| “ | The Festival ability is here! Not Popstar feels DELUXE! ♪ Bam, bam! Tootily toot! ♪ Time to make merry with friends. Everybody, dance!” |
| — Flavor text • Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe |
Festival is a Copy Ability in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby Star Allies.
Games[]
Kirby Star Allies and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[]
Festival focuses on dancing around and transforming all onscreen enemies into Point Stars; this also does damage to mid-bosses and bosses. Festival is more powerful if used when Kirby has Friends around. Unlike most Copy Abilities, this can only be used once, and does not have a Helper. Festival is obtained from the Donpuffle enemy and the Yggy Woods boss's golden cherry.
The ability reappears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, where it is now exclusively earned from Donpuffle. Festival Dance is no longer a Friend Ability, although other players will still dance, and the damage will still increase depending on how many players there are.
Techniques[]
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| Dance Solo | 
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Kirby will do his victory dance in a more festive music, transforming all enemies into Point Stars and damaging all mid-bosses or bosses onscreen. | 180 | 150 |
| Festival Dance | Use Dance Solo with friends | Kirby and his Friends dance, transforming all enemies into Point Stars and damaging all mid-bosses or bosses onscreen. | 190 + 10 × number of Friends | 160 + 10 × number of Friends | |||
Flavor Texts[]
| Game | Flavor text |
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 | Honk, toot, and bammity-bam! Bust out a festival of drums and horns, which makes everyone break into a wild dance! Gather your all-star friends and have a party! |
 | The Festival ability is here! Not Popstar feels DELUXE! ♪ Bam, bam! Tootily toot! ♪ Time to make merry with friends. Everybody, dance! |
In Other Languages[]
| Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
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| Language | Name | Definition, etymology and notes |
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フェスティバル | Translates to Festival. |
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Festival | |
 (Traditional) |
慶典 | Translates to Celebration. |
| (Simplified) |
庆典 | Translates to Celebration. |
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Festival | Same as English. |
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Festival | Same as English. |
 (General) |
Festival | Same as English. |
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Festival | Same as English. |
 (General) |
Festival | Same as English. |
 (General) |
Festival | Same as English. |
Trivia[]
- The song that plays when the Festival ability is used, Memorial Festival, is a remix of the Kirby Dance.
- The track appears in both Kirby Star Allies and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe; however, it only appears in the former's jukebox.
- The Copy Ability was made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Kirby series, which happened one year prior to Kirby Star Allies' release date. The logo that appears behind Kirby at the end of the dance is the 25th anniversary logo.
- Its return in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe was to commemorate the series' 30th anniversary.
- Festival is the first limited-use Copy Ability to be introduced since Magic in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, a 14 year gap.
- The hat Festival Kirby wears may be inspired by the dancers in the Rio Carnival, a celebration in Brazil.
- This ability was possibly inspired by the scrapped Tonosama ability from Kirby Super Star. Both are based off of dancing/festivals and use flashy objects (Festival using feathers and Tonosama using fans) while using the ability.
- If Helper Magolor is turned on, Magolor will dance with Kirby when the Festival ability is used. If this is done in the Lor Starcutter, Magolor will leave his control center to dance.
- Festival and Sleep are the only Copy Abilities in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe to not appear in the initial room of The Arena and The True Arena.
Videos[]
Kirby of the Stars Copy Ability "Festival" Introduction Video
Artwork[]
Concept Artwork[]
Gallery[]
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