My 9 year old loves the game because you can friend enemies and fight some new and classic bosses from other Kirby games.

Kirby has been around since the mid 90s and brought a whole new world and characters nestled in Dreamland. The marshmallow vacuum ball has been defending his home from world enders and tried his hand at other genres for well over a decade now.

Colorful and entertaining; Controls are simplistic; Accessible to all ages

Campaign feels a bit short; Too few characters; Mid boss battle repetition; Needs more grefixxx

Adorable, pink, marshmallow-like Kirby, mascot of HAL Laboratory's Kirby series, has always been greedy. He unhinges his jaw, swallows enemies whole, and absorbs their powers. His latest adventure, Kirby Star Allies , offers a twist on that formula: Though he can still devour his foes and copy their...

Kirby Star Allies introduces a neat new system that gives Kirby more powers than ever before. While Kirby's companions work well, the game never pushes players to tap its full potential. Every puzzle, every platforming sequence, and every boss fight is an absolute cakewalk - even by Kirby standards.

Beautiful; vibrant visuals; Co-op works well

Ridiculously easy; Puzzle solutions are fed to you; Lightweight on content

Kirby's games never seem fair on the enemies but this tiresome and poorly balanced co-op platformer offers little chance of fun for them or you.

The game is extremely well put together; with excellent visuals and dozens of enemies with unique and relatively complex powers

Even by the standards of the series the action is pointlessly easy, but also visually confusing and poorly suited to co-op play; Dull and repetitive level design, with irritating load times

30 FPS, no thanks

There's two different tracks that a new Kirby game can go down. For the last few years the majority of them have went down the "experimental" track, where game mechanics are reworked in unique and interesting ways to deliver something that might not be the best game out there, but it's usually...

Sucks and blows.

Lovely looking; Lots of combinations to experiment with

Far too easy; Rather dull; Doesn't run at 60fps

For years, Kirby – the pink puffball with an insatiable hunger and a devastating in-take of breath – has experimented with new mechanics. Each game since the character's inception has had its own standout power, all the way through to Kirby's last proper outing on the 3DS having the little guy...

Looks great and has a nostalgic presentation overall; Lots of replay value; Great to play with friends; Friend Train is adorable

Incredibly easy and very short; Feels too much like a greatest hits album; Combination powers not quite as awesome as Kirby 64's; Suicidal AI companions

Kirby has a very colorful history with Nintendo, beginning on the Game Boy and eventually appearing on every Nintendo console since, the lovable puff ball has had his fair share of experiences.