Kirby: Right Back at Ya! - All Copy Ability Transformations

Enjoy my video about all Copy Abilities in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, known in Japan as Kirby of the Stars. It is a anime series based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise.
►Timecodes
Episode: 1-100
00:00 - Fire (1, 13, 30, 33, 41, 46, 48, 95, 100)
00:12 - Stone (2, 8, 47, 80)
00:21 - Sword (3, 4, 21, 60, 83)
00:32 - Cutter (9, 27, 44)
00:45 - Cook (11, 29, 34, 59, 86, 92, 99)
00:57 - Parasol (13, 25, 93)
01:08 - Tornado (16, 22, 32, 62, 69)
01:16 - Needle (18, 19, 43, 55)
01:27 - Fighter (19, 40, 53, 58, 65, 67)
01:38 - Ice (20, 28, 48, 66, 99)
01:50 - Ninja (24)
02:02 - Galaxia (26, 60)
02:12 - Mike (31, 61)
02:24 - Wheel (36, 91)
02:34 - Cleaning (38, 81)
02:48 - Bomb (51, 57, 78, 84, 85, 100)
02:59 - Mirror (54, 70)
03:11 - Hammer (56, 79, 88)
03:24 - Jet (68, 85)
03:35 - Spark (73, 82, 89)
03:46 - Crash (76, 97, 98)
03:58 - Paint (77)
04:09 - Wing (87)
04:21 - Throw (94)
04:32 - Baton (97)
04:38 - Water (97)
04:43 - Iron (97)
04:48 - Top (97)
04:54 - Star Rod (100)
05:05 - Sleep (18)
Kirby 3D Special Episode: 101
05:18 - Fire (Kirby 3D)
05:28 - Kabuki (Kirby 3D)

[@NightShadow720]

I really enjoy how Kirby can change from being pink to a different color depending on his Copy Abilities instead of just staying pink.

[@Shaunmizer]

I really wish they brought that back to the games

[@owengonzalez6819]

Yeah, or at least bring back the paint buckets from Squeak Squad. But I’d prefer color changes depending on Copy Abilities.

[@joshkyei3105]

@@owengonzalez6819 They pretty much did that because of the existence of different other Kirbies you can control in the games starting Amazing Mirror.

[@_G.C]

@@joshkyei3105 And then retconned that in SA

[@frrtbro28]

yeah. WHY DID HAL REMOVE IT!?!?

[@glimmerstantroop46321]

Fun fact: Kirby Right back at ya was the first appearance of water Kirby

[@zakeeshaikh8758]

Yeah

[@michaelkowal3230]

If only they used that design of water kirby in the games, it looks so much cooler than what was used in the games

[@cringecity124]

I guess also, technically yo-yo because top and yo-yo are basically the same thing

[@killianlemellot424]

​@@cringecity124but yo-yo was release in Kirby super star

[@rantmasterbeta1955]

For a contest, all four forms that debuted in Air Ride in Style were fanmade

[@ObsessiveFanNumber1]

I love how Kirby reacts to the copy abilities. Sometimes he's confused, sometimes he's happy, sometimes he knows what's supposed to happen but it's just not happening! It's so cute, and I adore him so much

[@OneHundredPercentAus]

Oh yeah, it's a nice touch to the transformation sequences. While you can see a little bit of stock footage in the whole sequence, each one is unique otherwise. Given the time when this was made, it's proof that Kirby Right Back at Ya was a labour of love.

[@magicalhikari5859]

I like how Mic Kirby is unapologetically the most powerful Kirby to everyone’s displeasure

[@curtisashby768]

I really love that Kabuki transformation where Kirby turns into a Kabuki warrior, but it turns out to be an illusion!

[@phoebespoke-land3284]

Wat do u mean

[@omniaragab9594]

2:50 Kirby’s dream buffet in a nutshell

[@Chill-Noob1]

Lol

[@connorj1165]

Oh My God that's so true XD

[@gaytipgos9231]

No it’s bomb Kirby

[@Chill-Noob1]

@@gaytipgos9231 0% iq

[@RottenJerv]

@@gaytipgos9231 you missed the joke

[@Driggsdamonstah]

I wish the award winning abilities were in the actual Kirby games. At least Water is in a game now. Two in fact not counting spin-offs.

[@cosmicspacething3474]

I guess Metal is close to iron

[@jfjojokirby1802]

And Kabuki Kirby being in Mass Attack as a cameo attack.

[@adenbrown2201]

Staff is close to Baton a bit.

[@chrisketchum8042]

The music and these transformations are hitting me right in the feels. I'm literally shedding a tear. I used to get pumped up whenever Kirby powered up.

[@connorj1165]

You know this would be cool if Nintendo and HAL did do a Sequel/Reboot for Kirby Right Back At Ya for Kirby's 30th Anniversary cause it would be cool seeing Tiff, Tuff, and Escargoon's reactions when they meet the new Kirby Characters coming to the Kirby Anime like Marx, Magolor, Taranza, Susie, The Three Mage Sisters, Adeleine, Ribbon, Bandana Waddle Dee, Elfilin, and Clawroline and then we would hear what their voice actors would be in the English Dub version of it cause that would be cool if they did that for Kirby's 30th Anniversary you know and also making pushies of Tiff, Tuff, and Escargoon cause that would also be cool if they did that too

[@MicaelHD]

Well, they'll be releasing a Blu-Ray version of the anime in Japan this winter.

[@connorj1165]

@@MicaelHD Well guess what it sucks and I was very disappointed about it cause I thought we’re gonna get a Sequel/Reboot for Kirby Right Back At Ya but no we got this crap instead!

[@Redder_Creeps]

@@MicaelHD Gotta love how the anime apparently still exists in Japan but in the rest of the world it's basically gone. Like, I know that you can find clips of some episodes, but still

[@rayyannoor129]

Yo imagine this playing everytime you find a new copy ability.

[@izayiahjarvis3833]

That would be so cool

[@MUI_Noam12]

​@@izayiahjarvis3833 would get irritating tbh

[@hessexm8065]

@@MUI_Noam12 it would only happen for the very first time when you find a new ability, and plus it can be skippable

[@pikachuyip1478]

Man! I missed the Kirby Anime

[@MeeMeeCandy777]

Same! I also missed the F-Zero anime as well.

[@connorj1165]

I know me too if only Nintendo and HAL did a Sequel/Reboot for Kirby Right Back At Ya for Kirby's 30th Anniversary cause I really want to see them add all of those new Kirby characters being in the Kirby Anime and then you would see what Tiff, Tuff, and Escargoon's reactions would be when they meet them you know

[@jejekk]

@@connorj1165 They can’t make another show with the same characters because they don’t own the license to do it, and, in my opinion, i think it is useless to make an anime about Kirby today. It already exists, it doesn’t make sense.

[@connorj1165]

@@jejekk Well I think they should make another one for Kirby Right Back At Ya and they should add the original characters in it like Tiff, Tuff, Escargoon, Sir Ebrum, Lady Like, and the Cappy Citizens and also adding new characters in it and also maybe they could do an episode where the Cappy citizens wear mushrooms on their head just like the Cappies from the games that would be funny but yeah I know it is going to happen because it is

[@jejekk]

@@connorj1165 I just said that they can’t put characters like Tiff or Escargoon because they don’t own the licens on them. An example, the ost “Strong Star Warrior” from the show (Checker Knight in Kirby Air Ride), has been removed from Super Smash Bros Brawl because Nintendo has had issues with the licens of Kirby Right Back At Ya and has been forced to remove it in the next games. (Sorry for my bad english, i’m italian)

[@renepantoja3663]

Never knew Makiko Ohmoto could retain her voice role as Kirby

[@lilorangefella]

She's voiced him since Smash 64 in 1999.

[@siyahseeker]

Until the GBA games and Squeak Squad took away Kirby’s voice. Super Star Ultra briefly brought it back (sort of, with the Mike ability’s second shout sounding vaguely similar). Return to Dream Land (if one doesn’t count spinoffs or Smash Bros.) was the first game to bring Kirby’s voice back.

[@michaelkowal3230]

It's weird how the mirror copy ability was in the anime but not the far more common (at least in the games) beam copy ability

[@domeko_377]

It's probably because waddle doo doesn't have powers in the anime

[@michaelkowal3230]

@@domeko_377 they could've had a monster with a magic staff to shoot beams of energy, plenty of the monsters weren't in the games after all, such as the windmill monster that gave kirby the mirror ability

[@Leo-nm1ne]

@@michaelkowal3230 and also kinda funny that a fucking windmill of all things gave kirby mirror and not cutter or tornado... not complaining tho mirror is fire

[@michaelkowal3230]

@@Leo-nm1ne the blades of the windmill had mirrors on them

[@Leo-nm1ne]

@@michaelkowal3230 i know but still

[@Halfbloodteenager]

5:40 actually nightmare inducing

[@Austin-jd4os]

I love how fire is the ability that is used the most out of them.

[@maricthehedgehog]

I like how some of the Copy Abilities change Kirby's color unlike the games (and no the water one in Kirby GCN's trailer doesn't count) and the fact that most of the animations are cute 5:02 they even referenced Kirby's Adventure

[@lordenma4449]

I like at the Mike that kirby dances and at jet that he runs away that's so cute

[@franciscapicornellarrom4518]

Every ability except iron has been in the game, 2 of them not actually but almost identical: Baton ---> Staff Top ---> Yoyo

[@pokestar2508]

Cook Kirby will always be the funniest of them all! Who doesn't like a good frying pan smack!

[@MicaelHD]

I used to watch these kind of videos all the time as a kid

[@shadowhenry7680]

I love the spark transformation animation, is so freaking funny🤣

[@user-fh9ol6er2v]

5:31 the fact this is a real ability is mind boggling

[@metakirby]

4:41 Kirby didn’t put on a hat, he put on an entire suit

[@michaelkowal3230]

And it's so much cooler than what we got to play with when it comes to water kirby

[@TheInfiniteLegend]

At first, I thought the video footage was really high-quality, and then I figured out it was AI upscaled. It wasn't entirely necessary of you to upscale it but we appreciate it anyway.

[@omegon2540]

I love that wheel want complete until kirby switched the hat direction

[@siyahseeker]

This anime is notable for establishing many of the Copy Ability looks and hats that would be used throughout the series (alongside Nightmare in Dream Land and Amazing Mirror, while it wasn’t until Super Star Ultra where the games further solidified the appearances and hats, though Crash and Mike aren’t given hats until Return to Dream Land, replacing the horned one, possibly to differentiate from the Stone and Ninja hats. The last game WITHOUT Copy Ability hats at all was Kirby 64)

[@yokai59loi36]

What killed the dinosaurs? 3:46 CRASH KIRBY!

[@FlipaRush]

5:39 Who the Dream Buffet is that?

[@ChaoticIdiot616]

4:04 the power of vandalism and paint without the t

[@lildplushandgames7959]

That's really Awesome

[@LUSProductionsOfficial]

Y'know, I just realized this Midway in the video. The Meta Knight Sword ability has appeared 3 times in Kirby media. 1st in Right Back At Ya, 2nd in Amazing Mirror as the Master ability, & 3rd in Forgotten Land as the Meta Knight Ability.

[@asherkwasi9633]

Kirby is my hero!

[@harrybest2041]

0:03 Nintendo GameCube Intro: Kirby Edition

[@allstars4575]

Thank you for also showing the numbered episodes for when they show

[@siyahseeker]

3:21 He wields the weapon that makes True Arena competitors cry!

[@NovaStar9321]

Man I loved this show as a kid

[@ArameWithTheLetterY]

0:13 not real music but makes me enjoy it

[@darklightning2730]

The one for Crash looks so different that you can’t really tell what it is. Despite that it still looks cool.

[@malik_931]

0:45 let him Cook !!1!11👨‍🍳

[@austinmorrison6953]

What I wouldn’t give for a new Kirby Anime

[@mL-nr4lf]

kirby's hat just slaps him

[@dmosedame]

When kirby trys to crash the game at 3:46

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

It is Kirby's abilities from the Kirby games.

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

Kabuki: *muffled pain*

[@SamwellWK]

Man, these clips are pris-tine! I'd very much like to know where/how you got these. The best I could find for a lot of these were crummy 480 or 360ps.

[@lilorangefella]

You can find raw footage of the Japanese episodes and then it looks like they were upscaled. This definitely isn't the Blu Ray release though.

[@Byssa6]

The dramatic music that plays when Kirby goes to sleep killed me

[@chinchinny9060]

Is there any possible way to watch the show again, I've been searching for a very long time and I'm at the verge of giving up, I just wish I could re-experience my childhood..

[@ViviTheBlock]

Still wondering where did you got all of the sources.

[@renepantoja3663]

3:39 Blue fire?!

[@skippydinglechalk.]

Even if you held a gun to my head, i couldn't tell you what Iron Kirby's design was for without looking at the timestamps

[@drinkingsoap]

Out of all of kirby’s copy abilities which one would would you be embarrass to lose too besides sleep

[@MotionSpy]

May Ninja, paint, wing and throw Kirby go down in history as the least used copy ability only being in ONE episode and I don’t count the ones used in fight to the finish they were just Kirby’s dream

[@Aego384]

Kirby doesn't have Beam in the anime? Isn't that one of the most common abilities?

[@douglassheridan8497]

This is High Quality except for the usual music in the Dub Right Back at Ya. Thank you for the Hight Quality, RetroArchive. I wish they would use these transformations of a Kirby in the games. Starting with Return to Dreamland and the Super Abilities all the the way to Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

[@zyairejones1820]

Fire kirby Stone kirby Sword kirby Cutter kirby Cook kirby Parasol kirby Tornado kirby Needle kirby Fighter kirby Ice kirby Ninja kirby Galaxia kirby ? Mike kirby Wheel kirby Cleaning kirby Bomb kirby Mirror kirby Hammer kirby Jet kirby Spark kirby Crash kirby Paint kirby Wing kirby Throw kirby Baton kirby Water kirby Iron kirby Top kirby Star rod kirby Sleep kirby FIRE 3D Kabuki ?

[@ashahyia624]

My favorite copy ability is seeing kirby as jet kirby.

[@oldschoolman9878]

I actually like the music selection for the sub version, because they are ripped directly from Kirby Air Ride. Songs like Kirby Melee and Checker Knights.

[@DylanDude]

They aren’t ripped. They were made for the anime. Kirby Melee in particular is a remix of the anime’s main theme.

[@oldschoolman9878]

@@DylanDude didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool

[@leonchau345]

Surprise 5:28

[@ArameWithTheLetterY]

How did you find all of the episodes? There’s only a few in this KZbin thing

[@CeaselessEntertainment8468]

I wish Kirby's final smash was Kabuki Kirby, I really do

[@kolkagaming1234]

How did you get this transformation scenes in 1080p?

[@albergazo8597]

My top best transformation scenes in the Anime 1. Paint 3:58 2. Spark 3:35 3. Bomb 2:48 4. Ice 1:38 5. Top 4:48 6. Water 4:38 7. Cook 0:45 8. Wheel 2:24 9. Star rod 4:54 That's in my opnion the best transformations in all the anime 😊

[@15_heidune72]

I was always confused as to why beam kirby never appeared in the anime.

[@DylanDude]

Probably because Waddle Doo is a character rather than a monster.

[@rebajoe]

4:53 I admit I mostly remember it from 'Super Star' but was Yoyo Kirby already a thing before this or was Top Kirby first?

[@DylanDude]

Yo-Yo was first. Super Star released on the SNES years before the anime.

[@snookerdooker471]

Singing Kirby is so cute that all monsters die instantly 😂

[@PhantomRaijin]

where can you watch this in high quality like this

[@SteamedPokehog]

If only the anime Crash design was in the games before RTDL

[@Why12376]

References to Kirby and the forgotten land 0:00 fire 0:20 sword 0:31 cutter 1:07 tornado 1:16 needle 1:38 ice 2:48 bomb 3:11 hammer Let me know if I miss something 😃

[@michaelkowal3230]

The crash copy ability is in that game

[@melissab1809]

Also, Gallaxia

[@michaelkowal3230]

@@melissab1809 in forgotten land, that's just a sword upgrade

[@melissab1809]

Thanks for reminding me

[@buddy9848]

Which Crash hat do you think is the best one? 1. Right Back at Ya’s Crash hat 2. Kirby’s current Crash hat 3. Time Crash’s hat in Forgotten Land

[@spiderfrider64]

Chef ability is the best one. F R Y I N G P A N

[@idiot3458]

I wish in the game you could mix abilities

[@epicscout2658]

Imagine if the Kabuki was Kirby's Persona. (Joker ability only.)

[@GamerKirby123]

*spin. He spin.*

[@liamfunnyman6965]

I honestly don't like the transformation sequence they went with for Bomb Kirby. Here's what I would have done instead: After the cool rapid flipping thing, the hat sprouts onto Kirby's head, then a bomb falls into his hands. Kirby freaks out, his little legs flailing about, and he chucks it into the background, where the bomb explodes. Kirby breathes a sigh of relief, then catches another bomb, this one not lit, and poses.

[@theicetypespecialist9691]

Mike is 100% the best one

[@beegBoi422]

Kirby when getting a ability: *spen*

[@hajx4533]

July 14, 2022

[@kingnewcomer2029]

Always loved seeing the Copy Ability transformations from the Kirby Of The Stars anime! :D Also much prefer the ones from the original Japanese version as they just sound more natural compared to the 4Kids dub!

[@bodoqueBG]

And thats how waddle dee and kirby got married

[@calebanderson4155]

0:21 & 2:02 Sword & Galaxia Are My Personal Favorite.

[@GoAnimateciMelih]

My favourite is Baton Kirby

[@rexng57]

Kirby mirror the hat like marx hat

[@randywilliams5780]

My favorite ability is the star rod

[@lorenasoto1483]

Kirby Magic girl :D

[@zach7551]

*magical boy

[@lorenasoto1483]

@@zach7551 Kirby hasn't gender, isn't a boy or a girl

[@pokestar2508]

Kirby is a male.

[@lorenasoto1483]

@@pokestar2508 the original translation (Japanese) says that Kirby isn't a male or female

[@pokestar2508]

A lot of the video games present Kirby as a male, but have it your way.

[@aaliyahrosado7365]

I can heard the songs from the Kirby Air Ride game!

[@aaronproplayer3192]

Japanese and occidental version are both very cool

[@GretchenGoebel]

Theres alot more one off abilities than I though

[@Moss_Dude]

The American version of the music was so much better

[@danieletenorio5016]

KIRBYTEAMORAKIRBY

[@Rafacolon4]

And so There are 30 Kirby abilities in total

[@Twizzy-Tavo]

what about spike kirby

[@3face857]

Kirby, the magical girl.

[@3face857]

@@matrixorial12 In Japan, Kirby’s gender is unknown but you’re half right cuz Kirby’s gender is male in the US

[@Tiffanyann81]

Some copy abilities look different then the game veirson

[@denie_the_eemental_fighter7254]

Why is it the Japan version I kinda like the English one begter

[@Golddude64]

Yet still no beam…

[@Zahra24911]

0:21 Sword kirby, Sword is attacktion, then when are galaxia.

[@BryanMorris-yc8iq]

Those are certainly all words

[@charleerodriguez6317]

Kabuki kirby 😅

[@halalcomrade34]

How the fuck did he get it without swallowing the enemy

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

Ability capsules

[@waynemidnight7454]

Copy Essences. Actually, he usually inhaled things that the enemy used. He inhaled King Dedede's Hammer, an actual Wheel, a *bunch* of Water, sharp objects (which resulted in Sword, Cutter, or some other ability), and Mirror was gained after he inhaled a reflective projectile from an enemy. It's been awhile, so idk how he got most of the others.

[@cloverkip]

why is it the mid japanese version

[@reynoldhunter8600]

I know Kirby

[@budbudburgeryes]

5:30 ... What?

[@idosarts_and_krafts]

Illusion (poyo)

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

I produced an inhuman gurgling sound upon seeing this even though I knew it was coming.