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Former allies and rivals return as friends. Embark on the adventure of your dreams with characters from the Kirby series!
— A new adventure with Dream Friends! • Kirby Star Allies

Dream Friends are a special group of Friends, first appearing in Kirby Star Allies. Dream Friends are characters from past Kirby games, both friends and foes.

General Information[]

Dream Friends are special friends (and even a few foes, like Marx and Dark Meta Knight) from past Kirby titles. They can only be recruited by using the Dream Rod, which can be found in a Dream Palace; when the Dream Rod is used, a roulette will appear, and whichever Dream Friend the roulette is stopped 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 and are not directly affected by Copy Ability Items or Copy Essences. Some Dream Friends are locked, so the player must play through the game in order to unlock them. Bandana Waddle Dee, Rick & Kine & Coo, Marx, and Gooey are available right from the start and don’t need to be unlocked. King Dedede, Adeleine & Ribbon, Dark Meta Knight, and Daroach are unlocked after clearing Clash at Castle Dedede, in which King Dedede can immediately be befriended by throwing a Friend Heart at him after his boss fight. Meta Knight, Magolor, Taranza, and Susie are unlocked after clearing Sacred Square, in which Meta Knight can immediately be befriended by throwing a Friend Heart at him after his boss fight. The Three Mage-Sisters are unlocked after completing Heroes in Another Dimension with at least 100 Friend Hearts collected.

New Dream Friends, beyond the initial three of King Dedede, Meta Knight and Bandana Waddle Dee, have been added as time progresses, through free game updates:

  • The 2.0.0 update was on March 28, 2018, which 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. Murals for the Dream Friends were also added in various stages.
  • The 3.0.0 update was on July 27, 2018, which added Daroach, Dark Meta Knight, and Adeleine & Ribbon. A save feature was added in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! so that a player could swap to a different friend while only having partial progress with another.
  • The 4.0.0 update was on November 30, 2018, which added Magolor, Taranza, Susie, and The Three Mage-Sisters. A new mode called Heroes in Another Dimension was present in this update, in which the player travels through Another Dimension as Kirby and all of the Dream Friends. Additionally, the three original Dream Friends received minor changes to their moveset. Bandana Waddle Dee was given the "Ground Thrust" attack, where he charges at enemies with his spear pointed at them, King Dedede was given his "Super Dedede Jump" move, and Meta Knight was given the "Galactic Counter" attack.

Dream Friends[]

Available at Launch
KSA Bandana Waddle Dee Icon
Bandana Waddle Dee
KSA King Dedede Icon
King Dedede
KSA Meta Knight Icon
Meta Knight
Wave 1
(3/28/18)
KSA Rick & Kine & Coo Icon
Rick & Kine & Coo
KSA Marx Icon
Marx
KSA Gooey Icon
Gooey
Wave 2
(7/27/18)
KSA Adeleine & Ribbon Icon
Adeleine & Ribbon
KSA Dark Meta Knight Icon
Dark Meta Knight
KSA Daroach Icon
Daroach
Wave 3
(11/30/18)
KSA Magolor Icon
Magolor
KSA Taranza Icon
Taranza
KSA Susie Icon
Susie
KSA Three Mage-Sisters Icon
The Three Mage-Sisters

Ability List[]

Element King Dedede Meta Knight Dark Meta Knight Bandana Waddle Dee Marx Susie
Blizzard Blizzard Hammer Blizzard Sword Blizzard Spear Blizzard Marx Blizzard Susie
Bluster Bluster Hammer Bluster Sword Bluster Spear Bluster Marx Bluster Susie
Sizzle Sizzle Hammer Sizzle Sword Sizzle Spear Sizzle Marx Sizzle Susie
Splash Splash Hammer Splash Sword Splash Spear Splash Marx Splash Susie
Zap Zap Hammer Zap Sword Zap Spear Zap Marx Zap Susie

Team Attacks[]

Team-Up Attack Mix (Ability 1) Mix (Ability 2)
Al Fresco Adeleine None
Clean Curling Stone
Rick
Gooey
Cleaning
Friend Throw Fighter
Suplex
Beetle
Gooey
Anyone
Friend Bounce Spider
Taranza
Anyone
Geokinesis ESP Stone
Rick
Gooey
Ice Curling Stone
Rick
Gooey
Ice
Adeleine
Daroach
Magoloran Launch Magolor Anyone (up to 3)
Rising Sizzler Fire
Rick
Cleaning
Wing
Coo
Rock Painter Stone
Rick
Gooey
Artist
Adeleine
Splash Curling Stone
Rick
Gooey
Water
Kine
Gooey
Thundersplash Plasma Water
Kine
Gooey

Related Quotes[]

Once you’ve completed a world, the Dream Palace opens, allowing you to add classic characters like Meta Knight, King Dedede, and more to your team.
— Official Kirby Star Allies website
You can call on Dream Friends at the Dream Palace in Story Mode. Make your dream team!
— Find them at the Dream Palace • Kirby Star Allies
You can now call on Dream Friend King Dedede! Head to a Dream Palace!
— Dream Friend King Dedede • Kirby Star Allies
You can now call on Dream Friend Meta Knight! Head to a Dream Palace!
— Dream Friend Meta Knight • Kirby Star Allies
There are now 6 Dream Friends! Use them all as allies!
— More Dream Friends! • Kirby Star Allies
There are now 12 Dream Friends! Wow! You can use them all as allies!
— More Dream Friends! • Kirby Star Allies
Your Friend Hearts have brought a miracle. The Three Mage-Sisters are now Dream Friends!
— The Three Mage-Sisters! • Kirby Star Allies

Music[]

Character Name Jingle Origin
Kirby (only in Heroes in Another Dimension, before update 2.0.0 this was every Dream Friend's jingle when summoned) End Eyecatch! "Friendly Field"
Bandana Waddle Dee Bandana Waddle Dee is Here! "Welcome to Dream Land"
King Dedede The Great King Dedede Has Arrived! "The Masked King"
Meta Knight Meta Knight Spotted! "My Friends and the Sunset"
Rick & Coo & Kine Rick & Coo & Kine, the Complete Set! "Rick's Theme".
Marx Hey, Hey, Marx is Here! "Meddlesome Marx".
Gooey Unexpectedly, Gooey! "Ripple Field Map"
Adeleine & Ribbon Sorry for the Wait! Adeleine & Ribbon "Pop Star"
Dark Meta Knight Dark Meta Knight...Cometh! "Dark Meta Knight"
Daroach He's Arrived! Daroach! "Here Come the Squeaks!"
Magolor Bravo! Magolor's Come For You! "Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler".
Taranza Taranza Sees Right Through You! "Taranza, the Master of Puppetry".
Susie Secretary Susie, Ready to Exterminate! "The Noble Haltmann".
The Three Mage-Sisters The Three Mage-Sisters Return... their Debt!  "Song of Supplication".

Trivia[]

  • Each Dream Friend has their own unique transition silhouette after passing through a door, rather than using the one that Kirby and the Friends have.
  • Rick & Kine & Coo are playable as one character, not individually as in past games.
    • Rick transforms into Coo while floating, and into Kine while swimming.
  • Adeleine & Ribbon are the first female Dream Friends and the only playable duo.
    • Susie is the first solo female Dream Friend.
    • The Three Mage-Sisters are the second trio of Dream Friends and the first all-female trio.
  • Gooey, Rick, Kine, Coo, and Ribbon are the only Dream Friends who have not fought Kirby at any point in the series.
  • King Dedede, Meta Knight, Marx, Dark Meta Knight, and Magolor are the only Dream Friends that were final bosses from previous games.
  • Marx and Susie are the only Dream Friend who can receive elemental Friend Abilities which are named after themselves.
  • Adeleine & Ribbon, Daroach, and Taranza are the only Dream Friends who can summon other characters to attack.
  • Taranza, Susie, and the Three Mage-Sisters are the only Dream Friends who were servants of main villains.
  • Unlike Helpers, a Dream Friend will use their original color palette regardless of their player slot. However, if a duplicate of the same Dream Friend is obtained afterwards, the second instance of that Dream Friend will follow the usual yellow/blue/green color scheme depending on which player slot they are in.
    • This is different in The Ultimate Choice and Heroes in Another Dimension, where Dream Friends will only use their original color scheme if in Player 1's slot. If in slots 2-4, they will use their slot's respective color scheme, as with regular Friends.
  • While many Dream Friend attacks are mostly original, others are similar to those of existing Copy Abilities:
    • Bandana Waddle Dee's moveset is directly based on Spear from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, and is the only character to have said ability in the game.
    • King Dedede's moveset is directly based on Hammer as in previous games, with the additions of his Head Slide and his Super Dedede Jump (as of version 4.0.0) from his boss fights.
    • Meta Knight's moveset is based on Sword and Wing, as in previous games.
    • Rick & Kine & Coo use their moves from Kirby's Dream Land 2: Rick uses Burning and Stone, Coo uses Cutter and Parasol (and flies in a similar fashion to Wing), and Kine uses Ice. If a friend piggybacks on Rick while he is using Stone, they will run in place on top of him as he rolls, just like Kirby and Gooey did in the original games.
    • Marx's ball attacks are similar to Bomb's Bomb Throw, Bomb Bowl, and Bomb Drop.
    • Gooey's tongue attacks are based on those of Whip, and he also uses Burning, Stone, and Parasol, all of which were available for him to copy in Kirby's Dream Land 3.
    • Adeleine & Ribbon's moveset is primarily based on Artist, and she also utilizes Ribbon's Crystal to attack.
    • Dark Meta Knight is based on Sword and Wing just like his normal counterpart, and also incorporates elements of Mirror.
    • Daroach uses the Triple Star in one attack, and his claw-based moves resemble those of Animal. His Summon Doc and Smack-in-the-Box moves also resemble UFO's Star Guard and Magic's Clown Spring in execution.
    • Magolor utilizes the Ultra Sword in one of his moves, which was previously forged by himself to destroy the Master Crown.
    • Taranza borrows several moves from Spider, including String Shot, Web Sling, and Pod Slam.
    • Susie has a move that is based on Jet's Jet Dash, including variants on Jet Cracker, Super Jet Jump, and Rocket Dive, and her laser gun attacks resemble the Laser ability.
    • The Three Mage-Sisters are the only Dream Friends to not have any moves resembling any Copy Ability, as all of their moves are instead based on their boss fights.
  • Starting from update 2.0.0, murals of all Dream Friends, depicting artwork of them from a previous game, are hidden throughout the game's levels. This expanded per update, including the added Dream Friends added per wave. The murals are:
    • King Dedede's mural, which is located in Clash at Castle Dedede's first room, hidden in the ceiling above the staircase.
    • Meta Knight's mural, which is located in Gabbel Moon in the bonus room with a Key Dee, accessed by traveling up the path the Key Dee runs down.
    • Bandana Waddle Dee's mural, which is located in Sector B during the Friend Train segment in the fourth room after making the first two jumps.
    • Rick & Kine & Coo's murals, which are located in Inside Islands in the area with the Room Guarder: Kine's is located in the bottom left after entering the water, Rick's is located in the left of the area with the Waddle Dee resting on a palm tree, and Coo's is found in the top left after emerging from the water at the end of the room.
    • Marx's mural, which is located in Extra Planet β in the last room by pulling the ceiling switch above the goal and flying up into the hole.
    • Gooey's mural, which is located in Eastern Wall in the room with Two Faces, in the pit left behind by the second elevator block. A Cappy is also present on this mural.
    • Adeleine & Ribbon's murals, which are located in Extra Eclair: Ribbon's mural is located in the roof of the room with the sphere of Waddle Dees, and Adeleine's is located in the roof of the room where the player faces Bonkers and Vividria.
    • Dark Meta Knight's mural, which is located in Sacred Square in the final room before the boss battle against Meta Knight, by pressing all of the switches and then returning to the bottom area with the Reset Platform. Shadow Kirby is also present on this mural.
    • Daroach and the Squeaks' murals, which are located in Planet Earthfall: the Squeaks' mural is located in the ceiling above the exit door in the first room containing a multitude of treasure chests, and Daroach's is in the ceiling of the secret area containing the big switch.
    • Magolor's mural, which is located in Sector C in the room with the conveyor belt with spikes, attached to the ninth terrain block that the spikes are on. The Lor Starcutter is also present on this mural.
    • Taranza's mural, which is located in Grott Moon in the area with two bombs next to each other after the passage blocked off by Ice Blocks, in the hole left by the second bomb. Queen Sectonia is also present on this mural.
    • Susie's mural, which is located in Echo's Edge in the room with the upwards wind currents, to the left of where the platform with the frozen stake falls after it has been pounded. President Haltmann is also present on this mural.
    • The Three Mage-Sisters' mural, which is located in Jambandra Base's HAL Room. After destroying all of the Star Block letters and causing the ground-block letters to appear, their mural will show up in the ceiling of the room's entrance.
  • When playing as a Dream Friend that was added by an update in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, the layouts of Green Gardens, Gatehouse Road (for Wave 1) or Sector A (for Wave 2), and Jambandra Base will be altered to match levels from that character's original game:
  • When selecting a Dream Friend that was added by an update in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, each friend will have a unique background, based on the Japanese box art of their respective games while replacing Kirby with themselves.
    • Furthermore, the original three Dream Friends (Bandana Waddle Dee, King Dedede, and Meta Knight) feature their own unique backgrounds starting with the 2.0.0 update.
  • The order in which the Dream Friends were released mirrors the release order of the games each debuted in, with the exception of Bandana Waddle Dee (ignoring the fact that original Waddle Dees debuted in Kirby's Dream Land, and that the game he represents is Kirby Super Star Ultra).
  • According to an interview, the developers of Kirby Star Allies had originally wanted Drawcia, Elline, Shadow Kirby, Galacta Knight, and other characters to make appearances as Dream Friends in the game. However, they decided to stick with the rules of one character per game and that they would only be from the “core” games of the series.[1]
  • Despite only formally being grouped together under the name "Dream Friends" in Kirby Star Allies, "Dream Friend" characters have made recurring appearances or cameos since.
    • Rick & Kine & Coo appear in Super Kirby Clash and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe as village residents (reprising their roles from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, with them being in the Port Village in Super Kirby Clash and the Castle Village in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe), appear in Kirby Fighters 2 as hazards in Coo's Forest (reprising their roles from Kirby Fighters and Kirby Fighters Deluxe), have costumes, colors, and Character Treats in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and have dress-up masks and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; Coo additionally has a dress-up mask based on his appearance in Kirby's Dream Land 3, known as Coo (Gray).
    • Marx has Beam Mage gear in Super Kirby Clash, has a Beam Rare Hat in Kirby Fighters 2 (based on the Beam Mage gear from Super Kirby Clash), has a costume and color and Character Treats in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; he additionally has a dress-up mask based on his Marx Soul form.
    • Gooey appears in Super Kirby Clash as a Castle Village resident, appears in Kirby Fighters 2 as a playable fighter, has a costume and color and Character Treat in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; he additionally has a dress-up mask based on his Mock Matter form.
    • Adeleine & Ribbon appear in Super Kirby Clash as Castle Village residents, share a costume and color and have Character Treats in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and have dress-up masks and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; Adeleine additionally has a dress-up mask with her Brush Force expression and Ribbon additionally has a dress-up mask based on one of the Fairies in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
    • Dark Meta Knight has a Character Treat in Kirby's Dream Buffet and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; he additionally has a dress-up mask based on his Dark Mirror clones.
    • Daroach has a Whip Rare Hat in Kirby Fighters 2 (based on the Whip Headgear from Kirby Battle Royale), has a costume and color and Character Treat in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; he additionally has a dress-up mask based on his Dark Daroach form.
    • Magolor appears in Super Kirby Clash and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, running the Shoppe (reprising his role from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, and in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, shows that he established it in the first place) and has Beam Mage gear (reprising its role from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe; he additionally has Beam Mage gear based on his Shopkeeper form), appears in Kirby Fighters 2 as a playable fighter, has a costume and color and Character Treats in Kirby's Dream Buffet as well as a Battle Royale course in his likeness, and has a dress-up mask in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; he additionally has dress-up masks based on his Traitor Magolor, Traitor Magolor EX, Interdimensional Magolor, and Manager Magolor forms. He additionally serves as the host of Merry Magoland (which is where all of the statues are found), and the playable character in Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler. Otherwise, he simply reprises his role from the original game.
    • Taranza appears in Super Kirby Clash as a boss (partially reprising his role from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe) and a village resident (reprising his role from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, albeit in Port Village instead of Castle Village) and has Doctor Healmore gear (reprising its role from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe), has a costume and color and Character Treat in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
    • Susie has a costume and color and Character Treat in Kirby's Dream Buffet and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; she also has a dress-up mask in a new "Weekend" outfit..
    • The Three Mage-Sisters appear in Super Kirby Clash as village residents (Francisca and Flamberge being in Port Village and Zan Partizanne being in Castle Village), appear in Kirby Fighters 2 as hazards in Jambastion Entrance and have Rare Hats (a Beam Rare Hat for Francisca, a Sword Rare Hat for Flamberge, and a Staff Rare Hat for Zan Partizanne), have costumes and colors and Character Treats in Kirby's Dream Buffet, and have dress-up masks and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; they additionally have dress-up masks based on their Retaliator forms from Heroes in Another Dimension.
    • Despite not formally being a Dream Friend, Elfilin, a character debuting in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, has a costume and color and Character Treats in Kirby's Dream Buffet as well as a Minigame course in his likeness and has a dress-up mask and a gold statue in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; he additionally has a dress-up mask with a smiling expression. As such, he can be considered an honorary Dream Friend.

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