
Kirby Mass Attack centers all of its control (with a few very rare exceptions for mini-games) on the touch screen and stylus. Yeah, you’re not using any of those here. See that D-Pad on your DS? What about all those face buttons? Oh, and I’m certain you noticed the two shoulder buttons. The first thing you should know about Kirby Mass Attack is that it’s completely touch-based. It is up to this sole Kirby to seek out the other nine fragments of himself so that they can all combine their strength, band together, and defeat the maniacal Necrodius and his goons. The spell splits the rotund hero into 10 separate Kirbys, and the antagonist has no problem defeating all but one of the Kirbys, who retreats to safe ground. Kirby Mass Attack begins with the titular character fallen victim to a wicked spell at the hands of Necrodius, an evil wizard and the latest villain in the series. Here we are not even a full year later, and Nintendo’s pink hero is once again trying something new, this time on the Nintendo DS. Last year, Kirby’s Epic Yarn was Nintendo and HAL Laboratory’s progressive new endeavor, and it provided gamers with a beautiful gameplay experience that just dripped of aesthetic charm and colorful bliss. The company frequently treads new water with Kirby, often trying out different concepts that turn out to be delightfully impressive.

I like to think of the Kirby series as Nintendo’s experimental franchise.
