#KIRBY STAR ALLIES REVIEW TEAM FOUR STAR PORTABLE#

Not every game needs to be a boundary breaking, genre defining work of art, but long-time Kirby fans might find themselves wondering why developer HAL Laboratory didn’t do more to distinguish this particular entry.ĭespite some interesting additions, ‘Star Allies’ doesn’t do much to push the franchise forward. Outside of the addition of combining powers and the smooth transition between single player and multiplayer, “Kirby Star Allies” doesn’t do much to push the franchise forward. You’ll actually need to mix skills to solve some of “Kirby Star Allies’ ” puzzles to unlock secret rooms and levels. This isn’t just an exercise in getting the player to experiment during their playthrough. The mechanic works across a slew of the game’s characters, which makes mixing and matching them to form different combinations a real treat. Press up on the joystick or the directional pad and your ally will add her fire ability to your weapon. To combine powers, you’ll need, for example, a character with something like a fire ability, while you have some form of melee weapon. The addition of the ability to mix different elemental abilities by passing them from one character to another only adds to that. My own issues aside, the multiplayer truly makes “Kirby Star Allies” feel like a completely different game. If it wasn’t for my fiance, I wouldn’t have been able to test the feature at all. Playing with real-world friends in the same room at my age is such a rarity, though. The last game I played with such a frictionless multiplayer experience was “Super Mario 3D World” for the Wii U. When your buddy has to head home, you can tap a button and the computer’s AI will takeover for them. And since this game looks so wonderful, all of the abilities look fantastic. Like every Kirby game, gobbling up your opponents imbues you with their abilities. And to do that he’s going to hoover as many Waddle Dees, Sir Kibbles and Rockys as he has to. Kirby, as he is want to do, is out to save the day from some mysterious bad guys. Just know that you need to constantly move forward, or whatever direction the arrows placed around the world tell you to go. What’s the story here? Well, it’s a Kirby game, so if you’re coming for a coherent story, you’re in the wrong place.

#KIRBY STAR ALLIES REVIEW TEAM FOUR STAR PORTABLE#

The game looks great and runs smoothly on both your big screen and the portable Switch, but you can only really appreciate the title’s graphics on a television. “Kirby Star Allies” is a classic side-scroller with a hint of 3D thrown in for good measure. On the contrary, “Kirby Star Allies” is a game that you’ll enjoy from start to finish.

That’s not to say there’s nothing new for the pint-sized cream puff, nor does it mean you should pass up on the opportunity to dig into the saccharine title. But while Nintendo (NTODY) mainstays like its “Mario” and “Zelda” franchises were majorly overhauled for their premier on the company’s super successful console, “Kirby Star Allies” feels like a continuation of the popular Kirby formula.

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