Kirby Fighters Deluxe

Series fans will love getting to experience classic copy abilities to the fullest in a new setting, and fighting types will appreciate the variety and depth of the fast-paced Kirby combat — if you find yourself in either camp, Fighters Deluxe deserves a privileged place on your 3DS menu.

Kirby Fighters Deluxe is a simple and charming brawler which lacks content on the long run.

A nice standalone version of Kirby Triple Deluxe's bonus mode, with a bunch of new arenas and features.

When four small mallowpuffs are jumbled together in the corner of one small screen, you get a Kirby fluster-cluck.

The idea of creating a single Kirby game out of a minigame is laudable and Kirby Fighters Deluxe will be enjoyed mostly by those looking for quick, fun rounds of combat, whether singularly or up to four players. It doesn’t stretch much further, though, and it gets repetitive quickly enough.

The latest Kirby spinoff takes more than a few pages from Smash Bros.’ book- but it’s an alternative nevertheless.

If you’re looking for something to take up ten minutes of your time and you’re having one of those days where nothing is going your way then hop aboard the Kirby Fighting Deluxe train. If you are looking for a fighting game where you can “smash” the opposition, then other games are available, although I’m not giving you any clues as to what they are.

This game is great! But what would be nice if it would have a Online Multiplayer Mode.... But is it worth getting... Yes if your a devoted Kirby fan but no if you arn't into the series or just don't have triple deluxe... If it were to have a Onine multiplaer feature I would give it a 10/10.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Kirby Fighters Deluxe provides a lacklustre moment of fun for this Kirby spin-off game. Once, you complete the game's main mode, there is nothing but repeating yourself over and over again, just because you spent a few pounds on it. Besides, when you own Kirby Fighters 2, Kirby Fighters Deluxe feels like a less limited demo version of the main game.

Originally a minigame from the 3DS title Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby Fighters is now available as an eShop exclusive. I figured this would help curb my craving for 4-way brawlers until the release of Super Smash Bros. And sure enough, it did—for a few hours, which was how long it took to unlock all the extra hats for each of Kirby’s abilities (one of which looks like a jockstrap). Speaking of abilities, you only get a handful right off the bat, while 2 others can only be unlocked with StreetPass data from Triple Deluxe. With an option to purchase Triple Deluxe and no online multiplayer, this is basically a demo (and at $7, a rather expensive one) of the “full game" which, in turn, tries getting buyers to pay twice for the same sub-game.

I bought this game while I was waiting for Smash to come out. While it was decent back then I have since been unable to enjoy it. It is worse than Smash in every way. Less stages, Less weaponscharacters and bare bones gameplay are only a few of the problems I have with this game. Just don't download this if you have or are going to get Smash as it will become useless space on your SD card.