Topic: Kirby: Star Allies

It's not ironic at all, there just needs to be a balance. I think this game should have just focused on it being a good co-op experience (as in just 2 players). It's a lot rarer that you're going to have 3-4 people to complete the whole game with and I don't like having 4 helpings destroying everything just for me to do a small puzzle. It breaks the flow considerably. There was nothing wrong with the way it worked in Return to Dreamland.

I wonder what the 2nd playthrough will be like...Will it be just like any other (enemies do more damage, plus the EX bosses), or will it also be like you can only have one ally at a time or something. Doubt it'll go that far, but it would be neat.

I only ever beat the True Arena in Super Star Ultra.

Kirby Star Allies Trailer 1 - Nintendo Switch

Kirby Star Allies Trailer 2 - Nintendo Switch

Played the demo a bit there this morning. I can't say I like it. I don't hate it, but I think it's a little shallow somehow. Plenty of character in the game, but no soul.

Kirby ate all the souls of the characters in the game.

The game, especially early on, feels as though it's coming hot on the heels of Kirby's 25th. There's no specific Anniversary release like for the 20th, but the Twitter account has been releasing promotional artwork.

Many classic bosses return (even freaking Pon & Con), you have an eclectic cast of Kirby's rogues gallery to play with or as, even to the point of revamping existing ones (Como, Broom Hatter and Plugg, oh man, Plugg, I couldn't believe any of the lazily designed minor enemies from Crystal Shards would ever come back, but he's here, and he's adorable), and the game starts, from Kirby's perspective at any rate, like his very first adventure. Castle Dedede's interior in particular has never looked better or more faithful, and it's theme is a wonderful medley of Kirby's Dream Land, Revenge of the King and Castle Dedede itself.

I may be in the minority, but the more I replay the demo, the more I want the game.

I think the little puzzles involving the allies are fun, and I tend to get to most enemies before they do, so they haven't really gotten in my way (I think they do make bosses a tad too easy, however, I noticed that at least two of them tend to be down to half health at the end of the Dedede battle, so maybe later bosses will eliminate them rather quickly).

@RR529 Same... I'll probably get over it when I get the game.

@Dev Dark Matter returning, or some form of him is one of the reasons I want this game... I wish we had a form of Whisper like his fight in Dreamland 3 where he just unroots and just starts running towards you.

@KaiserGX, ever play Robobot?

The Whispy's mechanized form in that game is completely uprooted.

@Dev They really pay attention to the elements you use in this game, with many enemies being more vulnerable to certain types. I can see Francisca weak to electricity and Flamberge to ice or water. And though Dedede himself isn't weak to anything, the grimy food he throws can be cleaned with water.

I saw the spoilers... def getting the game now...

Yeah me too. It convinced me to give the game a shot.

Famitsu have reviewed the game, scoring it 35/40 (8/9/9/9). The usual proviso applies, it's Famitsu.

I've seen the spoilers, and now I'm more than happy to drop the full price for this game day one.

What exactly is it that you guys are seeing? More difficulty/gameplay modes?

@MisterPi Sure.. for me it's something I've been asking for since Kirby 64.

I am not looking at spoilers but its great that they changed peoples minds. Honestly I didn't like the demo much at first, and I love Kirby to this day, but the 30fps really hurt for some reason. Usually I don't mind 30, so it was very odd, but after a couple of playthroughs of the demo I am used to it. Don't get me wrong I would prefer 60, but the 30 just takes some getting used to.

Also I hope they make Kirby pink joycons, the neon pink isn't close enough ;(

Played the demo. I don't really like how slow and clunky the game feels, but otherwise it's a pretty good game. Not amazing, but good.

I'm not sure how I feel about this game. I have other Kirby games but the multi-player aspect seems like it will get annoying. I will only ever play this as single player but seeing all those health bars and tags on all the characters that say "CPU" and "P1" I think could be very annoying...

NSMB didn't do that...