Kirby Star Allies review on Nintendo Switch
| BASIC GAME INFORMATION |
Subscriptions: Nintendo Switch
date of release: 16 March 2018 of the year
Genre: Platformer
developer: HAL Laboratory
Kirby Star Allies is a platformer where you take on the role of Kirby on a new adventure. The hero will be able to enlist the support of his enemies, for which he will simply need to hit them with hearts. You can win up to three characters to your side at the same time.
Kirby has the ability to copy various elements such as sword, bombs, fire, water, and combine them with other elements, and then transfer the resulting abilities to his assistants.
| GAME ENGINE |
Kirby Star Allies runs on its own modified engine, which was previously used in the game Kirby's Return to Dream Land. The engine was developed for use by HAL Laboratory in proprietary games exclusively for the Nintendo platform.
We were unable to find detailed information other than our own visual observations.
| TECHNICAL INFORMATION |
Kirby Star Allies is version 1.1.1. When purchasing a game in a store Nintendo downloads it to a MicroSD card or internal memory.
The total size of the downloaded game is about 3 gigabytes.
| CONTROL |
Control settings, as in the good old games, have two types of control - Option A and Option B.
Essentially, they just reassign the main interaction buttons in the game.
| SETTINGS |
But there are no graphics settings in the game, all that is available to us is setting the in-game interface..
Well, then let’s see how the game differs in portable and TV modes.
| COMPARISON OF TV PORTABLE MODE |
In this review, we presented comparisons of the rendering quality of stationary and portable modes:
As we can see, switching to portable mode only slightly reduces the screen resolution, which is almost invisible on a 6-inch display, so the picture in both cases is almost identical.
| OVERALL GAMING IMPRESSION |
Kirby Star Allies is an unsurpassed and very charming platformer, the likes of which are very difficult to find not only on mobile platforms, but even on older consoles.
The graphics in the game are simply amazing and look very attractive not only on regular but also on UHD TVs, striking with their bright colors and rich visual special effects.
The only ones who might be upset are the oldfags, who complain that the game’s difficulty is too easy for them, allowing them to complete it without any problems.
In general, the game is aimed at all age categories, allowing you to get an excellent gaming experience for both users who have long matured and the youngest who have recently joined the games.
| GAME PROCESS |
Well, below are the first 15 minutes on the console itself(We recommend watching in 4K, as in this case you will get a quality indistinguishable from playing on the console itself):
Disadvantages:
- for oldfags, of course, the difficulty of the game will be somewhat low
Advantages:
- exciting and varied gameplay
- great graphics
- an amazing adventure for both children and adults
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 83% [11 vote(s)]
