Inhale

Inhale is Kirby's signature technique. It involves Kirby sucking objects into his mouth like a vacuum, which stretches to fit large objects. Kirby can then swallow the object or enemy that is in his mouth to eat it, or spit it out as a star to attack. In most games, stars will sink in water (though in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror and Kirby Squeak Squad, they will travel straight through water without sinking).

Most enemy characters have special powers that Kirby gains once he's eaten them called copy abilities.

Inhaling doesn't work on excessively large or heavy objects, like a boss.

The main difference between the games and the anime is that Kirby's regular inhale in the anime is equivalent to Kirby's super inhale in the games. Kirby's super inhale was absent from the anime show. Also in the anime, before he inhales he holds his breath, screws up his face, does an "on the spot" run up, charges at the enemy, starts inhaling and walks backwards.

If Kirby inhales for extended periods of time in the show he becomes exhausted resulting in panting and moaning. This also happens in Amazing Mirror and Squeak Squad.

Inhale is a great defense as well as an attack.

In most games, it sounds like screaming, but in the show it sounds like a tornado.

Other users

 * Other members of Kirby's species have been shown to use this move as well.


 * King Dedede has seemingly mastered this move as well, though he can't gain copy abilities.


 * Rick the Hamster can both inhale and copy powers just like Kirby in Kirby's Dream Land 2, but in Kirby's Dream Land 3 he grabs objects and shoves them into his mouth.


 * Gooey does not have Kirby's special inhaling powers, but uses his tongue in the same way that Kirby inhales.

Super inhale
In Kirby & the Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad, Kirby can only inhale for a certain amount of time- but after inhaling for a while, it becomes a super inhale, which has slightly more range and strength, allowing him to inhale Large Enemies, Large Star Blocks, and Large Stone Star Blocks.

Super Smash Bros. series


Inhale is Kirby's Standard Special Move in the Super Smash Bros. Series, working much the same as it does in his own games. Kirby sucks up his foes, after which he can then spit out or swallow them. If he spits out an enemy, he/she will turn into a star (temporarily) that can be used to hurt others.

Though he can't defeat other characters directly by swallowing them, he can still copy their abilities and gains the use of that enemy's Standard Special Move, along with a hat that makes him look like that character (for example: inhaling Mario allows Kirby to use his fireball attack and has him wear Mario's hat). Any ability that Kirby copies will be weaker in magnitude from the orginal move however. For more information on what powers Kirby gets, see Super Smash Bros. Abilities. However, in the Subspace Emissary, standard enemies cannot be inhaled.

Kirby is immobile with an enemy in his mouth in the original Super Smash Bros. (aside from changing direction), but in Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl Kirby can slowly walk around and even jump with a victim in his mouth, and may fall off of the stage and take his opponent with him.