This has been out a few months, and there's a great review on the site (here [by Jonathan Dornan]: http://www.bordersdown.net/content/7...w-Nintendo-3DS) which saves me explaining too much. 
In short: it's Kirby, that loveable but utterly relentless and murderous changeling puffball-thing, in another super-easy 2D adventure. Main plot change this time is you're actually saving rather than going after King Dedede but gameplay is the same. Very good use of 3D effects, with Kirby frequently switching into background sections (like the new Donkey Kong Country games), and clever use of mirrors and parallax effects to add a little bit of mystery to the levels, also with baddies that break through the various planes. Visuals and music are top notch, as usual for the series. Character animation of bigger baddies is often
, especially their blind panic when you're sucking 'em in. Bosses are excellent, inventive, totally silly.
The main fun of the game - for me - is in experimenting with the different transformations, which actually have quite extensive movesets that are a delight to play with. The 'Clown' Kirby is my current favourite, with his various circus-themed attacks. You can button-mash through the game without having to bother with these extra moves at all, but it's great fun just to mess around with them pointlessly/for the sake of it. New to the series (I think?) is a 'hypernova' (i.e. super-suck) ability, which lets you move bits of scenery around almost Epic Yarn style, and basically makes Kirby invincible (when it's practically impossible for him to die anyway!).
Worlds have four levels, 1 boss level, and a hidden level if you collect all the 'sunstones'. To find everything and fully complete a world is taking me about 45 minutes to an hour (think I'm about halfway through), so maybe you'll get six or seven hours of playtime out of it to fully complete. Not a lot, maybe, but very charming while it lasts. Utter completionists can go back and hunt the 'keychains' (250 in total), which refer to past games in the series and comprise the game's main collectible.
The 'Triple Deluxe' of the title refers to the main story mode being complemented by 'Kirby Fighters' and 'Dedede's Drum Dash'. Kirby Fighters is a Smash Bros 'lite' that you can play alone or with 3 friends wirelessly (local, not online unfortunately). Drum Dash is a short rhythm-action game. Both are well done and worth a dip, as is the package as a whole.
Edit for Nerdfax: Ben 10's middle name is Kirby. Benjamin Kirby Tennyson.
In short: it's Kirby, that loveable but utterly relentless and murderous changeling puffball-thing, in another super-easy 2D adventure. Main plot change this time is you're actually saving rather than going after King Dedede but gameplay is the same. Very good use of 3D effects, with Kirby frequently switching into background sections (like the new Donkey Kong Country games), and clever use of mirrors and parallax effects to add a little bit of mystery to the levels, also with baddies that break through the various planes. Visuals and music are top notch, as usual for the series. Character animation of bigger baddies is often
, especially their blind panic when you're sucking 'em in. Bosses are excellent, inventive, totally silly.The main fun of the game - for me - is in experimenting with the different transformations, which actually have quite extensive movesets that are a delight to play with. The 'Clown' Kirby is my current favourite, with his various circus-themed attacks. You can button-mash through the game without having to bother with these extra moves at all, but it's great fun just to mess around with them pointlessly/for the sake of it. New to the series (I think?) is a 'hypernova' (i.e. super-suck) ability, which lets you move bits of scenery around almost Epic Yarn style, and basically makes Kirby invincible (when it's practically impossible for him to die anyway!).
Worlds have four levels, 1 boss level, and a hidden level if you collect all the 'sunstones'. To find everything and fully complete a world is taking me about 45 minutes to an hour (think I'm about halfway through), so maybe you'll get six or seven hours of playtime out of it to fully complete. Not a lot, maybe, but very charming while it lasts. Utter completionists can go back and hunt the 'keychains' (250 in total), which refer to past games in the series and comprise the game's main collectible.
The 'Triple Deluxe' of the title refers to the main story mode being complemented by 'Kirby Fighters' and 'Dedede's Drum Dash'. Kirby Fighters is a Smash Bros 'lite' that you can play alone or with 3 friends wirelessly (local, not online unfortunately). Drum Dash is a short rhythm-action game. Both are well done and worth a dip, as is the package as a whole.
Edit for Nerdfax: Ben 10's middle name is Kirby. Benjamin Kirby Tennyson.
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