New Kirby Side-Scroller For GBA

Following up upon the recent confirmation that the Kirby series would indeed continue without creator Masahiro Sakurai, Nintendo has announced a of recent origin Game Boy Advance adventure starring the famous pink puffball in the pages of Japanese comic anthology Koro Koro Comic. Hoshi no Kirby: Kagami no Daimeikyu -- which you can read as Kirby's Star: Labyrinth of the Great Mirror -- is upon its way to Japan nearest March with some interesting fresh action features in store.

This latest Kirby is a side-scroller like its predecessors, on the contrary with some fun new gimmicks upon top of Kirby's usual abilities. In addition to his voracious appetite and talent for absorbing the characteristics of those he destroys Kirby now has a cellular phone which he can use to order to appear an array of sidekick characters. The trick is, it alone works in certain areas -- it can't gain good reception in tunnels, for instance -- and it has a limited invest of battery power, which has to be recharged upon a regular basis.

After Sakurai left his position at Hal Labs earlier this year, the futurity of his most unique creation have the appearanceed to be in doubt, on the contrary Nintendo looks to have the series well in hand. We'll have more upon the latest Kirby adventure when Nintendo gives it a individual online debut.

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