History YMMV / KirbyTripleDeluxe

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The BigBad [[spoiler:Sectonia]], according to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:only became a narcissistic tyrant after she went insane from staring into the corrupted Dimension Mirror for too long]]. But without glancing at some pause menu descriptions in the postgame, all you're likely to see is a one-dimensional villain who, in short order, [[spoiler:[[BadBoss blasts her loyal servant Taranza off a tower for failing her]], constantly boasts about her beauty and power, attempts to ascend to godhood, threatens to feed on the inhabitants of Planet Popstar for ''eternity'', and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking spends WAY too much time in the background in her final form]]]], making TheReveal of [[spoiler:her tragic descent into madness]] pretty abrupt. Added lore in ''VideoGame/PlanetRobobot'' heavily implies that [[spoiler:Sectonia has used her parasitic magic on innocents for [[Really700YearsOld at least 1000 years]] just to become more beautiful]], which further undercuts the sympathetic angle the writers meant to go for.

%%* ViewerGenderConfusion: Taranza is often mistaken for female at first glance.

** Dedede's Drum Dash is sometimes called Do-Re-Dedede by fans JustForPun.

* HilariousInHindsight: The first stage in Old Odyssey has you using the Hypernova ability to suck up giant turnips and spit them back at giant birds called Gigant Chicks. Then came ''VideoGame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker'', where battles with a giant bird named Wingo involved throwing giant turnips at it.

* TheScrappy: Pyribbit, for being ThatOneBoss in a way that's considered to be more frustrating than fun, to the extent that countless memes have been made attacking Pyribbit.

* DisappointingLastLevel: Royal Road is considered by many to be a weak final level. While [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Dangerous Dinner]] from the previous game was a deliberately shorter level leading up to the finale, and [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Access Ark]] from the next game keeps introducing new foes, puzzles, and environments, Royal Road is just ''long''. Three of its stages are some of the most expansive in the game (and two of them contain substantial Hypernova segments), while the other two consist of [[BossRush reused bosses]], and there's two long bonus stages as well. There's not quite enough variance in environments to counteract the length, but the stages are still enjoyable and the final boss sequence is considerably shorter than ''Return to Dream Land'''s.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Paintra, who has quite a bit of fan art due to her cool and unique design. Her being implied to be Drawcia's sister also helps, particularly for fans of ''Canvas Curse''.
** Taranza is popular, mostly from him having a cool design, being a [[spoiler:TragicMonster that lead to Queen Sectonia causing everything purely from just trying to give her a gift]], as well as [[spoiler:pulling a HeelFaceTurn to help out Kirby]].

* ItsEasySoItSucks: Though the post-game can be quite challenging, the main campaign is pretty much a walk in the park, which hurt this game's reception among critics.

* TierInducedScrappy: Some Copy Abilities in ''Kirby Fighters'' are just ''bad''. Notoriously, Ninja and Archer, both of which are {{Game Breaker}}s in the game proper, were nerfed to the ground in ''Fighters''. They take roughly as much effort to master as Fighter, while having only a measly fraction of the possible DPS.

** Pyribbit, once he TurnsRed, immediately jumps to the background and summons three waves of giant lava pillars. These are very difficult to dodge — one variant has a tiny gap about Kirby's width, the second has a gap to the left and right sides, and the last one has no gaps but can be avoided by flying over. If one hits you, it'll drag you off the screen and drop you off, which will cause you to drop your ability. Pyribbit DX amps up the annoyance on these attacks. The first two waves sink down and disappear, while the last one has a gap in the wave but constantly moves back and forth.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: IGN gave this game a ''6''/10 just because of the game (and the series as a whole)'s low difficulty level. Fans were NOT amused, claiming IGN is "biased against Nintendo" and "unreliable". The fact that the reviewer went on to say that no one over the age of twelve should get this game only made fans even ''angrier''. Weirdly, just a month before, the same writer posted a preview that made similar comments about how it's a kiddy game but said that that ''isn't'' and ''shouldn't'' be a problem for people.

* EightPointEight: IGN gave this game a ''6''/10 just because of the game (and the series as a whole)'s low difficulty level. Fans were NOT amused, claiming IGN is "biased against Nintendo" and "unreliable". The fact that the reviewer went on to say that no one over the age of twelve should get this game only made fans even ''angrier''. Weirdly, just a month before, the same writer posted a preview that made similar comments about how it's a kiddy game but said that that ''isn't'' and ''shouldn't'' be a problem for people.

** The game has 256 keychains to collect, which offer no purpose but are a nice throwback to previous games in the series. Unfortunately, the keychains obtained at the end of the level are random, and it's possible to obtain more than one copy of the same keychain, meaning 100% completion requires absurd grinding.

* DisappointingLastLevel: Royal Road is considered by many to be a weak final world. While [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Dangerous Dinner]] from the previous game was a deliberately shorter world leading up to the finale, and [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Access Ark]] from the next game keeps introducing new foes, puzzles, and environments, Royal Road is just ''long''. Three of its stages are some of the most expansive in the game (and two of them contain substantial Hypernova segments), while the other two consist of [[BossRush reused bosses]], and there's two long bonus levels as well. There's not quite enough variance in environments to counteract the length, but the levels are still enjoyable and the final boss sequence is considerably shorter than ''Return to Dream Land'''s.