Kirby: Triple Deluxe kept springing new and inventive uses on me, keeping things fresh throughout. There were even times I needed to hoover up giant vegetables and throw them in a perfect arc at my enemies. I used it to activate a fan-powered hovercraft for safe passage over a sea of lava. I had to use hypernova to move snowballs through obstacles and create giant snowmen and snowwomen. To my delight, it ended up being a feature that constantly saw new and creative uses throughout the game. It was visually interesting, but the first few instances of hypernova had me worried that the new ability was just a gimmick, as the power shows up only in prescribed circumstances. Early on, the game had me eating giant trees that were in my way, or hoovering swarms of enemies. The biggest addition to Kirby: Triple Deluxe is the hypernova power, which gives Kirby a black hole-like ability to suck up massive quantities of enemies, objects and even scenery. But these elements got trickier - and smarter - as Kirby: Triple Deluxe went on. This starts very simply - I'd hit a switch in the foreground to make a bridge appear in the background, then warp over to that plane and move on. From the beginning, the game's stages have an emphasis on the interplay between foreground and background elements. The anything-goes attitude also comes through in Triple Deluxe's level design.

Much of the fun comes from figuring out what outlandish thing the game wants you to do - whether it's to eat a creature to steal his weapon, defeat a motorcycle mini boss with acrobatic flips, or suck pieces of scenery up to rearrange the stage. The challenge in Triple Deluxe comes mainly from choosing the right power to suit the job at hand. There are always several to choose from - elementals like fire and ice, a ninja power that allows you to throw knives and slash at enemies quickly, and my personal favorite - the rock ability, which allows you to turn to stone, damaging enemies and rendering Kirby immune to their advances. Kirby is a versatile hero - he can inhale enemies to inherit their powers.

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