Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Was looking for an impressions thread and couldn't find one. I'm on the fence about buying it and I want to hear from people to see how they're enjoying it or not. I really enjoyed Canvas Curse. I also want to know if anyone has had any issues with scratching the gamepad screen with the stylus as I want to know if I should get one of those Hori screen protectors if I do get it.. Thanks.

I'd also like to get some opinions. Seems to be some conflicting opinions between the reviewing websites.

If you enjoyed Canvas Curse, you'll enjoy Rainbow Curse. The graphics are REALLY well done, the music is typical Kirby. The game-play is a little bit more challenging than you might expect. Sure, getting through the levels might not be too tough, but getting through the levels and getting all the treasure chests and other collectibles... THAT'S a challenge!

I haven't felt like I was going to scratch the screen at all yet and there's a good amount of drawing going on. You need to create a path for Kirby, you also need to dig through dirt or make lines to stop flowing water, etc. You don't have to draw these things very quickly, you just need to anticipate where you're going to want Kirby to go and let momentum take him. You draw, you tap and you hold the stylus on Kirby to charge him up for his 100-star super dash. It's simple controls, but fun game-play all the same.

One thing you should realize: There's absolutely no need for a TV screen with this game unless you are going to play Multi-player. You need to constantly look at the game pad. Not a bad thing, just a little different at first.

Being a HAL game, you're going to see simple but varied game-play, a LOT of things to unlock think Smash Bros. Trophies and even enemies that resemble Crazy and Master Hand!

I think Nintendo brought the price of the game down because of the game-pad-centric play. It's almost like a REALLY pretty DS game. A simple game doesn't mean a bad game though! It has elements of Kirby games, old-school elements almost reminiscent of Sonic the Hedgehog, believe it or not... and the pick up and play addictiveness of a lot of the touch centric games you see on mobile devices these days... It's a Kirby game at it's heart though: If you expect adorable graphics and simple, yet tricky to complete every last thing challenge, you have a good idea of what you're getting already!

It's aimed squarely at the 3-8 year old gamer

It's got a lot going on, looks nice, and is stupid easy.

If you like those things then yeah, it's worth a shot

In case you need a second opinion TC, here is an excerpt from the IGN review:

"And you’ll definitely need to hit your groove, because Rainbow Curse quickly bares its adorable fangs. One-hit kill enemies, tricky bosses, and levels littered with traps make for some really tough, but ultimately rewarding challenges. That might be a little scary if you were hoping to share this cartoonish-looking game with a more novice gaming partner, but the good news here is that 1UPs are in abundance, so having to replay a particularly tricky section isn’t the end of the world."

...and Destructoid:

"Kirby and the Rainbow Curse will amaze fans of traditional stop-motion animation with its achingly charming visuals. It works great as a lighthearted single-player platformer, a wild and boisterous multiplayer campaign, a tough-as-nails action-puzzle challenge, a bite-sized Off-TV handheld experience, or a big beautiful HD spectacle on your television screen, all depending on how you choose to play it.

It's a game that has a little something for everyone, all without compromising its unyielding, unique, and undivided attention on its mission to blast pure adorableness into the world in all directions. If Kirby and the Rainbow Curse doesn't make you smile, you may need to see a doctor for that."

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...and Kotaku:

"It'd be tough to call the game simple, though, because even its fairly easy first five worlds (of seven) are full of hidden stars and treasure chests. This is one of those games you can mostly breeze through or one that you can poke through, trying to find the hidden loot. Set your own difficulty level, more or less.

By worlds six and seven, however, the game will prove legit-tough for anyone. Here's a section in which you have to control two Kirbys at once.

Not easy!

The game tends to be even tougher in its marvelous challenge mode, which consists of more than 40 levels, most of which consist of quartets of single-screen challenges, each to be completed in just 15 seconds."

So you confirmed it's an easy kids game, congrats.

Exactly what I said....

ummm... i find it a little tedious collecting all the stuff...

also what the point of having good graphics if your looking at the gamepad the whole time? im not even going to turn my tv on when playing this game anymore.

i was going to sell mine....but i decided im going rush through it just see if i can beat the game without collecting all the stuff...

it does feel slightly kiddy.... but i think it will be fun to just skip over everything and beat the game.... i sort of did that in kirbys adventure on nes....i just flew in the air over everything in that game.

Nope. Not what I said at all. Believe what you want kitten.

Someone is insecure and immature. It's you. That someone is you.