Kirby Star Allies
Recruit enemies with friend hearts and combine their abilities with Kirby's in a platforming adventure where the right partnership can create attacks, operate mechanisms and open paths.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.1 / 10
About this game
Kirby Star Allies builds its platforming adventure around the allies you recruit. Throw friend hearts at enemies to bring up to three onto your team, then combine their abilities with Kirby's Copy Ability. Your group moves through paths and confronts bosses, using its combined powers on enemies and mechanisms along the way. The combinations have concrete effects: Fire and Sword produce a flaming blade, while Stone and Ice turn a character into a curling stone that breaks through walls. Changing the team changes the powers available for the next obstacle. Friends can control the allies on the same system, and an installed content update also adds Heroes in Another Dimension after Story Mode is cleared.
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A team-building platform adventure for players who enjoy experimenting with shared powers.
Recruitment makes the party itself part of solving the next obstacle, which may appeal more than sticking to a single moveset. The same ability combinations also give local partners a reason to coordinate attacks and mechanisms.
Strengths
- Fire-and-sword and stone-and-ice combinations give experimentation a concrete purpose.
- Recruitable allies provide a natural way for local partners to take part in the adventure.
Who it is for: Players who like changing abilities to handle obstacles, and groups interested in cooperating on one screen.
Play notes: Shared play uses TV or tabletop mode with a controller for each participant; handheld mode is solo.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The added mode's Story Mode completion requirement gives progression a further destination for players who want to continue with these abilities. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Choosing allies for their combined powers can turn an obstacle into a small team-composition problem. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A flaming sword or curling-stone transformation can make the idea of combining powers visibly concrete. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Individual Joy-Con support may simplify arranging local play, provided each participant has a controller and the game is in TV or tabletop mode. | Reviewed | 8.4 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release date
- 2018
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- www.nintendo.com
- Offline minimum players
- 1
- Offline maximum players
- 1
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Low Entry BarrierReal-time CombatLocal Co-opLinear LevelsBoss-heavySide-scrolling
- Supported game languages
- Simplified ChineseSpanishJapaneseGermanFrenchEnglish
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- ESRB: E
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2018
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com