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I'm sorry, really really sorry. But after a full playthrough of this I can't help to be sincere about it: I hated this game. A goddamn Kirby game, of all things. How could it happen?

Well, let's start immediately with the positive things: this still has its Kirby charm all over it thanks to the fanservice (Escargoon and N.M.E. Sales guy cameos were gold), especially in the form of minigames, which was the only part where I remotely had fun.
So to recap: graphics and the minigames are so much enjoyable to see (play for the latter obv).

The main game? A torture.
The core mechanic this time doesn't go around the ability to inhale copy abilities or fly. Which on paper sounds good since variety and a little level of more difficulty is good once in a while (also the reason why I liked Tilt'n Tumble, no name one).

The game goes around the Kirby clones mechanic that forces you to have a minimal number of them always with you to keep up with the levels.
If you screwed up during one of those because of how much easy is to lose them: 2/3 hits and they're gone, unless sure you don't pull...but let's talk about that when the environment is cramped and you can't help to lose some if not all of them. Very fun, huh?

I finished this against my will since I had this game borrowed for more than a year from my gf and I wanted to be done with since it's still a Kirby game and this cute pinkball means a lot to us. I won't ever touch this one ever again.

Yep, the Skeleton did indeed appear

I certainly was not expecting this, but I did not like Kirby Mass Attack very much. Now let's not get ahead of ourselves here, this game doesn't belong in the pits of HELL. Like every Kirby game, it has redeeming qualities up the ass. Good music, good bosses, surprisingly good side content, blah blah blah this is standard stuff for the series. My reasoning for rating this one so low is a very simple (and possibly even kind of boring) reason: I just don't find it fun. Canvas Curse and Rainbow Curse I feel executed the idea of a touchscreen controlled Kirby game in the best possible way they could without feeling too intrusive or overbearing. Mass Attack, contrary to most other Kirby games I've played, feels exhausting to play and I physically couldn't play more than a few levels at a time. Out of every Kirby game this one took me the most amount of sessions to complete, mainly because I was just dreading playing it. The main gimmick got old after a while and I was really ready for the game to be over by the 2nd world. I feel like this is definitely more of a "me" thing though, Kirby Mass Attack is just not my thing and that's okay!

This game is quite boring aside from the minigames

probably one of the DS era’s games that most utilized the touch screen. doesn’t make it a perfect or even a great game, but i appreciate how much it utilized it


Played on emulator, using phone touchscreen wasn't too bad. Was annoying to have to retry levels, but otherwise a fun mechanic of using up to 10 Kirby's and trying to keep them alive.

At first you’re like, “I hate this”, but then it’s just so cute and you get more and more lil buddies and you’re flinging ‘em around and you kinda just accept it.

Gameplay interessant mais n'a pas l'intention de révolutionner quoique ce soit

Lovely spinoff stylus-based game where you control 10 puff balls at the same time. The concept is really cool, and the game itself is full of charm. I love the different mechanics that affect doors in different ways. Moreover, the minigame collection it has is amazing.

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The game was fine enough to keep me engaged. I like how some Kirby games like this are experimental in the formula. The touch controls got old pretty fast, so it got kind of annoying to go through levels sometimes.
I didn’t like that the last world was locked and you needed all of the rainbow medals to get to it. It felt like the game was forcing unneeded padding to make you play longer.

The gameplay loop got tedious after a while. Also, unlike other games that require you to collect a lot of trinkets in the level to unlock the later levels, this game is brutal when it comes to that. I could NOT get to the final area of this game when I was a kid. You can skip this one.

Un très bon spin off au gameplay original exploitant les capacités de la DS et qui a une très bonne bande son.

something deeply traumatizing happened to me while playing this game when i was 8. awesome game though

10 kirbys thats like 9 more than previous games dude

I broke my 3DS while playing this game. The trauma won't leave.

a very strange and experimental game. soundtrack kicks ass and interesting use of the touch screen

Average Kirby game be like:

One day our lovable cream puff hero Kirby and his friends frolicked along their dream world Popstar, laughing and eating strawberry shortcake all the while. All of a sudden, thunder cracked in the sky and who appeared before them but Dark Galgoreus, the evil Laughing God of the Nothing Realm. Here I will build my outpost, growled the wicked ram-horned being, where I and my kin will rend the flesh of all dreams with our teeth, where up will be down and color will be black and white, until even this stretch of the universe will be a dark haven for the terrible might of my VoidEther power.

Who else can stop the awful might of the Dark God of the Nothing itself but the greatest defender of Popstar, Kirby the dream puff, with his friends bandana Waddle Dee, who has a spear, King DeDeDe, who has a big hammer, Meta Knight, who hopefully will feel like helping them this time, and uh, I think someone who can paint really good or something?

Growing up is realizing that the pinball minigame is more fun than the main game.

When I was young I hated this game, but now I can say that's amazing. Good use of the touch screen and amazing music. The best part are the minigames, I enjoyed them so much.

Fun idea, but it got confusing and frustrating towards the end. The side games are incredible though!

the massive minigame collection bumps this thing up a star

Minigames were better than the actual game.

Pour one out for the broken DS consoles this game caused.

Rating isn’t for the main game, it’s for the minigames that you unfortunately have to play part of the main game to unlock


Not the best Kirby DS game but it's alright.

Best kirby spinoff.Music is one of the best in the series,gameplay is solid,levels are unique,creative and fun,this game also has the best extras of any kirby game.Difficulty is just right,collectibles are great.What else can you expect from a kirby game.An underrated masterpiece 10/10

I dunno how it would hold up today but man I really liked this game as a kid. In my head this is a mainline Kirby game haha. There's a mini-game called Kirby Quest I think and I thought that was super cool as a kid. It had like Dark Matter in it and shit. Real cool. Fun game I forget if I ever beat it lol.

neat gimmick but makes it hard to enjoy outside of original hardware