Star Rod (Kirby)

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Star Rod
Artwork from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
First appearance	Kirby's Adventure (1993, Kirby series) Super Mario-kun Volume 7 (1993, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance	Kirby Star Allies (cameo) (2018, Kirby series) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018, Super Mario-related media)

The Star Rod, also referred to as the Star Wand or Wand, is an item from the Kirby series. It has appeared in Super Mario-kun a few times: In volume 7, the Star Rod is one of the items stolen by the collector, and in volume 9, a Star Rod is used by Mario to defeat No. 48; he created it earlier on by combining a Super Star with a rod.

The Star Rod is an item in every game of the Super Smash Bros. series. It is a battering item that shoots up to twenty stars at opponents.

Profiles

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Trophy Star Rod
	Game/move: Kirby's Adventure 5/93
	This magic wand holds 16 star shots and sends foes flying at a low angle when thrown. It's most powerful when Captain Falcon or Sheik performs a Smash Attack while holding it. In Kirby's Adventure, the Star Rod is the secret power behind the Fountain of Dreams. King Dedede steals the Star Rod in order to seal away the nasty Cloaked Nightmare.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Trophy Star Rod
	Appears in: NES Kirby's Adventure SNES Kirby Super Star
	A magic wand. Perform a standard attack with it, and it's a battering weapon. Perform a strong or smash attack, and it fires a barrage of star shots. Throw it at a foe, and that opponent will get sent flying sideways. In the Kirby series, the Star Rod is the power source of the Fountain of Dreams. King Dedede once stole it to imprison the Cloaked Nightmare.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

Trophy Star Rod

Game(s): Both

Category: Item

() Appears in: NES Kirby's Adventure (05/1993) GBA Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (12/2002)

() Trophy Box: 34: Kirby's Adventure

Swung normally, this item will deal a regular physical attack. But if you charge up the blow, it becomes a magic wand that launches stars! The Star Rod is the source of power for the Fountain of Dreams in Kirby's Adventure. Using the rod, Kirby was able to defeat Nightmare. (American English)

Attack normally and you may as well just be swinging any old stick around, but if you deliver a hefty blow with it, this magic wand will launch a shooting star! The Star Rod powers the Fountain of Dreams, and Kirby once used it to defeat the evil Nightmare when he appeared from the fountain in Kirby's Adventure. (British English)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Spirit #327 Star Rod
	Series/game	Kirby Series
	Type	Support
	Slots	2
	Class	Ace
	Strength / effect(s)	First-Strike Advantage
	How to obtain	World of Light (The Light Realm); Spirit Board
Spirit battle	Opponent(s)	Kirby ×4
	Conditions	The enemy starts the battle with a Star Rod
	Stage	Fountain of Dreams
	Song	Gourmet Race (Melee)

Gallery

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  Screenshot from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スターロッド[?] Sutā Roddo	Star Rod
French	Bâton Etoile[?]	Star Staff
German	Sternenzepter[?]	Star Scepter
Italian	Scettro Stella[?]	Star Scepter
Korean	스타 로드[?] Seuta Rodeu	Star Rod
Russian	Звездный жезл[?] Zvyozdnyy jezl	Star Staff
Spanish	Varita estelar[?]	Stellar Rod