Mono's Reviews: Kirby Super Star Ultra
WARNING: This review might have some bias. This is a game I have loved since childhood, so I might give praise for parts that don’t need it. Remember to take what I say with a pinch of salt. Hope you enjoy the review.
Kirby Super Star Ultra is a remake of the classic SNES game, Kirby Super Star or Kirby's FunPak if you are from Europe and Australia, for the Nintendo DS. I have loved this game ever since I got it when it came out in 2008. It has seven main sub-games from the original, and four new ones exclusive to the remake. It was my first Kirby game and one I still hold in high regard, but does it deserve that? I’m going to check that out. For this review, I’m going to look at each sub-game individually. This is to judge the quality of each sub-game packaged in, rather than all the sub-games together. First off: Spring Breeze.
<b>SPRING BREEZE:</b> Spring Breeze is the only game available when you start the game and is a remake of the original Kirby’s Dreamland on the Gameboy. King Dedede has stolen all of the food in Dreamland, and Kirby is tasked to give the people their food back. It is a relatively short game. It took me six minutes to beat it from beginning to the defeat of Dedede. While I would say that’s a negative, it is a good beginning for new players to get used to the controls of the game. You get used to the ability to make helpers by pressing the X button when you have a copy ability. Spring Breeze is also the only game that can be played via DS Download Play if you don’t have a cart, but a friend does. However, if you and a friend have a cart, you can play the entire game with them. Overall, Spring Breeze gets an 8 out of 10. After you beat Spring Breeze, you unlock Dynablade and Gourmet Race.
<b>DYNABLADE:</b> Dynablade is the second game in the collection. The story goes that Dynablade is ruining all the crops and food in Dreamland. Go stop her. The world is shown with a world map rather than levels going back to back. You go from one level to the next trying to get to Dynablade’s home on the mountain. You can search some levels for switches that allow you to access places on the map that allows you to pick different abilities. There is also a boss that will appear on the map that you can fight for a one-up. Once you make it to the top of the mountain, you fight Dynablade. She will fly around, try to grab you, and try to kill you. Once you beat her, you discover that she was just trying to get food for her babies. Kirby brings the babies to food, and they all live happily ever after. Dynablade gets an 8 out of 10. After you beat this mode, you unlock The Great Cave Offensive.
<b>GOURMET RACE:</b> So let’s go back to this mode. Gourmet Race is a race against Dedede to see who can eat the most food and get to the end as fast as possible. That is it. That is all that the mode is. It does have some really good music but other than that, it is just a simple race to the end. It gets a 6/10 from me.