Kirby: Planet Robobot – Overview trailer, website update (size, footage), pre-loading (JP)
Today, Nintendo updated the official website for Kirby: Planet Robobot in Japan. The company revealed an overview trailer, a new copy ability, new Robobot Armours, and more. Also, pre-loading is now live on the Nintendo eShop, for those of you who happen to own a Japanese Nintendo 3DS!
Pre-loading
If you own a Japanese Nintendo 3DS, you can now pre-purchase and pre-load Kirby: Planet Robobot from the Japanese Nintendo eShop, or Nintendo’s website. In doing so, you will be able to start playing right away at 10PM on April 27th (JST), after downloading a small update. But in order to download the digital version of the game, you will need at least 5 314 blocks / 664MB of free space on your SD card.
Website update
Today, the official website for Kirby: Planet Robobot was updated. Nintendo reveals the last of the three new copy abilities to be found in the game: ESP (which was “leaked” on the North American website), that you get by inhaling a new type of enemies.
This ability is quite clearly inspired by Ness, from Eartbound. It allows Kirby to teleport a little distance away, which is a great way to avoid attacks or obstacles at the last second. With this ability, you can also control a ball of psychic energy, in order to attack enemies from a distance.
Next, we have several new Robobot Armours:
- Spark: allows you to throw electric balls (small if you fire quickly, or big if you charge them). You can even charge your shot, in order to shoot a beam;
- Jet: it basically transforms your Robobot Armour into a plane. You can shoot enemies with regular “ammo”, and missiles. You can also dodge enemies and attacks;
- Cutter: allows you to use giant saws to cut everything in your way. You can control the direction of the saws, but also throw them like a boomerang on short distance. You can keep walking while using the saws, which allows you to instantly destroy any obstacles, enemies, or attacks coming your way;
- Bombs: you can use walking bombs. When you throw them, they just keep walking forward until they either explode or hit something (an enemy, a switch, etc.);
- Wheel: transform your Robobot Armour into some sort of racing car, with some spikes at the front (to instantly kill enemies and destroy obstacles). You can even do some figures.
Here’s some footage for the new Copy Ability and the new Robobot Armours:
Head after the break for the rest of this post!
Overview trailer
Next, here’s the overview trailer for Kirby: Planet Robobot. It introduces the main features of the game, but also Team Kirby Clash and Kirby 3D Challenge. There’s even an overview of the amiibo features (click here for more details about it).
And here’s a TV Commercial for the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQP3wHvUW5A
Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS) comes out on April 28th in Japan, and June 10th in Europe and North America.
