Adeleine
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ADELEINE
Adeleine appeared in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards as one of Kirby’s allies. She was first possessed by Dark Matter and made to fight Kirby, but upon her defeat, the Dark Matter made an exit, and Adeleine was left in her original state, upon which she elected to join Kirby in his quest. Some say she may also be the boss character who appeared in Kirby’s Dream Land 3, under the name “Ado.” Speculation ranges from them being the same person, to brother and sister. In any case, Adeleine is an artist, and has the unique ability to make her paintings come to life. In addition, her magical Rainbow Brush provides her a great variety of moves in Brawl.
Stats
Size: Mid ~ About the size of Ness or Lucas
Weight: Mid-Light
Jump1: Mid
Jump2: Mid
FallSpeed: Mid-Slow
RunSpeed: Mid
Power: Mid
Jumps: 2
Crouch: Mid
Wall-Kick: No
Wall-Cling: No
Glide: No
Crawl: Yes
Standard Attacks
Standing A -- Brush Slap -- Adeleine waves her brush vertically downward in front of her, then upward if the button is pressed again. This cycle can be repeated for as long as you like. Medium range. 3% damage per hit.
Side-Tilt A -- Kick -- Adeleine lifts a leg and kicks forward. Medium-short range. 4% damage.
Up-Tilt A -- Brush Toss -- Adeleine tosses her brush upward, spinning it, then catches it behind her back, causing multi-hit damage to anyone hit. Medium-long range. Up to 7% damage.
Down-Tilt A -- Brush Spin -- Adeleine swipes her brush along the ground, spinning horizontally in the process. Can be repeated at about the same rate as Lucas’s. Medium-short range. 3% damage per hit.
Running A -- Brush Whirl -- Adeleine twirls around with her brush outstretched, dealing multi-hit damage to anyone she contacts. Somewhat similar to Kirby’s. Up to 9% damage.
Smash Attacks
Side Smash -- Brush Smack -- Adeleine raises her brush above her head, then smacks down hard with it in front of her. Medium range. 10% damage uncharged, 20% charged.
Up Smash -- Brush Up -- Adeleine thrusts her brush upward, damaging those above her. Medium vertical range, but very small horizontal range. 12% damage uncharged, 22% charged.
Down Smash -- Paint Spin -- Adeleine spins on the ground, splashing paint around her. Comparable to Squirtle’s Down Smash in both range and damage.
Air Attacks
Neutral Air -- Spectral Blast -- A burst of bright multicolor light briefly surrounds Adeleine, damaging opponents who touch her. Medium range. 8% damage.
Up Air -- Flip Kick -- Adeleine flips backward, kicking above her in the process. Medium-short range. 7% damage.
Down Air -- Brush Stab -- A stall-then-fall, very similar to Toon Link’s, but using her brush. 5% damage per hit, and bounces like TL's.
Forward Air -- Brush Flick -- Adeleine flicks her brush forward quickly. Medium range. 6% damage.
Backward Air -- Brush Flail -- Adeleine turns and swings her brush behind her frantically, multiple times. Medium range. Can score up to 3 hits. 3% damage for each hit, and the last one has extra knockback.
Grab/Throw Attacks
Grab: Normal, Adeleine grabs with her free hand.
Pummel: Brush -- Adeleine smacks with her brush. 2% damage.
Forward Throw -- Rainbow Shot -- A rainbow-like beam carries Adeleine’s victim forward, and throws them. 9% damage.
Backward Throw -- Backslap -- Adeleine tosses her opponent behind her, then spins and slaps them with her outstretched brush. 8% damage.
Up Throw -- Rainbow Blast -- A blast of color from Adeleine’s brush sends her victim flying upward. 9% damage.
Down Throw -- Paint Bucket -- Adeleine throws her opponent to the ground, then dumps a full bucket of paint on them. 8% damage.
Ledge Moves
Get Up (Under 100%): Adeleine climbs quickly up.
Get Up (Over 100%): Adeleine slowly crawls up.
Attack (Under 100%): Adeleine jumps up and slashes her brush horizontally. Medium range. 5% damage.
Attack (Over 100%): Adeleine slowly crawls up, thrusting her brush forward in the process. Medium-short range. 5% damage.
Dodge (Under 100%): Adeleine gets up quickly and somersaults forward.
Dodge (Over 100%): Adeleine gets up slowly and crawls forward before standing.
Jump (Under 100%): Adeleine jumps quickly from the ledge to the air.
Jump (Over 100%): Adeleine gets onto the stage, landing brush-first, then pushes off with it and propels herself into the air.
Miscellaneous Animations
Dizzy: Adeleine staggers a lot, appearing as though she may collapse.
Sleep: Adeleine sleeps soundly on her side, clutching the Rainbow Brush with both hands as she does.
Sidestep Dodge: Adeleine spins off to the side.
Forward Rolling Dodge: Adeleine cartwheels forward.
Backward Rolling Dodge: Adeleine somersaults backward.
Air Dodge: Similar to her sidestep.
Special Attacks
Standard B -- Sketch -- Adeleine quickly (in about a second) paints a rough-looking version of an enemy character in mid-air, which then comes to life. A few different enemies are possible, and all are equally likely to appear, although some are stronger. All stetches last for only 10 seconds. Possible enemies are as follows:
~ N-Z -- The N-Z is basically a Waddle Dee, but lacking any real cute or charming qualities. All in all, it acts about the same as Dedede’s Waddle Dees, but minus the initial throw.
~ Fishbone -- Fishbones hover in place where sketched, firing their sharp front ends off left and right horizontally, where they travel indefinitely, dealing about 5% damage to those they hit.
~ Poppy Bros. Jr. -- Poppy Bros. Jr. stand in place, throwing bombs (affected by gravity) in random directions. Somewhat similar to Hammer Bro Assist Trophy. The bombs do about 10% damage to anyone they hit.
~ Punc -- Punc rolls around the platform he lands on, with his sharp spikes damaging anyone he contacts. 10% damage, and fairly high knockback.
~ Sparky -- Sparky will hop around (he can hop off the stage) a bit, then sit and shoot out sparks. The sparks cause multi-hit damage, and cover an area similar to ICs Blizzard, but in every direction.
~ Hack -- Hack runs left and right randomly. If he approaches an opponent, he will purposely trip into them, chopping them with his sharp axe head. 12% damage, and high knockback.
~ Chilly -- Chilly sits in one place, spewing a freezing blizzard the entire time. Covers area similar to Sparky’s sparks, and causes multi-hit damage.
~ Burnis -- Burnis will fly around in circles, until an opponent approaches their territory, at which point they will dive-bomb them, doing fire damage of about 10%, with decent knockback.
Side B -- Paint Spray -- Adeleine flicks her brush forward, releasing a spray of colored paint. Different colors have different effects, as well as rates of appearance. The spray covers about the same range as Super Spicy Curry’s flames, but doesn’t cause multi-hit damage, only a single blow if hit. Colors are:
~ White: 10/36 ~ The weakest type of paint, with no special properties. 5% damage.
~ Red: 8/36 ~ Fire-based paint that burns anything it hits. 7% damage.
~ Blue: 7/36 ~ Freezing paint, capable of freezing those in its path. 9% damage.
~ Yellow: 5/36 ~ Paint with electrical properties. It will paralyze foes that it strikes, like ZSS’s Paralyzer. 8% damage.
~ Green: 4/36 ~ This unusual paint will make its victims dazed if it connects. 8% damage.
~ Black: 2/36 ~ Shadow-based paint. It is rare, but deals the most damage and has rather high knockback. 12% damage.
Up B -- Rainbow Rush -- Adeleine stops in mid-air, then fires a rainbow diagonally from her brush, that covers about the distance of Squirtle’s Up B. She does not move at this time. The rainbow deals fairly strong diagonal knockback to anyone it hits, but only does 1% damage. After shooting the rainbow, Adeleine rushes up it and launches off the end, giving her more distance both vertically and horizontally than the rainbow actually spans. Foes struck by Adeleine as she is initially launching receive minimal knockback, and no damage, but she is free to use her standard Air Attacks, like Sonic and Snake are after their Up B moves, as soon as she is off the rainbow.
Down B -- Floor Paint -- Adeleine puts her brush down to the floor. This move has no effect in the air. After using the move, Adeleine is free to run, and will paint the floor the colors of a bright rainbow as long as you’re holding the B button. She can only paint floor distance about equal to half of FD, so painting more will erase the oldest paint to make room for new. Floor that has been painted has a 20% chance of making opponents trip, much increased from the normal amount. Enemies who trip will be stuck in the paint, and take a little extra time to get up, during which they are vulnerable to attacks. The paint will last about 15 seconds before fading.
Final Smash
Final Smash -- Dark Masterpiece -- Adeleine pulls out a large canvas, and paints blobs of Dark Matter equal to the number of opposing players. The Dark Matter blobs proceed to come to life and each chases after a specific opponent. They are not super quick, but do have a decent speed and can travel through walls to catch opponents. The Dark Matter, when they catch someone, will envelope them completely, slowing them a bit and stealing all damage-dealing and knockback properties of all their moves. Consequently, characters’ moves are only good for movement around the stage until they are released from the Dark Matter’s grip, about 15 seconds later. Adeleine is free to move after painting the Dark Matter, so that she can use their effect to her advantage. If a Dark Matter does not find a host within 10 seconds of being created, it will vanish into thin air.
Taunts
Up Taunt -- Adeleine tosses her brush high in the air, then catches it.
Down Taunt -- Adeleine paints a star in mid-air, which then disappears in a flash of light.
Side Taunt -- Adeleine strikes a battle pose with her brush, similar to the ICs with their hammers, as if about to swordfight.
Items
None.
Stage
Pop Star -- Adeleine is said to be visiting Pop Star to study her art skills, when she is attacked by Dark Matter and discovered by Kirby. Pop Star is a pleasant and simple place, so the stage corresponds with few hazards and a basic layout. Pop Star sports two large platforms, almost the size of the main Green Greens one, that sit on the same horizontal plane, with space between them about half that size. A bridge spans the area, but is destructible, like the bottom area of New Pork City. On rare occasions, the stage will grow dark, and small stars will rain from the sky. They do minimal damage (about 3%) and have very low knockback, but are great in number, so they can be quite a nuisance at times.
Music Selections:
"Adeleine Battle"
"Crop Catcher" Minigame
"Pop Star"
"Above the Clouds"
"Down the Mountain Stream"
Victory/Loss Poses
Up Victory Pose -- Adeleine paints a rainbow that spans the whole screen, then stands and admires it.
Side Victory Pose -- Adeleine happily splashes paint from three large red, blue, and yellow buckets around, then trips and falls, making a mess of all the paint. She then sits, covered in paint, and laughs.
Down Victory Pose -- Adeleine is seen painting on a large canvas. After a second or two, she turns to reveal the picture, which is a cartoon-like self-portrait of herself.
Loss Pose -- Adeleine stands and claps. Standard.
Extras
Symbol: Kirby star.
Kirby Hat: Kirby gains Adeleine’s red cap.
Entrance: A rainbow’s end touches a spot on the ground, and Adeleine gracefully slides down it onto the stage.
Colors: Color changes affect Adeleine’s shirt, skirt, and hat. Normal (Teal, Black, and Red); Green (Light Green, Green, and Dark Green); Red (Pink, Magenta, and Red); Blue (Sky Blue, Dark Blue, and Navy Blue); B&W (White, Black, and Grey)
Wii Remote Sound: A light, chime-like sound plays, the sound Adeleine makes when she paints rainbows.
SSE Role: Adeleine is one of the first characters to encounter the Subspace Army. As the Ancient Minister’s minions take over the Halberd, Adeleine discovers them and attempts to stop them. She faces off against Petey Pirahna, but is unable to stop him, since he is not burdened by carrying two princesses and has much greater power than later when Kirby fights him. Adeleine is captured and placed in the same place as the two princesses, and is later discovered and rescued by Snake, Lucario, and Meta Knight.
To Unlock: Collect Final Smash trophies for Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight.
Unlock Message: "Adeleine, painter extraordinaire, has joined the Brawl!"
Solid Snake Codec Conversation
Snake: Colonel, what’s a painter doing here?
Colonel: Careful, Snake, that’s no ordinary painter. That’s Adeleine, a budding artist from Dream Land. She went there to study art, but after being attacked by Dark Matter, she joined Kirby in his quest to defeat Dark Matter’s superiors.
Snake: Well, what does she attack with?
Colonel: That paint brush she’s carrying.
Snake: You’ve got to be kidding…
Colonel: Unfortunately, no. Adeleine has the unique ability to make anything she paints come alive and aid her in battle. Watch yourself, Snake, she’s a dangerous fighter, though she doesn’t look the part.
