First, the bad news: some of the animation is sparse. Everything else qualifies as the other sort of news and should put other game makers on notice: hand-made graphics, a jam-packed rogues gallery, and a heap of abilities with controls beyond the single press of a button (like Fire turning you into a Fireball when you hold a direction). Kirby even gets a scuba-mask water gun and can turn foes into kickable blocks of ice!

Despite only being a few scenes on loop, this is certainly an example of what one can do with Game Maker when they try. Certainly wish more people would.

Thrash and beat your rivals down to the ground and Kirby characters to achieve a high score or save King Dedede from Dark Matter's wrath!

Fast-paced and hectic, this is a sizeable download even when zipped. I'd often get stuck standing on my opponent and then get slaughtered the second I moved off, but at least Meta-Knight is a boss instead of a good guy in this game.