My younger kid has been spending the past few weeks flying through the #Kirby platformer games, mostly in reverse order. They started with Kirby's Epic Yarn (#Wii), jumped to Kirby: Planet Robobot, then Kirby: Triple Deluxe (#3DS), and now are persevering through Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Wii again).
Kirby's Epic Yarn being the exception, I find the Kirby games became increasingly beginner-friendly as time went on. They never stopped being fun for experienced players, though. Neat trick.
I am still regularly called in to help with trickier platforming challenges, and some boss fights. My kid is also learning to practice patience - if it's the choice between dinner burning or getting a boss done right this moment, I'm going to side with the food.
"Kirby's Epic Yarn being the exception, I find the Kirby games became increasingly beginner-friendly as time went on."
Reading that again an hour later, I realized it means the exact opposite of what I meant it to say. What I meant was:
Kirby's Epic Yarn is the *most* beginner-friendly of all the Kirby games, even more so than the later releases. Basically, if you have a kid who's curious about video games, start with Epic Yarn.
Epic yarn is also mind-meltingly adorable and deserves to be played in general.
@GamesMissed absolutely this. My wife, kid and I have all beaten different ones, together and solo, and they're always so fun. Some of my favorite games. And yeah they can get CHALLENGING at the end and at boss fights haha