A pretty solid remake of one of Kirby's better games. The visual upgrade is stunning, as everything here looks fantastic, the backgrounds in the stages especially. The two new copy abilities they added are both fun to play around with, and quite a few copy abilities relieved new moves they had in later games, such as sword gaining the skyward strike from the 3DS games. The two new modes they added were great as well! The various subgames they added are pretty fun, with my favorites being booming blasters and Kirby on the draw. The minigames also give access to cosmetics referencing characters from previous Kirby games, which is a nice touch. The Magolor epilogue is great as well. Magolor is a fun character to play as, especially as you increase his abilities through his skill tree. My only criticisms I have towards this remaster is the lack of online play for the main campaign, and not giving the player the ability to swap characters for Extra Mode. This is still a pretty solid option for a 2D platformer on Switch and one that I can recommend.

Reviewed on Mar 04, 2023


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