Nintendo Treehouse talks Gooey in Kirby Star Allies

The Nintendo Treehouse Log has started to cover the new update planned for Kirby Star Allies next week. New Dream Friends will be added when the patch arrives on March 28.

In the first blog post, Nintendo Treehouse focused on Rick & Kine & Coo. A new entry now focuses on another character, Gooey.

Here’s an excerpt:

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 was Gooey’s debut as a character. Well…in more of a supporting role than a fleshed-out character. When Gooey appeared, he’d help out by healing Kirby and friends.

Gooey then moved on to become Kirby’s Player 2 in Kirby’s Dream Land 3 for the Super NES. In that entry of the franchise, Gooey could use copy abilities and had many of the powers that Kirby did, but he used his tongue instead of inhaling enemies. Not the safest way to eat a Spike enemy…

Like the animal trio, Gooey in Kirby Star Allies takes a lot of inspiration from the various copy abilities he could acquire in Kirby’s Dream Land 3, and some of his moves are a bit unique. Let’s start with Gooey’s basic attack, which is his tongue. Gooey’s tongue works similarly to the Whip copy ability; it can do single strikes (Quick Lick), tons of lashes (Flicker Lick), and grab an enemy or items (Snack Lick).

You can read the full post on Nintendo Treehouse Log here.

Thanks to Evan G for the tip.