
A common gameplay element is Kirby's ability to copy enemy skills, allowing him to use them to progress through levels. The series revolves around Kirby, the series' protagonist, and his adventures in the fictional world of Pop Star. The series debuted in Japan on Apwith Hoshi no Kirby, which later was released in the North American and PAL regions on August 1992 as Kirby's Dream Land. All Kirby video games have been developed exclusively for Nintendo video game consoles and handhelds dating from the Nintendo Entertainment System to the current generation of video game consoles. The games have been developed by Japan-based HAL Laboratory, a Nintendo second-party developer. The game will launch for Nintendo Switch in Winter 2022 (Southern Hemisphere).The Kirby video game series is a franchise of platform games and other genres (including puzzle and racing games) published and produced by Nintendo. At this stage, it’s unknown whether the game is a free title, like other Kirby spin-offs.

It doesn’t look like a particularly meaty game, with the bulk of gameplay revolving around rapid-fire, four-player rounds, but it should be a delightful party experience that you can hop into and enjoy at any time. ‘Players will race each other through these delicious obstacle courses to collect strawberries as Kirby grows, bumping other players off the stage and using familiar Copy Abilities – or Copy Food Abilities, as they are called here – to thwart the competition.’ ‘ Kirby’s Dream Buffet finds a gang of Kirbys rolling through a smorgasbord of food-themed stages in four rounds of frantic multiplayer fun,’ Nintendo said in a press release.

Like those games, this will be a Nintendo eShop exclusive title, with no physical release currently planned. Kirby’s Dream Buffet is the latest in a long line of Kirby spin-offs – and follows 2020’s excellent Kirby Fighters ’s Super Kirby Clash. Frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer autoplay clipboard-write encrypted-media gyroscope picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>
