Adeleine Artwork ofAdeleine fromKirby Star Allies. Details First appearance Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) Latest appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023, reference) Other appearance(s) Kirby Star Allies Super Kirby Clash Cameo appearance(s) Kirby: Planet Robobot Kirby's Dream Buffet

Theme music https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:K64_Art_Attack_Sample.oga "Art Attack" Clip of "Art Attack" fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards

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This article is about Adeleine from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. For the character from Kirby's Dream Land 3 who might possibly be Adeleine herself, seeAdo.

Adeleine (/ˈæ.də.laɪn/)^[1] is a young painter and major character in theKirby series, who joins forces withKirby in his quest to collect theCrystal Shards inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards. She looks like a human girl, which causes her to stand out greatly from many otherKirby series characters, particularly due to the fact that she stands at roughly twice the height of Kirby. Her name is a Germanization of the French "Adeline", which is diminutive for "Adele" (nobility).

Adeleine is not native to Popstar, and instead visits the planet to study art. Her homeworld isleft unspecified. She bears a strong resemblance toAdo, both in appearance and mannerisms, but whether or not they are the same character isleft ambiguous.

Characteristics[edit]

Always seen with her easel by her side, Adeleine regularly bridges the second and third dimensions with her art; her paintings literally morph off of the page, ranging from enemies that Kirby can fight and defeat to items like1-Ups andMaxim Tomatoes that Kirby can actually use. In terms of dress, Adeleine most frequently dons a large red beret, a green smock with a simple grey skirt under it, and brown shoes with dark blue socks, an appearance that changes in color only when playing the mini-games inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards or recruiting additional Adeleines asDream Friends inKirby Star Allies. Being a young painter girl, Adeleine is not particularly hardy of constitution, preferring to avoid fighting whenever possible. InKirby Star Allies, this is emphasized by the fact that she has the lowesthealth of any playable character, and herguard has her hiding behind her easel with Ribbon.

Like other characters inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Adeleine is not heard speaking, though that does not mean she is not capable of it in-universe. She seems to be peppy and upbeat from what is seen from her, and always seems to be motivated even when times are tough. When Kirby finds her in a stage, she is more than eager to paint somefood for him or help him find aCrystal Shard. Despite her frailties, Adeleine is also quite brave, particularly when paired withRibbon.

Similarities to Ado[edit]

Main article:Ado#Relation to Adeleine

It has long been speculated that Adeleine is the same character asAdo fromKirby's Dream Land 3. Both are young painter girls who can make living illustrations, and the boss fights against them feature Kirby fighting these drawings before defeating the artists in a single hit. While much has been said regarding the matter, their exact relationship has only been noted in a select few comments fromHAL Laboratory, and even then, they tend to not draw any hard conclusions either way.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards[edit]

Adeleine Adeleine, after being possessed byDark Matter. Details Debut game Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) Copy Ability None Similar to Ado,Holo Defense API

Theme music https://wikirby.com/wiki/File:K64_Adeleine_Battle_Theme.mp3 "Battle with Friends: Adeleine" Clip of Adeleine's battle theme

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Like all of Kirby's eventual partners inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Adeleine is first met onPop Star doing what she does best: painting a landscape. Right before Kirby enters the scene, aCrystal Shard had interrupted her painting session, and likeWaddle Dee before her, she bends down to pick it up, intrigued. Meanwhile, a piece of Dark Matter has invaded her canvas, and while she's distracted, it launches a surprise attack and possesses her; at this point, Kirby runs onto the screen, only to see Adeleine painting up various enemies for him to fight. After Kirby defeats all the paintings, she tries to attack him herself, but to no avail. The Dark Matter is exorcised from her, and Kirby, Waddle Dee, andRibbon are then able to retrieve the Crystal Shard she had been holding. From this point on, Adeleine accompanies the group in finding the remainder of the Crystal Shards hidden across the realm.

Battle[edit]

Phase 1[edit]

During Phase 1, Adeleine paints a multitude of enemies. These are:

1. AnN-Z
2. ABronto Burt
3. AMariel
4. AMumbies
5. An unidentifiable pixelated object
6. TheIce Dragon
7. Dark Matter's true form.

Upon defeating Dark Matter, Adeleine enters Phase 2.

Phase 2[edit]

During this phase, Adeleine charges in Kirby's direction while flailing her paintbrush, turning only if she hits a wall. Although she has a full health bar, any attack will finish her off in one hit, including aSlide Attack or anAir Bullet. When defeated, she flies off-screen, leaving behind a Crystal Shard.

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  Kirby battles Adeleine's minor painted Bronto Burt and Mariel
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  Battle with the Ice Dragon drawing
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  Battle with the Dark Matter painting
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  Adeleine runs out of paint and other options

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

After 16 years of complete absence, Adeleine makes a cameo appearance inKirby: Planet Robobot as a collectiblesticker.

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

Adeleine returns inKirby Star Allies as aDream Friend added as a part of Update 3.0.0 on July 27th, 2018 alongsideDaroach andDark Meta Knight. She is paired up withRibbon asAdeleine & Ribbon, and uses her tohover. Although their moveset is superficially similar to that ofArtist Kirby andVividria, Adeleine & Ribbon boast a large number of unique moves which set them apart. Adeleine is the most skilled painter out of any ally in this game, able to conjure creatures fromKirby's Dream Land 2,Kirby's Dream Land 3 andKirby 64: The Crystal Shards. In addition to smaller creatures likeGhost Knight andBatamon who function similarly to Artist's Painter creatures, she can also conjure larger bosses using the special "Ado's Painter" and then ride upon them in a similar manner to theAnimal Friends. Other abilities include using her flailing attack fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards, usingRibbon's Crystal while in the air, and hiding behind her canvas as herGuard technique. Lastly, she can use aFriend Ability calledAl Fresco which is similar toStill Life, but instead of painting the refrigerator ofIce-Spark Kirby, she paints thePicnic from the bonus stages ofKirby 64: The Crystal Shards which generates a lot more items.

The Story Mode pause screen description for Adeleine & Ribbon states that they left Planet Popstar, presumably after the events ofKirby 64: The Crystal Shards, and just came back. The Japanese pause screen caption forGuest Star Adeleine & Ribbon Artful Adventures adds to this, saying that they came back from a far-away trip.^[2] It is unknown where they went, or why, but this is likely meant to explain their disappearance from the series until this game.

Adeleine hides her face a bit when performingFeed Me; this is evidently because she is shy about being fed.^[3]

A couple of theskits in the main menu ofKirby Star Allies have Adeleine either hiding from or trying to attackGooey. Presumably, this is because she is mistaking Gooey forDark Matter, who had possessed her inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

According to the January 2019 issue ofNintendo DREAM, the developers had originally considered giving Adeleine a voice, but ultimately decided against the idea, as they felt "it wasn't the right time for that" and wanted to avoid her feeling like a different character.^[4]

Moveset[edit]

Reflecting Adeleine's frailty in her boss fights, Adeleine & Ribbon have the lowesthealth and highest damage knockback of all playable characters inKirby Star Allies. In addition, Adeleine is tall and thus has a bigger hitbox than most characters. However, the paintings produced from Ado's Painter have high mobility and deal massive damage, and Canvas Cover allows the duo to become completely intangible whileguarding. Al Fresco can also be used to generatefood to make up for their low health. As a result, Adeleine & Ribbon are high-risk, high-reward characters.

Adeleine & Ribbon's moveset inKirby Star Allies
Skill	Button Execution	Description	Damage[5]
Brush Slash	B	Adeleine swipes her brush forward.	Brush: 24 Paint: 16
Brush Force	Dash + B	Adeleine charges forward while angrily swiping her brush, and if she hits an enemy, she gets pushed back a bit.	24
Painter	↓ + Press and release B	Adeleine brings out her canvas and creates paintings of various past enemies. She can paint eitherBatamon,Ghost Knight,I³, and evenOctacon fromKirby: Right Back at Ya! in his small form, chosen randomly. Batamon walks around. Ghost Knight thrusts its lance forward, which can cut downropes and grass. I³ crushes anything below it, which can poundstakes. Octacon enlarges itself periodically to damage enemies.	Canvas: 16 The painting moves/disappears: 24 I3 attacks: 36 Ghost Knight attacks: 32 Octacon attacks: 16→4→2 (3rd hit onward)
Ado's Painter	↓ + Press and hold B, then release	Adeleine brings out her canvas and creates paintings of two pastbosses and a pastmid-boss. She can paintKracko,Ice Dragon, andWaiu in order. Once she has completed the painting of the boss/mid-boss, she can ride and control it. Pressing Y/L/R causes Adeleine to drop from the paint boss/mid-boss. The painted enemy has only 1 HP and can be destroyed in one hit from any attack.	Canvas: 16 The painting disappears: 24 For the damage of painting bosses, see the table below.
Ribbon Flight	A in midair	Ribbon carries Adeleine in the air while flying, at the same speed ofdashing.
Ribbon's Crystal	Ribbon Flight + B	Adeleine uses Ribbon's crystal gun while being carried to shootCrystal Shards at enemies. She shoots two Crystal Shards each time she uses it, and it can be used in quick succession. This is directly based onRibbon's Crystal fromKirby 64.	14+2
Fairy Dance	↑ + B	Adeleine twirls around with Ribbon in the air, damaging nearby enemies. This attack can also be used to grab nearby items. Adeleine & Ribbon are invincible during this attack.	Summon Ribbon: 8 Dance: 12+3+2 (3rd hit onward) Final hit: 26
Canvas Cover	L/R	Adeleine and Ribbon hide behind a canvas. This causes them to become intangible; enemies and attacks simply pass by instead of hitting the canvas. The paintings on the canvas can include the world map icons or Adeleine's staff credits self-portrait; all fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards. When released, paint is sprayed around Adeleine to deal damage. By tapping both the direction and L/R buttons, Canvas Cover can be repeated very quickly and deal massive damage to enemies nearby.	16 (release)
Al Fresco	Press and hold ↑	Adeleine's exclusiveFriend Ability, similar toStill Life of theArtist ability. She paints the picnic from theBonus Game inKirby 64: The Crystal Shards, in which it then creates a bunch offood andPoint Stars.
Reference: AStar Bullet deals 52 damage.

Ado's Painter moveset inKirby Star Allies   *Attack names for this section are conjectural.
Kracko *Kracko can move freely in the air while attacking.
Skill	Button Execution	Description	Damage
Beam Whip	Press and release B	Kracko creates twobeam whips of electricity around it. This can grant friends theZap element.	32→16 (2nd hit onward)
Lightning Drop	Press and hold B	Kracko shoots a lightning bolt below it. This can grant friends the Zap element.	16→4 (2nd hit onward)
Hover	A	Kracko moves upward. Has the same effect as pressing ↑.
Ice Dragon
Skill	Button Execution	Description	Damage
Blizzard	B	Ice Dragon breathes icy wind while moving forward and wagging his tail. Ice Dragon can jump or change his moving direction. It can grant friends theBlizzard element. The attack can also be canceled by tapping B so only the first blow always hits and deals maximum damage.	32→24→11→10 (4th hit onward)
Curling Ice	↓ + B	Ice Dragon creates a block of ice and pushes it forward. This can grant friends the Blizzard element.	24
Hip Press	↓ + B in midair	Ice Dragon slams down, causing four icicles to fall, two on each side. This can grant friends the Blizzard element.	Icicle: 16 Stomp: 36
Tails Hover	A in midair	Ice Dragon waggles his tail tohover for a limited amount of time.
Waiu *Waiu cannotInfinity Jump orhover.
Skill	Button Execution	Description	Damage
Cutter Throw	Press and release B	Waiu throws a purplecutter, which can be fired in quick succession. This can cut down ropes and grass.	16→8 (2nd hit onward)
Vanishing Dash	Press and hold B	Waiu vanishes and then quickly moves a distance depending on how long the button is held. Waiu is invincible during this move. Waiu can teleport horizontally only.
Star Stomp	↓ + B in midair	Waiu stomps down to throw a star bomb that bounces three times on the ground and then rises into the air.	Star: 32 Stomp: 24

In the Chinese versions ofKirby Star Allies, the button execution of both Painter and Ado's Painter were incorrectly shown as ↑ + B in version 3.0.0. This was corrected in version 4.0.0.

Super Kirby Clash[edit]

Adeleine andRibbon appear in theCastle Village after clearing the Toughest:Pres. Parallel Susie Story Quest. Here, the former is painting as the latter watches. Adeleine and Ribbon also appear as asticker, available for purchase fromMagolor's Shoppe for 20Gem Apples.

Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]

InKirby's Dream Buffet, Adeleine is referenced by a costume and color for Kirby, the former of which also includes Ribbon. Adeleine also appears on aCharacter Treat, depicting her artwork fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

InKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Adeleine's likeness appears in twoDress-Up Masks. Her regular mask is unlocked by completing card #05 of theStamp Rally, while completing 30missions unlocks a variation based on her focused expression when using the Brush Force move inKirby Star Allies known as "Adeleine (Focused)". Wearing either mask replaces the wearer's voice with a crystal-like sparkling sound.

A gold statue of Adeleine andRibbon can also be unlocked inMerry Magoland provided the player has completed at least 30 missions.

Trivia[edit]

• In the Japanese media, Adeleine callsKirby by the nicknameカーくん (Kir-kun).^[6] She also refers toKing Dedede asデデのだんな (Master/Mister/Sir Dede), and sees him as a brother.^[3]
• The commemorative illustrations posted on theKirby JP Twitter feed from time-to-time are officially said to have been drawn by Adeleine.^[7]
  • When presenting Adeleine as a Dream Friend on the Twitter feed,Zan Partizanne gives her the nicknameでこっぱちアーティスト (Big-Forehead Artist).^[8]

Gallery[edit]

Main article:Adeleine/gallery

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  Artwork fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Artwork fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Artwork fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Artwork fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Artwork fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Model fromKirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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  Kirby Star Allies pause screen artwork of Adeleine & Ribbon
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  Model fromKirby Star Allies
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  Icon fromKirby Star Allies
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  Adeleine plushie, manufactured by San-ei

Names in other languages[edit]

References

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• Mid-bosses in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

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