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Sunday 4 February, 2007
I picked up this game from GameStop a few days ago because it looked rather amusing.
The game is a relatively standard Kirby side-scrolling game with a few key quirks which make it exciting.
The story is a little silly (but hey we are working with a pink puffball so silly is allowed) because it consists of Kirby having some sort of cheesecake stolen from him and thus he goes on a great adventure in order to retrieve his cheesecake. Odd, but it seems to work.
All of the standard abilities are avaliable, suck enemies up, absorb their powers, combine multiple powers to create new powers. The difference here is that each level contains a number of chests which you much get in order to achieve full game completion. There are 120 chests in all. I rather like this sort of gameplay because you can easily rush through all of the game and beat all of the levels in only a few hours. However, if you wish, you can take your time as your progress through the various worlds and complete the game entirely. A number of the chests are particularly useful because they unlock new abilities and allow you to become more powerful throughout the game.
My intial criticism of the original version of this game (from the NES) still exists but is now diminished. In the original version one could very easly float through levels and simply fly to the exit. While this offered little in terms of fun or gameplay, it could be done. This new version actually locks you into "mini-boss" battles and has stages which change rapidly. This involves the player quite a bit more and makes the game signifiantly more interesting.
More when I get to the first boss.
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