YMMV / Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

• Anti-Climax Boss: The final battle with Dark Crafter is a bit of a letdown compared to the fight against Claycia, with the former's only attack consisting of dropping spiked bombs. The actual strategy for the fight is essentially the same as Whispy Woods except with the Rocket transformation.
• Awesome Music: The entire soundtrack is amazing, as would be expected. Many unlockable songs are great remixes of classic Kirby tunes, as well.
• Best Level Ever:
  • You know what's better than Kirby? TWO KIRBYS! In the last level, the "Kirby + Kirby" stage has our pink hero get split into two. And you get to control two Kirbys as you take turns solving puzzles in between them and the stage has perfect music to match the experience. The challenge room kicks it up a notch by having you control FIVE Kirbys!
• Broken Base:
  • The fact that it's a sequel to Kirby: Canvas Curse on the Wii U. Some feel that this game should have been made on the Nintendo 3DS because just like it its predecessor it has a heavy focus on touch screen controls which keep you from looking at the TV much and in turn makes it harder to appreciate the great graphics. Others, on the other hand, are glad that the Wii U finally has a Kirby game (albeit a Spin-Off) which also like its predecessor is taking advantage of its respective system's unique hardware.
• Heartwarming Moments: The game's ending shows a picture of Claycia and Elline painting a bushel of apples for Kirby.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The American commercial for Kirby's Pinball Land featured a claymated Kirby, and two decades later this game released and gave Kirby a clay-like aesthetic.
• It's Short, So It Sucks!: One of the most common criticisms of this game is its relatively short length. It only has 7 levels with 4 stages in each with one in each level being a boss. Although this is downplayed in that stages themselves tend to be rather long and getting 100% Completion can take some time with some stages hiding their treasure chests VERY well and others having a very tight quota when it comes to getting stars for the Gold Medals. Not to mention the Challenge Stages. It also helps that game has a rather humble price of $40.
• Memetic Loser: Dark Crafter, for only having one attack and dying in three hits.
• Scrappy Mechanic: The game being controlled entirely with the Gamepad’s touch screen pretty much forces you to look at the Gamepad exclusively, which means you only see the watered down graphics the Gamepad displays. This makes it much more difficult to appreciate the game’s graphics when the art style is a major selling point.
• Surprise Difficulty: The visuals are adorable, but getting used to the controls can take some time and effort and the Challenge Mode stages can be brutal.
• Suspiciously Similar Song: An example from the same series. "Watch Out for That Sloth" sounds very similar to "Reflected Laughter" from Kirby: Triple Deluxe. They're both mischievous yet swingy tunes in the key of A minor. This mashup of the two songs highlights their similarities.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: But of course, it's a Kirby game. Special mention goes to the opening cutscene, which is just too adorable for words, and the Secret Diary, which looks like it was drawn with markers by a little kid.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Kirby's expression during the opening cutscene when he sees that his apple has lost all of its color is one of the saddest things ever.
  • A quick but powerful one after defeating Claycia. She falls to the floor, and as Kirby moves in to take a closer look, Elline appears and cries over her body. Claycia comes to a few seconds later.
• Unfortunate Character Design: Because the shades that Dark Crafter wears are placed above his eye, this makes the shades look like his actual eyes, while making his eye look like an eye mouth, just like Magolor's second form.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: Special care was to make this actually look like stop motion. The clay also looks wonderfully realistic, down to the simulated pinch and fingerprint marks.