Kirby Battle Royale has finally arrived in North America - check out our review from last year if you haven't already - so now that we're all able to lay the smack down with a variety of pink balls of doom. Best of all, we're getting another new ability as well.
The power, Sleep Copy, was voted for by fans following Round Two of the Kirbry 25th Anniversary celebrations. The Mirror ability won round one, and now the power to take a quick nap has nabbed the second. Sleep was the most popular overall, topping polls in North America, Europe and Japan. Yo-Yo, UFO and Suplex all came close across the regions, but the power of slumber won out in the end.
Are you playing Kirby Battle Royale on 3DS? Did you vote in the poll? Was Sleep a worthy winner? Yawn out a comment below...
[source twitter.com, via twitter.com]
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But... Why? It's so bad
Unless they changed it at some point without me noticing.
Wait, after looking at the video mentioned Here by yokokazuo, I take back everything. This is the best thing ever.
YES! Awesome! I didn' vote, but I was so rooting for this one.
@Kalmaro Note that abilities usually not suited for combat have been disabled from the poll (like Light or Mini), and Sleep wasn't. The only possible explanation is that will now create a complete moveset around sleeping (like resting to recover HP, using a pillow to fight, etc), making it a completely new ability. I HIGHLY doubt that they will release an ability in a competitive game where you can't do anything.
...And this actually makes me hope Sleep will be a reworked ability in Star Allies as well. I mean you can toss the friend heart at ability-wielding enemies to make them your friends, and Noddy (the Sleep enemy) was seen in one of the trailers, so you might be able to use him as a helper this time around, so it has to have some attacks.
The ads for this game make me want it, but the miserable reviews and the demo keep reminding me to stay away.
https://youtu.be/PG3LrslH2Sk
Here is a video of it in action
@yokokazuo Thanks, completely changed my mind.
So they'll give Sleep Kirby some way to defend itself...?
Edit: yes yes they did.
I’m guessing this was done by the internet as a joke.
I’m guessing this was done by the internet as a joke.
I didn't realise Europe could vote too, otherwise I would have voted.
PILLOW FIGHT!
They better make Slep good, or i'm just gonna yawn at this. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I think this was supposed to generate excitement similar to a new ARMS character or Splatoon weapon. I don't think it worked.
I'm sort of bummed by some of Nintendo's late stage 2/3DS. This one, the Mario sports game, the Mario party game... they seem like pretty low budget, low risk, low effort offerings that aren't much more developed than download titles. I was hoping for some more weird experimental titles (since it's clear the Switch is getting main games).
Lol, super handy. But then again its a rubbish game...
Who would vote for such a useless power?
I'd be more interested if Sleep will be in Kirby Star Allies and be combined with other abilities.
@Muddy_4_Ever why would they put forth much more investment into the 3DS when they likely are phasing it out? At this point any new games are to get some last minute sales as they focus fully on the Switch - the 3DS games released since the Switch came out were likely all in development before the Switch was released, I feel like they likely haven’t even started any new projects since the Switch came out and are still just announcing/releasing what they had leftover in development.
I would’ve gotten this game for $20-$30 on Switch. But not for $40 and not on 3DS, I don’t even carry my 3DS around anymore.
@ShadJV The fact that it's in its late stages is precisely why I think they should be experimental. Crazy stuff with a low development cost. There's almost no risk. If they hit on the next Pokemon (which came late in the Gameboy's life cycle), great. If the game fails, no big loss (the system isn't long for this world anyway).
Every Switch release has to be a mass market hit. The 2/3DS era could be sustained by focusing on niche stuff.
I never thought I'd see the day when the Sleep Ability would be useful.
Oh.
Was considering getting it, but now, with a fanbase adding crap abilities in, I might not.
...I though it was mostly only Japan that voted for sleep when the poll results came out?
I really hope (yet highly doubt) they add friend lobbies to the online mode. I don't know how long Ranked play will last in this game. Why such a basic function wasn't there to begin with just baffles me
@ChibiNinja Yeah, in the first round. I guess everyone else realized that it would be incredibly fun to see what they could do with Sleep.
@Muddy_4_Ever yes but remember these games were in development before the Switch came out. Nintendo didn’t know how the Switch would be received and they were pulling the Wii U’s plug, they couldn’t take a chance with their only sure cash cow at the time.
@Kirbster1992 OK turns out Sleep literally is my new fave. I even thought of a headgear concept! Lololo Hat with Green Block Thingy Pillow.
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