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Why does it cut off?

Oh yay he's not a joke anymore!

It’s kinda funny because the boss is from Squeak Squad, but all the environmental assets are from Mass Attack.

With what game studio did you make this with?

😮 Amazing

Don't remember Shadow Kirby being this powerful but whatevs

I will definitely be checking this out when it releases.

This is awesome

my god i fucking love what you did here man! i love how alot of different kracko designs were implemented into this moveset, with the regular design, the smaller kracko jr, the alternate blue palette from super star, kracko's revenge. can even see hints of kracko DX with how he gets larger "horn" spikes for an attack. great show of progress man, lookin' forward to what's next.

I've been eyeing this fangame for a while, and on paper, it should be something I like. A skill-based Kirby game filled with unique and interesting bosses? Sign me up! But the footage itself felt somewhat underwhelming, and I couldn't really put my finger on why until recently. I think it's mainly just the visuals themselves. Not the sprites themselves, they're fine (albeit the mirror attack looks rough, and some sprites animate choppily.) Rather, it's more so the backgrounds and particle effects. The background being one static piece merged with the stage makes the fight itself feel relatively static despite the amount of attacks going on. Ideally, the foreground arena, the background, and the meteors should be seperate layers. Additionally, movements lack any oomph due to the relative lack of particle effects. There are a slight amount, but basic ones like smoke clouds during fast animations (I know there's one during the running animation, but it's extremely, EXTREMELY subtle), or impact effects when the rocks hit the floor are missing. Or for a more specific example, the Spark attack doesn't generate any spark effects, which would help it look more dynamic. I can't really explain this well, due to having way less game dev experience, but I'd say look at other Kirby games or games with a similar direction to this one to see if that would help spark any ideas. Keep in mind, I'm saying this as someone who wants this fangame to be the best it can be. It already shows heavy promise as a fan game, the bosses pull off creative and interesting attacks, it's fast-paced and dynamic combat-wise... I'd wanna try and make something like this if I had the proper game dev skill! I really want this fan game to succeed, especially seeing as Kirby fan games are so few and far between. I just wanna make sure this feedback is as constructive as possible to try and get this fan game to flourish.

My suggestion is make marx wobble up and down when not attacking, as like this he looks very stationary, and you should make the teleport animation much faster. In general his movements are very rigid, which is unfitting. Instead of just abruptly stopping, try lerp smoothing, some up and down wobbling, easing, and shaking on the moves. For example, what I'd do for the attack at 1:40 is making marx and the stars all move upwards, and the stars move a bit outwards as well, but decelerate somewhat quickly by multiplying the velocity by some value above 0 and below 1 every frame. THEN, instead of just snapping outwards, make them accelerate outwards. Remember to not apply the friction during the second part of the movement. Also, make the shadow/portal he comes out of have the sparkling effect it does, to stand out more against the background. I'd also make the eye lasers at 2:02 start bigger than normal and then quickly shrink back to normal size, a bulge effect, to make the lasers feel more powerful. Also make them ignore the darkness effect on the screen. For impact, you should also make marx pause the game(kinda) and flash the background like he does in the original game. What engine are you using for this?

I recognize those sound effects!

Where can I play this and the first version

Oh god

Shadow Kirby >>>

How the Shadow Kirby fight should've gone in Kirby Fighters 2

If this is the demo’s final boss, I’m worried for the actual final boss lol

Great job!

Shadow Kirby if he locked in during AM

DAMN THIS IS INCREDIBLE

Well, I’m dead!

You know, this really helps one get an idea of just how terrifying having to face Kirby in combat actually would be! The sheer amount of abilities mixed with his creativity and raw power makes him a truly dangerous opponent!

This is insane!! Fantastic job!

i had to use "easy" mode to beat the original's true final boss, this looks absolutely horrifying and im all for that

I cant even beat nova what the hell is this

his teleporting makes a lot more sense now haha

This is actually incredible oh my god

oh man

So this is the final boss of the demo, but it’s not the real final boss?

...yep, I'm in trouble with this one.

Oh i get it. I recognize that move set. It's suppose to be Kirby x Hollow Knight! Clever

Awsomeeeeeee he is my fave fight from the first game!

Does waddle dee even have abilities he can use like kirby does? His gameplay seems kinda stiff.

EPIC :O

Dude, every boss preview for this game you've shown us has been incredible! I wish I had a Windows PC, cause I would totally play this! Even though I would definitely get whooped.

見てるだけでもワクワクする

this boss goes so fuarkin hard

Whats this, wily 7?

ガブリエル好き

very nice!

looks like he will be real difficult (more than anything in WK1 or even any WK2 boss shown so far, though i cant say for sure since i haven't tried him out myself) but somehow still learnable - cant wait to try it out :o btw is he staggerable like in the original?

Epic

Seems like Dark matter got infinited (sonic forced)

He Must Be one of the last bosses in the final world, Right?

Well he seems mad. Crud, this guy's second fight gave me a lot of trouble in the first game...well, just gotta adapt and overcome.

Dark Matter: I’m Back! Did you Miss Me, Bandana Dee?

2nd

It’s Guessing this guy is the very first boss of Waddle Knight 2?

aw man i want to see galacta novas defeat!