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Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

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73 22 January 2015

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 22 January 2015 on Wii U.

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What Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2015. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, known in PAL regions as Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush, is a 2015 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for Wii U. The game is part of the Kirby series and a follow-up game of the 2005 Nintendo DS title Kirby: Canvas Curse, was released on January 22, 2015 in Japan, February 20, 2015 in North America, May 8, 2015 in Europe, and May 9, 2015 in Australia. The game follows Kirby, Waddle Dee, and Elline, a mythical fairy, who set on a journey to restore color in Dream Land. The game supports the Kirby, Meta Knight, and King Dedede Amiibo.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse is the 72nd of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Kirby: Planet Robobot in 2016. Its critic score of 73 is 5 points below the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse launched on 22 January 2015, within three weeks of Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light and Resident Evil HD Remaster. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Life Is Strange, Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition, Dying Light, Resident Evil HD Remaster.

Cheats and codes

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When did Kirby and the Rainbow Curse come out?
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse was released on 22 January 2015 for Wii U.

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