something inside the minds at HAL laboratory snapped and caused them to make one of the greatest games I've ever fucking played in my life

the new abilities: they slap. the level designs: glorious. the pacing: flawless. the modes: all heavy hitters. hypernova: sucks in the good way

I can't even make a real joke for this one like I've been with all the other kirby games. that'd be a disservice at this point, bro. it's just a near-perfection of kirby's core fundamentals, and playing all the games in order really shows it