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Kirby Star Allies Gameplay Makes Friends to Fight Whispy Woods & King Dedede

Kirby is making all kinds of new friends in Kirby Star Allies, but he's also got a lot of enemies. Shacknews takes a look at a few of them in these exclusive clips.

Ozzie Mejia

February 28, 2018 10:30 AM

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Kirby's getting ready to make his debut on the Nintendo Switch in the next couple of weeks. Kirby won't be going it alone in the upcoming Kirby Star Allies. In this 2D platformer, players will be controlling Kirby, but also use the power of friendship to recruit a handful of foes to create a party of four, with his new buddies able to be controlled by the CPU or by other local players.

Shacknews has had a chance to try out Kirby Star Allies, but prior to our eventual review, we wanted to share a couple of videos. First off, there's the opening cutscene for the game's Story Mode, which sees a strange darkness fall upon Dream Land. We then check out some of the standard platforming action that the Kirby series has become recognized for, but with the twist of Kirby using his friendship powers to make new allies. And then there are the boss battles, as we go through the requisite Whispy Woods fight before facing off against King Dedede.

Kirby Star Allies is set to release on March 16 on Nintendo Switch.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?