Gotta say for the first outing as a fully 3d game they really did a good job. It's a 3d platformer that has an incentive on exploration and between the weapon blueprints, saving waddle dees, and even the currency which now is also used to upgrade weapons made each level a blast to explore especially with each levels gimmicks which can also be amplified by the new mouthful mode. Obviously a lot of well known weapons wouldn't work as well in 3D so I think the upgrade system is a good trade off. A criticism I do have is that some of the standard levels are quite easy (though I get that's a common kirby trope), but the challenge does step in with the special stages, which are needed to further upgrade weapons, and the post game levels do offer a fair challenge. in the end, I gotta give this a solid 8/10, could have a fair bit more challenge, hey it's a kids game.