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Kirby's Blowout Blast
Developer(s)HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Tatsuya Kamiyama
Producer(s)Satoshi Mitsuhara
Hitoshi Yamagami
Designer(s)Yutaka Watanabe
Programmer(s)Hiroshi Ohnishi
Composer(s)Hirokazu Ando
Jun Ishikawa
SeriesKirby
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS
Release
  • JP: July 4, 2017
  • WW: July 6, 2017
Genre(s)Action platformer
Mode(s)Single-player

Kirby's Blowout Blast is a 2017 video game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is an expanded version of the Kirby 3D Rumble minigame in Kirby: Planet Robobot. The game was praised by reviewers for its replayability, but criticized for being too repetitive.

Gameplay[edit]

Kirby's Blowout Blast does not feature Copy Abilities, with Kirby only being able to jump and inhale. Gameplay revolves around Kirby inhaling objects and enemies, and spit them out as a projectile. Killing enemies with those two abilities starts a combo, earning you points. If the player gets a high enough high score on each level in a world, they will unlock more challenging versions of each of those levels.[1]

Development and release[edit]

Kirby's Blowout Blast is an expanded version of the Kirby 3D Rumble minigame in Kirby: Planet Robobot.[2] The game released for the Nintendo 3DS on July 6, 2017, after the release of the Nintendo Switch.[3] It was announced in a Nintendo Direct alongside Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, which released in April 2017.[4]

Reception[edit]

Tim Latshaw of Nintendo Life stated that the game's levels encouraged replayability, but did not vary much. He also praised the game's graphics.[1] In his review for Vice, Chris Schilling called the game "another successful spin-off" for the series.[3] Jon Mundy of Pocket Gamer called the game satisfying, stating that he enjoyed how the game handled spitting projectiles.[6] The game was heavily criticized by Markus Grundmann of Eurogamer, who found the levels repetitive.[9] In his review for Cubed3, Drew Hurley praised the game's replayability, but criticized it for being too short and easy.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Latshaw, Tim (18 July 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast review". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  2. ^ Skrebels, Joe (28 June 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast Gets a Release Date". IGN. Archived from the original on 2020-11-30. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  3. ^ a b Schilling, Chris (9 July 2017). "'Kirby's Blowout Blast' Doesn't Suck or Blow, Even When Its Hero Does". Vice. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  4. ^ Rose, Bryan. "New Kirby Games On the Way For 3DS". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  5. ^ "Kirby's Blowout Blast". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  6. ^ a b Mundy, Jon (12 September 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast 3DS review - A tasty but insubstantial amuse-bouche". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  7. ^ Carter, Chris. "Review: Kirby's Blowout Blast". Destructoid.
  8. ^ a b Hurley, Drew. "Kirby's Blowout Blast (Nintendo 3DS) Review". Cubed3. Archived from the original on 2023-06-11. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  9. ^ Grundmann, Markus (7 July 2017). "Kirby's Blowout Blast". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%27s_Blowout_Blast

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