I played this game for the first time this week, and I have to say it completely surprised me. I was expecting something a whole lot worse than the Kirby platformers for SNES and Gameboy that I used to play (Kirby Superstar being my favorite). Playing this game made me realize that the later games I played, didn't change to much from their predecessor. The level design and detail surpassed my expectations, but I didn't really know what to expect because the first console I had was an SNES.
The game is pretty much the classic Kirby game. There are many "worlds" which have some stages which you must survive through one by one and then a boss you must defeat in order to move on to the next world. The controls have to be simple since this is on an NES controller so the basic controls are D-pad for movement, A to jump, and B to suck in enemies. Kirby can inflate himself to float by pressing up, however this sacrifices some maneuverability and makes it easier to run into enemies. The different ways of attacking are to press B while inflated to puff out a blast of air or to suck in enemies to shoot them out or absorb their power if they have one. I figured that it would have only a few abilities since it was on the NES, but it had a lot more than I expected. It even had a throwing ability, though this ability was pretty useless since it just looked like the normal sucking power without being able to spit enemies at other enemies or take actual useful abilities. I've already come across beam, laser, spark, needle, sword, cutter, fire, fireball, wheel, hammer, tornado, and other weird abilities. I think why some of the abilities seem redundant is because they are a lot more limited than abilities would be in an SNES version. If two enemies with abilities are inhaled you can get a completely different ability. The stages also sometimes contain secrets to unlock mini-games or arenas where you can get more life.
Right now I guess I'm about halfway through. This game is pretty easy, and I probably could've beaten it faster if I just ran through the levels as quickly as possible. However, I think it's more important to look for all the things I think of when I think of the Kirby games. There definitely seems to be an interesting set of mini-games. There's one where King DeDeDe throws eggs and bombs at you and you have to open your mouth for the eggs and shut it when a bomb comes your way. There is also a shootout game which I think the samurai showdown mini-game in Kirby Superstar is based off of.
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