The World of Myth Magazine

Hey boys and Girls! Welcome! Come on in and have a seat; we have a bit of stuff to talk to about. So, believe it or not, in the last ninety-nine issue of the magazine, I have never written a game review until now. I admit that I am very picky when it comes to playing video games, but there are times in history that I had been introduced to a game that I never thought of playing and ended up loving it.

Case in point is this issue's game which HAL Laboratory, Good-Feel created and released exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, Kirby's Epic Yarn. At the time, it was unbeknownst to me, but this game was the tenth release in the Kirby series and was released October 15, 2010—I remember because I purchased it the day it came out for my son's birthday.

Speaking of my son, according to him, Epic Yarn was the first that came from that series after a seven-year absence. Again, according to him, the 2003 release of Kirby Air Ride for the Nintendo GameCube.

Like all Kirby games, Epic Yarn follows him as the main character. He is transformed into a creature made of yarn and teleported to a world made of a fabric called Patch Land. His mission is to aide a character named Prince Fluff, who has to collect seven magic pieces of yarn, so they can sew the Prince's planet back together and stop the main baddie, Yin Yarn, from ruling. One of the things that I thought was a neat touch was that the entire game was presented as a puppet show, which I felt was a fun touch to the overall game.

While I admit that, at first, I thought the idea of having everything made of yarn was a silly notion. I quickly changed my mind, as it added to the story and the overall experience of the game. I was reminded of one thing from my son, who is standing behind me, reminding me of everything from the past. One stage worth noting is the one where you battle Meta Knight. In the version, he is an antagonist, and his incredibly hard to defeat! Every time you hit him, he pulls out a new sword starting with green and gets stronger powers ending with a red one; that was a real test to overcome!

I recall offhand the fight with King Dedede, who is turned into a marionette puppet, and they battle, as you jump on him at the same time dodging spiky creatures that fall from above. Eventually, you knock him down and sit there rubbing his head, appearing to be confused about what had just happened.

I remembered from the previous Kirby games that I played that he could inhale and fly, but in this adventure, you cannot but can transform into a parachute and a car-like thing. My son explained that he was made of yarn and had no insides to hold the air in… Fair enough.

The graphics were bright and delivered a feeling of fun. The same holds true with the music as it all combined with the gameplay bringing the gamers into the world and was labeled a feel-good game, which I completely agree with. In my opinion, I felt that each level moved quickly but had a significant level of difficulty to make the game challenging while remaining to be fun.

Back in the day, my son and I enjoyed this game for hours on end. He and I would take turns, and we knocked it out in only a week—then started all over once we beat the main boss, Yin Yarn! So, while I understand that this is an older game, it is still available for consumption in the way of digital downloads for the Nintendo Switch.

This game brings back so many fun memories from that era and is only icy on the cake with how good the overall game was! So, I'm not sure if anyone rates games anymore on here, but I'm going to award Kirby's Epic Yarn four stars and sincerely hope that if you are an owner of a switch, that you will grab a copy and enjoy!