Kirby Star Allies is one of the weirdest games I've ever played because I genuinely don't know what my thoughts are for the most part. It just felt... very bland compared to most other Kirby gimmicks. At the very least some other games have a gimmick that interests me or excites me for my inevitable playthrough or replay like the Super Abilities in Return to Dream Land or the Robobot Armor in Planet Robobot. This game's gimmick just being Friends is just... not really that interesting when you consider that it's just something that already existed in Super Star. Which by the way, seems like this game took a lot of inspiration from that game because the last area before the final boss felt like Milky Way Wishes but... worse. I guess my two biggest complaints are that the level design is so easy that it can get boring at times and the pacing just seemed to be really off. Dream Land, Planet Popstar, and Jambastion were all really short while Far-Flung Starlight Heroes was significantly longer than the rest. The rematches with previous boss fights were also just, not interesting. The bosses in this game are relatively easy, actually scratch that, the whole GAME is relatively easy, so there's no challenge until Hyness Unhooded AT MOST. The game is also VERY generous with lives so even if I did lose some, I'd never run out. I guess I just would've liked the last area to be shorter because this game just really wasn't doing it for me and it felt like it was starting to overstay its welcome. It is very flawed but I wouldn't say it's the worst Kirby game, mainly because there's still some great qualities like the visuals, music, and new Copy Abilities, which are easily the best part of the game. I really like Spider and Paint, and the Power Effects (the Copy Abilities that are fused with an element) are pretty cool too. I liked running Sword a lot with any of the elements, though as a standalone, I really like Beetle a lot (though I know it wasn't introduced here). Overall, this one was just a lot more disappointing than other Kirby games, but as a whole I wouldn't say it's bad or mid, just underwhelming.