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Thursday 21 February, 2008
Summary
Kirby's Adventure is a classic side-scrolling platformer for the NES. You control a pink fluffy balloon of a creature called Kirby, who has the ability to take and use the abilities of his enemies by swallowing them, along with the ability to inflate and fly above their heads. It combines classic "get to the exit through a maze of rooms" platformer gameplay with the added element of a stream of constantly changing enemies who provide endless entertainment in the form of cool abilities.
Gameplay
I've always loved Kirby because of the absurdity of the character and his world. The cartoony-ness of the whole gameworld, with a Walrus that craps out ice that he throws at you, and the ability to rock out on a microphone to destroy your enemies, is way too ridiculous to take seriously. The downside of this, of course, is the lack of or perhaps just extreme abstraction of the game's objective. I'm not quite sure why I'm going around fighting huge blue walruses, but damned if I don't like it.
I love how the game flowed, the variety of levels and abilties kept the game interesting, and it never got too hard to handle, it was just fun. The only real complaint I have is how simple it all is. You always kill bosses by hiding until they spit out something you can suck up and spit at them. There's not much variety there, which left me wanting a more complete experience. Don't get me wrong, the game is still plenty fun, but I guess back in the days of the NES, simplicity wasn't a factor since it was the newest fad.
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