I've never really been on Kirby, as this is the 3rd entry I have played. I don't think this game is bad by any means, it has interesting ideas with some designs it brings in, such as some companions helping you out, cute cutscenes, and some levels letting you toy around with the abilities, and the penultimate boss testing you on your knowledge, along with mixing abilities which can be really helpful, but other aspects of its level designs, speed, shard collecting, and abilities themselves is also a hinderance. Long story short, I didn't really enjoy this game that much, but I also feel like I did not waste my time with it, it's a weird spot which can be generalized to "it's not my cup of tea".