How Kirby's Dream Buffet Differs From Fall Guys

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The Kirby series has always been a repository of experimental spin-offs treated with a surprising amount of care. Even back in the day, Kirby's Avalanche and Kirby's Dream Course were noteworthy games, and Kirby only spread out further with multiple touch-controlled titles and several flavors of fighting game. Kirby's only GameCube entry was Kirby's Air Ride, and no one who's spent time with that game will accuse it of lacking content. It seems like the tendency for Kirby titles to implement plenty of minigames for other titles to build on is a recursive loop, something that might have resulted in Kirby's Dream Buffet’s creation.

This fast-approaching competitive multiplayer title will be the next spin-off in the Kirby series after the acclaimed mainline entry that was Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Kirby's Dream Buffet opens with Kirby being shrunk to a minuscule size by the Dream Fork, giving him the perfect opportunity to gorge himself on titanic desserts. Three other Kirby's appear alongside Master Hand, Crazy Hand, and some Waddle Dees, and the four puffballs get to work competing to see who can eat the most. It's clearly based on the classic Kirby Super Star minigame Gourmet Race, but it also draws a lot of obvious inspiration from the contemporary competitive multiplayer title Fall Guys.

Kirby's Dream Buffet Looks A Lot Like Fall Guys

It's difficult for anyone who's seen Fall Guys in action not to draw several parallels with Kirby's Dream Buffet. The two games are cut from the same cloth, both focusing on multiplayer action and similar colorful art styles. Kirby's worlds consist entirely of dessert while Fall Guys stages can be made of anything from similar sweets to woodland areas to abstract shapes and machines.