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Whispy Woods
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Official artwork of Whispy Woods from Kirby Super Star.

Universe Kirby
Debut Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
Smash Bros. appearances SSB
Melee
Brawl
SSB4
Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
Console/platform of origin Game Boy
Species Tree
Gender Male (occasionally referred to as genderless)
Place of origin Dream Land
Article on WiKirby Whispy Woods

Whispy Woods (ウィスピーウッズ, Whispy Woods) is a boss from the Kirby universe.

Origin

 
Whispy Woods as he appears in Kirby Super Star.

Whispy Woods made its debut in the very first Kirby game, Kirby's Dream Land, where it is the very first boss. It has since become a series staple, appearing as an early boss in several games. It sometimes alternates with various other forms, such as Flowery Woods, Clanky Woods, and Tropic Woods, although their relationships with one another vary. Its basic attack pattern is shooting damaging puffs of air and making apples drop: unless he has a copy ability, to defeat it Kirby must Inhale the apples and spit them back at him.

In Super Smash Bros.

As a stage element

 
Whispy Woods in Dream Land

Whispy Woods appears in the background of Dream Land, position to the left of center. He will occasionally blow a weak stream of air from his mouth towards one side of the stage, pushing any characters caught in the wind away from the center of the stage. If there are characters to his right he will blow to the right, if there are characters to his left he will blow to the left, and if there are characters on either side he will pick a direction at random. The speed of the air gets weaker the further from Whispy Woods the character is.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

As a stage element

 
Whispy Woods in Green Greens

Whispy Woods reappears in the same role as he did in Smash 64 on the Past Stage Dream Land with the only difference being that the wind no longer gets weaker with distance.

Whispy Woods also appears in the center of the background of the stage Green Greens. Like on Dream Land he will blow air to either side of him with the same rules, however the wind is slightly stronger. He will also shake apples from its branches—the apples have a variety of different effects: If an apple hits a character as it falls to the ground, that character will take damage, and when an apple lands, it becomes either a healing item or a throwing weapon.

Trophy

 
Whispy Woods's trophy in Melee
Whispy Woods
A boss enemy from Kirby's Dream Land, Whispy Woods is a big tree that shoots whirlwinds at Kirby. It isn't the toughest enemy: all Kirby has to do is avoid the occasional whirlwind, suck in apples that fall down, and then shoot them back at the tree. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, Whispy Woods is quite the blowhard.
Kirby's Dream Land (8/92)

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

As a stage element

Dream Land doesn't return in Brawl but Green Greens does, along with Whispy Woods. He behaves almost identically to how he did in Melee with one minor change: the wind now has an upward angle of 10 degrees. Due to the upward angle, characters fall slightly slower while in the wind, however the amount is almost negligible (about 0.04 units per frame, being overpowered by even Jigglypuff's gravity of 0.05056).

Sticker

Name Game Effect Fighter(s)
Whispy Woods Kirby Super Star   Attack +4 Kirby Meta Knight King Dedede    
 
Whispy Woods
(Kirby Super Star)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

As a stage element

Dream Land returns in Smash 4 but not Green Greens. Whispy Woods is again present on Dream Land, acting the same way as he did in Melee.

Trophy

Whispy Woods' trophy is exclusive to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and is part if the "The Beginning of Kirby" Trophy Box.

 
Whispy Woods's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Whispy Woods
  Whispy Woods lives deep in the forest, waiting patiently for Kirby to stop by so he can share his delicious apples with the pink hero... That's not true at all, actually. Instead, he drops apples on Kirby, trying to cause him injury. He may look friendly, but remember what they say: don't judge a tree by its bark.
 : Kirby's Dream Land (08/1992)
 : Kirby's Return to Dream Land (10/2011)
  In the heart of a beautiful green forest, Whispy Woods is waiting to give Kirby some juicy red apples. Isn't that nice? Well...not really, since he drops them on Kirby's head like bombs. If that wasn't bad enough, he'll also suck up the pink puffball and blast him with air. Note to self: be more wary of trees with faces.
 : Kirby's Dream Land (08/1992)
 : Kirby's Adventure Wii (11/2011)

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a stage element

Both Dream Land and Green Greens appear in Ultimate and Whispy Woods appears in both. On Dream Land he acts the same as in the prior games. On Green Greens he also acts the same like in the previous games but his wind was changed again. He returns to blowing at a 0 degree angle like in Melee, but the wind speed has been doubled.

Spirit

No. Image Name Type Class Slots Base   Max   Base   Max   Base   Max   Ability Series
339 Whispy Woods
 
★★★ 1 3115 9387 1183 3565 1813 5461 Fire Weakness Kirby Series

Names in other languages

Language Name
  Japanese ウィスピーウッズ, Whispy Woods
  English Whispy Woods
  French Whispy Woods
  German Whispy Woods
  Spanish Whispy Woods
  Italian Whispy Woods
  Chinese (Simplified) 风语大树
  Chinese (Traditional) 風語大樹
  Korean 위스피 우드, Whispy Woods
  Dutch Whispy Woods
  Russian Шептодрев

Trivia

  • The Super Smash Bros. instruction booklet erroneously refers to Whispy Woods as 'Whisper Woods'.