Kirby’s Emotion Mayhem

Kirby’s Emotion Mayhem(also called Kirby of the Stars: Emotion Mayhem in Japan and Kirby and the Power of Emotion in other regions)is a 2024 side-scrolling 3D platformer released for the Nintendo Switch. The game was first announced on April 15th, 2024 in a Nintendo Direct, and in another in June, more details were revealed, such as Kirby’s Emotion Powers, the return of Super Abilities(from Kirby’s Return to Dream Land), and more. The is the first Kirby game to have full voice acting, and also the first game to be a 3D platformer since Kirby and the Forgotten Land. The game’s premise is primarily similar to that of Super Princess Peach, and borrows many concepts from that game.
== Gameplay ==
Kirby’s Emotion Mayhem plays similarly to other Kirby games. There are only seven worlds in the game, including a secret bonus world that can only be unlocked by beating the entire main story, with all Waddle Dees rescued. Three captive Waddle Dees are hidden in parts of a level of a world, with each boss battle having a captured Waddle Dee in a bubble. In order to fight the last boss battle, the player must rescue all of the Waddle Dees, also including Bandana, Dedede, and Meta. Beating a boss will unlock the next world. In addition, there is also a shop where you can buy certain items, as well as expand the Emotion Meter and make Emotion Powers more powerful. Kirby has infinite lives, so players can continue if they want to. Also, if you beat the main story, the shop will offer an upgrade titled “Endless Power”. Endless Power will allow Kirby to use her emotions without having the Emotion Meter decreasing, so players could use her abilities as long as they please.
=== Emotion Meter ===
The Emotion Meter is one of the main mechanics in the game, which allows Kirby to use special abilities. Her seven main emotions are happiness, gloom, rage, fear, silly, love, and calm. A secret emotion called glam can be unlocked after beating the main story. When a player moves their cursor(which can be moved using the D-pad or the Control Stick)and taps the A button on each mood, it will activate an ability that can clear and solve puzzles and defeat enemies. Each use of abilities will drain the Emotion Meter. The meter can be restored by potions or defeating enemies. As the game progresses and every time you clear a world, Kirby’s special abilities get even more powerful.
== Premise ==
Near the location of Dream Land, there is a place called Emotion Island, said to hold the powerful Emotion Parasol, a legendary umbrella that has the ability to control people’s emotions. Hearing of the parasol’s existence and legendary power, an evil fairy named Darklena decides to build a vacation getaway house on the island in order to use the parasol for her advantage.
After her second-in-command Watery Gloom finds the parasol for her, Darklena hatches a plan to capture some residents of Dream Land. Watery Gloom entrusts the parasol to Darklena’s third-in-command Raging Wind, and sends her to Dream Land. With the Star Warriors under the influence of the parasol, the fairies successfully kidnap Bandana, Dedede, Meta, and several Waddle Dees, and imprison them all across the island. Raging Wind becomes influenced by the parasol, and swings it around, causing Darklena and her minion fairies to lose control of their emotions.
Elsewhere, Kirby returns from her daily walk, only to see that Dream Land has become ravaged, and that the residents had become emotionally disarrayed. There was a note from Darklena stating that she captured Kirby’s friends. Enraged, Kirby decides she is the only one who can save them, and sets off to Emotion Island.
Kirby travels through six different areas across the island, helping Waddle Dees and defeating enemies along the way. In no time, Kirby reaches Darklena’s castle, where she meets Darklena and Watery Gloom. Darklena uses the Emotion Parasol to make Watery Gloom more powerful, but Kirby beats her nonetheless, and after her own defeat, Darklena uses the Emotion Parasol to turn into a giant, yet Kirby defeats her again by throwing bombs at her, then whacking her out of the castle with the Emotion Parasol. After Darklena’s final defeat, Kirby returns to Dream Land, with the fate of the Emotion Parasol left unknown.
== Voice cast ==
* Cassandra Lee Morris as Kirby, Darklena
* Andrea Libman as Watery Gloom
* Kazumi Evans as Raging Wind
* Jeremy Shada as Bandana Waddle Dee
* Zac Efron as King Dedede
* Terry Klassen as Meta Knight
Additionally, Dee Bradley Baker voices the Waddle Dees(except for Bandana), and boss voices are uncredited.
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