Picked it up this afternoon and so far my impression is: Wow!
From the preview vids I expected it to be somewhat NiGHTS-ish, it's not, it's positively Sonic.
First a bit on the gameplay, Kirby always moves, he'll just keep on rolling like a rolled up Sonic only to be stopped by barriers you draw or by other obstacles, in fact he doesnt stop, he bounces off and rolls in another directio. If you touch Kirby he'll accelerate or if you've eaten something, he'll use it's power. To revert to powerless-Kirby then press the button in the bottom left. When you make him go fast by touching him it allows him to kill enemies he touches too. Other things that you can touch are bits of the environment, touching a block with the stylus will make it go away for instance. Touching canons will make them shoot kirby out DKC barrel style. Touching enemies will daze them momentarily which is key to taking out the guys armed with serious attacks.
Now I mentioned Sonic, to me right now it seems very reminiscent. You're always rolled up and you zoom along drawing loop the loops spin attacking you way through lines of enemies and if that isnt enough then what made me laugh out loud is the second game zone. It's for all intents and purposes Sonic's casino zone, warp pipes, little check point flag poles, the lights. It's truely ace.
Tricky little things - the menus are 100% non-english, there's a training section you have to go through at first that takes ages. As with many Kirby games, so far it's not super hard.
More thoughts as I get into it. Um, the pink stylus is *very* pink.
From the preview vids I expected it to be somewhat NiGHTS-ish, it's not, it's positively Sonic.
First a bit on the gameplay, Kirby always moves, he'll just keep on rolling like a rolled up Sonic only to be stopped by barriers you draw or by other obstacles, in fact he doesnt stop, he bounces off and rolls in another directio. If you touch Kirby he'll accelerate or if you've eaten something, he'll use it's power. To revert to powerless-Kirby then press the button in the bottom left. When you make him go fast by touching him it allows him to kill enemies he touches too. Other things that you can touch are bits of the environment, touching a block with the stylus will make it go away for instance. Touching canons will make them shoot kirby out DKC barrel style. Touching enemies will daze them momentarily which is key to taking out the guys armed with serious attacks.
Now I mentioned Sonic, to me right now it seems very reminiscent. You're always rolled up and you zoom along drawing loop the loops spin attacking you way through lines of enemies and if that isnt enough then what made me laugh out loud is the second game zone. It's for all intents and purposes Sonic's casino zone, warp pipes, little check point flag poles, the lights. It's truely ace.
Tricky little things - the menus are 100% non-english, there's a training section you have to go through at first that takes ages. As with many Kirby games, so far it's not super hard.
More thoughts as I get into it. Um, the pink stylus is *very* pink.
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