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Kirby: Triple Deluxe is out on the 3DS on May 2. If you ever enjoyed a Kirby game, you really should check this one out. It’s nice to see charm and wit take center stage in this beautiful adventure. Levels offer tons of secrets and hidden items to find, and the game’s use of the portable’s 3D effect is delightfully clever. Kirby: Triple Deluxe looks like just another entry in an old series if you only peek at screenshots and trailers, but this is the best 2D platformer I’ve played on the 3DS. It’s not a huge mark against it, especially since I think that it adds enough new ideas and executes the old ones well enough, but even a perfect Kirby game can feel like another Kirby game. While some Kirby games completely buck tradition for entirely new mechanics, like Kirby’s Epic Yarn on the Wii and Kirby: Canvas Curse on the original DS, Triple Deluxe sticks with tradition (essentially the tenth game of the main series). Image Credit: Nintendo What you won’t likeĪs with a lot of Nintendo’s long-running franchises, you will find a sense of familiarity here. You’ll unlock a better mode after beating the campaign that allows you to play through a condensed version of the main story as Dedede, who has his own set of attacks. It’s not as substantial as Kirby Fighters, but it’s a fun addition. King Dedede, once the villain of the series, also stars in a rhythm-based minigame where he bounces around on drums to the beat of popular Kirby songs. fighting series but with everyone playing as a Kirby that has one ability. The coolest of them is Kirby Fighters, a sort of simpler version of the Super Smash Bros. Outside of the main campaign, Triple Deluxe has a few extra modes. It will still work fine, but you’ll definitely be missing out on one if its most charming elements. Of course, those with a Nintendo 2DS can still enjoy this game, but they won’t experience the 3D functionality. Bosses especially love to dance around the screen, making your battles with them some of the most creative and memorable in the series’ history. Sometimes a mirror will show you running across both the background and foreground, but only one of the planes shows you where the real pitfalls and enemies are. You also have to use cannons to blast objects on the other plane. You can see attacks coming from off in the distance. While Kirby can only move on a 2D plane, he often jumps back and forth between the background and foreground (usually via transporting stars). Triple Deluxe handles the 3D-projecting ability of the 3DS spectacularly. It’s a nice treat for fans of the franchise. While you don’t need them like Sun Stones, they’re fun collectibles that reference Kirby’s past. Keychains are sometimes even harder to uncover. Plus, you can unlock extra levels if you discover all of them in a world. Getting the Sun Stones usually requires a bit more cunning and careful observation than you’d normally need to beat a Kirby game. While you don’t need to find the stones to beat the individual levels, you do need a bunch of them to unlock the boss of each world. This is a leisurely adventure, not a hardcore test of endurance.Įach world consists or about five stages, and each stage has a few Sun Stones hidden throughout them. Deaths never feel cheap, and you’ll never get frustrated. Still, you can’t just turn your brain off and fly over every obstacle. OK, the game is still on the easier side, and you’ll probably beat it with more than 30 extra lives. Plus, the death-by-sucking animations of larger enemies and structures are incredibly clever and hilarious.Īlso, while the series has a reputation for being too easy, Triple Deluxe can offer a decent challenge. You feel empowered, and you use the ability for some fun puzzles (like inhaling giant missiles to fire back at other enemies). During certain levels, Kirby will eat a fruit that greatly amplifies his inhaling ability, letting him suck in pretty much anyone and anything. But the hypernova ability stands out as the most significant and best addition.
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