I have never been a big fan of puzzle games that much, except for that one game I reviewed for the Game boy advance called puyo puyo fever, But just then, I found this underrated gem of a game called Kirby's avalanche, This game seems to be a mix between Kirby and puyo puyo, But does that really mean this is a bad game? Hmm...let's just find out ourselves! This is Kirby's avalanche for the SNES, Let's get this one started!
Story-7/10
The main plot behind this game is that one day in dream land, everybody is getting excited for some sort of competition held by king dedede, this is called the ghost trap avalanche, Kirby has decided to accept his challenge, thus, he then travels through the forest to compete against all of his friends and foes in this big competition.
Gameplay-8/10
As like all puyo puyo games, these colored globs called puyos are falling from the top of the screen and thus, you must get them to disappear in order to send "Trash" to your opponent's room, The more puyo you make disappear, the more trash you will send to your opponent's room, Whoevers room is full and loaded with trash first loses, thus the opposing player wins. The controls are pretty simple, You use the A B and X buttons to turn your stacks of puyo, and you press the D-pad in order to move the pile. There are 3 different game modes in this game, There is the main story mode, in which you lead Kirby on a quest to win king dedede's ghost trap competition, P1 vs P2 mode, where you can play the game with a friend, and last but not least, there is the practice mode, where you can just practice your puyo puyo skills by yourself. One thing I like about this game is that all of Kirby's friends and foes from the previous games appear, and those people include Whispy woods, waddle Dee, Meta knight, that snowman guy, and so on.
Graphics-8/10
This game was made way later in the SNES life span, 1995 to be exact, and for what it is worth, It is pretty good! I mean of course the game is colorful, I mean the whole game is centered around stacking COLORFUL blocks! Haha, as for the characters, they look pretty good as well, Kirby looks fine, king dedede looks good, and yeah all of Kirby's friends and foes from his previous adventures are here as well, And they look better then ever! The HUD in each match is pretty self explanatory, It shows your score, your room of puyo, your incoming trash, and that is pretty much it. For a game that was made way later in the SNES life span, this is pretty good!
Sound-7/10
Right off the bat, you get some little tiny kid yelling out "Kirby avalanche!" But oh well, The soundtrack in this game is rather OK, but the best part of the game overall is that all the stages use remixed versions of some songs from previous Kirby games! For example, one level in particular uses the butter building song from Kirby's adventure, and this is remixed very decently, but as for the actually sound effects, they are your typical fare to say the least, you get booms, disappears, thuds, and heck, you even get some and I say SOME character vocals here and there, but they are very quiet and brief.
Addictiveness-8/10
How likely am I to play this game again? That is a tough one to say the least, It really depends on If I am the kind to actually play puzzle games alot, Nah! Just kidding! The game has quite alot of charm and whatnot to make you come back for more and more, and one instance of this is the practice mode, As I trained and trained in the practice mode, I have gotten way better at making combos and just playing this game in general!
Depth-8/10
The game itself is pretty long and offers quite alot to do, first of all, there is a 2-player versus mode where you can challenge your friend to puyo-stacking, and I remembered playing this mode quite alot with my best friend back then, and the main story mode itself is only like 12 stages, so It will most likely take you 30 minutes to get through that! And last but not least, there is a practice mode where you can brush up on your puyo-stacking skills by yourself, and that mode works out pretty well to say the least!
Difficulty-6/10
The game should not really give you that much trouble actually, I mean there is a difficulty level and all, But in the end, the game just comes off as very easy even at the harder difficulty levels, Never once did I have trouble on any levels at all, okay maybe that pesky 9th level, But the game never really gave me that much trouble after that, and that is for the best!
Overall-7.8/10
If you need a good puzzle fix, or heck, even a Kirby fix, then I actually would recommend this one! I mean, it does have quite alot of depth of fun factor to it to keep you coming back for more and more, and that is pretty good! I gave this game a 7.8 because how much the game offers and how it stands up by itself considering It is a puzzle game, so anyways, that has been Kirby's avalanche! This has been RedHotToddy, And I am signing off!
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