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| “ | Want to greet a friend or react to something surprising? Press  to use four different emotes!” |
| — Tasty Tidbit • Kirby's Dream Buffet |
Emote (also referred to as posing) is an action Kirby and friends can perform that allows them to perform a short animation mainly initiated with a certain directional input from a supplementary directional control. Debuting in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, emoting has no effect on gameplay.
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land[]
Kirby and Bandana Waddle Dee can both perform emotes to Waddle Dees in Waddle Dee Town where they will respond back.
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Elfilin will also react to this emote. |
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Kirby says "hi" in three variations. Elfilin will also react to this emote. |
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Inspired by Kirby's idle animation in older Kirby titles |
Kirby also has emotes for certain Mouthful Modes.
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Kirby will default to the Left/Right emote input if Elfilin is not with him | |
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Also serves as Ring Mouth's idle animation |
Kirby's Dream Buffet[]
Players can use emotes in online play with a certain word appearing above Kirby for each input. These emotes can also be used during the transitions between modes in a Grand Prix as well as during the final results, although no messages will appear. When using an emote during Free Rolling, Kirby will position himself upright and stop all momentum.
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Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[]
Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee all have four poses.
In Merry Magoland, each character has two poses when riding on the Warp Star. These poses are activated with any direction of the Right Stick and nearby Waddle Dees will also react back.
In Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, Magolor has his own set of four poses.
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Kirby will raise his weapon if he obtains one via Copy Ability |
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Each character has their own stretching animation |
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In the Super Smash Bros. series[]
| “ | Taunt to discard your current Copy Ability. Find the most opportune moment to change your ability!” |
| — Tips • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U |
Taunting is a similar action to emoting in the Super Smash Bros. series. In Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee, each character only has one taunt but in Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward, each character got three: an Up Taunt, a Down Taunt, and a Side Taunt.
Related Quotes[]
| “ | Oh, hey! Have you tried posing by tilting  ? If you pose for the Waddle Dees here in the Entrance Plaza, they'll react back at you!” |
| — Manager Magolor • Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe |
Trivia[]
- The stickers in Super Kirby Clash were the first means of interacting with online players where emoting in Kirby's Dream Buffet would be the second.
- In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, due to Kirby's taunts being necessary to manually remove his Copy Ability if he has one, Kirby is the only character who is able to taunt in online play.
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