Replayed with the kids. The later levels and the treasure road portals make great use of every power. The hidden waddle dees push you to explore, sure, but also demand perfection for a few bosses. And the forgotten islands prove the developers knew exactly what they were doing - a few enemies get additional move sets that expertly increase the pressure. If anything, I wanted a dodge move to help me out some more.
I kept Easy on the entire play through and barely scraped by the back part of the game. Yet it’s always changing enemy and levels up enough that it never feels repetitive. If anything, I was left wanting just a taste more.
Overall, a great Kirby game and a great video game.