I’m Adeleine. While I was practicing painting as usual, I got attacked by this black cloud with one eye. Good thing li'l Kirb was there to save me. Alright everybody, let’s get going! We gotta teach those evildoers a lesson! By the way, the pictures I paint turn real.
Adeleine (“Ado” as a nickname) is a character in the Kirby series, making her official debut in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. She came to Planet Popstar to study art. She is a talented young artist that can paint pictures that come to life.
Adeleine appears as the boss of Cloudy Park. During the battle, Ado stands safely behind her large, cloud-constructed canvas and paints enemies to attack Kirby. After Kirby defeats one of her drawings, she will get mad and make another. Her paintings are all bosses appearing in Kirby's Dream Land 2. They include Ice Dragon, Sweet Stuff, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright, and Kracko respectively, none of which spawn enemies/obstacles that grant abilities. After Kirby defeats them all, Ado, now in a fit of rage, steps down from her canvas and attempts to attack Kirby by running around and flailing her brush back and forth. Once Kirby lands a single attack on her, Ado rolls off-screen, thus signifying Kirby's victory.
Adeleine appears in the second stage of the first world, Pop Star. She is simply painting a picture when a Crystal Shard falls next to her. She turns and picks it up, when Dark Matter materializes on her easel and possesses her. Kirby, Ribbon, and Waddle Dee then arrive to find her possessed, and are forced to battle her. In this battle, Adeleine paints N-Z, Bronto Burt, Mariel, Mumbies, and a mass of jumbled pixels. After all of the enemies are defeated, Adeleine paints two stronger enemies; a drawing of Ice Dragon and a drawing of Dark Matter. After the Dark Matter drawing is defeated, Adeleine, now furious, jumps off of the stump and starts rapidly swiping her brush while charging at Kirby. She can be defeated in one hit.
Throughout various levels of the game, Adeleine will appear and paint items for Kirby. If Kirby enters the area Adeleine is in with full life, she paints a 1UP, otherwise she paints a Maxim Tomato. She may also paint pictures to help Kirby solve puzzles so he can obtain a shard.
Adeleine appears in Kirby Star Allies as one of the Dream Friends that came in the second update. She is paired up with Ribbon as a single Dream Friend in a similar manner to Rick & Kine & Coo. Adeleine can create paintings of past enemies and bosses and has a few moves from her boss fight.
Ribbon makes her debut in the Nintendo 64 game, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. In this, she resides on the heart-shaped planet, Ripple Star. When the giant cloud of Dark Matter takes over her home, she rushes to the castle to alert the Fairy Queen. The queen then tells her to take the Crystal and safely escape from Ripple Star. Ribbon then grabs the Crystal and flies away, but is tailed by three Dark Matters that split from the mass. The three of them attack the fairy and shatter the Crystal into at least seventy-two shards which are scattered across the solar system. Ribbon then crashes onto Planet Popstar, right on top of our star-gazing hero, Kirby. He sees that a piece of the crystal on the ground is the same as the one Ribbon has, and offers to help her restore Ripple Star to its former glory, and the two set out to find the rest of the Crystal Shards. Along the way, the duo encounter three inhabitants of Popstar who have found Crystal Shards and have been possessed by Dark Matter—Waddle Dee, Adeleine and King Dedede. After freeing them, the three then agree to join Ribbon and Kirby save Ripple Star.
Eventually the team of heroes reach Ripple Star only to find that it has been almost entirely been covered in darkness while they were finding the Shards. Eventually, Kirby reaches the top of Ripple Star's grand castle and encounter Miracle Matter - the apparent cause of Dark's Matter's appearance on Ripple Star. After a long battle, Kirby manages to defeat it. However, while Dark Matter has very visibly left Ripple Star, an abnormally powerful presence resides within the Queen Fairy. Once the gang has found all of the Crystal Shards, a beam is shot from the completed Crystal at the Queen Fairy, freeing her from its evil grasp. The remaining force then leaves the atmosphere and, in a last-ditch effort to salvage its plans, forms a foreboding giant planet known as the Dark Star nearby. Once they arrive at the core, Ribbon carries Kirby, allowing the player to fly freely during the battle against the real villain, 0². After Kirby and the group defeat 0² using the Ribbon + Crystal Power Combo, the threat is over and the band of heroes return to Ripple Star. There, they are given crystal medals of honor. Ribbon gives Kirby a quick kiss on the cheek, who blushes profusely and then bashfully dances in a stupor as he accidentally crashes the ceremony.
Statistics
Key:Pre-Star Allies | Post-Star Allies
Tier:Low 5-B physically, High 3-A with Adeleine's Paintings, High 3-A with Ribbon's Shard Gun | High 3-A, Higher with her Paintings, Far Higher with Empowerment
Age: At least 1000 (Data of Queen Sectonia notes that she contains data spanning elements of creatures of at least 1000 years. She began to discard her true form and possessing others after having her mind twisted by the Dimensional Mirror Taranza gifted her, which could only have it's corruptiion ability after the events of the Amazing Mirror, which would imply Amazing Mirror has a 1000 year timeskip)
Classification: Human, Painter, & Artist for Adeline, Fairy & Inhabitant of Ripple Star for Ribbon, Star Ally for both
Range:Below Standard Melee, Several Meters with some of her creations (Kracko can shoot lightning bolts down several meters), Interstellar with Summoning (Can summon allies from deep in space where it is considered so far that Pop Star is a mere shimmering glow in the distance)
Paintbrush: Adeleine's main weapon of choice, she can use it to fight against enemies far more powerful then her, bring enemies to life, and naturally for paiting. The paintbrush is multi-purpose as she can paint food to give to her friends to eat.
Ribbon: Ribbon is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as an ally in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. She is a fairy from Ripple Star and is Kirby’s presumed love interest.
Ribbon
Ribbon's Crystal: Ribbon's Crystal (also called Ribbon's Crystal Gun) is a Power Combo in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards; it serves as the Final Weapon of the game it appears in. The gun itself is formed out of the 74 Crystal Shards. Kirby can use this only when he's battling 0². This is the only time when Ribbon is directly controllable, as she flies circles around 0² while Kirby blasts at its weak points. Adeleine can use it while flying with Ribbon to attack enemies.
Adeleine charges forward while rapidly swiping her brush, and if she hits an enemy, she gets pushed back a bit.
Painter
Adeleine brings out her canvas and creates paintings of various past enemies. She can paint Batamon, Ghost Knight, I³, and even Octagon in his small form from Kirby: Kirby of the Stars. Batamon walks around, Ghost Knight thrusts its lance forward, I³ crushes anything below it, and Octagon enlarges itself to damage enemies.
Ado's Painter
Adeleine brings out her canvas and creates paintings of past bosses and a past mid-boss. She can paint Waiu, Ice Dragon, and Kracko. Once she has completed the painting of the boss/mid-boss, she can ride and control it.
Ribbon's Crystal
Adeleine uses the Ribbon + Crystal Power Combo to shoot Crystal Shards at enemies. She shoots two Crystal Shards each time she uses it, and it can be used in quick succession.
Fairy Dance
Adeleine twirls around with Ribbon in the air, damaging nearby enemies. This attack can also be used to grab nearby items.
Canvas Cover
Adeleine and Ribbon hide behind a canvas. Enemies simply pass by instead of hitting the canvas.
Al Fresco
Adeleine's exclusive Friend Ability. She paints the same picnic minigame from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, in which it then creates a bunch of Food and Point Stars.
Ado's Painter Movesets
Attack names for this section are conjectural.
Drawing
Move
Description
Kracko
Beam
Kracko creates two beams of electricity around it. Can grant friends the Zap element.
Lightning Bolt
Kracko shoots a lightning bolt below it.
Ice Dragon
Breath
Ice Dragon breathes icy wind while moving forward. Can grant friends the Blizzard element.
Ice Cube
Ice Dragon creates a block of ice and pushes it forward.
Icicle Drop
Ice Dragon slams down, causing four icicles to fall, two on each side.
Waiu
Cutter
Waiu throws a purple cutter. Can cut down ropes and grass.
Vanishing Dash
Waiu vanishes and then quickly moves a distance depending on how long the button is held.
Shock Star
Waiu stomps down on the ground, creating a purple star that bounces along the ground.
Move
Description
Ribbon Flight
Ribbon carries Adeleine in the air while flying.
Fairy Dance
Ribbon and Adeleine twirl around in the air, damaging any enemies. This attack can also be used to grab nearby items.
Move
Controls
Description
Damage
Ribbon Flight
A in midair
Ribbon carries Adeleine in the air while flying.
8
Fairy Dance
↑ + B
Ribbon and Adeleine twirl around in the air, damaging any enemies. This attack can also be used to grab nearby items.
12 (Initial Hit) 26 (Final Hit)
Move
Controls
Description
Ribbon's Crystal
B
Kirby launches crystals that can damage 0².
Ribbon Flight
↑ ↓ ← →
Ribbon uses her fairy wings to fly around.
Rotate
L/R
Ribbon rotates left or right, up to 360 degrees in either direction.
Other
Standard Tactics: Adeleine creates various paintings and hides behind them pre-star allies, but after learning more painting skills she physically attacks with her brush and receives help from Ribbon.
Weaknesses: Nothing notable.
Note: Despite some abilities coming from Post-Star Allies there is no true reason why Ribbon cannot have them for Pre-Star allies as they’re natural innate abilities not gained from a special item or from a helper.
Note 2: Despite there being some implications that Ado and Adeleine are different people it is accepted here that they are the same character. Due to them having very similar appearances, the very same abilities, and using the same enemies in their boss fight it is far safer to assume they are the same character then otherwise.
Trivia
*A pre-release screenshot of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards shows that Adeleine was playable in the main game at one point in development. This was not implemented in the final version for unknown reasons.
Adeleine used to be the mascot of the "Galería CN" (CN Gallery) section of the 1991 Mexican Club Nintendo magazine. The section was incorporated late in 2000 and was then named "Galerie D'Adeleine" ("Adeleine's Gallery"). Subscribers of the magazine could send their own drawings and paintings to the editors with a select few being featured in one issue of the magazine. The gallery's name has since been changed to its current name and removed Adeleine from the section.
The Artist Copy Ability, introduced in Kirby Star Allies, is based on Adeleine. Kirby wears a red beret, and one of his moves has Kirby paint characters on an easel to aid him, similar to Adeleine's actions during her boss fight(s).
Kirby also uses his paintbrush to swipe at enemies, which is similar to a pre-release screenshot of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards showing Adeleine attacking a Mariel in a similar manner.
Adeleine and Ribbon are the first two female Dream Friends in Kirby Star Allies. Furthermore, they are also the only Dream Friends which play together as a duo.
The canvas that Adeleine and Ribbon hide behind in Kirby Star Allies depicts the paintings used for the first stages of Pop Star, Rock Star and Shiver Star on the stage select in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
In addition to this, the canvas will rarely depict Adeleine's self-portrait that appears in the game's end credits after the good ending.
In Kirby Star Allies, Adeleine's move Ado's Painter creates paintings from a canvas on top of a stump instead of an easel. This is a reference to the big canvas she used in her boss fight in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
When Adeleine takes a hit in Kirby Star Allies when using her Brush Force attack, her knockback animation matches the tumble animation she goes into after being defeated in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, which in turn was a reference to Ado's losing animation in Kirby's Dream Land 3.
In Kirby Star Allies, Adeleine & Ribbon has less health than Kirby and other Friends, which is a callback to how Adeleine is defeated in one hit during the boss fights against her.
Adeleine's Al Fresco Friend Ability is a double entendre: alfresco is Italian, referring to the outdoors; it is typically used in context with dining, referencing the move's ability to produce food, but can also refer to painting on a blank slate, which is what Adeleine does during this move.
According to an issue of the Nintendo Dream magazine, the staff of Kirby Star Allies had originally meant for Adeleine to be voiced in her appearance as a Dream Friend, and even found a staff member to voice her, but scrapped the idea later on.[1]
The music that plays during Adeleine's introductory cutscene in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is a remix of Kirby's Dream Land 2's Game Over theme. It is remixed in Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe.
*A description on Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards’ teaser website jokingly compares Ribbon to Navi from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, as both characters are fairies.
Ribbon's pink hair with a red bow looks similar to ChuChu, a character who has also showed romantic interest towards Kirby albeit in the manga adaptations.
Also like ChuChu, Ribbon has the same color scheme as Kirby.
Ribbon appears as a rare sticker in Kirby: Planet Robobot. This marks the first time she had made an official appearance in Kirby media since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
Ribbon and Adeleine are the first two female Dream Friends to be revealed in Kirby Star Allies.
Despite often being depicted with mitten-shaped hands in official renders and most artworks, Ribbon is depicted having human-like hands with fingers in the credits artwork of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and in Kirby Star Allies' celebration picture "Chasing Our Dreams"; she shares this distinction with Ado and Adeleine, the lattermost being the only one of the three to have 3D modeled fingers come Star Allies.
Ribbon's high-poly model is only seen during cutscenes in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. A lower-poly Ribbon is seen during gameplay, such as when collecting a shard and when using the Ribbon's Crystal Power Combo during the fight with 0². The lower-poly Ribbon depicts her with completely dotted black eyes and no mouth.
Keys: Hat Kid was given her Low 2-B preparation (Adeline & Ribbon used to be Low 2-B but were downgraded, though their AP difference is still massive enough to where this match remains the same).
