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Kirby is great... AND THIS ONE IS INCREDIBLE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Although probably not the greatest Kirby game ever, this is definitely the best handheld Kirby out there.

Kirby Canvas Curse has Kirby regularly doing his thing in Dreamland, when an evil sorceress appears out of the sky. She waves her magical paintbrush, and the world turns to paint! Kirby gives chase, but the sorceress turns him into a ball! Helpless, Kirby lies on the ground and sees the magical paintbrush. Then, it transports to you on a ray of light! (also known as your stylus)

This game is probably the only Kirby game with a good story (I haven't played any of the classics so I don't quite know). You play with Kirby as a ball. You can touch Kirby to make him dash forward and attack or just go faster, and you use your stylus to draw lines for him to ride. There are 6 main levels each with 3 smaller levels within, which each have 3 stages. Once you clear one level, you can go on to the next and the next, until you reach level 7 after facing a few boss challenges along the way. Here you see "The World of Drawcia". Here, you go through two stages. Once through, you see a very strange mirror. Once you enter, you are put in fierce battle with Drawcia Sorceress! I won't elaborate further.

In each stage of each mini level of each level, you can find a Medal. There are 250 levels to hunt for and collect. However, most of the medals are NOT found in the stages. They are found-no, earned-in something called Rainbow Run. Here, after you have completed a LEVEL, you will find these mini levels again. However, you will be trying to either finish a certain stage as fast as possible, or will be trying to use as little ink for lines as possible. I have currently beaten the game (minus 3 medals) and now find Rainbow Road the only thing that is very satisfying.

These medals can be traded for prizes inside "Medal Swap". Here you can get things from new courses in Rainbow Road to new characters! These new characters you must use in order to completely beat the game. Once you beat the game with all 5 characters and have gotten all the medals, you will have beaten Kirby Canvas Curse!

This is a game that needs to be in every gamer's library of games. This one is just too good to pass up. I give it 5 stars out of honest. That is what I think! I'm not just over doing the star button here, I MEAN IT!! If you don't get it, sorry for you. If you do get it, get ready for one of the greatest games on the hand held market! Your friend in gaming,
CPU12 The Nintendo Freak

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Kirby: Canvas Curse is sort of a spiritual sequel to a DS showcase game called Yoshi: Touch & Go, in that they both use nothing but the touchscreen to control the game. I've never played Yoshi: Touch & Go, but the concensus was while it worked well, the game lacked substance.

Well, Kirby: Canvas Curse doesn't. It is a full-fledged platformer worthy of the purchase price, and the unique control scheme seals the deal. I had my doubts about how well the game would be able to interpret what I draw on the touchscreen, but it really does work splendidly -- just the way I imagined it would work.

Five stars, two thumbs up, etc. Now if only I could figure out why the game is out of production...buy one while you still can.

Alot of great stylus usage for this game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: March 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am an adult gamer...I haven't really played the previous Kirby games on the GBA but I am familiar with Kirby in general so I got myself Kirby Canvas Curse and was skeptical.

Boy was I wrong! It's an excellent game! You really do use the stylus ALLL the time! I love it! It took me about 3 weeks to beat the game...almost. I've beat it 99.7 percent. I just needed one more medal at the cart run part to be 100 percent complete but the cart run is almost impossible for me to win so I've settled on 99.7 percent since I won everything else.

The game is sure alot of fun with alot of variety of things to do. There's a regular game where you try to get all the medals in all the levels. Then there is another set of game where you have to hurry to beat the time to get medals and another to use less ink as possible to get medals. Such fun! It's not that easy nor too hard. There are some levels where you have to keep trying over and over but I had fun trying.

Now that I've beat it, I've moved onto Kirby Squeak Squad and I feel weird. It's totally different. Kirby Squeak Squad has no stylus use at all which I wasn't used to after Kirby Canvas Curse but after understanding the game and playing a bit I got into it and am loving it as well.

Kirby Canvas Curse and Kirby Squeak Squad are both excellent games in their own right. Hope they come out with more Kirby games in the future.

What a fun game !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: December 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you like to play games, and you like to draw, this is the game for you. You guide kirby around and protect him using your stylus (the little pen in the back of the nintendo ds). Draw circles around him to protect him, draw bridges for him to roll over, and attack enimies by tapping on them! Hours of fun in this little game. I love it! You can never get board with kirby!

My Children Really enjoy the Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 14
Date: November 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The options in this DS version are almost enough to make me want to play, and that's saying alot for it !

Super Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Kirby Canvas Curse is really fun.But it's easy. I just got it today (and played with it once for about 20 minutes) and I'm already up to level 3 part 3. I like the bonus games. I never heard of Kirby before this DS game. Hard to belive,huh?

Rating is a possible average of ages 7-9, 10-12, and 13-17 star count for fun and overall. JUDGE GAME BY REVIEW ONLY!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 31
Date: June 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The first time that you play this game and beat it is always the fun part. After you locate all of the secret areas, large buttons, medals, and you buy everything in medal swap, then once you start over there is no more challenge in the game anymore, and you know what will happen in the game. Here are my ratings.

Plot/storyline: Pretty cute, not very exciting for kids older than 9

Time length: takes a long time on first try. From then on it's always too short and you can finish it very quickly.

Content lenght: Three goals: Full area-exploration, collecting all the medals, and buying all of the items at medal swap.
8 levels to complete 5 times. 3+ screens in each stage. 3 stages per level.

Layout: Wonderfull landscapes in each stage. But while playing the game you don't have time to notice it for very long otherwise you could lose life points. Fast-paced music; faster than the other kirby game music. Good color scheme. Logo: Very colorful circulor ring around the pink word "Kirby" which has a red outline. In the selecting screens (Modes selecting, item selecting in medal swap, level and stage selecting in main game, sub-game/boss selecting,etc.) background patterns look more like robot parts close up and they do not go well with the theme.

Positive changes:
*you can now stun enemies. You can now defeat enemies just by dashing into them.
*More goals to reach!
*More difficult main game!
*play as multiple characters.
*New enemies

Negative changes:
*The boss battles are now the EXACT SAME THING AS THE SUB-GAMES!
*There are less room guarders; the boss-like ones with copy abilities are no longer there.
*You can only save progress at the starting screen.
*There is only one path to the goal in each stage.
*There are only 5 main game items.
*There are only 11 copy abilities.
*Less enemies.

Overall: You should not buy this game for teenagers! Preteens, rent it and finish it once! Kids younger than 10, this is a good game!
Note: The above rating is an average of what I suggest is what most teenagers, preteens, and children ages 7-9 would most likely think of this game. Do not imediately judge this game by the rating. The rating: Overall: 2+1/3 fun: 3
The rating at top is rounded off to the nearest one.

AWESOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: June 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game with unbelievable replay value. I love it. The interaction is wonderful. It is easy to learn but hard to master. i give it 10/10.

Great game

Fun but short and occasionally frustrating

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Kirby has long since left his usual world of platforming behind. On the Gamecube, Kirby starred in a racing game and in a similar trend, Kirby for the DS is a game in which he simply rolls. However, with his departure from platforming, Kirby has become a star in games that are fun for everyone in the family.

In his first appearance on the DS, Kirby is turned into a ball and loses all abilities except the ability to roll. In an effort to become a normal Kirby again, he rolls across screen to get from one end of the stage to the other. Blocking his path are bad guys, spinning blades, pits, and darkness. It is your job to help Kirby survive the challenges and plights of the world.

The highlight of Kirby: Canvas Curse is the overall interactivity of the game. The stylus is the only thing used throughout the game and thus, extensive use of the touch screen is made. It is your job to keep Kirby alive, by stunning enemies with a poke, by drawing lines for Kirby to roll across and by blocking lasers with drawn walls. The extensive use of the stylus keeps you on your toes and forces you to focus on the game.

The graphics in the game are attractive with a variety of colors being used. The game is nicely designed for a portable, with each level being short enough to finish in a few minutes time. This makes the game great for simply picking up on the go. If even a level is too long, the game also has time trial and line trial modes to play short segments of levels to set new records.

The major drawback of Kirby: Canvas Curse is its relatively short length. You can beat the game in under six hours and have done everything possible in the game in seven. Fortunately, the hours invested into the game are great fun, and as a portable, this should last you a decent amount of time. However, when competing against titles like Metroid Prime: Hunters, Mario 64 DS and Advance Wars DS, Kirby does not have quite the same longevity.

In an effort to add value to the game, medals can be collected in story mode as well as in time trial and line modes to be exchanged. Exchanging medals seems relatively useless. Sure, you can trade in for a few new time trial levels, but for the most part, medals are traded for lines and different Kirby skins. Not really a reward if you ask me. Even still, the medal hunt will keep you occupied for a time but after collecting them all, there's not really much left to do.

One area of the game that has its ups and its downs is the level design. Water levels are obnoxious as you must continuously poke Kirby to make him sink to greater depths. This becomes more of a pain than entertaining. On the other hand, some levels are truly genius as you move in a cage full of spikes, total darkness and in space. The last chapter of the game brings out some great levels that really force you to utilize your skills.

Overall, Kirby is a fun game that is great if you have a family as everyone will be able to pick it up and play. If you are interested in making the most of your DS, it is a good game to pick up and see what new things the DS brings to market.

What? No inhaling?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Simply put, this game justified the DS' existence when it released. It was the first game with some meat on it that simply could not be done on any other system. Using nothing but the touch screen, drawing platforms for Kirby to roll on and stabbing enemies to stun them may seem incredibly simple and perhaps boring, but actually doing it is unrestrained joy.

Kirby does acquire abilities from enemies, but he does not inhale them like he normally does. A very minor thing, as the acquired abilities still have an effect on the gameplay.

The game is not perfect. The underwater levels slow down what is already not the fastest game. The boss battles, while fun the first time, are not so fun the second time. The main quest is on the short side (7 hours).

However, my favorite part of the game was the Rainbow Road, in which most of the medal collecting is done. This is where the real challenge lies.

I consider Kirby Canvas Curse still to be the best use of the DS' touch screen.

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