Kirby Star Allies facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kirby Star Allies |
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Shinya Kumazaki |
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| Designer(s) | Kenichiro Kita |
| Programmer(s) | Keita Tanifuji |
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| Series | Kirby |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release date(s) | 16 March 2018 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Kirby Star Allies is a fun platform game released in 2018. It was made by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. This game is the twelfth main adventure in the popular Kirby series.
In Kirby Star Allies, you play as Kirby. Your mission is to stop a bad guy named Hyness. He wants to bring back a dark power that could destroy the whole universe! Kirby has to jump, suck up enemies, and use his special powers to get through each level.
The game was developed during the 25th birthday of the Kirby series. The creators added extra content later. This content included many cool references to older games. They also made the game look even better with clearer, more detailed graphics.
When Star Allies first came out, people had mixed feelings. They liked the graphics, how the game worked, and the music. But some thought it wasn't very deep or hard enough. Later, free extra content was added. This made the game much more challenging and fun. Because of this, many people changed their minds and loved the game! It has sold over 3.98 million copies. This makes it one of the best-selling games on the Nintendo Switch.
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How to Play: Gameplay Basics
Kirby Star Allies is a 2.5D platform game. This means you play from the side, but the characters and backgrounds look like they have depth. You control Kirby, and he can have up to three friends join him!
Kirby can throw special "Friend Hearts" at enemies. When he does, those enemies become his friends and help him! You can play alone, and the computer will control your friends. Or, you can play with other people, and they can control the friends.
When Kirby has friends, he can do amazing new attacks. He can combine his powers with his friends' powers. For example, if Kirby has the Sword ability and a friend has the Fire ability, they can make a "Flame Sword"! Some combinations are quick, powerful moves. Others add elements to Kirby's regular attacks.
If Kirby has three friends, they can do "Friend Actions" in certain parts of the game. These are super cool team moves like the "Friend Train" or the "Friend Star." Players start with a few lives. You can earn more lives by collecting 100 stars. If Kirby falls into a pit or runs out of health, he loses a life. The game ends if you run out of lives, but you can always continue from your last save point.
Dream Friends: Classic Characters Return
The game also has a "Dream Friend" system. This lets you call on famous characters from past Kirby games to be your special allies. These Dream Friends have their own unique moves. You can unlock characters like Bandana Waddle Dee, King Dedede, and Meta Knight as you play the main story. Even more Dream Friends have been added to the game through free updates!
Story: Stopping the Dark Force
Far away from Kirby's home planet Popstar, there's a space station called Jambandra. A dark crystal heart there explodes, sending many pieces called Jamba Hearts flying into space. Many characters, like King Dedede and Meta Knight, get taken over by these hearts when they investigate them.
One Jamba Heart hits Kirby, but instead of taking him over, it gives him the power to make friends by throwing hearts! Kirby notices that many Waddle Dees are bringing food to Castle Dedede. He decides to check it out. After Kirby defeats Meta Knight and King Dedede, he frees them from the Jamba Heart's control.
Then, a huge fortress called Jambastion lands on Popstar. Kirby and his friends defeat three generals: Francisca (ice), Flamberge (fire), and Zan Partizanne (electricity). After that, Kirby and his friends fly far into space.
They find a path to Jambandra Base and break through its defenses. They fight Zan again before meeting Hyness. Hyness is an evil priest who wants to bring back a dark force called Void Termina using the Jamba Hearts. After Kirby defeats Hyness, Hyness sacrifices himself and his generals to fully revive Void Termina.
Kirby and his friends use a "Friend Pedestal" to call the "Friend Star." But it changes into the "Star Allies Sparkler" with the power of four Heart Spears! They fight Void Termina's giant body. It even spits out Hyness and the generals! Then they fight its bird form. Finally, they see its true form: a purplish-pink blob with three dark eye-like spots that can look like Kirby's face.
Kirby then destroys Void Termina with the Star Allies Sparkler, calling on many friends to help him. The Sparkler is destroyed in the explosion. But Kirby uses a Warp Star to fly himself and his friends safely back home!
Making the Game: Development and Release
Kirby Star Allies was created by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. Some people think the game was inspired by an old Kirby game that was planned for the GameCube but never came out. That old game's trailer showed Kirby making many helpers, which is a big part of Star Allies.
Work on the game started during the 25th anniversary of the Kirby series. The game was first shown at E3 2017 with the simple name "Kirby." In September 2017, the official name, Kirby Star Allies, was announced. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on March 16, 2018. A free demo was released on March 3, 2018, letting players try out two levels.
HAL Laboratory developer Shinya Kumazaki talked about how they designed the world map. They wanted to use the Nintendo Switch's power to create bigger, more detailed images. They made the screen wider so you could see more of the background. This helped players not get lost, as they could see more of the level at once.
The idea for the downloadable content (DLC) was to highlight past Kirby games. The developers wanted to create new adventures for the characters, not just add to the main story. Kumazaki said that if they focused too much on a complicated story for the DLC, it would take away from the fun of the adventure. He also mentioned that they had a rule to pick only one main character from each past game to represent the series in the DLC.
See also
In Spanish: Kirby Star Allies para niños
