Since I've played this game already, I'm judging this based on its merits as a remaster (improvements to the presentation and the surprisingly meaty gameplay additions). If you haven't played this game yet, this is easily the definitive way to play it, and you should go get it right now. While not being as impressive visually as Metroid Prime Remastered, it still outdoes the Wii version graphically by quite a lot, and the new visual style is really good – Dedede having his Forgotten Land model is so much better too. It seems like they also replaced the cutscene music with live samples, which sound great (and make me wish they did the same for the rest of the game).
New copy abilities were added to this game, being Sand and Mecha (Festival returns from Star Allies as well), and I enjoyed both of them. There's a LOT of new minigames added in this one, made all the better with Merry Magoland, where a stamp rally you progress by playing those minigames allows you to unlock masks Kirby can wear even in the main game (and sometimes change his voice to a different character), as well support items, like a random copy ability or energy drink. The minigames also have challenges to complete, which I thought was a lot of fun and could be decently challenging at times.
Magalor Epilogue is probably the most notable addition, and continues the Kirby tradition of adding actual difficulty to the postgame, and I had a great time with it. The level design is kind of boring though, having only slightly more aesthetic variety than Hollow Knight (yes, you heard me), and in that sense is pretty indistinguishable from Kirby Star Allies's Heroes in Another Dimension mode. However, Magalor can upgrade his powers by collecting magic points (the main collectible), which can also be earned by maintaining a longer combo string, which incentivized me to do better in levels despite the grading system as well. I really hope this system returns in a future Kirby game, I would love it if an entire game was just like this mechanically.
Once again, if you haven't played this game before, you should definitely get this version. If you have played this before, it's not a bad way to spend the second voucher you got to get Tears of the Kingdom, but maybe wait for a sale otherwise.
New copy abilities were added to this game, being Sand and Mecha (Festival returns from Star Allies as well), and I enjoyed both of them. There's a LOT of new minigames added in this one, made all the better with Merry Magoland, where a stamp rally you progress by playing those minigames allows you to unlock masks Kirby can wear even in the main game (and sometimes change his voice to a different character), as well support items, like a random copy ability or energy drink. The minigames also have challenges to complete, which I thought was a lot of fun and could be decently challenging at times.
Magalor Epilogue is probably the most notable addition, and continues the Kirby tradition of adding actual difficulty to the postgame, and I had a great time with it. The level design is kind of boring though, having only slightly more aesthetic variety than Hollow Knight (yes, you heard me), and in that sense is pretty indistinguishable from Kirby Star Allies's Heroes in Another Dimension mode. However, Magalor can upgrade his powers by collecting magic points (the main collectible), which can also be earned by maintaining a longer combo string, which incentivized me to do better in levels despite the grading system as well. I really hope this system returns in a future Kirby game, I would love it if an entire game was just like this mechanically.
Once again, if you haven't played this game before, you should definitely get this version. If you have played this before, it's not a bad way to spend the second voucher you got to get Tears of the Kingdom, but maybe wait for a sale otherwise.