Kirby Star Allies Patch - Part II: Gooey!

Yo! Rob W. from Nintendo Treehouse here to give you another sneak peek at the upcoming Kirby Star Allies patch that launches on March 28th. As you may remember from my last post here, some new Dream Friends from past Kirby titles are being added as fully playable characters, each with their own unique set of moves taken from the games they appeared in. In the last post, we talked about Rick & Kine & Coo.

This time, let’s talk Gooey!

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 was Gooey’s debut as a character. Well…in more of a supporting role than a fleshed-out character. When Gooey appeared, he’d help out by healing Kirby and friends.



Gooey then moved on to become Kirby’s Player 2 in Kirby’s Dream Land 3 for the Super NES. In that entry of the franchise, Gooey could use copy abilities and had many of the powers that Kirby did, but he used his tongue instead of inhaling enemies. Not the safest way to eat a Spike enemy…

Like the animal trio, Gooey in Kirby Star Allies takes a lot of inspiration from the various copy abilities he could acquire in Kirby’s Dream Land 3, and some of his moves are a bit unique. Let’s start with Gooey’s basic attack, which is his tongue. Gooey’s tongue works similarly to the Whip copy ability; it can do single strikes (Quick Lick), tons of lashes (Flicker Lick), and grab an enemy or items (Snack Lick).



One large difference is that the tongue attacks can be shared with friends to give anyone a water-based Friend Ability.

Let’s go over the three copy ability attacks in Gooey’s repertoire of moves: Parasol Gooey, Burning Gooey, and Stone Gooey. These moves are callbacks to his use of the respective copy abilities in Kirby’s Dream Land 3!

Parasol Gooey is activated by attacking upward while on the ground and can be used to protect Gooey and share water with friends.

Burning Gooey is his dash attack, which allows for some slight invulnerability while flying. It also lights enemies and obstacles on fire, and can give your friends fire.

The final copy ability attack is Stone Gooey, which has the same properties as the Stone copy ability and can use any Friend Ability that it can.

Gooey sort of looks like a pet rock.

Next, let’s talk about Gooey’s movement in the air. Instead of having a continuous Jump, Gooey can transform into Mock Matter to fly around.

While airborne, Gooey can [Redacted] and [Redacted]. Both attacks are useful when taking out aerial enemies or taller bosses. Check out those moves below!

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Gooey takes a cue from other friends and uses the Friend Throw Friend Ability to damage lots of enemies at one time; however, he can’t aim his throw up or down, since he only uses his tongue.

The next post will go over the menacing Jester and final boss of Kirby Super Star, Marx—one of my favorite Dream Friends in this game!

Next time: the last Dream Friend of the update!

—Rob W.