''Kirby's Blowout Blast'' is a 2017 video game for the

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. It is an expanded version of the ''Kirby 3D Rumble'' minigame in '' Kirby: Planet Robobot''. The game was praised by reviewers for its replayability, but criticized for being too repetitive.

Gameplay

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only being able to jump and inhale. Gameplay revolves around Kirby inhaling objects and enemies, and spitting them out as projectiles. Killing enemies with those two abilities starts a combo, earning the player points. If the player gets a high enough high

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on each

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in a world, they will unlock more challenging versions of each of those levels.

Development and release

''Kirby's Blowout Blast'' is an expanded version of the ''Kirby 3D Rumble''

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in ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''. The game released for the Nintendo 3DS on July 6, 2017, after the release of the

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. It was announced in a

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alongside '' Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', which released in April 2017.

Reception

Tim Latshaw of ''

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'' stated that the game's levels encouraged replayability, but did not vary much. He also praised the game's graphics. In his review for ''

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'', Chris Schilling called the game "another successful spin-off" for the series. Jon Mundy of ''

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'' called the game satisfying, stating that he enjoyed how the game handled spitting projectiles. The game was heavily criticized by Markus Grundmann of ''

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'', who found the levels repetitive. In his review for ''Cubed3'', Drew Hurley praised the game's replayability, but criticized it for being too short and easy.

References

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