Use your Copy Ability to bump another player and you can send them sailing off the course, costing them some strawberries and, more preciously, time. These powers can also be wielded offensively. Tornado, for instance, creates a vortex that draws in nearby strawberries, while Jelly lets you slip past walls. As in Mario Kart, these are stored in item boxes strewn liberally around the stage, and they bestow Kirby with a different food-themed Copy Ability once collected. Strawberries and other fruits are littered all across the course, so you'll need to collect as many as you can on the way to the goal while trying to outrace your opponents.Īdding another layer to races are the different power-ups you can acquire. Speed isn't all you need to worry about, however. Arriving first means you can help yourself to the biggest serving of shortcake, practically ensuring you'll be in a comfortable lead heading into the next round. Naturally, the goal here is to reach the finish before the other players. You'll need to carefully navigate spongecake slopes, shortbread platforms, egg yolk trampolines and other delicious hazards on the way to the finish line, where three mountains of strawberry shortcake await. The first and third rounds are races across an obstacle course made of food. The main course in Dream Buffet, so to speak, is the "Gourmet Grand Prix," a four-round competition consisting of races, mini-games and a battle royale, with the ultimate goal being to gobble up the most strawberries. 17, plops Kirby into a food-themed party game, and the result is delectable – if a little insubstantial.
Kirby's Dream Buffet, which launched for the Nintendo Switch on Aug. Kirby may be best known for gentle platforming adventures, but the voracious puffball has branched off into numerous other genres over the years, from pinball and puzzlers to even mini-golf.