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Honestly, same. As soon as I saw the design, it didn't register that this was the actual, official design for a few lengthy seconds.

Not the worst that they could have gone with, but it's certainly not ideal.

You taken note of the moment in the opening story cutscene where Espio suddenly starts to mirror Vector's animations?

Just had to go take a look and good lord dude you're right! 😂 He even walks off with his arms stupidly far out like he's mimicking Vector's as well.

Always gonna love the game but jeez even the CG has that Heroes "jank" factor!

Thats me with most Kirbys. I'm usually a little bored at first due to how much of a cake walk it sometimes feels like but then somewhere along the way I'm somehow into it and hooked out of nowhere, normally until I beat the game.

Always found it interesting how Kirby games start really easy and by the time you're trying to complete the bonus content, the difficulty is insane.

Welcome to the fold, brother. If you like Kirby's Adventure, then you'll hopefully love several of the games down the line. I'd highly recommend Kirby Superstar Ultra, Kirby's Adventure Wii, and Planet Robobot.

Also it bothered me at first but I kinda like how the stages in Kirby games are separated by doors into easily digestible chunks. Probably done due to limitations at the time but ended up becoming a series staple.

Kirby's Adventure is the game I always go back to the most even though it's not my favorite in the series

You should check out the 3DS port at some point since it eliminates the slowdown

I was pleasantly surprised to see that the game not only saves, but autosaves after every level like holy hell that is so convenient! I prefer not using save states if a game has some sort of save mode so this is perfect!

I'm only up to world 3 atm so no spoilers but what sort of stuff do you need to do for a 100% completion? I've not noticed too much in terms of collectibles etc so I'm kinda curious.

Additionally, since I'm on switch anyway, what's the general feeling on Star Allies?? Always meant to look into it.

Starting in Butter Building you can look for switches in certain levels that can unlock extra rooms in the hub like mini-games and ability rooms

Levels marked with a red door (after completing the level) means there's still a switch you haven't found. The first two worlds don't have any and world 3 only has one, but the later worlds start having more

Ahh so the game colour codes the doors so you know where you still need to look?? That'll be a massive help!

It's not so much about levels as it is abilities.

Depending on your starting set-up, you'll get different abilities, the one recommended usually being getting rid of staff, and picking up shield. Shield gives you defence boosted abilities and gives you the best abilities quicker - Second Chance, Once More and Leaf Bracer.

The two former will protect you from being insta-killed, allowing to survive combos and one-hits at 1hp as long as you were above 1hp. Leaf Bracer on the other hand makes you invincible whilst healing, meaning your heals can't be cancelled, which makes the likes of Riku-Ansem a lot more manageable.