Super Star is one of the better Kirby games out there for sure. I had a lot of ups and downs with it honestly, but it's solid.
The big thing about this game is that it's actually more like 7 games in 1, some of which are great, and others not so much. Spring Breeze, Dyna Blade, and Meta Knight's Revenge I kind of lump together since they're all pretty straightforward get from point A to point B campaigns, but I enjoyed them well enough. The first two are good introductions to the game, as well as the copy abilities which I definitely have to praise. Each one practically has its own moveset now which makes using them way more fun than in games before. All the returning ones got overhauled and the new ones are great additions.
There are a few other games available from the start, but they're not super noteworthy. Gourmet Race is kinda fun, but there's not much reason to play it more than once. Same goes for Megaton Punch and Samurai Kirby, which you don't actually need to play at all for full completion.
Great Cave Offensive is probably the worst part of the game, and unfortunately also the longest. It's not so bad if you're just running through it normally, but getting all the treasures sucks. The map is huge, and there are a lot of chests that are easy to miss which leads to a ton of backtracking. As a collection-based game, it gets absolutely cleared by Milky Way Wishes which is way better conceptually and not nearly as annoying. And once you finish that you get The Arena (boss rush mode). It's alright I guess. Satisfying challenge to beat, but not something I think I'll ever want to replay.
I probably would've liked this game more if I didn't 100% it, honestly. It's certainly doable, but I'd say just running through it normally is the way to go. You won't miss out on anything big. It's also a little weird to recommend since Super Star Ultra came out 12 years later and is pretty much superior in every way, but ignoring that, Super Star is still a great game that added some awesome ideas to the series.
The big thing about this game is that it's actually more like 7 games in 1, some of which are great, and others not so much. Spring Breeze, Dyna Blade, and Meta Knight's Revenge I kind of lump together since they're all pretty straightforward get from point A to point B campaigns, but I enjoyed them well enough. The first two are good introductions to the game, as well as the copy abilities which I definitely have to praise. Each one practically has its own moveset now which makes using them way more fun than in games before. All the returning ones got overhauled and the new ones are great additions.
There are a few other games available from the start, but they're not super noteworthy. Gourmet Race is kinda fun, but there's not much reason to play it more than once. Same goes for Megaton Punch and Samurai Kirby, which you don't actually need to play at all for full completion.
Great Cave Offensive is probably the worst part of the game, and unfortunately also the longest. It's not so bad if you're just running through it normally, but getting all the treasures sucks. The map is huge, and there are a lot of chests that are easy to miss which leads to a ton of backtracking. As a collection-based game, it gets absolutely cleared by Milky Way Wishes which is way better conceptually and not nearly as annoying. And once you finish that you get The Arena (boss rush mode). It's alright I guess. Satisfying challenge to beat, but not something I think I'll ever want to replay.
I probably would've liked this game more if I didn't 100% it, honestly. It's certainly doable, but I'd say just running through it normally is the way to go. You won't miss out on anything big. It's also a little weird to recommend since Super Star Ultra came out 12 years later and is pretty much superior in every way, but ignoring that, Super Star is still a great game that added some awesome ideas to the series.