Kirby & the Amazing Mirror

"This was the best!"

Intro
I thought Kirby Air Ride would be better, but I was wrong. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (Changed name) is way better than Kirby Air Ride. Hal (Yes, the company who made SSBM), and Flagship (?) made Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. It still has all the basics and more.

Story: 5/10
Well it is a Kirby game, so there isn't that much story to it. From the beginning, you see Metaknight trying to save Mirror Land and Dark Metaknight and Dark Kirby comes out and Dark Metaknight chops Kirby into 4 Kirbys. Then the 4 Kirbys save the Mirror Land... Then all you have to do is beat all the bosses and after you see the ending.

Gameplay:10/10
Very, VERY good. It is Metroid style, so it is one very big level, different from other Kirby games. There are some puzzles so you can go into other rooms, but it isn't impossible either. Bosses can get sometimes annoying, because they are not in your line of fire, but everything else is ok. There are new enemies and old ones, but they aren't that hard to defeat. There are treasures you have to get too, like in "The Great Cave Offensive" in Kirby Super Star. There is another new item in this game, the Cell phone! Yes, if you are in trouble, all you have to do is press R and wait for few seconds as your friends come in (They are all stupid as a piece of sliced bread.)! And if you can't wait for your friends, press L and your warpstar will bring you back to the main room. There are also abilities. With old abilities, like fire, ice, and cutter, there comes the new abilities! Like Magic, Minimize, there are two other abilities that I think are very good, but there would be too much spoilers. There is also a surprise for people who like SSBM!

Graphics: 10/10
The graphics are the same as Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland, but if you are new to Kirby, the graphics are very well. It is full-colored and on every level, there is a different background. You will be facinated by some of the graphics!

Music/Sound: 10/10
If you heard one song of Kirby in this game, you sing it all day long! Yes, it is that good! The songs here will match to any other platformer games! Of course if you want to hear the songs in the sound test, you have to find them, but while playing, it will be very soothing for your ears!

Multiplayer: 10/10
Yes there are multiplayer gaming in this game, it will be way better, because the they will not wonder around and die (Unless they have an IQ of 1). The little disadvantage: It is the same as Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland, If 3 of you beat all the way to level five and 1 of you only till level two, you will only have until level two.

Replay Value: 10/10
You will have to spend alot of time to beat this game, but I don't recommend you to delete you file and do it all over again once you get 100%, because you will be spending alot of your time beating this game, like getting all the maps, spraypaints (To turn our Kirby into different colors), and the song tracks.

Overall:10/10
It is very addicting, this game. You will not take your fingers off this. I recommend you to import this from Japan or Europe NOW!

Buy or Rent: Buy
I don't think you can beat all the things if you rent, so BUY, BUY, BUY!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 05/23/04