The game also qualifies compared to the original Puyo Puyo, though not to the extent of Dr. Subverted ironically with the cover, despite being Western-made, it's a rather cute image of a cheerful Kirby and Dedede. American Kirby Is Hardcore: Kirby comes off as a snarky, smack-talking Mascot with Attitude in this game, compared to the Cheerful Child he's normally portrayed as.Kirby: ( to Squishy) Go meddle in someone else's affairs, Squishy I've got to get to the Dream Fountain. Kirby: ( to Poppy Bros Sr.) I'll breathe in your pathetic bombs and send them right back at you! Kirby: ( to Broom Hatter) I'd worry more about cleaning up your Avalanche/Ghost Trap skills, first. Kirby: ( to Bugzzy) Oooohhh, I'm so scared! Kirby: ( to Kracko) You couldn't hit a barn-sized lightning rod, Kracko!

It's entirely possible the voices spoken in the game are all Kirby, since a voice is heard going 'HA HA HA!' whenever Kirby beats an opponent.

Adaptational Jerkass: Kirby himself, in one of his very few speaking roles, comes off as far more sarcastic and rude toward his opponents than his usual portrayals as a Cheerful Child - possibly as an attempt to portray him as a Mascot with Attitude.

It has never been officially released in Japan. The game was re-released on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console in 2007 and on the Nintendo Switch Online service in 2022. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Avalanche is closer in accuracy to the original Puyo Puyo: the Practice stages are restored along with the starting stage select (in place of passwords) and there are cutscenes where the player character converses with their opponents before matches (in place of the opponent giving a monologue against you, the player). Intriguingly, though he wasn't directly involved, series creator Masahiro Sakurai did supervise Avalanche's development, as revealed in an episode of Masahiro Sakurai on Creating Games.Ĭompared to Dr. Specifically, it is an American dress-up of the Japanese puzzle classic Puyo Puyo, the 1992 arcade game's Super Famicom port in particular. Whereas most Kirby games are typical platformers, this game is a puzzle game. It is a Spin-Off of the Kirby game series. Kirby's Avalanche, known as Kirby's Ghost Trap in European languages, is a 1995 Super Nintendo Entertainment System video game.

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