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In terms of the puzzle gallery songs, those are all remixes, but they change up the source material so much it's extremely delightful. I don't fault the game for being heavy on remixes.

Quite frankly, most of the game's music is remixes, but there are over 200 songs in the Jukebox (with the content updates adding new songs, mostly remixes of other songs in the series), and the remixes have effort put into them. Some of the music even being in the game is sort of a spoiler, so here's something that is relatively early and I think is original to the game - Heavenly Hall:

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There are a LOT of remixes of previous Kirby series music, as I've written about before as a general thing that happens in the franchise. Some of that is literally just going to the Jukebox and listening to music. I said I have over 105 hours of Kirby Star Allies logged onto my Nintendo Switch. There's a lot of varied environments and eye candy, and everything is drawn clearly. Absolutely no complaints here, and really not that much to say. Kirby Star Allies marks the first mainline Kirby game in High Definition graphics - the other recent games are either quirkily-designed spin-offs ( Kirby and the Rainbow Curse) or on the 3DS. It's also colourful and very vibrant in its levels and backgrounds. Kirby Star Allies picks up from what the previous games have been building up in terms of the world-building, so if you're a fan of that sort of thing, the game delivers to a point.īugzzy, a long-time Kirby series miniboss, has his pause menu lore reference Beetley, the upstart beetle who also incorporates throwing attacks.Īs I said, the game is very colourful in its character design. On the other, there are a few hardcore Kirby fans that can appreciate the world-building going on in the background across the franchise. On one side, you can go through the game just appreciating the colourful (and very round, cute, and circular) character designs with your buddies. It's definitely a design choice that allows the game to appeal to multiple audiences. Going into too much detail is quite spoilery, but let me put it this way: The set of new villains in this game (Francisca, Flamberge, Zan Partizanne, and Hyness) get quite a lot of details explained on the side of the game. In a trend that has been growing as the Kirby series has been progressing, a lot of the story and lore is hidden in pause menu descriptions of characters. He is beckoned by shadowy Jamba Heart fragments to go and collect the rest, encountering old friends and new foes along the way. One of these pieces hits Kirby, which suddenly gives him super good social skills that allow him to befriend people by throwing Friend Hearts at them. Kirby Star Allies introduces a new set of alien villains focused on collecting the Jamba Heart, which split into several pieces all over Kirby's planet of Popstar. Local multiplayer only Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price 59.99 USD Demo? Demo available on the eShop with two levels.

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I'll be reviewing this version for you.įast Facts Name Kirby Star Allies Console Nintendo Switch Publisher/Developer Published by Nintendo Developed by HAL Laboratory Genre Action Platformer Space Required 3.9 GB via game download 1.0 GB via physical game with updates ESRB rating E10+, featuring cartoon violence Number of Players Minimum of one, supports co-operative play of up to four players.

The title screen of Kirby Star Allies on its final version: 4.0.0. My review won't have spoilers in it, but I also count anything in Nintendo's marketing materials as not a spoiler. close! But I don't feel that finishing that would impact the rest of this review.

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I think it's now worth writing a full review of the entire Kirby Star Allies game experience, since I initially refused to write a review until the game was actually complete.īetween the game's release and now, I've accumulated over 105 hours in the game, and have 100% completed everything (100%'ed Story Mode, gone through all the characters in Guest Star mode, all the hearts in Heroes in Another Dimension, completed all of the puzzles in the gallery) with the exception of the very final difficulty mode in The Ultimate Choice. Since then, Kirby Star Allies has had three substantive updates, adding new game modes, experiences, and content. W e made a fairly big deal about the release of Kirby Star Allies when it released for the Nintendo Switch back in March of this year. By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - The allies may be stars, but is Kirby Star Allies a shining star of the system?