Board 8 > Best/Worst #25 - Kirby Super Star Game Mode

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Welcome to the 25th episode of Best & Worst... stuff.

Today we have Kirby Super Star on Super Nintendo.
Special request by @Johnbobb !

Which game mode did you like the most?
And which was your least favourite?

Voting Form:
Best:
Worst:

Kirby Super Star Game Modes
(Pictures from top left to bottom right)

Spring Breeze
Dyna Blade
Megaton Punch
Gourmet Race
The Great Cave Offensive
Samurai Kirby
Revenge of the Meta-Knight
Milky Way Wishes
The Arena



Previous Results ( Best | Worst ):

Final Fantasy IX Character: Vivi | Amarant
Super Mario Kart Racer: Koopa Troopa | Donkey Kong Jr.
Jackbox Game (Pack 1 - 4): Trivia Murder Party | Monster Seeking Monster
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Course: Canada | Foundry
Kirby Copy Ability: UFO | Sleep
Final Fantasy XIII Character: Vanille | Hope
Cuphead Boss: Werner Werman | Rumor Honeybottoms
Twisted Metal 2 Car: Axel | Spectre, Grasshopper
Jet Force Gemini Level: Eschebone | Cerulean
Final Fantasy X Character: Tidus | Kimahri
Ocarina of Time Dungeon: Forest Temple | Jabu-Jabu's Belly
Wii Sports Sport: Bowling | Boxing
Daytona USA Track: Expert | Beginner
Mario Party 4 Minigame (4p): Booksquirm | Mario Speedwagon
Kid Chameleon Helmet: Maniaxe | Eyeclops
StarCraft Species: Protoss | Zerg
Super Metroid Boss: Ridley (2) | Spore Spawn
Mario Kart Double Dash Track: Baby Park | Luigi Circuit, Dry Dry Desert
Bart's Nightmare Level: Bartman | Temple of Maggie
Link to the Past Boss: Helmasaur King | Moldorm
Super Punch-Out Opponent: Gabby Jay, Masked Muscle | Aran Ryan
California Games Event: Foot Bag | Surfing
Street Fighter II Stage: Boxer | Dictator
Doom II Weapon: Super Shotgun | Fists


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Bonus Discussion Topics

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him?
2. What's your favourite Kirby game?
3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home?
4. When I was in High School, I had a teacher and her name was Miss Kirby...


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Final Fantasy IX Results

Vivi: 20 - 0
Zidane: 7 - 2
Garnet: 4 - 0
Steiner: 4 - 0
Quina: 4 - 2
Freya: 2 - 0
Eiko: 0 - 18
Amarant: 0 - 19

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Vivi ran away with it.
No love for Eiko and Amarant at all.
The only two characters that didn't get a single 'best' vote.
Both got sent to the slaughters along with absolutely scathing reviews from you lot. Haha!
That was a fun topic, and I enjoyed reading your thoughts and memories of the game too.

If you have any future topic ideas, please feel free to suggest something!

Don't worry if you think it won't be popular.
Nothing can ever possibly top my Daytona USA topic where one person voted... me!!


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Best: Revenge of Meta Knight. Super Star Ultra definitely has a few game modes that would be competitive here though
Worst: Gourmet Race. It's not even bad but the rest are very good

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him?
It would look like Kirby, as drawn by something without opposable thumbs.

2. What's your favourite Kirby game?
Return to Dream Land is just a good time, also has a lot of cool bosses.

3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home?
No, but I would if I had the chance.


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Can't believe I missed yesterday's. Good to see that quina didn't get the brunt of the hate.

I have very limited playtime on Kirby.

Best: The great cave offensive
Worst: The arena

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Best: Revenge of the Meta Knight
Worst: Dyna Blade

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him?

Probably pretty easily, I don't know if it would look very good is the problem.

2. What's your favourite Kirby game?

Kirby's Epic Yarn. Easily one of the chillest games I've ever played.

3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home?

I have a couple of Pokemon and a Yoshi. I do have a Kirby amiibo tho.

Nominate: Dark Souls Bosses


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Best: Milky Way Wishes
Worst: The Arena

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him?
Enough that someone could tell its him.

2. What's your favourite Kirby game?
Kirby Super Star

3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home?
Sure do! I even let my kids play with some of them.

4. When I was in High School, I had a teacher and her name was Miss Kirby...
Cool. Thats my last name too!
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Best: Megaton Punch
Worst: Samurai

My friends had a game in college where anybody in the room when Megaton Punch was loaded was forced to remain there until every person present got a perfect score. Very effective way to torment people who were new to the game and could be expected to be stuck playing for an hour

The lowest score you can get is a 6, iirc

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Best: Milky Way Wishes (hm to Revenge of Meta Knight)
Worst: The Arena. Gourmet Race isn't the greatest mode to play but it DID give us one of the greatest vg songs of all time

SpikeSetsFire posted...

Bonus Discussion Topics

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him?

very, mostly because I've drawn him many many times

2. What's your favourite Kirby game?

Kirbys Epic Yarn. Not a traditional Kirby game but it's probably the most relaxing game I've ever played

3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home?

ha. Oh yeah. About 7 Kirbys (two regular, plus Doctor, Animal, Fighter, Artist, Spider), a Waddle Dee, a Meta Knight and a Chef Kawasaki. Also 3 Snorlaxes, a Waillord, a Kratos, Bloodborne Hunter, Aloy, Sackboy...

4. When I was in High School, I had a teacher and her name was Miss Kirby...

is this like a true/false question?

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Best: Meta Knight
Worst: Gourmet Race

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I wanna see all your Kirby drawings.
I think they'd bring me great joy. ^_^

I'll add Dark Souls to the list!!
Good suggestion! Thanks, BT.
The original yeah?

I just picked this game up yesterday. (Hence the delay since the initial nomination.)
Couldn't believe my luck in finding it.
I'm gonna work through the game modes tonight and Saturday morning so i can vote.

Does it take a lot of dedication to unlock the other modes???

What's the hardest mode??
(I should have made this a topic question)


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Voting Form:
Best: Revenge of Meta Knight
Worst: Samurai Kirby

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him?

2. What's your favourite Kirby game?
Kirby Air Ride
3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home?
Kirby and Meta Knight, yes.
4. When I was in High School, I had a teacher and her name was Miss Kirby...
Ooh, single? :x

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Best: The Great Cave Offensive - getting all the treasures is actually fun unlike a lot of collection stuff, and it gave me the most game time of any mode aside from maybe Arena
Worst: Spring Breeze - retread of the Gameboy game with powers is cute but that game wasn't really meant to have powers

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him? I draw Kirby often and pretty accurately, though I'm bad at certain poses. Just a basic facing the camera look though, I can do it very well.
2. What's your favourite Kirby game? Kirby Star Allies (Avalanche may be better but I'm not sure I consider it a Kirby game)
3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home? I have a few Kirbies and a Waddle Doo, as well as a few Super Mario and Pokemon plushies. Only the Kirby stuff was obtained when I was an adult though.
4. When I was in High School, I had a teacher and her name was Miss Kirby... Miss!

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Best: Revenge of Meta Knight
Worst: Samurai Kirby


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Best: Milky Way Wishes (Very strong mix of all of the other modes. Doesn't go as hard as GCO or RoMK in either direction, but as a final exam with a strong payoff of 'play with any ability as much as you'd like', it's fantastic)

Worst: Gourmet Race (A solved equation with a LOT of leeway, unlike Samurai Kirby or Megaton Punch where you can at least screw up. Lacks the pure fun to speedrun that Spring Breeze has, too. And anyone dunking on Arena is crazy, so much fun doing solo ability runs in it.)

1. Without looking at a picture of Kirby for reference, how accurately do you think you could draw him? - I mean, I remember the instructions Kirby's Adventure gave me. The arms will probably look weird, but I think I can draw Kirby about as well as Kirby can draw Kirby.

2. What's your favourite Kirby game? - It's still Super Star. KSS was the first game my child brain went "this is the greatest video game ever" toward, and every game that's come out since has to be compared to its holy altar. Plus I just think it's an absolutely perfect co-op game, including with those totally new to gaming. Pound for pound, I think Robobot's a better single-player experience, but KSS strikes the right balance of being easy without being trivial that RtDL and KSA don't quite hit.

3. Do you have any Kirby (or other video game character) plush toys in your home? - Several! But for Kirby specifically I have him, Dedede, Marx, and Susie.

4. When I was in High School, I had a teacher and her name was Miss Kirby... - If only we could all be so lucky.

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Best: Milky Way Wishes
Worst: Gourmet Race

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Best: Great Cave Offensive - most memorable at least, and NOT because of Smash Ultimate. Even before that this was the one that stuck in my head.
Worst: Samurai Kirby - I don't even remember this.

I was tempted to vote Eiko for best on the last topic! But didn't vote at all because I don't have a real clear hierarchy of favorites for FF9 and wasn't sure Eiko was actually who I thought best.

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Best: Revenge of the Meta-Knight
Worst: Megaton Punch

I have to say I am very surprised to see Arena garner several votes for worst. I actually thought it had a chance of winning best.

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Best: Great Cave Offensive
Worst: Spring breeze

Even the mini games in this were great. Milky way wishes is also an ultra close second

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Best: Revenge of Meta Knight (honorable mentions: Milky Way Wishes, Spring Breeze)
Worst: Gourmet Race (dishonorable mention: Samurai Kirby)

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Best: The Great Cave Offensive
WorstL Megaton Punch

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I agree that this is one of the best co-op games on SNES!


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Best: Revenge of Meta Knight

One of the greatest sequences in platform game history. I love everything about it.

Worst: Gourmet Race.

I'd be tempted to put one of the minigames here instead, but at least they do what they're supposed to do. Gourmet Race is just kind of weird and not fun. I know it has banger music, but it even can't do that right; the second level's music runs like twice as long as it takes to beat the stage so you can't even really enjoy the entire song.

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Best: The Great Cave Offensive. I had a lot of fun with it, they weaved the bosses in well, and I was excited to play it in Smash when it became a level although it wound up really bad.
Worst: Spring Breeze. Yes, it's basically a mostly faithful recreation of Kirby's Dream Land. It is, unfortunately, a boring speedbump as a result, 'cuz he didn't have Copy back then.

Bonus Discussion Topics
A1. Very well, and I've done it a few times. That said, I feel I must share this little gem from a VGM guessing game the other day:

(they're not wrong.)
A2. 64 just ticks all the right boxes for me.
A3. Kirby is the *only* Plush I have at the moment. I've had only a couple other plushes throughout the years, mostly got destroyed either by animals or a move. I'm more into plastic things, keychains, Amiibo, things like that.
A4. I don't understand the question? My IFC back in college had a Kirby as the president a while back. She wore a lot of pink, too. It was a joke between me and the nerd fraternity.


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Best : The Great Cave Offensive ((Note: If super star ultra, this changes to Helper to Hero))
Worst: Samurai, just cause it's a bland minigame.

Speaking of Samurai...

I got a 0 vs Meta-Knight today. Total fluke.
Pressed the button at the exact moment the fight started.
So fast the "!" didn't even get a chance to appear on screen!



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Best: Revenge of Meta-Knight
Worst: Dyna Blade

Playing this game was pretty much all I did today.
What a gem. Thanks, Johnbobb!
My wife also played this game a lot when she was a child.
So we had a blast playing through co-op.


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