Kirby: Canvas Curse, known in Europe as Kirby: Power Paintbrush, is a 2005 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.

Kirby: Canvas Curse does not play like a traditional Kirby game, as it solely requires the use of the stylus. A Wii U sequel, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, was released in 2015. The game was rereleased for the Wii U's Virtual Console in Europe and Australia in December 2015 (as Power Paintbrush in both regions), in Japan in February 2016, and in North America in October 2016.

Gameplay

left|thumb|Screenshot depicting the gameplay in Kirby: Canvas Curse

The game is played using the stylus and touch screen to control Kirby, who rolls

| Edge = 7/10

| EGM = 8.83/10

| EuroG = 9/10

| Fam = 34/40

| GI = 8.5/10

| GamePro = 4/5

| GameRev = B+

| GSpot = 8.6/10

| GSpy = 4.5/5

| GameZone = 8.8/10

| IGN = 9/10

| NP = 9/10

| rev1 = Detroit Free Press

| rev1Score = 3/4

| rev2 = The Sydney Morning Herald

| rev2Score = 4/5

| award1Pub = GameSpy

| award1 = Editors' Choice

Kirby: Canvas Curse received "generally favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The stylus gameplay has also been noted, with IGN hailing it as "incredibly innovative", GameSpy calling it "quite rewarding", and GameSpot calling it "a satisfying part of the gameplay." On the other hand, Plays editor disagreed, noting that "it's innovative... but for me, that's not enough."

The New York Times gave it a very favorable review and called it "tremendous fun". The Sydney Morning Herald gave it four stars out of five, saying that "Kirby's use of touch-screen technology provides a fresh and engaging game." Famitsu annual sales for the region show that the game sold 276,418 copies by the end of 2005. According to the NPD Group, the game sold just under 80,000 copies in North America during the month of June 2005. The following month, it was the top-selling DS game in the region at 50,000 copies.

Notes

References

  • Official site