- Platform, Racing, Action, Party
Hungry for some 4-player Kirby fun? Race through delicious obstacle courses, collect the most strawberries, and thwart your competition using familiar abilities. Kirby is about to eat some cake when the magic fork he is holding makes him tiny! He must compete with three other Kirbys to eat the most strawberries and win the Gourmet Grand Prix.
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Plot-driven, warm, unpretentious and resolved.
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- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
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Cubed3May 20239/10The relatively short nature of the races within Kirby's Dream Buffet, the way everyone, even those who come last, gain points in a race, and the ease to join in multiplayer online or team up with friends makes this latest Kirby game a real treat to play on Nintendo Switch.
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Hardcore GamerKirstin SwalleyAug 20224/5There have been a good amount of small Kirby spin-offs throughout the 3DS and Switch lifetimes in particular, but Kirby's Dream Buffet is one of the better entries by far.
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Nintendo LifePJ O'ReillyAug 20228/10Kirby's Dream Buffet is a colourful and chaotic slice of slapstick party game action that serves up a nice range of modes to play either offline, in online ranked matches, and with friends in split-screen or local play modes. This is an easy, breezy game to jump into, perfect for beginners and young gamers, with plenty of courses, lots of unlockable goodies, and a budget price point to boot, making for one delicious treat that we're gonna be digging into for some time to come.
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VG247Kelsey RaynorAug 20222/5 starsOn the whole, Kirby’s Dream Buffet is a neat idea on the surface. When brought to life, it could’ve genuinely been a contender for one of the Switch’s top party games had it featured a little more variation, and some better multiplayer support. That said, the future of Kirby is now very much cemented in 3D, and I still look forward to where the pink puff ball ends up once they’ve decided that they can’t stomach another strawberry.
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TheSixthAxisAug 20225/10Kirby's Dream Buffet isn't a terrible game, and certainly has the typical Nintendo aesthetic polish, but the whole package is underwhelming and lacking in any real variety. I felt as if I had seen everything bar the unlockable cosmetics after a few hours play and there was nothing to keep me hooked. Unless you are a total diehard Kirby fan, I'd just go for a replay of Forgotten Land.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Released
- August 17, 2022
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 7.1/10 from 11 ratings.
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