kirby can deal with new and rare powers.
Are any of those Super Abilities?
If the source is strong enough, it may count as a Super Ability.
Is there anything Kirby should watch out for if he uses any of the Abilities?
Pretty much self-explanatory.
What can those Abilities do?
The meat of the permissions! When Copied, what is Kirby's capabilities?

Comments

[twotailmechanic]

What powers can your character, character's attacks, or character's items grant Kirby, should he eat them? Tails can fly with his tails for a short distance (even shorter if he's carrying a person or two). Tails doesn't really have anything that would be useful for Kirby

Are any of those Super Abilities? I think so yes.

Is there anything Kirby should watch out for if he uses any of the Abilities? Other than he could tire himself out if he flies too long, nothing that I can think of.

What can those Abilities do? He would likely gains fox ears and two fox tails, which would allow him to fly for a while.

[alldevouringabomination]

Kirby already can fly, lawl

Twin Tails would not be a Super Ability (a Super version would likely give him Ludicrous Speed (TM) and let him shuttle damn near anything for very long distances) but it would augment his flight and maybe let him grab and whack things with the Tails ala Raccoon Mario from SMB3? idek

I can't see Kirby actually wanting to eat Tails anytime soon, though.

[twotailmechanic]

Ah sorry. I'm not familiar with Kirby's canon, so my bad.

That works and it's fine by me. Just give me a heads up if you want Kirby to eat Tails and we can work it out.

Kirby should be more popular. Don't blame yourself.

[alldevouringabomination]

Kirby will likely only eat you of his own accord if you are trying to kill or hurt him. Maybe during a virus, or if Tails got another evil doppleganger and Kirby was handy?

[coolblueiceman]

What powers can your character, character's attacks, or character's items grant Kirby, should he eat them? Chrono himself is pretty much normal and likely isn't worth anything. For most of his canon, Chrono's attacks are magical beam weaponry, though; eating one of those is probably worth a Beam, and eating his Device would probably be enough for some kind of modified Super Beam that shoots either straight, quick shots (Stinger Snipe), or swords of light (Stinger Blade). In both cases, they're blue.

Is there anything Kirby should watch out for if he uses any of the Abilities? Not... really? By standard Kirby rules, no. By Chrono's ruleset, using too many will exhaust his energy.

What can those Abilities do? I would anticipate that eating a single attack wouldn't be enough to be worth a change to the standard Beam power. I kinda explained the effects of eating Chrono's Device above.

[alldevouringabomination]

Kirby can still spit out projectiles back at the enemy, even if if can't give him any powers.

Strong beams would needless to say grant the Beam Ability, though. If nothing else, the Flare Beam from the Device would be yet another way to put hurt on enemies.

If it's modified, the Ability would be Stinger, with Flare Stinger as the Super version? It's up in the air at this point, but I'd go with plain ol' Beam for now.

[pintsizedpyro]

What powers can your character, character's attacks, or character's items grant Kirby, should he eat them?
Impmon's attacks are pretty much all fire-based and aren't all that strong. His main attack involves throwing small fireballs and the only other one he uses in the show has him summoning a slightly larger fireball with lots of effort. When he digivolves it's another story, but that's still a long way away and I'm not sure what powers that would give Kirby, so... I dunno. If it ever comes up, we can work something out still.

Are any of those Super Abilities?
Nope.

Is there anything Kirby should watch out for if he uses any of the Abilities?
Nothing I can think of.

What can those Abilities do?
Probably either Fire or maybe a slightly modified version that throws fireballs instead of spewing fire (assuming I'm remembering the game abilities right).

[alldevouringabomination]

All the Fire! It's not too much of a stretch to make Fire Kirby start chucking fireballs; it's only been what, fifteen games?

Posting for Three

[king_bowser]

Bowser
Powers: Kirby would gain fire breath and quite a bit of physical strength. Maybe even claws.
Super Abilities: None that I know of.
Watch out for: Bowser's temperament may get copied along with his abilities, so Kirby might find himself irritable, sarcastic, egocentric, and actually fairly badass.

Fluttershy
Powers: Kirby would gain the ability to communicate with animals on their own level, though they may have difficulty with his limited vocabulary.
Super Abilities: The Stare. With it, Fluttershy can stare down and intimidate even the toughest of foes.
Watch out for: The Stare doesn't work on chaos spirits, such as Discord. Also, Fluttershy's timidity may get copied along with her abilities.

Angel (Fluttershy's pet rabbit)
Powers: Kirby would gain rabbit ears and perhaps a tail. That's it.
Super Abilities: Nope.
Watch out for: The ears and tail don't really come with any abilities of their own. They're purely cosmetic. This could land Kirby into trouble if he intended to copy some actual powers.

Oh boy.

[alldevouringabomination]

Copy Abilities don't change Kirby's personality as far as I'm aware watch HAL invalidate this statement in the future! and if something doesn't have a power, then nothing happens when it gets swallowed. An actual Rabbit Ability would be quite silly, anyway.

Bowser: His breath would give Fire, obviously, but a Koopa King Ability would be fearsome in melee, bestowing both offense and defense at once. Kirby was always badass, what

Fluttershy: She has feathered wings, correct? Her feathers would give Wing when eaten, but having Stare ...probably would be good for crowd control in combat.
lol at Stare being a Super.

Angel: If she gave any power at all, it'd be Animal.

I really can't see Kirby wanting to eat either Fluttershy or her rabbit, and Bowser is up in the air. watch out! If the pony spared some feathers she'd be a constant source of Wing, but I'm having difficulty coming up with a scenario where Kirby would constantly need Wing from her.

[windofchange]

No idea if the opportunity for this will come up any time soon, since worldhopping for Takiko's group is mostly blocked, but just in case:

What powers can your character, character's attacks, or character's items grant Kirby, should he eat them?
Rimudo's primary Celestial power is the ability to control wind, and being a Celestial Warrior also makes him a bit tougher/stronger than the average human. He's also a deft fighter and tends to carry around various weapons.

Are any of those Super Abilities?
Considering that Rimudo has canonically created two massively destructive tornadoes (and also instantly slaughtered hundreds) using his wind powers, I'd say yes.

Is there anything Kirby should watch out for if he uses any of the Abilities?
....is it terrible if I say he should watch out for becoming a femme!Kirby...

What can those Abilities do?
Wind: The ability to control wind at various strengths, from light wafting breezes, to flying/floating (himself and other people), to cutting scythes. He can also hear and smell things carried by the wind from further distances than an ordinary person would. So Wing and Tornado, probably.
Toughness: Extra HP for Kirby, maybe?
Weapons: Probably just basic Sword ability, combo'd with Fighter? (Though if Kirby eats Rimudo's memento sword from later on in the series there will be pain coming his way until it's coughed back up.)

This post hasn't been used since forever. |3

[alldevouringabomination]

...you know, Kirby suddenly changing sex would have very little effect on him. His voice would be somewhat higher pitched, but that's be about it. Until he discarded the Celestial Power: Wind Copy Ability, that is.

Hmm, so Sword, Fighter, Tornado, and Wing? That's quite a variety from one person. I suppose with a little liberty taken this could also extend to Cutter (the scythes) and High Jump, so yeah.

The army-slaying tornado would likely grant a Super, I'd agree. Maybe call it Raging Hurricane or something?

Well, since you said that the worldhopping was only mostly blocked, this comment just might become relevant sooner than you'd expect. :)

Glad I could add to it!

[windofchange]

Maybe a frilly little skirt or some lipstick...

Rimudo's just a multitalented guy! And yeah, I considered throwing Cutter in there, since his wind gusts often take that shape and he fights pretty proficiently with a bladed discus at one point, but things are overkill enough as they are.

Aw man, he has names for some of his attacks but I'm forgetting what they are. Let me check the volumes real quick.

Yes we will see. :)

*cleans the cobwebs*

[alldevouringabomination]

[Kirby wonders why this new Copy Ability doesn't seem to do anything.]

The more powers, the merrier! Cutter is pretty common anywhoo.

Great. :)

[windofchange]

Hm, I can't seem to find the attack names, but I'm pretty sure one of them was "Dragon's Breath" for a horizontal tornado he throws at attackers sometimes. Watase only wrote attack calls a couple of times in the first volume before giving up on it, though, so if you want to name it something different, feel free.

Ha, okay, let's add Cutter to the list, then.

[windofchange]

Also I feel compelled to add that one of the other Celestial Warriors' powers is the ability to... copy other Celestial Warriors' powers. If he ever shows up at DDD I'm going to laugh.

[alldevouringabomination]

...well.

It actually doesn't matter what the name of an attack is when it grants an Ability. You could have an attack named Salty Toothpick, yet is really a fireball, and it would grant Fire when eaten.

If that guy shows up? That would be the firs time Kirby could have access to the actual Copy Copy Abilty since appearing on DDD! Whoa. o_o

Man, Combination Abilties, and a Super of Tornado... these two need to meet in person and kick lots of ass together. It'd be glorious.

[windofchange]

Ah, well, I meant more for borrowing a name for the Super Ability, but up to you!

...Is the Copy Copy Ability actually a thing...

Glorious and gory. Rimudo is not a clean fighter, sob.

[alldevouringabomination]

The names for Super Abilities are more dramatic versions of their normal names, like Ultra Sword over Sword or M-M-M-Monster Flame over Fire. Hence, Raging Hurricane. ^_^;

I'm not kidding. Go to about 2:43 on that video to see it in action. It ALSO means that you haven't gotten that far into Kirby Super Star, or you would have known about it.

It's not like Nintendo will find out about Rimudo, right?

[windofchange]

OH. That's what I get for reading things late at night while sick.

And man, I completely forgot about that thing and how much I hate the stupid partner-stealing ninjas who give it to you.

Not Nintendo, no. /side eyes the completely horrible PS2 otome game...

[alldevouringabomination]

Got trauma'd into forgetfulness? :p

[windofchange]

Must have been. Especially since I was just playing through The Great Cave Offensive a few weeks ago and had to dodge some.

Yikes.

[alldevouringabomination]

Be glad they don't also steal treasure.

[windofchange]

*scream* That would make the game impossible.

[alldevouringabomination]

Have you tried using one as a Helper yet?

[windofchange]

I have, but they're really only of medium use in boss battles in my experience and other than that my helpers tend to die too fast to have their abilities matter much...

[alldevouringabomination]

They are not very smart, are they?

[windofchange]

"That block is made of glowing hot lava, let's run right into it!"

[alldevouringabomination]

You'd figure that Burning Leos would at least be immune, but Kirby games do not have true elemental damage systems in place.

You'd need a second player to give them any longevity.

[windofchange]

And then there are those treasures that need a second player to get to, and so you control the partner just long enough to get it and kill them so they'll switch back to AI. Agh.

When did this turn into Rimudo-mun's Ranting Corner?

[alldevouringabomination]

Coop is not the magic seasoning so many game devs and publishers think it is, even back then.

Great Cave Offensive was Offensive in some parts *rimshot*, and it was the weakest main game of the original Kirby Super Star.

Even if it did gave us those weirdass bosses.

...I think somewhere around Copy Copy being brought up. orz

[windofchange]

What was your favourite part of SS?

Well, it's my journal, so. :p

[alldevouringabomination]

Spring Breeze and Dynablade was fun, but I'd have to say Milky Way Wishes was the best, even with the mechanics screw.

A mini-Metroidvania that's not obnoxious and you can get the Deluxe Abilities in any order, capped off with an epic boss? Darn tootin' that's great! psst, get Copy first

Sorry, didn't think I was ranting that much. We can leave off if you want!

[windofchange]

Good choice. I always liked Metaknight for some reason, even though the final battle always drives me nuts.

Noo, let the anger flow through you

[alldevouringabomination]

"Draw your Sword and duel me!"

"What, no!"

"Wh, why not?"

"I don't feel like it!"

But I have so much more anger for later games in the Kingdom Hearts series!

[windofchange]

Oh right, I like it because it's ridiculous.

Also that video is amazing.

And its fandom. X_X

[alldevouringabomination]

There are plenty of Kirby videos on Youtube, and not all of them are terrible (as you just saw). What player hasn't felt something like that when facing Meta Knight?

I have always liked that Meta Knight thought that he can conquer and hold an entire country with just one ship. Perhaps he was counting on the citizenry's laziness?

/edges slowly away from Tumblr...

[windofchange]

I distinctly remember using the sword pickup scene as a makeshift pause when I had to eat dinner as a kid. I'd come back an hour later and Metaknight would still be patiently waiting.

...looking at Dreamland's inhabitants that isn't that far off a bet.

You value your soul. Good mun!

[alldevouringabomination]

And this is why Kirby is a hero! While everybody of his species can use Copy Abilities headcanon: due to being exposed to the Star Rod's influence for many, many years, as the Fountain of Dreams spreads it across the entire planet, bestowing the power of dreams on those who listen and accept it Kirby is the only one who bothers to do anything about what problems crop up.

Thus, he's a hero while the others are mere couch potatoes.

[playitcool]

....Jack's abilities are probably pretty obvious but I can provide details if you need 'em.

[alldevouringabomination]

Constant source of Ice, yay!

Although, if you're trying to say that the happiness of the fun snowballs would not give Ice, but something else...

ah whatever don't worry about it Ice is enough

[playitcool]

What would a Fun ability even be like... Like, isn't that Kirby's default state, more or less?

[alldevouringabomination]

You're adding positive emotions and having them manifest as a Copy Ability. And now I'm picturing Kirby doing a Care Bear Stare at the Villain of the Game.

[playitcool]

He'd definitely be suited for it.