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Kirby: Planet Robobot

2016 video game

Kirby: Planet Robobot is an action platform video game. It was published by Nintendo and developed by HAL Laboratory. It was released for the Nintendo 3DS on April 28, 2016 in Japan and on June 10, 2016 worldwide.[1]

Kirby: Planet Robobot
Developer(s)HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Composer(s)Hirokazu Andō Edit this on Wikidata
SeriesKirby
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • JP: April 28, 2016
  • WW: June 10, 2016
Genre(s)Action, platform
Mode(s)Single player
multiplayer

The game was revealed during a Nintendo Direct on March 3, 2016.[2]

Gameplay

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The gameplay of Planet Robobot is like the last game, Triple Deluxe. It uses the Nintendo 3DS's 3D system by having Kirby move into the background and foreground in levels. Like most games in the series, Kirby is able to eat enemies and spit them out to attack. He can also swallow them to get their powers. Players can also get items and abilities by using Amiibo figures.[3][4] The game adds a mech suit called the Robobot Armor that Kirby can use, allowing him to break some things, lift heavy things, and defeat big enemies. Like Kirby, the Robobot Armor can get versions of these abilities by scanning enemies. This can be used to attack enemies and solve puzzles. Code Cubes are hidden in every level. They are needed to beat the game and unlock bonus levels. They can also be used to get stickers. These stickers can be put on the Robobot Armor.[5][6]

Minigames

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Planet Robobot has two minigames: Team Kirby Clash and Kirby 3D Rumble. Team Kirby Clash is an action role-playing game in which up to four players pick a character class and work together to fight big bosses. Kirby 3D Rumble is a single-player game in which Kirby must move through a 3D area to kill enemies as quickly as possible. Beating the main game unlocks two more modes. One is Meta Knightmare Returns, where players play as Meta Knight in a harder version of the main game. The other is The Arena, where players fight multiple bosses with limited healing. The game also supports StreetPass and Miiverse.[7][8][9]

Plot

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A very big spacecraft called the Access Ark takes over and mechanizes Kirby's home, Planet Popstar. King Dedede and Meta Knight try to fight back, but Dedede's castle and Meta Knight's airship are both blown up. Kirby is sleeping the whole time. He wakes up and sees that his planet's energy is being stolen and goes to take care of it.

Kirby breaks the Access Ark's five legs all over Planet Popstar. He gets the Robobot Armor while doing this. The Robobot Armor is a mysterious power suit that makes his ability-copying power stronger. Kirby also finds an alien secretary named Susie. She claims to be taking natural resources from the planet's ecosystems for her boss, President Max Profitt Haltmann. He is the person in charge of the Access Ark, and has been following the business plans of a supercomputer named Star Dream.

After breaking all five legs and making the Access Ark unable to move, Kirby goes into the Ark and meets Haltmann. Haltmann fires Susie for not stopping Kirby. He then fights Kirby in his own power suit but is beaten. Haltmann then attempts to use Star Dream to kill Kirby, but is stopped by Susie. However, Star Dream becomes self-aware, takes over Haltmann's body, and attacks Susie. Star Dream then says that all living things are in the way of their plan and tries to destroy a bunch of galaxies. Meta Knight then comes back with a repaired version of his airship and Kirby combines it with his Robobot Armor to fight Star Dream.

Kirby fights and breaks Star Dream, but it comes back and takes control of the Access Ark. Star Dream goes on a rampage and damages Meta Knight's airship, but Meta Knight shoots Kirby out of it. Kirby then breaks the supercomputer with a very big drill. After Star Dream falls apart, Kirby's dying Robobot Armor uses the last of its power to send him back to his home.

Reception

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Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic81/100[10]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid7/10[11]
EGM9/10[12]
Game Informer8/10[13]
GameRevolution4/5[14]
GameSpot8/10[15]
GamesTM8/10[16]
IGN8/10[17]
Nintendo Life9/10[18]
Nintendo World Report9/10[19]
Polygon8/10[20]
Shacknews8/10[21]
USgamer4/5[22]

Kirby: Planet Robobot received positive reviews. GameSpot said that they liked the gameplay, level design, characters, art, music, and extra modes, but didn't like how easy the game was.[15] IGN's Brendan Graeber liked the 3D-based puzzles in really nice-looking worlds, boss fights, the Robobot mech, and additional modes, but disliked the game being so easy.[17] Ollie Barder of Forbes gave it a good review, saying it is like the mecha anime series Gurren Lagann.[23]

It had sold 300,479 copies in Japan by June 2016.[24] It sold 1.36 million copies by the end of March 2017.[25]

References

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  1. ↑ "Kirby: Planet Robobot". Nintendo. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Kirby: Planet Robobot Announced for 3DS". IGN. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  3. ↑ Minotti, Mike (March 3, 2016). "Kirby returns to 3DS with Planet Robobot (and new amiibo)". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Carter, Chris (May 21, 2016). "Here's how amiibo work in Kirby: Planet Robobot". Destructoid. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. ↑ Sarker, Samit (March 3, 2016). "Kirby: Planet Robobot puts Kirby into a mech suit this June". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ Haywald, Justin (March 3, 2016). "New Kirby Game Coming to 3DS, Includes Giant Robots". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "More Kirby: Planet Robobot details". Nintendo Everything. March 5, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ J. Seppala, Timothy (March 3, 2016). "'Kirby' returns to your hands in June with 'Planet Robobot'". Engadget. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Romano, Sal (March 3, 2016). "Kirby: Planet Robobot Announced For 3DS". Gematsu. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kirby: Planet Robobot for 3DS Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ Carter, Chris (June 10, 2016). "Domo arigato". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Carsillo, Ray (June 7, 2016). "Kirby: Planet Robobot review". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on September 5, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Kirby: Planet Robobot Reviews". Game Informer. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  14. ↑ Schaller, Kevin (May 28, 2016). "Kirby: Planet Robobot Review". Game Revolution. Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Brown, Peter (May 25, 2016). "Variety is the spice of life". Archived from the original on 31 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Kirby: Planet Robobot review". GamesTM. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Graeber, Brendan. "Making robot suits look good in pink". Ign.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "Kirby: Planey Robobot for Nintendo 3DS review". Nintendo Life. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Kirby: Planet Robobot review". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  20. ↑ Hawkins, Janine (June 10, 2020). "KIRBY: PLANET ROBOBOT REVIEW". Polygon. Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  21. ↑ Watts, Steve (June 3, 2016). "Kirby: Planet Robobot Review: Mechanical Merriment". Shacknews. Archived from the original on August 6, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  22. ↑ Parish, Jeremy (June 20, 2016). "Kirby: Planet Robobot 3DS Review: A Gundam Good Time". USGamer. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  23. ↑ Barder, Ollie (May 13, 2016). "'Kirby: Planet Robobot' Review: Kirby Unleashes Its Inner 'Gurren Lagann'". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  24. ↑ "This Week In Sales: Dragon Quest Heroes II, Overwatch, And Kirby Continue Leading The Way". Siliconera.com. 8 June 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  25. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (27 April 2017). "Nintendo Switch Ships 2.74M Units, Zelda Rises To 3.84M Shipped". Gamespot.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.

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