Kirby Metroidvania is an idea that sounds really good on paper, but in execution this falls a little flat, and not because it’s some kind of completionist pain in the ass like everyone says.

I really didn’t have any trouble 100% it besides a few annoying parts of Areas 5 and 7 where you have to backtrack again and again but that’s partially because I’m an idiot. Just try your best to hold onto a “good” ability like Smash or Hammer and you can solve most puzzles.

The real problem is the rewards you get for solving puzzles are so lackluster it feels like a grind. There are four HP ups, but beyond Area Maps that’s all the tangible benefits you get, all Sound files, cosmetics, and 1 Ups (your lives reset to 2 if you quit the game). If they had something like the Copy Scrolls from Squeak Squad it would be much more rewarding to explore. Instead I found myself checking the map to see what I had to explore the room or not.

I didn’t have multiplayer so maybe that changes things, but as it stands in single player your allies only serve to bounce around the room and be the occasional health restore.

Kirby Metroidvania is an idea that sounds really good on paper, but in execution this falls a little flat, and not because it’s some kind of completionist pain in the ass like everyone says.

I really didn’t have any trouble 100% it besides a few annoying parts of Areas 5 and 7 where you have to backtrack again and again but that’s partially because I’m an idiot. Just try your best to hold onto a “good” ability like Smash or Hammer and you can solve most puzzles.

The real problem is the rewards you get for solving puzzles are so lackluster it feels like a grind. There are four HP ups, but beyond Area Maps that’s all the tangible benefits you get, all Sound files, cosmetics, and 1 Ups (your lives reset to 2 if you quit the game). If they had something like the Copy Scrolls from Squeak Squad it would be much more rewarding to explore. Instead I found myself checking the map to see what I had to explore the room or not.

I didn’t have multiplayer so maybe that changes things, but as it stands in single player your allies only serve to bounce around the room and be the occasional health restore.