| “ | Crush things to bits! Transform into who knows what! Uppercut with a fist of rock! Slide down slopes and make rapid progress!” |
| — Stone's Flavor text • Kirby's Return to Dream Land |
General Information
Stone is one of Kirby's copy abilities.
Stone is almost entirely a defensive ability- unless Kirby happens to use it above a foe's head. Stone is an easy way to beat bosses with minimal damage by simply dropping over the boss's head and staying in stone form until the boss moves away. It can also avoid devastating full-screen attacks, like Marx's black hole. The hat looks somewhat like a samurai helmet with a red plume on the top and a guard on the back, with a star on the forehead piece.
The Stone hat traditionally has the same design as the Ninja hat with different colors, but Kirby wears a different one in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It has a rocky appearance similar to Ice's and the new hat was first seen in the Kirby GCN and Kirby's Return to Dream Land trailers.
Move Set
| Move | Controls | Description | Element | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Change | B/1/tap with stylus |
Kirby becomes invincible and, if in the air, falls with great speed. He deals damage whenever he passively moves.   |
None | 40 |
| Change Back | B/1/tap with stylus in stone form | Kirby bursts out of stone form with a small explosion. | None | 20 |
| Turbo Stone | Dash + Button 1 | Kirby spins around in stone form for a while before stopping. | None | 32 |
| Heavy Smash | Down + Button 1 (Midair) | Kirby spins around in midair, then smashes on the ground, creating a shockwave. The statue that Kirby turns into is bigger than Stone Change. | None | 4 (1st spinning hit/1st shockwave hit not comboed), 3 (repeat spinning hits/2nd shockwave hit not comboed/shockwave hit comboed), 50 (falling hit not comboed), 43 (falling hit comboed) |
| Stone Uppercut | Up + 1 | Kirby forms a stone fist and attacks diagonally upwards. | None | 20 |
Animal Friends
| Move | Controls | Description | Element |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | B | Rick becomes a giant boulder. His partner will then stand on top and roll him around. Rick is invincible but, Kirby is not. | None |
| Coo | B | Kirby becomes a stone in Coo's talons and the duo smash all beneath them. You can fly upwards. | None |
| Kine | B | Kine is ultimately the same as Kirby's lone stone ability. | None |
| Nago | B | Nago slams a Rock Kirby into the ground, pulverizing anything in the duo's path. | None |
| Chuchu | B | Chuchu swings her stone partner around and smacks nearby enemies. She can move while doing this, albeit slowly. | None |
| Pitch | B | Pitch becomes a rock while Kirby leaps into the sky and slams him down. | None |
Super Smash Bros. Series
Kirby's Stone ability in Super Smash Bros. Melee
In the Super Smash Bros series, Stone Ability is Kirby's Down Special attack. He can only turn into his distinct rock form in Super Smash Bros., but in Melee and Brawl the ability acts more like it's Super Star variant, turning Kirby into a variety of things such as; a 100t Weight, a garbage block from Panel de Pon (In the floral style associated with the character Lip), a spiked ball, and a Thwomp from the Mario Series as well as the regular Stone Kirby.
Like in Kirby's own games, he's still invulnerable to attacks (except grapples and throws) regardless of what he turns into and only hurts other fighters if used over their heads. The ability can be also used to attack foes from above, which is the most frequently used form of this attack. The Stone also slides down slopes, so care needs to be taken when using the move near slopes.
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Stone Kirby as he appears in the anime. Note the gray coloration of his skin.
Kirby in his alternative Stone form
In the anime, Kirby keeps the traditional Stone hat from Super Star, but his skin turns stone-gray instead of brown. Surprisingly, the ability works more like one from Kirby 64, specifically the Double Stone mix, allowing Kirby to turn into a giant, pink stone statue of himself which can walk and jump, albeit very slowly.
Stone Kirby relies on his sheer bulk to crush enemies. In the transformation sequence, Kirby's skin changes to gray. A flash of light forms his hat and he puts it on.
Transformation Sequence
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Flavor Texts
| Game | Flavor text |
|---|---|
 | Kirby's body turns into a solid rock! In this form, he cannot be hurt by enemy attacks! |
 | Transform Kirby into various stone figures and smash the enemies. |
 | No one can hurt me! Look out below! |
 | Turn into an invincible stone block and crush your foes. Roll down slopes to pulverize everyone you hit! |
 | Get petrified! Roll invincibly! |
 | Pound! Pound! CRUSH! Change into many heavy forms. When on a slope, you'll sliiiiide. |
 | Crush things to bits! Transform into who knows what! Uppercut with a fist of rock! Slide down slopes and make rapid progress! |
Trivia
- The volcano that Kirby transforms is actually Mt. Fuji, a famous Japanese mountain.
- Oddly, in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, the icon was a Waddle Dee sitting on Transformed Stone Kirby. In Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, it was Stone Kirby landing on a Waddle Dee. It was probably changed because the function of the ability went from a plain block to the round stone of most games.
- In rare occasions of Kirby Super Star and its remake, Kirby can turn into a golden statue of Mario or Samus, or even into a golden block with the HAL Laboratory logo on it.
- In the credits of Revenge of the King and the original Super Star's Milky Way Wishes credits, the Mario statue is seen just before the credits finish.
- If Kirby happens to get the muscular man form and he's on a slope, the statue will appear to actually be posing. This form does three poses depending on how steep the hill is.
- In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Kirby's down B move is the stone transform. Some of the original sprites make a reappearance in this form.
- This was first ability known to be officially redesigned for its appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
- Until Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Stone Kirby's hat was the same as Ninja Kirby's hat, just a different color.
- In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, new Stone forms are introduced, such as Dragoon, Marx on his ball, a Star Block, a carved image of Wham Bam Rock in his Super Star Ultra design, a golden 8-bit Kirby from Kirby's Adventure, a gold statue of Meta Knight and Galacta Knight, a gold statue of the Star Rod, Power Paintbrush, and the Triple Star Cane, and a statue of Rick, Coo, and Kine as opposed to individual statues of the three.
- In the new stages of Kirby's Dream Collection, most of the stone forms return with a few new transformations - there is now a golden 8-bit King Dedede swinging his hammer (once again from Kirby's Adventure), the 8-bit Kirby is now has a "20th" mark above him, and there is a golden Magolor.
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land marked the first time Kirby did not have to turn completely into stone to attack his foes; he can use a move called Stone Uppercut.
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