Kirby: Triple Deluxe | |
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Packaging artwork released for all territories.
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Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Shinya Kumazaki |
Producer(s) | Hiroaki Suga Hitoshi Yamagami |
Composer(s) | Hirokazu Ando Jun Ishikawa |
Series | Kirby |
Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
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Genre(s) | Platformer, Action |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Aggregate scores | |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | 80.62% |
Metacritic | 80 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
Game Informer | 8.5/10 |
GameSpot | 8/10 |
IGN | 6.0/10 |
Polygon | 7.5/10 |
Hardcore Gamer | 4/5 |
Kirby: Triple Deluxe, known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Triple Deluxe (星のカービィ トリプルデラックス Hoshi no Kābī Toripuru Derakkusu?, lit. "Kirby of the Stars: Triple Deluxe"), is the thirteenth platform installment of the Kirby video game series, developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game was released in Japan on January 11, 2014, in North America on May 2, 2014, and in Europe on May 16, 2014. Enhanced versions of the two minigames featured in the game, Kirby Fighters Z (カービィファイターズZ Kābi Faitāzu Zetto?) and Dedede's Drum Rush Z (デデデ大王のデデデでデンZ DeDeDe-Daiō no DeDeDe de Den Zetto?), were released as standalone titles on the Nintendo eShop in Japan on July 23, 2014, and in North America on August 29, 2014 as Kirby Fighters Deluxe and Dedede’s Drum Dash Deluxe and it was also available in Europe on February 13, 2015.
One night while Kirby is sleeping, a giant beanstalk called the Dreamstalk begins growing under Dream Land and carries various landmarks, including Kirby's house and King Dedede's castle, into the sky. When Kirby wakes up the next morning, he finds he is in a new land called Floralia, located high in the skies above Dream Land. Kirby makes his way to Dedede's Castle and finds that the culprit behind the Dreamstalk is a six-armed, spider/tarantula-like being named Taranza, who has captured Dedede and trapped him in a prism made of light. Kirby ascends the Dreamstalk and gives chase after Taranza to rescue Dedede and set things right in Dream Land once more.