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| “ | This psychokinetic ability allows you to turn invisible and produce shocking electric fields, just like a certain boy with PSI. This field of science is still largely unexplored. | ” | — Pause flavor text of ESP in Kirby: Planet Robobot |
ESP is a Copy Ability that debuted in Kirby: Planet Robobot. When acquiring this ability, Kirby gains a blue baseball cap with red visor and tilted off to the side, which looks similar to the cap of Ness from EarthBound. Kirby also emits constant blue energy from his hands.
ESP Kirby is able to teleport short distances to avoid damage, can control a freely-steering ball of energy around the player's field of view (similar to Flare Beam), and counter attacks with a large psychic flash. These psychic attacks can also conduct electricity to solve related puzzles.
Moveset[edit]
| ESP moveset in Kirby: Planet Robobot & Kirby Star Allies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill | Image | Button Execution | Description | Damage (Star Bullet=52) |
| Psychokinesis |
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Press and release B |
Kirby creates a small blast of psychokinetic energy around himself. | 16 (release) |
| PK Shift |
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Hold B + Control Pad, Circle Pad or Control Stick |
Kirby makes a moderately sized ball of psychokinetic energy that can be controlled and can hit a maximum of 3 times before exploding. Kirby floats while using this move. | 16 (PK Shift moves) 24 (PK Electroshift moves) |
| PK Electroshift |
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Hold B for a long time before moving Control Pad, Circle Pad or Control Stick |
More powerful version of PK Shift. | 32 (release) |
| Vanish |
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Dash + hold B |
Kirby disappears for a short time to evade damage and go to a new location. This move physically removes Kirby's model from the playfield, rendering him invulnerable to all damage, including attacks that normally ignore invincibility frames. |
24 |
| Reappear |
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Vanish, then release B |
Kirby reappears a small distance from where he disappeared, damaging nearby enemies. | 24 |
| PK Evade |
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L/R right before getting hit |
Kirby vanishes and reappears, making a small explosion. | 18 |
| PK Insight |
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L/R when getting hit |
Kirby vanishes then reappears while making a large destructive wave of psychokinetic energy decimating nearby enemies. | 80 |
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]
In Kirby: Planet Robobot, ESP is obtained by swallowing the common enemy NESP, or the mid-boss Telepathos. The following Super Smash Bros. series amiibo figures can also provide this ability when scanned into the game:
The Robobot Armor can also obtain this ability and become the ESP Mode.
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Screenshot of ESP Kirby
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ESP Kirby using his psychokinesis.
Kirby Star Allies[edit]
| “ | Disappear with mind powers, just like magic, and revel in the effects when you use ↑ to tap into your powers! Also, use PK Insight to guard yourself, and release a psychokinetic charge with PK Electroshift! It's an ESPecially good time! | ” | — Pause flavor text of ESP in Kirby Star Allies |
In Kirby Star Allies, ESP remains the same moveset and NESP becomes Kirby's Friend Helper.
This ability now provides the Zap Power Effect and can be used in conjunction with certain Friend Abilities, its signature one being Geokinesis (with Stone).
The ESP ability has a glitch in this game where using Vanish and Reappear may enable Kirby/NESP to skip some Room Guarder rooms (normally all the common enemies in a Room Guarder room must be defeated to proceed). This is useful for NESP to save time in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!.
Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]
In Kirby's Dream Buffet, ESP Kirby appears on a Character Treat, using his artwork from Kirby: Planet Robobot. ESP is not an ability in the game proper.
Flavor text[edit]
| Image | Game | Flavor text |
|---|---|---|
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Kirby: Planet Robobot | This psychokinetic ability allows you to turn invisible and produce shocking electric fields, just like a certain boy with PSI. This field of science is still largely unexplored. |
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Kirby Star Allies | Disappear with mind powers, just like magic, and revel in the effects when you use ↑ to tap into your powers! Also, use PK Insight to guard yourself, and release a psychokinetic charge with PK Electroshift! It's an ESPecially good time! |
Nintendo Today![edit]
- "Release a psychokinetic charge with PK Electroshift! It's an ESPecially good time!"
Trivia[edit]
- The pause flavor text of ESP in Kirby: Planet Robobot refers to Ness from EarthBound. Scanning his amiibo also gives Kirby the ESP ability.
- One of the early UI designs for Kirby Fighters 2 has the ESP ability appear along other Copy Abilities from this game, implying it was considered to be playable at one point.[1]
Gallery[edit]
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Ability Star from Kirby: Planet Robobot
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Credits picture from Kirby: Planet Robobot, featuring ESP Kirby facing Holo Defense API
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Kirby Star Allies pause screen artwork
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Ability Star from Kirby Star Allies
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Character Treat from Kirby's Dream Buffet
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Early concept art of ESP Kirby
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ESP Kirby plushie, manufactured by San-ei
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ESP Kirby in Find Kirby!!
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ESP Kirby in Find Kirby!!
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Videos[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | エスパー Esupā |
Esper |
| Chinese | 超能力 chāo néng lì |
Psychic/Superpower |
| Dutch | Psycho Paranormaal |
Psychic Paranormal |
| French | PSY | - |
| German | Psycho | Psychic |
| Italian | Sensitivo | Sensory |
| Korean | 에스퍼 Eseupeo |
Esper |
| Polish | ESP[2] | - |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Psíquico | Psychic |
| Russian | ESP[3] Экстрасенсорика[4] Ekstrasensorika Телекинез[5] Telekinez |
- ESP Telekinesis |
| Spanish | Psicopoder | Psychic power |
References
- ↑ HAL Laboratory official account on Twitter (direct image link)
- ↑ Nintendo Polska - Kirby: Planet Robobot
- ↑ Nintendo Russia - Kirby 25th Anniversary Copy Ability Poll results (archive)
- ↑ Russian version of the Kirby: Planet Robobot Overview Trailer (archive)
- ↑ Nintendo Russia - Kirby: Planet Robobot (archive)