Kirby Star Allies
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Kirby Star Allies is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 16 March 2018 on Nintendo Switch.
What Kirby Star Allies is
Kirby Star Allies is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2018. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kirby Star Allies is a 2018 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the twelfth mainline installment in the Kirby series; the player controls Kirby in his quest to prevent a priest named Hyness from reviving a dark force to destroy the universe. Kirby must complete each level by jumping, inhaling enemies, and using his array of abilities to progress.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Kirby series
Kirby Star Allies is the 79th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2018. Its critic score of 74 is 4 points below the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Kirby Star Allies holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 91 votes.
What it launched against
Kirby Star Allies launched on 16 March 2018, within three weeks of Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out and Into the Breach. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Into the Breach.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kirby Star Allies yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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