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Kirby's Epic Yarn - more yarn than you can shake a wiimote at
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Why isn't there a thread for this and Donkey Kong Country rehash does? Easily one of the most pleasant surprises of this E3.
LOOK AND MARVEL AT HIS YARN
It's also cooperative
How awesome is that?
In short, if you don't like this, you should go to a doctor, because you may be dead inside.
LOOK AND MARVEL AT HIS YARN
It's also cooperative
How awesome is that?
In short, if you don't like this, you should go to a doctor, because you may be dead inside.
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When he pulled the string, that made the cloth come together to close a gap - that was pretty damn awesome.
We'll see.
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-kirbys-epic/700282?type=flv
Looks like Kirby can't fly by himself in this game. I have no problem with this if it means it's easier for them to design creative levels that you can't just breeze through.
So far this looks like a very interesting take on Kirby - I guess his "versatility" as a character allows Nintendo try all sorts of experimental mechanics with him. It looks pretty Kirbyish to me; the yarn snag is just like the inhale, and I guess the shapeshifting will be tied to certain enemies like the copy mechanic. The art style is what really gets me though, simple yet striking. Good to see Kirby back in an actual console platformer since, what, Kirby 64?
For a fighting game campaign, I thought it was really good.
I also really really love line heavy art.
Yeah, SSE was great for what it was...a fun little bonus
I see what you did there.
And this looks fantastic. Day one purchase.
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This looks stinkin' amazing.
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Am I the only one not seeing this as a Kirby game? He doesn't inhale anymore and just lasso's things and changes form cuz he's a piece of string...? I dunno, Kirby being the crazy cannibal with insatiable hunger and copycat abilities was always his shtick in my mind, so to me this yarn thing would have better with a different main character. Seems like they are trying to use the Kirby name on a different game altogether.
But hey, I love platformers, so I'll prolly still get this.
I do see that issue. Kirby lost his core mechanics. It makes me wonder if this started off as something else until they slapped the Kirby IP on it.
EDIT - What am I saying? Everything visually is Kirby. That phoenix boss is Dyna-fucking-Blade. I think they put some thought into it.
EDIT: How on earth is it really different? He still absorbs dudes and gains their powers, he still jumps around and explores and fights bosses, it's the Kirby we all know and love but artsier.
You'd be able to see them being digested.
It's just so charmingly creative. This was probably my biggest surprise this E3, and now my most anticipated game of the year besides Other M.
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Seriously though, I'd pay $50 for either of these no problem, but I could see either one being a Wiiware title. Hell, I bought Wario Shake It. If that could be a retail title so can these, it's the same style of game.
Graphically they're just as good as any other game, if not better since they can put textures to better use with a locked camera view. None of them would fit in the Wii's size limit for downloadable games, or even the Wii's total system memory.
That said, I do think some of the critics have a point that 2D platformers can be a bit lacking in the replayability factor. Higher difficulties don't do a whole lot, since the challenge of a platformer usually comes from the stage itself. At least, that's part of the challenge anyway. And asking for whole new levels for higher difficulties is a bit unreasonable. Hiding a ton of hidden stuff in levels in another popular route, but those can feel a bit like time sinks.
So that said, what kind of fluff would people like to see added to this game?
I just hate how 2D seems to have been relegated to many to downloadable. I'm glad Nintendo still feels this type of game is important enough to be a major release.
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Pretty sure Kirby's Epic Yarn is in development by Good-Feel, which made the awesome Wario Land: Shake It!
So I'm not concerned in the least.
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I was born with a large amount of hearing loss. I had several surgeries as a small child to restore my hearing. I was sick a lot too. Ear infections, bronchitus. I was not a well child.
When i was 2, my grandparents bought me an NES. The year was 1988. They bought me the NES that came with Mario Bros and Duck Hunt. I learned to play video games very fast.
A few years later i underwent a complicated and painful surgery to restore my hearing. It was successful but the recovery would last through my 7th birthday. At that time a new game was being advertised on tv. A new game in a series i had played the first of on my Game boy. It was called Kirby's Adventure.
My mother knew i liked Kirby from the first game. As a child i blathered on about it constantly, in my broken and hard to understand near deaf english. So on my birthday... I was given a gift. I always received gifts on my birthday... being the only grandson and only nephew, well lets face it... only child in the family. But my mom, not being wealthy like the rest of my family, bought me few gifts. It was not something i ever put any thought into. I understood from a very young age that we had to save and work for money.
But she bought me a gift that year. It was a small rectangle wrapped in hand drawn paper. My mom always designed her own wrapping paper for gifts, and this one had a little pink puffball on it. I recognized him instantly. Carefully removing the paper tied with pink string... i found a copy of Kirby's Adventure inside the paper. I was ecstatic.
After the party was over and the grandparents and aunts and uncles had all left.. me and my mom played the game that night. We took turns. You die, you switch turns. I was better at the game than her, but i always insisted she take a turn.
We played that game off on on for weeks, beating it several times, and figuring out every secret in it.
It became our game.
My mom was not a platformer type of person. She plays video games, but she always liked shmups, cave shooters, and bullet hell shooters. Galaga is still her favorite game to this day.
But every kirby game that ever had two players in it we played together. And those that didnt, we would trade turns in. Kirby's Super Star was an exemplary game for us. It came at a time when i was struggling with school, both socially, and fighting serious illness.
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror was another landmark. I had grown up quite a bit... but me and my mom still spent time together. I bought her a GBA that time. It was a gift to her, though to be honest the gift gave so much in return that i cant honestly say i did do it selflessly.
Yesterday i showed my mom Kirby's Epic Yarn. My mother is 53 years old now. Her console is the Wii. I stick to my pc most of the time, and she sticks to the classics on the virtual console.
After i showed my mom that game... she said something. Something that surprised me.
"This time... I get to be Kirby."
I smiled. Its a concession im willing to make to keep a long standing tradition going in this household.
For 17 years now... Kirby has been a part of my life in a deep and profound way. The Orange Ocean selection screen music from Kirby's Adventure still makes me tear up, when i think about those times i played the game with my mom.
This is my game of E3 this year. I give it my stamp of approval.
~ Dr S Words, June 17th 2010
Heh, I found a copy of Kirby's Adventure for $4 a few years ago. Mint in box, WITH the styrofoam insert. Still a great game--the last really big NES release. They pushed that hardware to the limit.
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Fantastic game, touching story good sir. :up:
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I remember my mom was really good at Castle of Illusion but she just couldn't beat the pink dragon boss, and I begged her for a try on her last life...and I beat him first time (because I had seen the pattern). She was impressed and I was so proud.
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Much better, in that case.
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