Difficulty:

Very Easy

Time Spent:

10 to 20 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Disappointing"

Kirby Squeak Squad is the second Kirby game for the DS and it goes back to the old Kirby formula, and is sadly very similar to every other Kirby game, in fact maybe even worse.

Let's start with Squeak Squads biggest problem: it's difficulty. Kirby Squeak Squad is way way too easy. It is so easy to the point where you'll question why it's so easy. For one thing, the game which is as difficult as any other Kirby game lets you store healing items which means you can use them whenever you're about to die making it very easy, plus you get these healing items a lot throughout the game. But really another reason why I don't like this game is that the secrets are so horribly hidden. There are 1-3 treasure chests hidden on each level and they're so easy to find that you could probably get all the secrets on your first play through and not need to replay any levels. The secrets are hidden that bad.

But don't worry, one hard thing this game has is the bosses. The last half of the bosses (excluding the final) are all difficult and will take you a couple tries, but that's it. The Mouse you encounter on each level are all very easy.

Another big problem this game has is its length. The length is so bad that there are actually levels where it's only 1 screen almost. Some of the levels you could literally clear in 10 seconds. The levels can get that bad! You will breeze through this game no problem.

Of course one cool new thing this game has is environmental effects. There will be grass, fire, ice, etc. that you can actually change. Every now and then you'll see one with an item or it'll be in your way.

The story is stupid. And I'm not saying it's bad like Mario stories. The story in most Kirby games is Kirby trying to save Dreamland or something, but in this game, all Kirby is doing is going after some cake! And while he goes on he runs into bosses somehow. I mean come on, I'm doing this for a cake? Ugh.

Getting back to the storage thing, you can store items and even combine some. But guess what!? There are only around 5 or so combinations that will take you forever to find. Every time you mix 2 abilities, you'll most likely get a random one. It's that horrible. I wanted to see tons of abilities combined but it only combined a few. The system really need work.

The graphics and sound are just like every other Kirby game. It actually looks almost like a GBA game and it's hard to see an improvement. The sound isn't too bad. It has some nice old and new tunes like every Kirby game.

To conclude, Squeak Squad is too easy, too short, has a bad story, bad graphics, a horrible storage feature, and all it has going for it is great music, good bosses, a new environment feature, and Ghost Kirby of course (my favorite ability). Don't buy this game if you like hard games and want something long. It's something for kids only. My sister loves it to death. Me? Eh....