Replaying this after playing the original made me realize that Ultra is a really good remake, but I'd put it around the same score due to most of it being the same and due to my opinions on the new main games:
Revenge of the King: I quite like this one. I'm a big Dedede fan and Masked Dedede comes from this but nothing super crazy either. I guess I'm a little biased here but ehhh, more in favour of this game.
Meta Knightmare Ultra: I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I don't like this one. It's basically NG+ but with Meta Knight and that'd be fine and all but it doesn't feel like enough for me to want to play the game again as weird as it is to say. Galacta Knight is cool though.
Helper to Hero: A good concept but again, not something I particularly love. I mean, playing as the Helpers is pretty cool but I feel like there's more that could've been done rather than a smaller version of The Arena.
The True Arena: Definitely the best one, the harder versions of each boss along with the four new bosses saved for the end makes this a great way to finish off the game.
My opinions on the main games are sort of all over the place, but that doesn't change how well made this game is, I just feel like it's rated a little lower than I would've wanted to after revisiting it, but it's still a fine game nonetheless. Overall, this remake has great qualities to it but the new main games are sort of all over the place for whether I like them or not.
Revenge of the King: I quite like this one. I'm a big Dedede fan and Masked Dedede comes from this but nothing super crazy either. I guess I'm a little biased here but ehhh, more in favour of this game.
Meta Knightmare Ultra: I don't know if this is a hot take or not, but I don't like this one. It's basically NG+ but with Meta Knight and that'd be fine and all but it doesn't feel like enough for me to want to play the game again as weird as it is to say. Galacta Knight is cool though.
Helper to Hero: A good concept but again, not something I particularly love. I mean, playing as the Helpers is pretty cool but I feel like there's more that could've been done rather than a smaller version of The Arena.
The True Arena: Definitely the best one, the harder versions of each boss along with the four new bosses saved for the end makes this a great way to finish off the game.
My opinions on the main games are sort of all over the place, but that doesn't change how well made this game is, I just feel like it's rated a little lower than I would've wanted to after revisiting it, but it's still a fine game nonetheless. Overall, this remake has great qualities to it but the new main games are sort of all over the place for whether I like them or not.