While Mario, Link, and Samus are usually Nintendo’s go-to guys (and girl) for a guaranteed hit, this Kirby game is a sur
This time a witch with a magical paintbrush has turned Dreamland into a giant painting and little Kirby into a ball. With the help of the Nintendo DS touch screen you must guide Kirby’s new ball form across numerous obstacles and levels in hopes of finding and destroying the witch and restoring Dreamland to its rightful state. Sound pretty unorthodox? It is, but in a good way.
The top screen of the DS is where you can find a map of the level you’re on, but the bottom screen is where the fun is at. Right off the bat you’ll realize that there is no button-pressing involved with this game. The little drawing stylus that comes with the DS is all you’ll need to play.
Draw a line on the bottom screen underneath Kirby and he’ll quickly zoom across it in the direction that you drew it in, poke an enemy on the screen and he’ll be stunned for a short while, poke other items such as giant fan blades and light switches to turn them on or off, and even poke blocks that are in Kirby’s path to destroy them. The goal is to simply get Kirby from the beginning of the stage all the way to goal at the end of the stage by any means necessary.
Simple enough, right? Wrong!
Enemies and obstacles are just waiting for you slip up so that they can snag a chunk of your life bar away. You’ll need to brave lava, snow, darkness, electricity, bottomless pits, and many other flying and ground based enemies that could harm your rolling pink ball of doom. But that is not nearly the end of Kirby’s worries as those pesky bosses will keep you on your toes with mini-games that require more than just moving Kirby to the end of the stage.
These bosses require that you race them on roller coasters, break through tons of blocks with Kirby’s noggin, and one boss even requires that you sketch his designs with the stylus within a time limit in order to beat him. These boss battles are energetic, fun, and offer a breath of fresh air so you don’t get too burned out on the main game, although with the ingenious level design that should never happen.
Overall this game is definitely worth a purchase, especially with the Nintendo DS $20 price drop that just recently occurred. New characters, more levels, level music, and neat surprises are all unlockable with the secret coins that you can collect throughout the levels. There are so many extras in this game that coming back to this game long after you beat it the first time is very likely.