I would be lying if I didn’t say I fell in love with Kirby just a little more after playing this game. While most Kirby games I have played have rather forced co-op, and thereby make me hate it even being there, Super Star co-op just seems right. Ya, its nearly the same in every regard to every other game in the Kirby series, but for some reason Super Star just feels like it needs to have 2 players in order to have a lot of fun. Like it knows that you are going to show this game off to your friends and be like, “ya it has more than 8 games on it, pretty cool uh?” This game was just made to show off a bunch of neat little things, while pretty much introducing anybody into the Kirby series. All the games it has on it provide something different and fun, while at the same time keeping everything basically the same. Kirby still sucks on enemies, he still has his powers, and for the most part, a friend can join in on the fun.
Spring Breeze, for all purposes, is an abridged version of the first Kirby game. While it doesn't have the 3rd stage and boss rush at the end of the game; it does have the copy ability and co-op. Everything else is pretty much the same and just like the game it mimics; Spring Breeze is a very short, but sweet game.
Dyna Blade is another really short game that could have probably been merged in with another mode, but it stands well on its own nonetheless. There isn't a lot of levels, and its even easier and faster than spring breeze. Overall its another short and easy game, but nothing to write home about.
Gourmet Race is a simple racing game where you race king Dedede to the finish while trying to get as much food as possible. Its a rather decent mode, but its more of a time waster and not nearly as good as the other games that are on here, being only one player, and not lasting as long as either of the above mentioned games.
The Great Cave Offensive is one of the more interesting games within this collection as it provides Kirby with a more exploring style of play much like its spiritual sequel, Amazing Mirror. Basically you and a partner go around a big cave looking for a bunch of treasure and then escape the cave with the loot you found. This mode is certainly more co-op based, and is really a interesting take on the Kirby name. I can certainly see why they wanted to try the exploration gameplay again with Amazing Mirror. Overall its a fun little game as long as you know where you are going.
Revenge of Meta Knight is another interesting game within Super Star as the majority of this game is timed based, leaving players to have high scores on how fast they actually beat the game. The game is basically just faster paced then most Kirby games, so it has more of a sense of Urgency that really isn't presence in most other Kirby games. Although this game is still pretty easy mainly due to only losing a life if the timer reaches zero rather than losing the whole game, which frankly I think would have been a much more suspenseful and fun aspect. Still, its a fun mode, and battling Metaknight again is still pretty cool, especially at the end where you have to flee a exploding ship.
Milky Way Wishes however is the star of the whole package has it pretty much combines everything experienced in this whole game within this game (weird sentence >.>;). Pretty much Milky Way wishes is what I imagination was what Super Star was supposed to be, but it kinda just evolved into a pile of different games. Still though, Milky Way Wishes can easily be its own game, unlike any of the other games with in this collection. But what truly makes Milky Way Wishes awesome and stand out from any other Kirby game is that you pretty much have to find all your copy abilities. Once you find them however, you keep them forever and can select them at any time. This makes for a lot of cool potential puzzle solving as powers are never really lost and you can always have your favorite power with you, that is if you have it. What makes this game even cooler though is the the boss at the end of the game. Marx not only has some really awesome music, but he is pretty awesome for the creepy boss that appears at the end of any given Kirby game.
Arena is pretty much the last thing you unlock, but really its just boss rush mode so nothing else can really be said for that. Although if melee fans ever wanted to know what inspired All Stars Mode, this would be it. As for the last two games I have yet to mention, Samurai Kirby and Megaton Punch, both are just small mini games for 2 players and are just fun little time wasters.
Final Thoughts:
Overall, Super Star is a good package of what I assume was a bunch of experimental Kirby games. While the game does hype the fact it has 8 games in one, when it really turns out to be about 4, all the games in it are at least good to some degree, although quite short. But for what these games provide are a lot of fun times with friends with a lot of interesting twists on the old Kirby formula.