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Ice Kirby

Artwork from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Ice Kirby is one of Kirby's copy ability forms, first appearing in Kirby's Adventure. It is obtained from snow and ice enemies such as Pengi and Mr. Frosty. Ice Kirby can breathe extremely cold frost breath that freezes foes solid. Frozen enemies can then be kicked and will slide along the ground damaging anything in their path. In newer games, he can also create a short ranged icy blizzard around his body to freeze any enemies that come too close and even freeze the surface of water and lava letting Kirby walk on top of it. The helper for Ice ability is Chilly.

Appearance[]

As Ice Kirby, Kirby wears a crown made of ice crystals, with a gold or purple circlet depending on the game. In the center of the circlet is a blue gemstone that can be either circular or have a six-pointed, snowflake, shape. In Kirby's Adventure, Kirby Super Star and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, his skin turns pale blue, while his feet and blush marks turn purple.

Abilities[]

Ice Kirby is the master of all things cold, able to breathe a stream of frosty air that immobilizes enemies into ice blocks that can then be kicked sending them sliding across the stage. Starting with Kirby Super Star, Kirby also gains the ability to create freezing blizzards around himself. Frozen enemies can then be kicked, sending them sliding along the ground into other enemies. Kirby can use his breath to put out fires to solve some puzzles. Some fire and water-based foes are weak to ice attacks. Ice Kirby's guard causes him to encase himself in a block of protective ice and when evolved the ability can project spikes that damage enemies slightly. When Ice Kirby dashes, he can skate along the ground by creating a thin layer of ice at his feet. In some games, this lets Kirby freeze the surface of water and lava, letting him walk on top of it.

Snow Bowl[]

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land a stronger version of the ice ability known as Snow Bowl appears. Snow Bowl lets Kirby harness the power of blizzards to encase himself inside of a giant snowball and roll forward, crashing through obstacles and picking up enemies as he goes. Like other Super Abilities, it runs on a timer and Kirby loses the ability once the timer runs out.

Enemies that give Ice[]

Power Combinations[]

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards lets powers be mixed. Kirby can mix Ice with the rest of the Copy Abilities in the game to get the following powers:

  • Kirby can get Melting Ice Block from combining Ice with Fire, and can generate a melting ice block shield that damage enemies with steam, though he cannot move until the block melts completely.
  • If Kirby combines two ice abilities, he gets Rolling Snowball and can roll forwards in a snowball that hurts enemies.
  • If Kirby combines this with Spark, he will get Refridgerator, generating three food items that hurt foes. Kirby can consume any food items that hit the ground to restore his health, giving him an effective way to heal.
  • Combining Ice with Bomb creates Exploding Snowman, giving Kirby the ability to become a snowman that explodes. Kirby will explode when an enemy touches him, though no damage is dealt to him.
  • By combining Ice with Cutter, Kirby gets Ice Skating, causing his feet to become ice skates. Whenever he jumps in this state, he generates a vortex that hurts foes.
  • Kirby will get Curling Stone from combining the Ice ability with Stone, morphing his body into a curling stone that slides across the floor. If he crashes into an enemy, he will freeze them.
  • Kirby gets Giant Spiny Snowflake by combining the Needle ability with Ice; when this happens, he generates a giant snowflake that causes damage to all enemies that touch it, freezing them. Kirby will be unable to move with the snowflake around his body.

Other appearances[]

Super Smash Bros. series[]

Ice Kirby appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U. Additionally, this ability's ice breath is one of Kirby's custom abilities which he has the option of replacing his Inhale with. Kirby's blue alternate costume is a reference to Ice Kirby's appearance in Kirby's Adventure and Kirby Super Star (sans ability hat).

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

The perfect ability to copy in the summer- Kirby gains freezing breath when he copies the Ice ability, Enemies frozen by his arctic blasts can be launched at other foes too. Perfect for a tough fight or when you need some ice for your iced coffee. Kirby isn't busy saving Dream Land or anything...

Nintendo Entertainment System - Kirby's Adventure - 05/1993 Super Nintendo - Kirby Super Star - 08/1996

Trivia[]

  • In Kirby's Adventure and its remake, there is a more defensive counterpart to Ice ability called Freeze that functions similar to Ice Kirby, except Kirby surrounds himself with a freezing blizzard instead of breathing icy breath. Starting with Kirby Super Star, this ability is commonly combined with the Ice ability.
  • Ice and Cutter are the most recurring Copy Abilities in the series. They have appeared in all main series Kirby games, except for Kirby's Dream Land.
    • If Fire and Burning are counted as one ability, as in many later games, then together they match Ice and Cutter in number of appearances.
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