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KPR Susie artwork This article is about the Copy Ability. For the item in Kirby's Block Ball, see Crash (item).

DANGER! DANGER! Wiggle Left Stick to gather energy for a powered-up explosion that will send everything flying! But you only get one chance...
— Flavor Text • Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Crash is a Copy Ability in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Adventure.

Games[]

Kirby's Adventure, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, and Kirby & The Amazing Mirror[]

Crash focuses on creating an all-encompassing attack, defeating all enemies on screen and heavily damaging bosses and mid-bosses. Due to its sheer power, it can only be used once before being expended. This attack can light cannon fuses and hit switches in far away places. Crash can be obtained from the Bomber enemy, the Poppy Bros. Sr. mid-boss, or the Paint Roller boss's bomb.

In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Crash can be obtained from Bomber and Dark Mind's bomb.

Techniques[]

Move Controls Description Element
Crash B Kirby produces an attack that damages all enemies on screen. In Kirby's Adventure, he would quickly zip around the screen, literally crashing into the enemies. In future entries, Kirby instead creates a massive explosion. Sizzle

Move Controls Description Element
Crash 1 Kirby produces an attack that damages all enemies on screen. In Kirby's Adventure, he would quickly zip around the screen, literally crashing into the enemies. In future entries, Kirby instead creates a massive explosion. Sizzle

Move Controls Description Element
Crash Down Button Kirby produces an attack that damages all enemies on screen. In Kirby's Adventure, he would quickly zip around the screen, literally crashing into the enemies. In future entries, Kirby instead creates a massive explosion. Sizzle

Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra[]

Crash remains mostly unchanged from its appearance in Kirby's Adventure. However, Kirby Super Star is the first game to make its attack be an explosion. Crash is obtained from Bomber, but can also be obtained from Scarfy or Mr. Anglep by using Copy; Crash cannot be obtained from Poppy Bros. Sr. (which now gives the Bomb Copy Ability in this game). As Crash can only be used once, it does not have a Helper.

Techniques[]

Move Controls Description Damage
Crash ability "Crash fire ball" Y Kirby creates a massive explosion. Contrary to this attack's name, it has no fire element to it, and thus cannot light cannon fuses or candles. 160

Move Controls Description Damage
Crash Fireball B Kirby creates a massive explosion. Contrary to this attack's name, it has no fire element to it, and thus cannot light cannon fuses or candles. 160

Move Controls Description Damage
Crash ability "Crash fire ball" 1 Kirby creates a massive explosion. Contrary to this attack's name, it has no fire element to it, and thus cannot light cannon fuses or candles. 160

Move Controls Description Damage
Crash ability "Crash fire ball" Left Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. Contrary to this attack's name, it has no fire element to it, and thus cannot light cannon fuses or candles. 160

Kirby: Canvas Curse[]

Crash remains mostly unchanged from its appearance in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. It is usually used to activate otherwise inaccessible switches. Crash is obtained from Bomber.

As Kirby: Canvas Curse only allows Copy Abilities to be used within the stages they are found, Crash can only be used in certain locations. Crash can be found in Contrast Cave and Silent Seabed.

Techniques[]

Move Controls Description Element
Crash Fireball Tap touchscreen Kirby creates a massive explosion. Sizzle

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[]

Crash receives a chargeable, more powerful version of its normal attack. This is also the first game to give Crash a hat, being a silver crown housing a ball of energy. As with Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra, Crash doesn't feature a fire element like it did in its debut. Crash can be obtained from Searches and Metal General's giant rocket.

Techniques[]

Move Controls Description Damage
Crash Fireball 1, release Kirby creates a massive explosion. Kirby is invincible during this move. 99
Supernova 1 + Shake Wii Remote, release or 1 + Directional Pad All, release Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, additionally performing a somersault. Kirby is invincible during this move. 120

Move Controls Description Damage
Pro Controller Joy-Con
Crash Fireball Tap B Tap Down Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. Kirby is invincible during this move. 150
Supernova B + Left Stick All, then release B Down Button + Left Stick All, then release Down Button Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, additionally performing a somersault. Kirby is invincible during this move. 180

Move Controls Description Damage
Pro Controller Joy-Con
Crash Fireball Tap Y Tap Left Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. Kirby is invincible during this move. 150
Supernova Y + Left Stick All, then release Y Left Button + Left Stick All, then release Left Button Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, additionally performing a somersault. Kirby is invincible during this move. 180

Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot[]

Crash remains mostly unchanged from is appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Kirby is no longer invincible while charging the move. Crash is obtained from Searches in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Bomber in Kirby: Planet Robobot.

Techniques[]

Move Controls Description Damage
Crash Fireball B, and then release Kirby creates a massive explosion. 150
Supernova Hold B + Directional Pad All, and then release Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, performing a somersault in the meantime. 180

Kirby Star Allies[]

Crash now becomes more powerful if used when Kirby has Friends around. Crash is obtained from Bomber.

Techniques[]

Move Controls Description Damage
Pro Controller Joy-Con
Crash Fireball Press and release B Press and release Down Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. 180
Supernova Hold B + Left Stick All/shake Pro Controller, and then release B Hold Down Button + Left Stick All/shake Joy-Con, and then release Down Button Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, performing a somersault in the meantime. 200
Crash Rush Use Crash Fireball or Supernova with friends Kirby's explosion causes his Friends to crash around the screen, dealing additional damage. 190 + 10 × # of Friends (Crash Fireball)
210 + 10 × # of Friends (Supernova)

Move Controls Description Damage
Pro Controller Joy-Con
Crash Fireball Press and release Y Press and release Left Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. 180
Supernova Hold Y + Left Stick All/shake Pro Controller, and then release Y Hold Left Button + Left Stick All/shake Joy-Con, and then release Left Button Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, performing a somersault in the meantime. 200
Crash Rush Use Crash Fireball or Supernova with friends Kirby's explosion causes his Friends to crash around the screen, dealing additional damage. 190 + 10 × # of Friends (Crash Fireball)
210 + 10 × # of Friends (Supernova)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land[]

Crash[]

You can charge up the Crash ability's attack power by holding down B/Y. At max power, your attack will be incredibly strong!
— Weapons-Shop Waddle Dee

Crash can slowly move around while charging but cannot charge indefinitely, being limited to 6 seconds. Crash is obtained from Bomber.

Crash has a Power of 4 and a Rapid-Fire of N/A.

After clearing the main story, Crash's Power can be powered up 2 times. At +1, it can be powered up with 1,200 Star Coins and 3 Rare Stones. At +★, it can be powered up with 2,500 Star Coins and 5 Rare Stones.

Time Crash[]

If you continuously defeat enemies while Time Crash is active, time will be stopped for a longer duration!
— Weapons-Shop Waddle Dee

Time Crash appears as the first-level evolved ability of Crash. Its Blueprint can be found in Stage 3 of Wondaria Remains, Invasion at the House of Horrors. It can be evolved with 1,200 Star Coins and 3 Rare Stones.

Instead of creating a large explosion that damages all enemies on screen, Time Crash instead significantly slows down time for all entities other than Kirby when activated; this also includes the in-game timer. Kirby is then surrounded in a small explosion that he can run into enemies with to damage them, which also increases the duration of the time stop effect when used against a new enemy. The move can be charged as well to further increase the time stop duration.

Time Crash has a ★★★ Treasure Road, "Stop Time! Slow-World Scramble," that can be accessed after saving 27 Waddle Dees in Winter Horns.

Time Crash has a Power of 5 and a Rapid-Fire of N/A.

After clearing the main story, Time Crash's Power can be powered up at once. At +★, it can be powered up with 2,500 Star Coins and 5 Rare Stones.

Techniques[]

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Names of new techniques are taken from the Kirby and the Forgotten Land Complete Support Guide

All technique names are taken from the Kirby and the Forgotten Land Complete Support Guide. Applicable equivalent adapted English names from other games are listed in bold, including Crash Fireball and Supernova.

Move Controls Description Damage
Pro Controller Joy-Con Normal Attack Boost
Crash
Crash Fireball B Down Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. Base: 450
+1: 563
+★: 675
Base: 675
+1: 845
+★: 1,013
Supernova Hold B - Release Hold Down Button - Release Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, performing a somersault in the meantime. Base: 700
+1: 875
+★: 1,050
Base: 1,050
+1: 1,313
+★: 1,575
Time Crash
World Crash B Down Button Kirby creates a massive slow-world field. A small explosion surrounds Kirby that he can use to damage enemies. Base: 300 per hit
+★: 390 per hit
Base: 450 per hit
+★: 585 per hit
World End Crash Hold B - Release Hold Down Button - Release Kirby charges up and creates a longer-lasting slow-world field.

Move Controls Description Damage
Pro Controller Joy-Con Normal Attack Boost
Crash
Crash Fireball Y Left Button Kirby creates a massive explosion. Base: 450
+1: 563
+★: 675
Base: 675
+1: 845
+★: 1,013
Supernova Hold Y - Release Hold Left Button - Release Kirby charges up and creates a more powerful explosion, performing a somersault in the meantime. Base: 700
+1: 875
+★: 1,050
Base: 1,050
+1: 1,313
+★: 1,575
Time Crash
World Crash Y Left Button Kirby creates a massive slow-world field. A small explosion surrounds Kirby that he can use to damage enemies. Base: 300 per hit
+★: 390 per hit
Base: 450 per hit
+★: 585 per hit
World End Crash Hold Y - Release Hold Left Button - Release Kirby charges up and creates a longer-lasting slow-world field.

Damage[]

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Names of new techniques are taken from the Kirby and the Forgotten Land Complete Support Guide

All technique names are taken from the Kirby and the Forgotten Land Complete Support Guide. Applicable equivalent adapted English names from other games are listed in bold, including Crash Fireball and Supernova.

Move
Kirby Super Star
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Kirby: Planet Robobot
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Kirby Star Allies
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Crash Fireball 160 99 150 180 Base: 450
+1: 563
+★: 675
Supernova N/A 120 180 200 Base: 700
+1: 875
+★: 1,050
World Crash
World End Crash
N/A Base: 300 per hit
+★: 390 per hit

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Crash Kirby in the anime

It is a Kirby mode we have never seen before. This is Crash Kirby!
— Meta Knight • Fossil Fools - Part II

Crash Kirby appears in two episodes of the anime. In Fossil Fools - Part II, Kirby gained this ability when he inhaled a powerful bomb that Kirbysaurus was meant to inhale, but Kirby intercepted just in time. Its second appearance was in Air-Ride-in-Style - Part II, when Kirby inhaled Destroya's bomb, and then destroyed it. The anime marks the first instance that Crash receives a hat. Instead of creating an explosion directly from his body, Kirby pulls a white-hot orb of energy out of his mouth, then raises it over his head. The ensuing explosion is unique in that Kirby can choose who it harms so his friends don't get hurt, unlike the Microphone ability.

Transformation Sequence[]

In the transformation sequence, bands of light spin around him before forming the hat that slowly falls onto his head.

Flavor Texts[]

GameFlavor text
Kirby's Adventure
This power will defeat all enemies on the screen, but you can use it only once!
Kirby Super Star
Blow all the enemies away with one HUGE explosion. It's a one time chance, so use it wisely.
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Warning! Use only as a last resort!
Kirby: Canvas Curse
Explode and beat all foes!
Kirby Super Star Ultra
KO all foes with a big BOOM! But be careful. This ultimate weapon has only 1 charge.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Shake the Wii Remote to build up energy for a powered-up explosion! You only get one shot with this ultimate weapon!
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Send the enemy flying with a giant explosion! Mash the +Control Pad to build up power, and then vaporize your surroundings. This ultimate ability is a one-time use, so make it count!
Kirby: Planet Robobot
DANGER! Use caution when handling this ability. It can only be used once, so make it count!
Kirby Star Allies
WARNING! DANGER! This is the ultimate weapon! One attack and you'll be blown away. Pull your friends into a Crash Rush! Waggle Left Stick to charge it up for extra DANGER! Now everyone's REALLY frantic!
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Figure description:

DANGER! DANGER! This ability makes the biggest boom of all, and you can hold the button down to make it even biggest-er! Nothing will escape that blast. BWOOOSH!

Weapons-Shop Waddle Dee:
You can charge up the Crash ability's attack power by holding down B. At max power, your attack will be incredibly strong!

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
DANGER! DANGER! Wiggle Left Stick to gather energy for a powered-up explosion that will send everything flying! But you only get one chance...

In Other Languages[]

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology and notes
Japan クラッシュ Officially romanized as Crash.
United States of America Crash
People's Republic of China
(Traditional)
爆裂 Translates to Burst.
Republic of Korea 크래시 Translates to Crash.
Federal Republic of Germany Amok
Kirby's Adventure

Inferno
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Kugelblitz
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Amok
Kirby's Adventure

Inferno
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Translates to Ball Lightning. In astrophysics, a kugelblitz is a black hole formed from radiation.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Netherlands Kaboem Translates to Kaboom.
French Republic
(General)
Boum!
Kirby's Adventure

Foudres
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Foudre
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Translates to Boom!
Kirby's Adventure

Translates to Lightning.
Italian Republic Bomba Translates to Bomb. The Bomb ability has a different name in Italian.
Kingdom of Spain
(General)
Catapum Onomatopoeia for an Explosion
Federative Reublic of Brazil Cabum Translates to Kaboom.

Trivia[]

  • In Kirby's Adventure, when Kirby uses the Crash ability, he bounces across the screen at numerous random directions at super-fast speeds, all the while a strobe effect is shown to represent explosions. This scene was never shown in any other game, presumably to prevent epileptic seizures.
  • In Kirby Super Star, Kirby has a white space in his open mouth as he prepares for the blast, giving him the appearance that he is gritting his teeth despite not having any. This was removed in Kirby Super Star Ultra.
  • In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Kirby does an "X" move with his hands before creating the explosion.
    • AN X shape appears in front of Crash Kirby in Kirby: Canvas Curse before the explosion, despite Kirby lacking hands in this iteration.
  • In the anime, it was once mentioned that King Dedede has a fear of the Crash ability.
  • In Air-Ride-in-Style - Part II, as Kirby transforms into Crash Kirby a second time, Meta Knight accidentally explains which ability he is getting, even though Meta Knight usually explains this afterwards. This was added in the dub because the episode first aired in North America before Crash Kirby was formally introduced in Fossil Fools - Part II.
  • Kirby's Return to Dream Land is the first game to give Crash a hat. However, this hat looks nothing like the hat seen in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
  • Kirby's Return to Dream Land is the first game to give Crash a Copy Essence and offer it in The Arena and The True Arena.
  • Concept art for Kirby's Adventure indicates that Crash was originally imagined by the developers as a harmful "trap" Copy Ability that caused Kirby to be damaged by a forced self-destruct, rather than a potent screen-clearing explosion that does not hurt its user, and can be conserved.[1]
  • The Time Crash Evolved Copy Ability is likely inspired by the The World, a Stand in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series that has the ability to stop time.

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