My expectations were high with this one. After playing the masterpiece that is the forgotten land, my hunger for more kirby led me to this game. It was the kirby game i heard the most about alongside super star ultra. Needless to say, i was left underwhelmed. First of all, the game went by too quickly. I dont know how many hours i had (2 hours at most probably) but i completed the game in 2.5 play sessions. Each area took about 20 minutes to complete and there are only 6 of them in the game. The bosses in this game kinda suck too. I dont have too much problems with their designs overall, but they get defeated too quickly to have any fun fighting them and i just really wished there were more bosses that utilised the robobot armor. The final boss, Presiden Haltmann, is a damage sponge that shifts in and out, off the screen too frequently so it just a wild goose chase to damage him after he is done attacking. The final phase against star dream not utilising the robobot armor and just being a underwhelming, gimmick shooter offended me on a personal level. The saving grace of this game is the level design. This is where the robobot armor and the game in general shines the most. Almost all of them are ablast to play through with banger music accompanying them. I would also talk about how almost nothing happens in the plot until the peak end of the game but thats a issue that plagues every kirby game so i cant complain. What i can complain about is how it doesnt cover the tragic story behind president haltmann and susie.
Overall, this is still a good kirby game. I may have been too harsh on it because of my high expectations after playing forgotten land, but i still like it at the end of the day. Its kirby, how could you NOT like it?