Truth
be told, I'd rather not be doing this power NOW, but the
weather outside is frightful, and so is
Ice Kirby
Ice... endearing power for the little pink one, seeing
as it turns him blue. That would definitely dispel any
rumors that Kirby's a GIRL (God forbid we have the same
thing that happened to poor Samus Aran when she was
revealed at the end of Metroid, but I digress). Ice
Kirby has probably the second most elaborate hat/crown
out of all the Kirby headgear, second only to a
three-way tie between Tornado, Spark, and Fire Kirby.
Ice is a deceptive power... on its own, it's rather
weak, showing its true strength in freezing opponents to
kick back the ice blocks as projectiles to attack. In
Super Star, there's the Ice Kick AND the Freezer
Suction/Ejection combo. Granted, you're not invincible
like you are holding something with Beam, Backdrop,
Suplex or Fighter. But if the enemy gives out attacks
that get killed instead of frozen, this serves as a nice
alternative to Ice Kick. The sole flaw with it is that
you need to get close to suck them up that way, unlike
normally inhaling or freezing enemies... although, the
Ice Kick and Freezer Ejection are STRONGER than the
exhaled star...
Flaw aside, Ice is not really that bad of a power...
you'll be battling a while in Nightmare in Dreamland if
you don't freeze projectiles against bosses. In Super
Star, Ice does 9 HP damage normally, but Freezer
Sprinkle (twirling air ice breath attack) does 18, and
Freezer Blizzard (Freeze Kirby) does 20 HP, despite
being the same power as Ice in Adventure. Kicked,
Freezer Ejected enemies do 60 HP damage. Unlike Fire,
Ice can't be angled, except in Kirby's Dreamland 3. But
Fire wasn't in the Dark Matter games, Burning was, but
let's not go there yet. Ice Kirby is probably the best
form to use taking it to the bosses. You can still do
the ol' inhale/exhale attack, AND you have minty fresh
breath... without a mistranslated item from Kirby's
Dream Land (first one to know what I mean gets a
cookie). That ice breath makes for a decent way to keep
Dedede at bay in Super Star, and it's not as weak as
Fire (hm?), though not NEARLY as strong as Spark in
Adventure. A shield, enemy repellent, and projectile
maker in one, with a catchy crown of ice crystals
(better than the rehash Ice Climber Kirby parka from
SSBM used for Freeze Kirby these days), Ice Kirby rates
a perfect 10, despite my aversion to cold.
