Post by: MegaByte on July 18, 2011, 02:22:12 AM
Kirby returns to form(s) along with his friends.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/impressions/27186
If this is your first time hearing about Kirby's new adventure for Wii, I urge you to check out Neal's impressions from E3. Nintendo invited me over to spend more time with the E3 build, so I will add a few of my thoughts on the game.
As to the backstory, an alien has crash-landed on Kirby's planet, PopStar. Kirby and his friends have agreed to collect the parts of his ship, which are found hidden throughout each level. It's not clear who the antagonist is, but there are several monochrome areas where ship piece-holding mini-bosses reside, inside of what appears to be a tear in the fabric of space.
Kirby's powers have lots of variations, much like in Kirby Super Star. Attacking while pressing various directions yields a wide array of attacks, and in a way, it feels like playing Super Smash Bros.
Kirby's ultra powers, which are massively upgraded versions of his traditional ones, are an interesting novelty, but I hope they turn out to be more interesting than the Mega Mushroom in New Super Mario Bros. That is, it's cute the first couple times you trigger the attacks, but it gets old quickly, especially since you have to wait for the attack animations each time.
As with previous traditional Kirby games, the game features beautiful and cheerful environments and inventive, if obvious use of the variety of power-ups. Kirby, who now has a power-sucking move (1 button and shake) that can suck up larger, heavier, and collections of objects, looks pretty funny with his bulging belly. In certain places, players will need to carry keys or other objects in hand, which limits powers such as Kirby's flight.
At least in the two levels that were on display, the challenge was unfortunately very limited. Though I've mentioned a few negatives, everything else about the game is a solid Kirby experience and the game is a joy to play. Even from the demo levels, it's clear that the game will include many secret areas and collectables, which are Kirby staples.
The multiplayer mode is totally geared for cooperative play. Its drop-in/drop-out nature means that up to three friends/family can join you without having to worry about using up your lives. Sadly, but understandably, Kirby is the only one who copy abilities; the others, Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Waddle Dee only have their usual moves. The players can stack like in the screenshots from the cancelled GameCube version, but it's not clear what use this has.
It's been a while since we've had a traditional Kirby title, and this new Wii edition continues the series evolution. With its co-op and familiar features like snack sharing, this Kirby game feels like a real successor to Kirby Super Star. I can only hope the rest of the game is as diverse. The game releases this fall, and should be one to pick up for families and Kirby fans alike.
Post by: Enner on July 18, 2011, 03:29:10 AM
Post by: Robknoxious1 on July 18, 2011, 10:18:06 AM
Ah, I'm so excited for this. Though this comes only a year after Kirby's Epic Yarn, I'm really happy to see another Kirby platormer on a Nintendo home console. Kirby's Adventure is one of my favorite games for the Nintendo Entertainment System, and I hope this Kirby game for Wii will live up to it.
I was also surprised to see another Kirby game so soon after Epic Yarn but I thought I read somewhere that it was in development long before Epic Yarn. Either way it looks so completely different both visually and in terms of gameplay that it's proximity to Epic Yarn chronologically shouldn't be an issue. Especially with the lack of quality Wii games coming out this year.
I'm really looking forward to this one.
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on July 18, 2011, 10:24:12 AM
Post by: MegaByte on July 18, 2011, 11:46:38 AM
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 18, 2011, 02:51:45 PM
but I thought I read somewhere that it was in development long before Epic Yarn.
That's for sure, it's been in development for like 7 years.
Post by: Ceric on July 18, 2011, 03:08:45 PM
Post by: King of Twitch on July 18, 2011, 03:18:52 PM
Post by: Ceric on July 18, 2011, 03:22:05 PM
That would be cool. He could morph into a ficus root and disrupt Dedede's sidewalk.Well you know how hard those Weeds are to kill. Especially with a hammer.
Post by: MegaByte on July 18, 2011, 04:56:36 PM
Why not just let Kirby go back to his roots? Kirby has a large enough move set without Copy.Copy basically defined Kirby though. It's a much more interesting ability; unfortunately, the games haven't really used it to its fullest extent.
Post by: AV on July 18, 2011, 07:31:35 PM
As with previous traditional Kirby games, the game features beautiful and cheerful environments and inventive, if obvious use of the variety of power-ups. Kirby, who now has a power-sucking move (1 button and shake)
meh. I don't mind the waggle as much as others do, but this one seems pretty bad. The waggle in Mario Galaxy 2 and NSMBWii was fun and had a nice visceral feeling, this seems totally pointless especially since your already using a button.
Post by: MegaByte on July 18, 2011, 07:36:17 PM
Post by: NWR_Neal on July 18, 2011, 10:40:35 PM
I love Kirby games.
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 18, 2011, 10:42:12 PM
Post by: Ceric on July 19, 2011, 11:15:53 AM
I agree. Its just so very hard to design for when you do any sort of Co-op or Character replacement and they can't copy. I still think the picking up, eating, and throwing still is interesting for platformers, the umbrella in Super Princes Peach is very Kirbyish when you think about it.Why not just let Kirby go back to his roots? Kirby has a large enough move set without Copy.Copy basically defined Kirby though. It's a much more interesting ability; unfortunately, the games haven't really used it to its fullest extent.
Didn't the N64 Kirby do mixing of powers? It be interesting to see a little more combination type things going on.
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 19, 2011, 03:15:28 PM
Didn't the N64 Kirby do mixing of powers? It be interesting to see a little more combination type things going on.
And Squeak Squad did that too IIRC.
Post by: Ceric on July 19, 2011, 03:26:48 PM
I heard beyond that it was a pretty bad game.Didn't the N64 Kirby do mixing of powers? It be interesting to see a little more combination type things going on.
And Squeak Squad did that too IIRC.
Post by: TJ Spyke on July 19, 2011, 03:35:31 PM
Post by: DanielM on August 09, 2011, 10:59:41 PM
