For one, the CPU controlled teammates are not the brightest, and will often kill enemies that Kirby may need to absorb to solve a certain puzzle, forcing players to backtrack to make the enemy respawn. There are a couple of things that make this a little more frustrating than in past Kirby games. People playing in co-op can die as much as they'd like they'll either be revived by a teammate or take control of the next enemy that has been 'friended' by Kirby.īesides recruiting enemies to his cause, Kirby can also absorb them and copy their abilities for his own use. Dying has little consequence as the game hands out free lives like they're nothing, and even then, Kirby dying is the only thing that can trigger a game over. There is hardly any challenge at all, and while most Kirby games aren't known for their high level of difficulty, Star Allies seems even easier than usual.

Experimenting with different co-op abilities is one of the best parts of the game, though unfortunately the puzzles that players need to solve with these abilities require little to no thought.įrom the puzzles to the platforming, one of the biggest faults of Kirby Star Allies is that it's just far too straightforward and easy.

The entire game revolves around these enemies-turned-allies, as most puzzles and platforming challenges require players to combine their abilities with them. The gimmick of Kirby Star Allies is that Kirby is able to recruit enemies to follow him on his adventure by hitting them with hearts. As the first big Nintendo Switch exclusive of 2018, Kirby Star Allies is part of Nintendo's strategy to keep the Switch's momentum going, but anyone expecting anything more than a standard Kirby game with a gimmick will be disappointed.

The Kirby games have never quite reached the heights of some of Nintendo's other titles, but even so, there were big hopes for Kirby Star Allies.

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