Blue Kirby is a member of the Kirby species. This alternate coloration is also used for Kirby in the Super Smash Bros. series, Kirby Air Ride, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (as the third player in sub-game mode), and as a playable character in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It is actually unknown if this is an official coloration as these have only been used to tell the first player from the second, but Kirby does turn blue when using the Ice and Freeze abilities. Meta Knight is not confirmed to be a Kirby although he has a similar face to Blue Kirby.