Kirby Super Star Ultra

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  • Release Date: Sep. 22, 2008
  • Price: $35.00
  • Publisher: Nintendo
  • Developer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.
  • Platform(s): DS
  • Genre: Adventure

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Kirby Super Star Ultra by Nintendo for DS is an update of the classic NES 2D action-platform game, along with three new touch-screen-controlled mini-games that you can play with up to three friends via DS Download Play -- Kirby Card Swipe, Kirby on the Draw, and Snack Tracks. Run, float, and fight your way through the adventure games as Kirby, gobbling up enemies as you go. Kirby can inhale enemies and spit them out as stars, but the main game play comes from swallowing foes and copying their abilities, then using the abilities to defeat other foes and advance past obstacles.

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Fantastic multiplayer [3] Not enough content [1]
Just plain fun [3] Braindead computer AI [1]
Epic boss fights [2] Doesn't live up to expectations [1]
Intense action [2]
Addictive gameplay [2]
Innovative concepts [1]
Tight controls [1]
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Kirby Super Star Ultra - DS

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Epic boss fights  
Intense action  
Addictive gameplay  
Tight controls  
Fantastic multiplayer  
Just plain fun  
awesome game of the year

Kirby Super Star Ultra - DS

Pros Cons
Innovative concepts Not enough content
Fantastic multiplayer Doesn't live up to expectations
Just plain fun Braindead computer AI
Off the beaten Kirby path

The other Kirby handheld games like Nightmare in Dreamland, were great games that were fun to play, and a good amount of content. Super Star Ultra does not have a lot of content, and its broken up into missions, where there are different objectives. One has you defeating Dedede, one has you collecting treausre, one is a tied battle throughout Halberd. It doesn't seem like the usual Kirby. It is fun, and the addition of helpers, which are Ai that comes in for your abilites, are nice, except that they can be idiots. They don't attack, and sometimes they grab onto you while you are floating. It weighs you down and can destroy your lives. Multplayer is fun, with another player taking controls of helpers, but it doesn't excite enough. The DS doesn't come into gameplay, which is weird, because they did some good things with squeak squad. Overall, it's just Ok, and I wouldn't reccommend unless you are a Kirby fan. But even then, it doesn't feel like the handheld Kirbies. I haven't played a console Kirby, so it might be like that, but definatly doesn't live up to expectations. A 2

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