Kirby's Dream Buffet
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Kirby's Dream Buffet is an upcoming Kirby spin-off game for the Nintendo Switch eShop.[1] In it, Kirby is shrunk by the Dream Fork and must face off against Waddle Dees and other multi-colored Kirbys in collecting the most strawberries atop a now giant cake[2] in order to grow bigger for a final fight.[3] General gameplay will revolve around playing various kinds of mini-games in various food-themed stages, grabbing strawberries to grow in size. Becoming larger grants various benefits to the Kirby in question, including rolling faster down hills, and is the metric by which the winner is decided.[4] The mini-games include racing and reaching a goal of strawberries, collecting falling strawberries, and snatching the strawberries of others by blowing them away.[5] The game can be played locally with up to four players[2] and also features online multiplayer via Nintendo Switch Online.[6] The game also features the familiar Copy Abilities[2] in a new form, as Copy Food abilities.[7][8]
Kirby's Dream Buffet is scheduled to release in the summer of 2022, to be exclusively available as a digital download from the Nintendo eShop.
Story
In Kirby's Dream Buffet, Kirby is invited to a "gourmet festival" where he finds a cake, as shown in the opening scene. Instead of waiting for the festival to start, Kirby decides to eat the cake using the Dream Fork. In wielding the Dream Fork, Kirby is affected by its magical powers and is shrunk down significantly. From here, he is joined by other Kirbys as they roll around, eating the now relatively giant food.[8][9]
Gameplay
The gameplay of Kirby's Dream Buffet revolves around racing along various food-themed courses and/or battling in food-themed arenas to collect strawberries and grow larger in size, with the goal being to be the heaviest contestant by the end of the event. These events appear to be supervised by two giant floating white gloves who greatly resemble Master Hand & Crazy Hand, though they have yet to be confirmed as such. In the race courses, there are a number of enemies that populate the stages, resembling classic enemies from the Kirby series such as Bouncy, Kabu, and Gordo, but with food motifs. There also exist a number of stage devices and hazards, including what appear to be Bumpers and Dash Panels, also made to resemble food. Along the way, Kirbys can collide with Food Boxes to uncover various Copy Food abilities, with those revealed including Stone, Wheel, and Tornado.
Copy Food abilities
- Stone in the form of a chocolate bar[2][10]
- Tornado in the form of a soft-serve ice cream[2][10]
- Wheel in the form of a donut[2][10]
Enemies
The following enemies have been revealed to be in the game:
Trivia
- The opening scene shown in the trailer for this game greatly mirrors the opening of the announcement trailer for Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition, as both feature Kirby admiring an ornately-decorated cake topped with strawberries with a peach backdrop.
- The key art for the game features two particular colors of Kirby that are not often seen: one is a deep green/brown-footed Kirby similar to the Emerald Spray Paint last seen in Kirby: Squeak Squad, and the other is a brown-colored Kirby similar to the Chocolate Spray Paint.
Gallery
Artwork
Cut-scenes
Gameplay
Kirby rolling around on a cake-based stage, with a candy Gordo in the frame and a breakable wall in the background
Kirby rolling up a slope on a lunch-themed course past some candy Kabu
Kirbys of various sizes racing toward some Food Boxes
Kirby and some Waddle Dees at the start of the race, with what appear to be Master Hand & Crazy Hand in the background
Videos
Announcement trailer
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Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | カービィのグルメフェス[11] kābyi no gurume fesu |
Kirby's Gourmet Fest |
Chinese | 卡比的美食節[12] kǎ bǐ dì měi shí jié |
Kirby's Gourmet Fest |
Dutch | Kirby's Dream Buffet | - |
French | Kirby's Dream Buffet | - |
German | Kirby's Dream Buffet | - |
Italian | Kirby's Dream Buffet | - |
Korean | 커비의 드림 뷔페[13] keobiui deulim bwipe |
Kirby's Dream Buffet |
Spanish | Kirby's Dream Buffet | - |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Announcement trailer
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Nintendo of America
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ Kirby_JP Twitter post
- ↑ Kirby_JP Twitter post
- ↑ Nintendo of Europe
- ↑ Nintendo UK
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Japanese Nintendo article for the game
- ↑ Kirby_JP Twitter post
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Kirby_JP Twitter post
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WXBjOQfI1E
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedJ6YcYDE4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82KbSRypbro
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