Inhale (King Dedede)

“	Inhale opponents, and spit them out as stars.	”
—Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS Foldout

Inhale
King Dedede using Inhale in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
User	King Dedede
Universe	Kirby
Article on WiKirby	Inhaling

King Dedede's Inhale in Brawl.

Inhale is King Dedede's neutral special move. The attack is similar to Kirby's Inhale in appearance, but with slightly increased range and no copying ability. By pressing the special move button, Dedede will begin to inhale the air in front of him, creating a vortex. He will continue to inhale as long as the button is held down. If a character comes near him, they will automatically be sucked inside of him and will be trapped in his stomach. When swallowed, Dedede's stomach enlarges to hold the victim, which makes him extremely slow. Dedede simply spits the character back out when the attack button is pressed, or they break free themselves. King Dedede also has 25 frames of invincibility after he Inhales someone.

Other similarities to Kirby's Inhale include the ability to eat items and perform a form of sacrificial KO, sometimes known as "Dededecide" or "Regicide." The Dededecide is more effective than the Kirbycide is in Brawl, as King Dedede is able to fast-fall while using the move, unlike Kirby. King Dedede also has a considerably higher falling speed than Kirby, even without fast-falling.

To compensate for not being able to copy abilities, Dedede's Inhale does more damage than Kirby's Inhale and he can inhale any opponent regardless of their size. This attack does 10% when the opponent is exhaled; if the character-projectile hits someone, it does 9 to 18% to that person depending in the inhaled opponent; the heavier the inhaled opponent is, the higher the amount of damage it does. The projectile also deals more vertical knockback to opponents compared to when Kirby exhales the opponents.

Customization

Special Move customization was added in Super Smash Bros. 4. These are the known variations:

1. Inhale	2. Dedede Storm	3. Taste Test
"Inhale opponents and spit them out as stars."	"A cyclone from King Dedede's mouth that pulls foes in, hits repeatedly, and launches upward."	"Inhale opponents quickly, and spit them out as stars immediately."

1. Inhale: Default.
2. Dedede Storm: A cyclone from King Dedede's mouth that pulls foes in, hits repeatedly, and launches upward.
3. Taste Test: Inhale opponents faster and instantly spit them out as stars. This means that Dedede can't move or turn around after inhaling enemies.

Collateral damage

In Smash 64, characters spit via Inhale deal 6% damage to bystanders. Starting in Melee, the damage dealt by a spit character is loosely based on their weight. Both Kirby's and Dedede's Inhales operate the same in this respect.

In Melee, the percentages dealt are exactly the same in the NTSC and PAL versions, despite the weight differences.

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Damage	Character	Weight (NTSC)	(Weight (PAL)
9%	Pichu	55	55
10%	Jigglypuff	60	60
12%	Kirby	70	74
13%	Mr. Game & Watch	60	60
	Pikachu	80	80
14%	Young Link	85	85
15%	Falco	80	80
	Roy	85	85
	Marth	87	85
	Peach	90	90
	Sheik	90	90
	Zelda	90	90
16%	Fox	75	73
	Ice Climbers	88	88
	Ness	94	94
17%	Mewtwo	85	85
	Dr. Mario	100	100
	Luigi	100	100
	Mario	100	98
18%	Captain Falcon	104	104
	Link	104	104
	Yoshi	108	111
	Ganondorf	109	109
	Samus	110	110
19%	Donkey Kong	114	114
	Bowser	117	118

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Damage	Character	Weight
9%	Jigglypuff	68
11%	Mr. Game & Watch	75
12%	Squirtle	75
	Kirby	78
	Meta Knight	79
	Pikachu	79
	Fox	80
	Zero Suit Samus	81
	Falco	82
13%	Olimar	82
	Sheik	85
	Zelda	85
	Marth	87
14%	Peach	90
	Ice Climbers	92
	Toon Link	92
	Diddy Kong	93
	Lucas	94
	Ness	94
	Pit	94
15%	Sonic	95
	Luigi	97
	Mario	98
	Ivysaur	100
	Lucario	100
16%	Wolf	102
	Captain Falcon	104
	Link	104
	Ike	105
	R.O.B.	106
	Wario	107
	Yoshi	107
17%	Samus	108
	Ganondorf	109
	Charizard	110
	Snake	113
18%	King Dedede	112
	Donkey Kong	116
	Bowser	120

Super Smash Bros. 4

Damage	Character	Weight
10%	Jigglypuff	68
11%	Mewtwo	72
	Mr. Game & Watch	75
	Kirby	77
12%	Rosalina & Luma	78
	Pikachu	79
	Olimar	79
	Fox	79
	Meta Knight	80
	Zero Suit Samus	81
	Falco	82
	Little Mac	82
13%	Sheik	85
	Zelda	85
	Peach	89
	Marth	90
	Lucina	90
14%	Duck Hunt	91
	Palutena	91
	Diddy Kong	93
	Toon Link	93
	Ness	94
	Greninja	94
	Pac-Man	95
	Sonic	95
	Robin	95
	Pit	96
	Dark Pit	96
	Wii Fit Trainer	96
	Luigi	97
	Villager	97
15%	Mario	98
	Dr. Mario	98
	Lucario	99
	Mii Fighter	100
	Mega Man	102
	Shulk	102
16%	Link	104
	Yoshi	104
	Captain Falcon	104
	R.O.B.	106
	Wario	107
	Ike	107
	Bowser Jr.	108
	Samus	108
17%	Ganondorf	112
	Charizard	115
18%	King Dedede	119
	Donkey Kong	122
19%	Bowser	128

Glitches

The Inhale explosion glitch

Dedede's Inhale (and Kirby's copied Inhale) has at least two glitches. When used on a mine from Snake's down smash, the explosion will go off continuously until it hits someone, Snake plants another mine, or Dedede stops Inhaling. When used on Ike in the middle of a Quick Draw, Ike will hit Dedede but continue past, often to his death. However, this is probably due to the vacuum effect created by the Inhale.

Description from the Brawl Instruction Booklet

Inhale nearby opponents. King Dedede can't copy other fighters' abilities.

Origin

In nearly every Kirby game with King Dedede in it, King Dedede has shown the ability to Inhale, like Kirby. Unlike Kirby's Inhale, King Dedede cannot absorb an ability. The attack has remained mostly the same throughout the Kirby series, with the exception of Kirby's Dream Land 2, where King Dedede is able to inhale large amounts of air and spit it back at Kirby as a very powerful projectile.

External links

• Inhale explosion glitch

King Dedede's special moves

Neutral special	Inhale
Side special	Waddle Dee Toss	Gordo Throw
Up special	Super Dedede Jump
Down special	Jet Hammer
Final Smash	Waddle Dee Army	Dedede Burst	Dede-Rush