Dream Friend

Dream Friends are a special group of friends, first appearing in Kirby Star Allies.

General Information
Dream Friends are special Friends (and even a few foes, like King Dedede and Marx) from past Kirby titles. They can only be recruited by using the Dream Rod in a Dream Palace; when the Dream Rod is used, a roulette will appear, and whichever Dream Friend the roulette stops on is the one Kirby will recruit. If the player is unhappy with the Dream Friend retrieved, the player can cancel adding them to the team, and the Dream Rod will respawn. Once recruited, Dream Friends act identically to normal friends recruited via Friend Hearts, albeit with unique movesets.

New Dream friends will be added as time progresses through free updates. The first update was on March 28, 2018 and added Rick & Kine & Coo, Marx, and Gooey. Playing through Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! with these characters reveals slightly altered stage designs and new music.

Trivia

 * Bandana Waddle Dee is playable from the beginning and doesn’t need to be unlocked.
 * King Dedede and Meta Knight are unlocked by defeating their respective boss.
 * They can be befriended right after defeating them in a small time frame by throwing a Friend Heart on them.
 * Rick & Kine & Coo are playable as one character, not individually as in past games.
 * Rick transforms into Coo while floating and Kine while swimming.
 * Unlike regular Friends, a Dream Friend will use their original color. However, if a duplicate of the same Dream Friend is obtained afterward, the second instance of that Dream Friend will follow the usual yellow/blue/green color scheme depending on which player slot they are in.
 * In The Ultimate Choice, Dream Friends will only use their original colors if in Player 1's slot. If in slots 2-4, they will always use their slot's color regardless of any duplicates, similarly to regular Friends
 * In the 2.0.0 update, murals of the Dream Friends were hidden in levels, and the murals themselves are the original artwork of the characters