Some boss battles have some extra interactions available if you or your team have certain abilities equipped. You need to dodge things coming from all over the screen and work out the best opportunity to counter-attack. Your team’s attacks paint the screen with all sorts of effects while the boss flies around firing off attacks of their own. The abilities really shine in the boss battles. It’s never frustrating to the point where you get angry at the game, but it’s a regular annoyance nonetheless. Instead of getting an ally with a flaming weapon to give another ally a flame ability, your electrified ally might override the flaming weapon with their own element. If you’ve got allies with different elemental abilities then it can also be hard to guarantee that the right ally combines their element with the right partner’s ability. Quitting the game will also leave you with an empty party next time you boot the game up. If players don’t want that ability then they can just avoid the item, but AI partners will regularly walk into them and change into a different character.
When certain enemies are defeated, an item will drop to the floor that gives you their ability when picked up. The first is that it’s really easy for allies to lose their abilities. The system isn’t perfect, and runs into some issues that are especially prevalent when relying on the AI. The combinations aren’t just “X power but on fire or electrified now”, they actually change how each power plays both in and out of combat. You can also fling the flaming yo-yo to hit flammable items that are just out of reach, which can assist in puzzles. Combine the Yo-Yo with a fire ability and ‘walking the dog’ will now leave a trail of fire behind the yo-yo as you move around, damaging enemies that move into it. The Yo-Yo ability that I mentioned earlier can be combined with elemental powers to change how its attacks operate. What’s really exciting about this new ally system is that certain powers are able to be combined into even stronger ones. They’re able to recognise when their powers are needed to take out a specific enemy or to solve a section of a puzzle, and will act accordingly. Things are more fun (and hectic) with player-controlled allies, but the AI do a good enough job of helping out. Other players can take control of any of these recruited (in same-screen play only, no online or wireless play) and play as them just like they would control Kirby with a Copy Ability, but otherwise the AI will handle them. Star Allies expands on the concept of enemies with different abilities by allowing you to recruit up to 3 enemies into your party. Everything responds the way you’d expect it to. These combat-oriented movesets, as well as basic movement, feel so good because the game runs nice and smoothly. My favourite is the Yo-Yo ability that lets you fling a yo-yo around as a ranged attack and then pull off tricks like ‘walking the dog’ to constantly damage anything in front of you as you move around. Each one has a few basic moves you can rely on to get you through the levels, but most of these Copy Abilities have some more complicated abilities you can use that make combat more engaging and empowering once you get the hang of them. Kirby’s signature ability is to inhale enemies and absorb their powers, which grants him access to a variety of new movesets. Kirby’s moveset is interesting for a platformer protagonist because he can puff himself up to float through the air with no limits, which means that level designs and enemy layouts are quite different to other 2D side-scrolling games. In Star Allies, Kirby travels across worlds to find the source of mysterious black hearts that are turning the citizens of Dreamland evil. S tar Allies is a strong first outing for the pink puffball on the Switch. It’s an especially fun game when you have people to play multiplayer with, but the experience isn’t hampered much for those who don’t.
Switch kirby star allies review series#
Series fans will appreciate the classic Kirby gameplay spiced up with a few interesting twists on the formula, while newcomers will get a strong first impression from this colourful and adorable entry.
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It’s a game full of charm and style that focuses on delivering a joyful experience within its short playtime. Kirby gets by with a little help from his friends in his Nintendo Switch debut, Kirby Star Allies.
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