IGN review

[mamthew42]

So I went to the future and read IGN's review of Kirby Wii.  Looks like it's not worth it:


[quote]The Kirby series has had quite a few ups and downs since Kirby 64, her first game, released back in 2003.  The pink ball's had a bit of a rough run, stuck with several mediocre games and only two really big hits: Canvas Curse on the DS and the recent Wii success, Kirby's Epic Yarn.  But was Kirby's newest platforming attempt worth the several month wait?  Probably not.

Kirby's Epic Yarn combined the character's two biggest selling points – her cute looks and her affinity towards knitting equipment – and gave us a platformer that was both challenging and adorable.  Kirby Wii, unfortunately, throws all that out the window.  When I popped the disk into my wii, I wondered right off the bat how the people who made Epic Yarn could also be behind this strange deviation from Kirby's usual, cloth-filled style.  This game is obviously a quick money-grab going off the popularity of Epic Yarn, seeing as how it was released not even a year later, and it shows.  Instead of the polished yarn graphics Kirby fans know and love, we're stuck with a style that seems taken straight from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.  While brawl's style was definitely not bad, the game wasn't made of yarn so it wasn't really great, either.

Kirby Wii also has a brand new gameplay style from Epic Yarn's.  Instead of the single jump and yarn whip we all know and love, Kirby is stuck floating and inhaling – obvious references to the Super Smash Bros. series.  Actually, a lot of Kirby Wii's ideas seem to be inspired by the Super Smash Bros. games.  Kirby even transforms by copying powers, just like in Smash, instead of the more Kirby-esque gameplay from epic yarn.  Some of these transformations, like Link Kirby, were taken directly from Super Smash Bros.  Meta Knight and King Dedede, two smash characters who inexplicably appeared in Epic Yarn, return in Kirby Wii, but more well known Kirby characters, like Prince Fluff and Dom Woole, are left out for no well-explored reason.

Two player co-op – one of the few parts of Epic Yarn that were actually kept in this game – is handled quite a bit differently.  Player two has the option of playing either as a “helperâ€

[MelonBread975]

I don't agree with that at all.
He/she's obviously not a big Kirby fan -

Once Kirby loses all her health, she dies, losing a life, but then I can just start the level over again.

Kirby's Epic Yarn was a spinoff, this is supposed to be a mainstream game! He's supposed to jump and inhale, he's supposed to have health, and gooey isn't new.. He's appeared in Kirby's Dream Land 3, right? :x

[Khaos]

kirbys a she? lol BTW the rewiewer is a BIG liar ):( kirby was only made of yarn once, it is sword kirby not link kirby, the only thing taken from brawl was Final Smashes, kirby is known for inhaling and flying, Gooey isn't a new character, there'ss no end to his/her's lies!
He/she should, Ganon: Die.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

I know this thread old, but that review really made me laugh at how much the writer fails.

The Kirby series has had quite a few ups and downs since Kirby 64, her first game, released back in 2003. The pink ball's had a bit of a rough run, stuck with several mediocre games and only two really big hits: Canvas Curse on the DS and the recent Wii success, Kirby's Epic Yarn. But was Kirby's newest platforming attempt worth the several month wait? Probably not.

For starters, Kirby 64 wasn't the first Kirby game. Kirby's Dreamland was. Also, Kirby 64 was released in '99 in Japan, 2000 in the U.S., and 2001 in Europe, nowhere was it released in 2003. Also, Kirby is a male, not a female.

Kirby's Epic Yarn combined the character's two biggest selling points – her cute looks and her affinity towards knitting equipment – and gave us a platformer that was both challenging and adorable. Kirby Wii, unfortunately, throws all that out the window. When I popped the disk into my wii, I wondered right off the bat how the people who made Epic Yarn could also be behind this strange deviation from Kirby's usual, cloth-filled style. This game is obviously a quick money-grab going off the popularity of Epic Yarn, seeing as how it was released not even a year later, and it shows. Instead of the polished yarn graphics Kirby fans know and love, we're stuck with a style that seems taken straight from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. While brawl's style was definitely not bad, the game wasn't made of yarn so it wasn't really great, either.

Kirby has an affinity for knitting equipment? Since when? Challenging? You can't even DIE in Epic Yarn. "Usual, cloth-filled style"? Because one out of around 20 games is usual? What? Kirby's Epic Yarn is the only Kirby game with yarn graphics.

Kirby Wii also has a brand new gameplay style from Epic Yarn's. Instead of the single jump and yarn whip we all know and love, Kirby is stuck floating and inhaling – obvious references to the Super Smash Bros. series. Actually, a lot of Kirby Wii's ideas seem to be inspired by the Super Smash Bros. games. Kirby even transforms by copying powers, just like in Smash, instead of the more Kirby-esque gameplay from epic yarn. Some of these transformations, like Link Kirby, were taken directly from Super Smash Bros. Meta Knight and King Dedede, two smash characters who inexplicably appeared in Epic Yarn, return in Kirby Wii, but more well known Kirby characters, like Prince Fluff and Dom Woole, are left out for no well-explored reason.

Kirby has been floating and inhaling since HIS first game, Kirby's Dream Land, on the GameBoy. Not Smash Bros. Kirby has been copying since his second game, again, NOT Smash Bros. Dedede was also in Dream Land and Meta Knight debuted in Kirby's Adventure, again, not Smash Bros. Link Kirby? I think you mean sword Kirby. Prince Fluff and Dom Woole are well known? How?

Two player co-op – one of the few parts of Epic Yarn that were actually kept in this game – is handled quite a bit differently. Player two has the option of playing either as a “helperâ€

Can't argue with this.

All in all, this review sounds like it was written by someone who didn't even do a minute of research. Pretty much every poit they make is entirly false and sounds like they just made the thing up. Seioursly, how does someone fail this hard?

[MelonBread975]

Haha, that's just rediculous. The reviewer must have just been trolling. That entire review is really just a big facepalm.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

Haha, that's just rediculous. The reviewer must have just been trolling. That entire review is really just a big facepalm.

Yeah, I got a laugh out of this.

[Kapus]

Guys...

I am quite sure this was intended as a joke.

[MelonBread975]

I don't know.That really seems like a lame joke to me.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

Guys...

I am quite sure this was intended as a joke.

Ok then it still made my day yesterday.

[Kapus]

I don't know.That really seems like a lame joke to me.

I mean Mamthew's joke. Not IGN's. He said in his post that he went into the future to read IGN's "review". He's making fun of them.

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

I don't know.That really seems like a lame joke to me.

I mean Mamthew's joke. Not IGN's. He said in his post that he went into the future to read IGN's "review". He's making fun of them.

I can seriously see them writing something like this. That would be funny. And pathetic. This WAS a funny joke though.

[MelonBread975]

I don't know.That really seems like a lame joke to me.

I mean Mamthew's joke. Not IGN's. He said in his post that he went into the future to read IGN's "review". He's making fun of them.

I feel stupid now.