Kirby's Epic Yarn . . . WTF

[Aldurin]

A new style of Kirby, a new style of moves and it just screams to me that it's the dumbest idea ever buy I still want to buy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4gKc9OuTk

Kinda makes me wish I could wrinkle reality like that. But then there's CAR KIRBY or SURFER KIRBY or GIANT TANK THING KIRBY or UFO KIRBY.

What is today's marketing doing to me?

[Bard The 5th LW]

Doesn't look awful to me. I have no problem with a new style, as long as the game is fun.

And UFO Kirby was a power up in the first game. So Kirby turning into vehicles isn't spectacularly new.

[krogothwolf]

I think the new styles kinda neat, and they seem to do a good with it, Having Zippers and being able to crumble the screen.

[Meister]

It looks as great and refreshing as Super Mario World 2 did, but Super Mario World 2's art style didn't have any direct impact on gameplay elements. This might in fact be really really good. Look at it this way: I hadn't thought about Kirby games in years and this trailer made me make high-pitched noises and consider getting a Wii.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I am gonna be honest. When I see this, all I think is Kirby's Epic Yawn. It doesn't look that appealing to me.

[Mondt]

I think it looks beautiful. =D

I'd play it.

[krogothwolf]

I am gonna be honest. When I see this, all I think is Kirby's Epic Yawn. It doesn't look that appealing to me.

Dude, it has a Super Kirby Battle Tank, made of YARN! Remember those stupid twisty things from Elementary art class. I can't remember what they were, but you know what I'm talking about right? Their about 15cm's, they're fuzzy with a wire in them and you can shape em into things? Well, I always built tanks and airplanes with them it was awesome. It makes me think of that, which is awesome!

[Carade]

I could knit believe my eyes when I saw the trailer. It seems that Nintendo is trying to make us scarf down all the kiddy stuff they throw at us. However the art style does leave me in stitches. And I admit if done right, this can be one purl of a game.

[Aldurin]

Look at it this way: I hadn't thought about Kirby games in years and this trailer made me make high-pitched noises and consider getting a Wii.

I guess everyone has their own way to get excited about upcoming games. Some more bizarre than others.

[Loyal]

Their about 15cm's, they're fuzzy with a wire in them and you can shape em into things? Well, I always built tanks and airplanes with them it was awesome. It makes me think of that, which is awesome!Pipe cleaners. I always ended up getting stabbed by those no matter how hard I tried to twist the ends into benign locations.

This reminded me of Yoshi's Island, especially with the transformation bits.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Dude, it has a Super Kirby Battle Tank, made of YARN! Remember those stupid twisty things from Elementary art class. I can't remember what they were, but you know what I'm talking about right? Their about 15cm's, they're fuzzy with a wire in them and you can shape em into things? Well, I always built tanks and airplanes with them it was awesome. It makes me think of that, which is awesome!

You mean pipe cleaners?

I'm sorry it's just there is something odd about this. I can't quite put my finger on it.

[Bells]

It looks like a nintendo/kirby twist to A Boy And His Blob

i think it looks great i just hope it isnt short, but should be fun!

[krogothwolf]

Yeah Pipe Cleaners. Goddamnit, that game plus remember those makes me want to make things again with them. Maybe it's the music? It's way to soothing.

[Krylo]

I could knit believe my eyes when I saw the trailer. It seems that Nintendo is trying to make us scarf down all the kiddy stuff they throw at us. However the art style does leave me in stitches. And I admit if done right, this can be one purl of a game.

And then I hated you forever.


Game looks fun, though.

[Token]

For some reason, the trailer just screamed HARMONY HARMONY to me. In other words, I squeed and put it down as a day one buy.

[Aldurin]

I'll probably buy it upon release.

But if it came with an achievements/trophy system, then I would have already pre-ordered it.

[Donomni]

Considering Nintendo games don't really have anything like that, I don't think it'll show up here.

Anywho, I'm a retardedly-large Kirby fan, so this is gonna be a first day buy(or as soon as I can get to the store or whichever).

But first, I need to fix my Wii... stupid busted disk drive.

Also, a lot of people are getting hyped for this. Even Mirai was saying he's excited, something about how it's such a big difference from the other Kirby games or something.

While that's true, the spirit of the series is there: fun, simple gameplay.

[phil_]

And UFO Kirby was a power up in the first game. So Kirby turning into vehicles isn't spectacularly new.Since Mint Leaves, Lollipops, Microphones, and Curry aren't UFOs, I have to wonder what first Kirby game you're talking about. The earliest UFO power I can think of is from Kirby's Adventure on the NES. I think Dreamland 2 came out before that.

As for yarn... the co-op has me sorta interested, as well as the fact that it's a Kirby game (thanks, brand loyalty), but I think I'd have been more excited for the Kirby game they worked on years ago with the four-person piggy-back riding. I'm on the fence as to whether I'll purchase this or not. It seems like you don't even steal powers except in special occasions, which feels like a step backwards to Kirby's Dreamland. I like Dreamland, but I already have Kirby's Dreamland and I can play that at the laundromat. I need more info before I can get excited.

[Kim]

Basically, half the reason I'm excited is that they aren't just making Kirby Superstar for the billionth time. Not that there's anything wrong with Kirby Superstat, but making these sort of changes to the gameplay is preferable.

[ZAKtheGeek]

There's a billion Kirby Superstars? I must have missed a couple billion somehow. Do tell, where do they replicate the fuck-awesome set of super varied powers and neat-o-licious partner system? Except in the remake. Or "the gameplay," whatever that means, considering the game had several gameplay styles.

Superstar's powers and Amazing Mirror's gameplay combined would pretty much be the best of why-don't-they-do-this-more-often Kirby ever. Unless 64 is really great, I dunno, I haven't played it.

[Kim]

When I played Kirby Superstar, it was just like every other Kirby game I'd played. Suck up dudes, get awesome powers, fight the same goddamn bosses that have been in every goddamn Kirby game since time began, wash rinse repeat. Kirby 64 let you combine powers for different ones, and Superstar had some gameplay modes that added a timer, or were about collecting shit more than killing shit, but ultimately it just felt like more of the same and I got bored with the Superstar remake partway through. Maybe I missed something, but if I wanted the things that Kirby Superstar had, I'd play Kirby Superstar. This looks to change more than the visuals up, and bring a lot new to the table, so it has me interested.

[ZAKtheGeek]

But the powers are so different! That was the best thing about KSS! And they never, ever, ever did anything like that ever again. Baffling.

Well, I guess we like different things about stuff. Maybe this one will be more of a platformer than any other one. That might be cool.

[Kim]

But the powers are so different!

Ehhhh. It was a good game, but like I said, Kirby 64 did some nifty stuff with the powers, too, and "the powers are different" isn't really enough to sell me on a game. Maybe if something other than the powers had also changed, but every Kirby game I've played was pretty much "It's the same damn Kirby game you've played fifty times already! But you can use a microphone this time!" Maybe I'm just forgetting the one Kirby game that didn't recycle boss fights like it was good for the environment.

[bluestarultor]

TBH, I'd give this more of a chance if I didn't absolutely hate the art style. It's headache-inducing to have all the units reduced to outlines because it takes more processing power for my brain to make things out and tell what and quite frankly where everything is. Maybe it's just me, but it's there.

Don't get me wrong, I actually ADORE the idea of making everything look like it's made of textiles. Kirby, to me, has always been the friendliest video game franchise I can think of, with visuals that were distinctive in their cuteness amidst a sea of more edgy or mature characters. Kirby himself was supposed to be a placeholder for another character, as the story goes, but the team fell so in love with him that he stayed, and it's a decision I wholeheartedly support. Taking it and applying the idea of making it a swatch and stitch world fits that friendliness perfectly.

I just really wish the units were made of scraps of cloth or sewn patches instead of yarn outlines in this instance.

[ZAKtheGeek]

Ehhhh. It was a good game, but like I said, Kirby 64 did some nifty stuff with the powers, too, and "the powers are different" isn't really enough to sell me on a game. Maybe if something other than the powers had also changed, but every Kirby game I've played was pretty much "It's the same damn Kirby game you've played fifty times already! But you can use a microphone this time!" Maybe I'm just forgetting the one Kirby game that didn't recycle boss fights like it was good for the environment.
Well, like I said, I haven't played K64. And for me it's all about the powers, and also the shitfinding, which varies in trickiness with each game. So we're just confirming my hypothesis here.

And since you keep harping on it, KSS doesn't recycle bosses that much... I mean, it's got Dyna Blade, Heavy Lobster, Computer Virus, Hand Banana, Marx, Twin Cannon, the whale thing... It's got as many original bosses as some Kirby games have bosses in total! And it's only the second instance of fighting Meta Knight in the series, I think.

[Yrcrazypa]

Yeah, Marx is extremely similar to the Nightmare at the end of Kirby's Adventure, but he was a fun boss then, and is still a fun boss, so that doesn't matter much.

[Donomni]

Well, like I said, I haven't played K64. And for me it's all about the powers, and also the shitfinding, which varies in trickiness with each game. So we're just confirming my hypothesis here.

Well, while he does appear to have some limited-use powers, he does transform completely for some normal moves for this game, so I'm not too worried it's not "eat enemy, get ability" like nearly every Kirby game ever. While the powers are less unique, Kirby's form changing is now built in(And mean aside from filling his ass with air).

And since you keep harping on it, KSS doesn't recycle bosses that much... I mean, it's got Dyna Blade, Heavy Lobster, Computer Virus, Hand Banana, Marx, Twin Cannon, the whale thing... It's got as many original bosses as some Kirby games have bosses in total! And it's only the second instance of fighting Meta Knight in the series, I think.

Eh, it's half and half with the bosses. Yeah, lotsa new ones, but then you've got all the old bosses coming out of the woodwork.

Also, Meta Knight was an opponent in Kirby's Avalanche before Kirby Super Star, but it's Kirby's Avalanche so yeah who cares.

[Fenris]

If I had a Wii that I could take to school, I would buy this game. It looks delightful.

[EVILNess]

If I had a Wii that I could take to school, I would buy this game. It looks delightful.

Which is the point I think. That's why I love me some Kirby, they never try to be anything but delightful.

Except the Sun and Moon boss in the NES game. Fuck those guys.