Kirby's Super Star is considered to be the best in the Kirby Series, go out and get this amazing classic title!
Genre: Adventure
Developer: Nintendo
System: Super Nintendo (SNES)
Total Score: 100/100
Value Score: 10/10
• Story: 10/10
o Kirby Super Star is divided into 7 different stories, one story dwells on King Dedede stealing all of the food in dreamland, another story dwells on Dynblade terrorizing Dreamland, another goes on a racing story between Kirby and King Dedede, one goes on about Kirby going down in a Cave looking for treasure and a way out, another dwells on Meta Knight's Revenge on Dreamland, and one goes on about the Sun and Moon fighting and then you got the arena where Kirby decided to enter a tournament.
• Characters: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star consists of numerous Kirby series characters from different Kirby games, also includes a few new enemies never seen before, many who have loved the old Kirby games will surely love the nostalgia in the game, along with that, you have a partner who takes up the same form of the enemies you had originally absorbed. There are also cameo appearances from other Nintendo games as well in more ways than one.
• GamePlay: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star is divided into 9-10 separate games, 7 of which included are main games which the player can spend their time dedicating on completing them, you have about 6 adventure games along with one racing game and about 3-4 mini games (including the Arena). The gameplay mechanics are pretty much the same as the traditional Kirby game, you go through a platform world and stage trying to finish the stage after going across a long terrain of enemies and obstacles that may hinder your path. Along the way you will face several mini bosses and bosses, but you arent the only one as you can get a 2nd player or a Computer AI controlled partner to assist you in battles and unlike in Kirby's Dreamland 3, you do not have to sacrifice any health. The controls are pretty much the same, you suck in a enemy , swallow and learn their ability, you can sacrifice the ability to summon a partner and such. New additions to the gameplay include the ability to block enemy attacks and the feature of 9+ games of course.
• Graphics: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star utilizes the SNES' graphics card to the maximum in terms of what quality a Kirby game can go up to with its standards back then. You will enjoy looking at the colorful vibrant colors and effects from different attacks and environments. The character designs are well made and some of them are very original in design compared to older games. Fans will surely enjoy the graphic design as one can say it could of been a major influence in cell shaded graphics in a way.
• Sound: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star uses a remixed version of the GBC Kirby Dreamland games, the game consists of several type of sound effects and even have a few new ones. The quality of the sound is simply amazing and is always in sync with the game.
• Music: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star's OST consists of numerous songs from the Kirby franchise either remixed or remade completely new with a twist. Fans and players will both enjoy and recognize several tracks being similar in tune as old classic favorites. Be sure to enjoy all the boss battle songs especially the battle against Nova, Marx and Meta Knight.
• Length: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star is divided into about 9 actual games which vary from 15 minutes to 3 hour gameplay attempts. In total, the game should not take a player more than 30 hours to finish. It is considered to be one of the longest Kirby games if not the longest (since Kirby Super Star Ultra must be longer due to new content).
• Replay Value: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star doesnt have limitations like Megaman, infact you can go back to every stage you went to and play at any location (unless you are in the Great Cave Offensive. Players will also have the ability to play the available mini games as much as they want to and also against friends if a second player is available. If that doesnt satisfy you, you can also unlock the Sound Test where you can hear the amazing sound track.
• Player Value: 10/10
o Kirby's Super Star is a instant classic where all fans of Nintendo, Kirby, and Platformer/Adventure games should get. Even though the NDS version of the game is far superior in graphics, sound and content, this game is still worth it if you are a old school gamer. The amazing storyline, gameplay, music and length will make you want to play this amazing game numerous times to come in the future.