As the series’ first major outing on Switch, seems like the kind of game that would have been designed with an eye toward pushing Kirby into the future. It isn’t, though. Instead, it comes off as something closer to a recap of 25 years of Kirby history. It pulls together well-worn themes and elements while leaning on two key factors to make it feel fresh: high-definition graphics and four-person multiplayer.Yes, somewhat surprisingly, Star Allies marks the first time HAL Laboratory and Nintendo have published a traditional Kirby platformer in HD.

Kirby: Star Allies will launch exclusively for the Switch on March 16th. Be sure to give the demo a shot if you’re a Switch owner, and stay tuned for more news on the game as it becomes available as we inch closer to its March launch. After about one year after this game's release, I finally picked this up with all the free DLC downloaded, and after beating the main story mode and delving into every other mode, I can say with confidence that this is a really good package that Kirby fans, both new and old, will most likely adore.

(The core Kirby games skipped Wii U altogether, with only the wonderful but decidedly nontraditional repping the franchise on that ill-starred console.) There’s no denying that, as with every classic franchise, experiencing familiar characters and beats through glossy high-fidelity visuals has a certain compelling charm all its own. In that sense, you can almost see Star Allies as the series pausing to take stock before leaping ahead. There’s a lot of water being treaded here. HAL Laboratory/NintendoThe first two worlds that appear in Star Allies — of four total — take players through the familiar turf of Grass Land and Planet Popstar, where you’ll hoover up series regulars like Waddle Dee and Poppy Bros. En route to predictable showdowns with the likes of King Dedede, Whispy Woods and Meta Knight.

The back half of the game changes things up a bit, but you’ll still be working with familiar skills and mechanics even as the environments grow decidedly more cosmic in nature. (Kirby facing off against eldritch horrors from the depths of space is pretty old hat, for that matter.) Compared even to the recent and its wild giant mech-suit sequences, Star Allies plays things incredibly safe, even as Kirby games go.Were the leap to HD graphics the entirety of Star Allies’ additions to the Kirby universe, it would be a pleasant but totally missable blip in the series’ history. Instead, its real hook is hinted at in the title: Star Allies is all about the power of friendship. In this adventure, players have a single button used exclusively for befriending enemies, the most charming dedicated command since A Boy and His Blob’s “hug” button.

Toss a heart icon at a monster, and it’ll become Kirby’s partner in action. You can even turn most midbosses into your pals. Once you unlock secret “Dream Palace” stages, you can summon those friendly rivals into action through a character roulette. HAL Laboratory/NintendoWhichever critters you ally yourself with, you can bring along up to three monsters as Kirby’s companions.

They’ll help out to the best of their ability as computer-controlled characters. It’s a cute feature, but what makes Star Allies truly compelling comes from the way it uses these companions to enable drop-in-drop-out cooperative play for up to four people. This isn’t the first-ever multiplayer Kirby game, or even the first four-player Kirby platformer. However, the differences between Star Allies and its predecessors take advantage of the Switch’s strengths as a multiplayer device.

They also offer a great example of how Nintendo’s approach to cooperative gaming has evolved over the years.Kirby’s first team-up with three allies, 2004’s The Amazing Mirror for Game Boy Advance, ended up being a total mess. All four players needed to own separate cartridges and systems, and they had to juggle link cables in order to connect their devices. After all that, the free-roaming design of the game resulted in very little actual cooperation. Star Allies, on the other hand, carries forward the Switch’s philosophy of versatile, adaptable multiplayer: One to four people can jump in easily by popping out the Switch kickstand, and the only accessory needed for a maximum multiplayer session is a second set of Joy-Cons. Everyone plays together in the same space, so a group session of Star Allies does play better on a large television than on the built-in screen: The sheer amount of stuff going on at any given time reads a lot more clearly on a full-sized TV.

Even so, the important thing to know is that teaming up in Star Allies is a more or less seamless affair. Once Kirby makes some in-game friends, the first player’s real-life friends can hop in and play anytime. HAL Laboratory/NintendoIt’s here we see Star Allies pick up and run with Nintendo’s love for asymmetric multiplayer gaming. Back in The Amazing Mirror, all four players controlled a rainbow pantheon of Kirbys. This time around, there’s only one Kirby, and that’s player one. Everyone else plays as whichever enemy creatures have been converted into friends, meaning they don’t have access to Kirby’s suction powers.

While any and everyone can toss heart icons to create a friend, Kirby’s heart power adds a new recruit to his host of allies, whereas a support player’s heart ability will transform the character they currently control into the target monster. Similarly, the action simply keeps on cruising when players two through four fall in battle, but when player one — that is, Kirby himself — dies, it’s back to the checkpoint for everyone. The action is always centered on Kirby, so anytime someone else strays off-screen they’re warped back to player one’s position. Everyone is granted the freedom to assist or antagonize, according to their preferencesThis leads to a slight imbalance between characters, but the minor difference between player one and everyone else makes Star Allies a great vehicle for one of Nintendo’s favorite use cases: an experienced player teaming up with younger or less skillful companions. As family-oriented games, Kirby adventures tend to skew toward the easy side, but there’s definitely enough happening here that the action can be a little overwhelming for someone who lacks familiarity with the mechanics of the Kirby franchise.

Making Kirby himself a unique character here, one responsible for carrying the bulk of the action, allows one player to shoulder the burden of advancement. Everyone else can contribute while enjoying room to learn. Or just to goof around. There’s plenty of that: Kirby can suck up other player characters to pull them out of action for a moment, and any player can hop on another ally’s head to take control of them like, well, Yoshi. The multiplayer dynamic here feels a lot like the four-person New Super Mario Bros.

Iterations, with everyone granted the freedom to assist or antagonize, according to their preferences.It helps that Star Allies’ play mechanics contain more intricacy and complexity than its breezy difficulty might suggest. As usual, Kirby can copy his enemies’ powers by swallowing them, but now he’s able to combine powers with those of his friends. These skill permutations generally boil down to enhancing a physical attack with elemental attributes (e.g., an ice sword or fire whip), but most of the hidden collectibles and secret level entrances in the game can be unlocked only with combo powers.

All players can make use of combo powers, and you can grant computer-controlled allies these boosts as well. The AI turns out to be pretty smart about using fusion abilities when appropriate, which frees up players to make use of their favorite powers rather than limiting them to whatever a given situation demands.

HAL Laboratory/NintendoThe huge range of combo skills that Kirby and his newfound friends can wield helps compensate somewhat for the disappointing fact that Star Allies doesn’t appear to offer any new powers to acquire. The attacks you can copy here have been standards since the days of the NES and Game Boy — again, Star Allies falls short when it comes to exploring brave new frontiers for the Kirby concept. It’s fun to recruit classic enemies like Bonkers (a gorilla with a hammer) or Meta Knight into your party, but the handful of new bosses that appear in the second half of the quest prove immune to Kirby’s charms. There’s no way to press them into service.Star Allies’ “puzzles” require combination powers to solve, but they’re usually accompanied by little signs that tell you which powers to combine.

Additionally, all of those powers appear either within the puzzle room or in its immediate environs. It’s only the very final stages that you encounter a few tricky multistep puzzles that demand you apply more than the most rudimentary level of consideration to completing them. Likewise, the showy special team-up moves (which allow you to smash up the stage or guide key-carrying critters to locked doors) require little actual thought until the final few stages. In other words, the systems and cooperative play ideas in Star Allies have a lot of potential, but the game never quite realizes that promise. The rather brief quest ends right as the level design begins to come into its own, and without any sort of postgame material to explore, Star Allies simply leaves you wanting more.

Kirby Star Allies squeaks by with a little help from its friendsStill, while it lacks the substance to properly satisfy longtime Kirby fans, Star Allies does at least seem genuinely earnest in its underlying belief in the power of friendship. The game is frequently chaotic and a touch under-baked, but it’s hard to be too upset at a game where you can break down long-standing bonds of enmity and heal foes with a kiss. Even if it’s on the brief and simple side, Star Allies demonstrates the polish and personality you’ve come to expect from the series. It’s a kid-friendly romp through the franchise’s most memorable moments, and the asymmetric gameplay and lively spirit of Kirby’s latest journey make it a great way to introduce a new generation of fans to the series.

. Hirokazu Ando. Jun Ishikawa. Yuuta OgasawaraSeriesRelease16 March 2018Mode(s),Kirby Star Allies is a developed by and published by as part of the. It was released worldwide on the on 16 March 2018 and released a full version with extra modes and new characters on 30 November 2018.

The game has sold 2.56 million copies as of March 2019, making it one of the. It received mixed or average reviews. Praise went to the game's graphics, gameplay and soundtrack, but received criticism for its very easy difficulty level. Contents.Gameplay Kirby Star Allies is a played from a side-on perspective. Players control the titular protagonist who can be accompanied by up to three companions. Kirby can throw hearts at enemies to turn them into allies.

The game can be played with the game's AI controlling companions or with other players controlling companions. When Kirby has companions, new special attacks become available which allow Kirby to combine his abilities with those of his allies', a feature not seen since. The elemental fusions last for as long as the power is held or until a new element is introduced over it, while some of the combinations are single-use moves that bear more of a resemblance to the combinations found in. Also, when Kirby has three allies, they can perform 'Friend Actions' on specific stages, like 'Friend Train' and 'Friend Star.'

To fight the final boss, Kirby can use a Friend Action called the 'Star Allies Sparkler', which resembles to the Dragoon from. With it, Kirby can traverse around the boss in full 3D - a rarity for the series - and shoot targets of interest.The game also introduces the 'Dream Friend' system, which allows the player to call upon characters from past Kirby games as special allies with expanded movesets. Bandana Waddle Dee, King Dedede, and Meta Knight can all be unlocked as Dream Friends through progression in Story Mode. Additional Dream Friends have been added via software updates, including Rick, Kine and Coo ; Marx ; Gooey ; Adeleine & Ribbon ; Dark Meta Knight ; Daroach ; Magolor ; Taranza ; Susie ; and the Three Mage-Sisters (Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne).Plot On the Jambandra space station far away from Kirby's home planet, a dark crystal heart explodes due to an imperfection in a mysterious ritual, sending its numerous fragments, Jamba Hearts, hurtling into deep space. Many characters, including and, are possessed while investigating the hearts that land on Popstar. A heart hits Kirby, but it instead gives him the ability to befriend enemies by throwing hearts.

Kirby notices many Waddle Dees bringing food to Castle Dedede and decides to investigate. After Kirby defeats Meta Knight and King Dedede and frees them from the Jamba Heart's influence, a large fortress known as Jambastion lands on Popstar. After defeating three generals of ice, fire, and electricity, Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne, respectively, Kirby and his friends fly to the far reaches of space.After defeating Francisca and Flamberge, along with other bosses, Kirby and his friends connect a path to Jambandra Base and breach its defensive barrier. They battle Zan once again before meeting Hyness, an evil priest who is planning to restore a dark force, Void Termina, to full power using the Jamba Hearts.

Defeating Hyness reveals his true face, a blue large-nosed figure with twitching eyes. He summons Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne and uses dark energy to strengthen them and drain their life force. After being defeated, the Hyness sacrifices the three and himself to subsequently revive Void Termina. Kirby and his friends use a Friend Pedestal to summon the Friend Star but it transforms into the Star Allies Sparkler via the power of the four heart pins that were stuck in the prison of Void Termina.

After overcoming its humanoid body, also regurgitating Hyness, Francisca, Flamberge, and Zan Partizanne in the process, and defeating its bird form, it is revealed that its true form is a purplish pink cluster with three dark eye-like spots that can arrange themselves to resemble Kirby's face. During battle, this blob morphs into different shapes that reference Dark Matter from and 0 2 from. Kirby then destroys Void Termina with the Star Allies Sparkler, summoning friends in the process. The Sparkler is destroyed by the resulting explosion, but Kirby uses a Warp Star to return himself and his friends safely home.Post Game Modes After defeating Hyness in the sub-game Guest Star????

Star Allies Go!, suddenly emerges from a portal to battle the player and their allies. However, before he starts the battle, a butterfly lands on his lance and absorbs him. It later transforms into a new masked swordsman called Morpho Knight, who wields a pair of butterfly-themed swords.

The player and their friends defeat Morpho Knight, and he vanishes away.In the Soul Melter difficulty of The Ultimate Choice, Void Termina gets battled once again, though more powerful than before. After defeating the third form, its true form is revealed to be Void Soul, a blue version of the core with black spots. Kirby and his allies eventually defeat Void Soul.In Heroes in Another Dimension (takes place after the main story), Hyness and the Three Mage Sisters are corrupted and went to another dimension. So Kirby and his heroic Dream Friends has to travel four dimensions in order to unlock the final dimension and battle a corrupted form of Hyness and the other corrupted mages. If the player collects all 100 or more hearts, they can make Francisca, Flamberge and Zan Partizanne friends and send Kirby and his friends back to Dream Land.In the Soul Melter EX difficulty of The Ultimate Choice, Morpho Knight and Void Termina feature more difficult versions of their previous forms with darker color palettes.

The fourth phase is of Void Termina is completely revamped to now feature Void, a white and red colored variant with rainbow cracks surrounding its body. The defeat animation is changed to instead have Void smile with stars being released as the screen turns white.Development and release Kirby Star Allies was developed by and published.

The game is thought to be based upon the first incarnation of the cancelled Kirby game for the Nintendo GameCube, the trailer for which shows Kirby making multiple helpers, akin to the fundamental element of Star Allies. The game was initially teased under the tentative title Kirby during the. In September 2017, the game's official title was announced during a presentation.

The game was released for the on 16 March 2018. On 3 March 2018, a free of the game was released on the showcasing two of the game's stages. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore73/100Review scoresPublicationScore9/107/109/106.25/108/108.3/107/10Kirby Star Allies received 'mixed or average reviews' according to video game.

Critics praised the game's visuals, saying that they are 'gorgeous', however they criticized the game's easy difficulty with Kyle Hilliard from saying that 'Kirby Star Allies demands so little from the player that I sometimes felt like I was barely involved at all'.Critics praised the game's soundtrack. Hilliard called the game's soundtrack 'fun and bubbly' and reviewer Peter Brown and reviewer Brendan Graeber calling the soundtrack 'catchy'.The game was nominated for 'Family Game of the Year' at the.At the release of the game's final, some critics reevaluated the game, finding that the additional content resulted in an improved experience. Stephen Totilo of commented that, while the main game was 'a cakewalk', the additional Heroes in Another Dimension mode was 'a head-scratcher and a reflex-tester', stating that Star Allies was 'one of the most-improved Nintendo games on the Switch roster.' Another review, by Sean Anthony of Gaming Trend, also praised the creative level design and difficulty of Heroes in Another Dimension, and additionally complimented the added 'Soul Melter EX' difficulty level; his conclusion was that ' Kirby Star Allies is finally a complete game.' Sales Upon the game's launch, Kirby Star Allies became the fastest selling Kirby game in the. Kirby Star Allies sold 222,031 copies within its first week on sale in Japan, which placed it at number one on the all format sales chart. By the end of March, it had sold over a million copies.

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