![]() ![]() While you can still use Kirby like a powerful vacuum and absorb his enemy’s powers, you now have to make a conscious decision whether it would be better to have Kirby absorb a foe and gain its powers or have him befriend an enemy instead in order to fight by his side. It’s a change that adds some extra strategy to the gameplay. ![]() This gives birth to the main mechanic of the game, allowing Kirby to create a party of four to tackle Star Allies’ challenges. In the case of Kirby, however, the crystals lends him the power to become friends with characters who possess special abilities by throwing friendship hearts at them. These crystals end up possessing the characters that get exposed to them, triggering strange effects. This time around, the culprit involves dark crystals that plummet down the land from space. Oftentimes, that entails a sleeping Kirby getting a rude awakening as the latest crisis to hit Dreamland unfolds. The game starts out the same way many Kirby games do. Add the fact that Nintendo’s Switch is selling like glow sticks at a Japanese idol concert and it’s no surprise that Star Allies has done so well.Īll that being said, it also helps that Star Allies is actually pretty fun. At the same time, you have older fans who have grown up but still have a soft spot for the guy. It probably helps that the franchise has been around long enough to reach that same demographic sweet spot that Pokemon enjoys. ![]() Heck, it’s still fourth place two weeks later, bringing up its sales total to more than 357,000 units. That’s a big accomplishment in Japan, where console games don’t pack quite the same sales punch they did prior to the arrival of mobile games. With the exception of things like Epic Yarn, Kirby platformers have essentially stayed the same.ĭespite that, Kirby Star Allies debuted at the top of the Japanese sales charts with a 222,000-plus unit total on March 16. I mean, Mario continues to endure after many decades but mainline Mario games often come with, pardon the pun, game-changing, uh, changes. Now, despite being a fan of the beloved Star warrior, I must say that I’m sometimes surprised by the franchise’s staying power. I mean, that pretty much just killed me right there. Then I saw a big ball of Waddle Dees rolling down a hill in Kirby Star Allies. Still, I thought years of Kirby games have inoculated me somewhat from his cute shenanigans. Add his baby talk and I pretty much tap out from cuteness overload. But seeing a round, pink blob with nubby little hands and feet just makes me want to hug the nearest pillow. Needless to say, it’s the same feeling I get every time I see Kirby. ![]()
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