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Kirby's Blowout Blast

Have a blast inhaling foes and blowing them away in 3D environments across 25+ stages. Inhale enough enemies and you can launch one huge Blaster Bullet capable of wiping out a troop of Waddle Dees. Now's your…

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Kirby's Blowout Blast is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 4 July 2017 on Nintendo 3DS.

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What Kirby's Blowout Blast is

Kirby's Blowout Blast is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Have a blast inhaling foes and blowing them away in 3D environments across 25+ stages. Inhale enough enemies and you can launch one huge Blaster Bullet capable of wiping out a troop of Waddle Dees. Now's your chance to battle iconic bosses like Kracko Jr. and King Dedede in 3D! Inhaling multiple enemies to launch Blaster Bullets is a great way to pump up your score and go for a bronze, silver, or gold star. Another way to score big is to rack up a combo by continuously firing at enemies without missing. Or you could always just collect coins as you jump across platforms. As you progress, you'll unlock EX stages, which provide a tougher challenge to master. Celebrate your victories by…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby's Blowout Blast is the 75th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. The next entry was Super NES Classic Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 59 is 19 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's Blowout Blast holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 12 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Kirby's Blowout Blast launched on 4 July 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Splatoon 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Splatoon 2.

Official trailer

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When did Kirby's Blowout Blast come out?
Kirby's Blowout Blast was released on 4 July 2017 for Nintendo 3DS.

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