I love Kirby, but I’ve actually beaten surprisingly few of his games (Don’t worry, you’re not reading an LMS post). I’ve played quite a few but never finished them. I haven’t played either of his offerings for the Wii, but I plan on giving them a shot eventually. But Kirby Super Star is one of those games I’ve been able to go back to time and time again because it’s just so much fun, and they added some great stuff with the Ultra port for the DS as well. It’s a bunch of different experiences all rolled into one, despite being Kirby, which I suppose is fitting for a character who can take on all sorts of different forms and powers.
For those of you who’ve never played Kirby Super Star, it’s basically a bunch of different Kirby games in one. Most of them are pretty short, and some of them are REALLY short. You can beat Spring Breeze in like 15-30 minutes. It’s only four levels long, and for the most part ridiculously easy. It’s like a tutorial more than anything else. The only part I ever struggle with is the Kracko boss fight, for whatever the reason. Dyna Blade is also pretty easy, but it’s longer and features more powers, including my personal favorite, the Yo-Yo. I love that thing. It’s got some pretty fun levels, and the final battle against Dyna Blade is pretty cool, too.
But those are just the appetizers. Once you get into The Great Cave Offensive, you get into the real meat of Kirby Super Star. It’s probably the longest game in the collection, and it’s a lot of fun. It’s unique among all these games in that it encourages exploration much more so than the others do, and it’s more open-ended. You can go back and revisit other levels to find stuff you missed and things like that. There are various treasures you can collect spread throughout, many of them references to other Nintendo series (You can actually obtain the Triforce in this game! No joke!). The Great Cave Offensive has some great boss battles as well, my personal favorite being a boss that pokes fun at old school RPG battles. It’s really neat.
Revenge of Meta Knight is a race against the clock in that each level has a time limit, but there isn’t really much pressure because you generally have more than enough time to beat the levels without worrying about it running out on you. You also get a good bit of humorous dialogue between Meta Knight and his minions as the game progresses and they’re talking about Kirby getting closer and closer to them. This game has really good level design, especially once you get onboard the Halberd, Meta Knight’s ship. It’s a really cool area. You also get an epic final clash with Meta Knight followed by a grand escape on a Wheelie.
Milky Way Wishes is probably my favorite of the bunch. It’s different from the other games in Super Star in that Kirby doesn’t get his powers from swallowing enemies. In this one, you have to find a particular icon representing a power, and once you find it, you can activate that power any time, which is neat. The various worlds are pretty cool, and the final battle against Marx is my favorite in the game. It’s actually challenging, especially for a Kirby game.
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