Kirby's variety of powers are a joy to experiment with, but the places you go in Kirby Star Allies aren't quite as inspiring.
Kirby Star Allies2018
Kirby Star Allies
2018 Nintendo of Europe74Good
Playtime
ShortTypically 8 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $59.99
Game modes
- 2–4 players
- 2–4 players
Details
- Launch
- March 16, 2018
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Publisher
- Nintendo of Europe
- Themes
Overview
Kirby is back in this new title coming to the Nintendo Switch console in HD. Recruit enemies as helpers, use Kirby copy abilities such as Sword, Fire and Water, and join forces with up to three friends for a different kind of team-up action.
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Reception
Press74
Good- Metacritic73from 87 reviews
- OpenCritic74from 72 reviews
While it's not a bad game by any means, Kirby Star Allies for the Nintendo Switch is far too easy and does little to evolve the established Kirby formula.
Kirby Star Allies is another solid addition to the Nintendo Switch, and it does everything it has to as a Kirby game, I just hope that in the future, Nintendo will try to expand upon what already makes Kirby so great as they have with titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.
Teamwork doesn't quite make the dream work in 'Kirby Star Allies.
Kirby Star Allies feels like a greatest hits collection rather than its own unique experience. It takes inspiration from the majority of classic Kirby games and while it doesn't have quite the level of scope that Kirby Super Star had back in the day, there's a great amount of fun to be had. It's certainly more fun with friends and is well made, having...