Through a Nintendo Direct presentation, the video game company announced that the next installment of the popular Kirby franchise, Kirby: Planet Robobot, will be launched on the Nintendo 3DS on June 10.
As with most Kirby games, it will be a platformer wherein the titular pink character can copy the abilities of his opponents. Players will be able to move between the foreground and the background as they go through various colorful levels.
What sets this version apart from other Kirby games is the Robobot armor, which allows Kirby to smash obstacles. The armor, which also has the ability to copy the abilities of opponents, is used by Kirby to repel the invaders that have come to turn Dreamland into a mechanized world.
Copying what the opponents can do remains a vital aspect of the game, with Kirby able to mimic 25 abilities and the Robobot armor able to go into 10 modes based on what enemies wear.
The Nintendo Direct video also reveals that Kirby: Planet Robobot will feature a new mode named Team Kirby Clash.
In the new game mode, four players will be able to join together to complete co-op missions for experience points, with all players carrying a different role. As their experience accumulates, players will be able to tackle more difficult quests, including taking on the biggest bosses of the game and earning trophies along the way.
Gamers can access Team Kirby Clash through Download Play, with only one player among the team of four required to actually own Kirby: Planet Robobot.
The new Kirby title will also be supporting all amiibo figures, with many of them giving the pink puffball copy abilities within the game. Some of the figures can even pass on character-specific traits to Kirby, examples of which include the Mario amiibo giving Kirby the "fire" ability and the Link amiibo giving Kirby the "sword" ability.
Lastly, Nintendo announced that it will be launching four new amiibo figures from the Kirby universe alongside the release of the new game. Namely, the four figures are Kirby, King Dedede, Waddle Dee and Meta Knight.
