Beetle

"Grab foes with a beetle horn, and then toss them around!"

- Kirby Battle Royale - Kirby's 25th Anniversary Copy Ability Poll

Beetle is a Copy Ability introduced in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. It later reappeared in Kirby Fighters Deluxe as an unlockable ability, accessible by saving StreetPass data from Kirby: Triple Deluxe on the player's 3DS system.

General Information
With the Beetle ability, Kirby can use the horn on his helmet to attack and skewer enemies. He also gains a new flying animation, where he flaps wings that appear on the back of his helmet -- it inflicts damage on contact, similarly to Jet's Hover and Wing's Hover Flap. Beetle excels in grab-and-throw attacks, much like the Suplex and Backdrop abilities. All attacks involving Kirby's horn can cut ropes and grass, and the Hardhead Slam attack can pound down stakes. A powerful, hard-hitting ability, Beetle's main weakness is the long start-up and recovery time for its attacks. In Kirby Fighters Deluxe, the Rocket Horn dash attack takes an even longer amount of time to start moving.

Beetle's Rare Outfit in Kirby Fighters Deluxe is a helmet designed to resemble the Hydra Legendary Air Ride Machine from Kirby Air Ride.

Trivia

 * This is the second ability to be based on a living creature, the first being Animal.
 * This is the fourth ability to give Kirby a unique flying animation. The other three are Jet, Wing, and Cupid.
 * This is the ninth ability which Kirby actually attacks with his hat. The others are Jet, Cutter, Wing, Needle, Laser, Animal, Magic, and Water, with Poison as a tenth.
 * In Kirby Fighters Deluxe, if the player uses Rocket Horn Dive in the Castle Lololo stage, Beetle Kirby can grab opponents from the level above and force them through the floor.
 * Beetle's helmet may be partially inspired by some extravagant real-life helmet designs that were worn by military commanders in feudal-era Japan.
 * Beetle's Rocket Horn and Catching Horn have arguably the most overtly violent implications of any attacks used by Kirby.

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