Platforms: Wii
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Good-Feel, HAL Laboratory
ESRB: E
Official Website: http://www.kirbykirbykirby.com/
Price in peso: P2150.00
This game can be accurately reviewed with just a single word: “adorable.” There’s so much cuteness going on in here, you’d wonder if the entire dev team was celebrating Bring Your Daughter to Work Day every day for the duration of its development. Unfortunately, since it simply won’t do to fill up this space with “cute cute cute, pink pink pink, desu desu desu,” a more in-depth review than “it looks like Yoshi’s Story” is in order.
Its “E” rating sounds about right; obviously the ESRB judges this by its graphic content, but I’m talking about overall playability. It’s incredibly friendly. Not “easy,” because even if something’s easy, failing is possible. The epitome of the game’s friendliness lies in the fact that Kirby cannot die. Nothing will kill Kirby to cause a stage restart, whether it’s falling, getting stabbed, or even inhaling dragon’s breath.
The controls are simple, too, in the same vein as classic platformers. Aside from the occasional motion control segments which only come out during some of Kirby’s vehicular transformations, there are only six buttons to worry about; up, down, left, right, 1, and 2. The controls are so straightforward that my sister, who has never played a videogame in her life, was able to complete several stages with me in 2-player mode.
Easy on the eyes as well as the fingers, the only thing left to decide is whether or not Kitby’s Epic Yarn is easy on the wallet. It’s definitely a must-see title for Wii owners.
Scorecard: (Rate using 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the highest.)
- Graphics: 5
- Sounds: 4
- Fun Factor: 4
- Replayability: 4
- Overall Score: Cute