

The third course is another race different environment, same objective. Unfortunately, there isn’t a massive variety on offer with the mini-games. Strawberries will either fall in random locations or you’ll have to defeat enemies to obtain them. Players are put into a random twenty-second challenge to collect even more strawberries. If you do fall off, you have the chance to float back to the course, so don’t worry if you struggle to remain on the ground.

In addition to this, the more strawberries you gobble up, the bigger and faster you become use your heftiness to bash others out of the way. Luckily, there are also various copy abilities scattered about, such as tornado frosting and burning peppers, to give you a little boost and a means to attack (both enemies and opponents). There are three cakes: the first grants you fifty strawberries, the second nets you twenty, and the third a measly ten being last grants you nothing!Īs you roll down this rocky road, there will be plenty of obstacles and enemies that get in your way.

During the gourmet race (not the official name, it just sounds a bit better than race) you’re tasked with rolling down a finely baked and decorated course full of strawberries and enemies, trying to be the first to gobble down the giant strawberry cakes at the end. The main game, the Gourmet Grand Prix, is split into four courses: a Gourmet Race, a Mini-game, a second Gourmet Race, and a Battle Royale. Gobbling them all up on his own isn’t any fun however, so why not turn it into a competition? That’s where Kirby’s Dream Buffet comes in a battle royale for up to four players where the aim is to become the biggest and roundest Kirby there ever was by eating lots of strawberries. While Dreamland and other locales from the Kirby universe are at peace, the round, pink puffball loves to indulge himself in lots of tasty treats. They say you are what you eat, so does that make Kirby’s Dream Buffet the crème de la crème or worse than an over-flambéed brûlé? Find out in our review after the break! Who will get the succulent leg of that roast chicken, the crispiest potato, the biggest slice of cake? Kirby’s about to discover the real trouble of dinnertime as he battles it out over decadent courses to become the biggest of them all.
