Game Journal (Old Game)

Game Title: Kirby Super Star                            Publisher:  Nintendo

Year:  1996                                                           ESRB Rating:  K+A

Platform:  SNES                                                  Genre:  Adventure Platformer

·         Fun Factor:  It’s very fun, it has a variety of different episodes/adventures to play, from collecting treasure in caves, to fighting a boss rush with limited supply of health drops. The major mechanic in this game is also alot of fun, which are copy abilties that give you powerful moves or are used to solve puzzles.

·         Learning Curve:  It has a very simple learning curve with easy to understand gameplay, move lists for all the abilities, and tutorials at the beginning of each mode.

·         Graphics:  The graphics looked very nice. I like the cartoony, kid friendly style they had with the game. The graphics were also pretty simple as well.

·         Audio:  All of the soundtracks sound nice, and it has good variety. All of the area themes fit the area and tone.

·         Controls:  Controls were easy to understand, and if you forgot how to do a move, you could pause and look at the move list

·         Story:  Story is nice and simple in each episode, from getting the stolen food back from king DeDeDe, to hunting treasure, the game doesn’t take itself too seriously.

·        Characters:  Kirby, King DeDeDe, Meta Knight are all the major characters in the game. But since it’s a kid’s game, there’s no character arc for any of these characters really, not that it’s a problem.

·         Level Design:  The levels were fun. From the rooms where you just have fun defeating enemies, to solving puzzles/doing trials, sometimes even using abilities to solve them

·         Changes: Only change I’d really make is to add more games.

·        Recommendation:  It’s a great title on the SNES that you must play if you’re interested in SNES games and such. Which is perfect since its coming on the SNES mini