A reference to Kirby's own games

The primary purpose of Kirby's Inhale special in the Super Smash Bros. series is to gain access to the opponent's neutral special attack. With that said, it also has a few other options.

Upon inhaling an enemy, the Kirby player can then choose to spit him out in a star projectile form. Kirby doesn't necessarily have to copy the neutral special.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl added the the ability to consume items. As of Super Smash Bros. 4, most non-food items will restore 1% of Kirby's damage.

Thanks to the efforts of ExtraBlueRiolu, Dath, MikeKirby, SSB_Ken, and BlazerKirby, we now know about a brand new option for Inhale that exists in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Apparently, Kirby is now capable of inhaling projectiles which can then be shot back at opponents in star form.

Notably, the projectile that was tested was Cloud's Limit Break Blade Beam. In Super Smash Bros. 4, this particular projectile had the transcendent property -- which means that it did not interact with other hitboxes and simply passed through.

This is certainly a cool reference to Kirby's mechanics from his own games. If Kirby chooses to swallow instead, as shown against Samus's charged shot, he really recover damage. This does grant an interesting new tool to use against zoning characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.



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Video source: Riolu.