Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - AntDude

Time to talk about more Kirby! With a handful of Kirby games left without a video, it's time to start another marathon! Starting things off, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.
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[@2011supergamer]

"It is a super easy fight" He says with 1 HP.

[@PSqqp]

He clearly didn't try it in the Boss Rush.

[@AfricanAmerican23]

+Rixor12 And he also died and lost a life

[@allisonmannis6743]

Rixor12 I think he meant since its a final boss

[@instinctual777]

and then in the next cut he has full health and one less life

[@ediblebacon2685]

Rixor12 the credits isn't phase 3 it's overkill

[@joseknavarro]

Ah. The NX. Cute. I love being in the future... Well. Relative to this video.

[@Kuma5655]

cholesterolGamer Same.

[@titaniumdioxide2650]

cholesterolGamer I’m even more in the future relative to this comment.

[@nmll]

@@titaniumdioxide2650 oh boy wait till you hear this!

[@nmll]

this

[@momaniasfc]

Yes

[@SuperKittenator]

I love this game! It's like metroid and four swords had a baby, then Kirby ate it

[@omo7002]

lol

[@gamerprince-tl5hg]

LOL

[@jonahmordhaim2705]

Dr. Gazooks i have cancer

[@axas445]

Legit1Up I Hope you have a good recovery.

[@nonbinaryfortnite]

Legit1Up so do i

[@JediWilli]

From Triple Deluxe, we can see that Shadow Kirby sucks at his job.

[@omo7002]

that is true (but sad... wait did he die?)

[@JediWilli]

Omar Mohammed He was supposed to keep the Dimension Mirror in check, but Taranza stole it. Conclusion: he sucks at his job

[@jolitero]

He really does *SUCK* at his job

[@JaelinBezel]

+JediWilli Well he is a baby... Did you really think he'd have the attention span to guard a thing all day every day?

[@MrDarkmario777]

He was probably in Kirby Fighters when Taranza stole it.

[@Laternater]

"Look at that, you still got service in hell." Funniest comment.

[@hurt4322]

Cell service? More like hell service!

[@joelblake5310]

@@hurt4322 You really commented on a comment that was three years ago?

[@TheMasonGamer]

Joel Blake Well maybe he thought Miguel was lonely

[@Laternater]

I enjoyed the mild attention I got just now.

[@TheMasonGamer]

Joel Blake See I told you he just needed attention

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

I always found that credits thing really really weird. Even as a kid. Just seems anti climactic.

[@carloseduardoaguiar8712]

ikr

[@lukycat7572]

It's just that you can play a minigame (kinda) during the credits, it's not that weird.

[@lukycat7572]

Well the only thing weird is how they show up too fast ^^

[@TheLonelyGoomba]

LuKy Cat it's weird cos, the boss doesnt even die. You're probably not paying attention to the health anyway, so they just sorta pop up, and it's like..."thats it?..ok" That and the sprite for the boss itself looks a bit shit. The whole thing just feels off to me

[@lukycat7572]

I understand now you say it, I agree.

[@weather_dude1098]

"A new Kirby game on the NX maybe?" *New Kirby game announced for the Switch at E3 2017* Antdude: Well...

[@1256936]

Random Videos For Random Things this video is so dated by that sentence

[@brandommario2]

Random Videos For Random Things And it was also a co op game

[@hurt4322]

Hey I just wanna say that in the future, there will be a Smash game with Banjo as DLC

[@FredMaverik]

@@hurt4322 your messages don't go back in time though

[@derekw8039]

10:59 "It is a super easy fight" O_o He says about one of the major frustrations of my youth! I really wish we could have Amazing Mirror's open world gameplay again, to this day it's my favorite in the series!

[@Brawler139]

I've had this game for years and stuck at 98%. There is something so small and insignificant that I never collected and to this day never completed it. I collected everything in the collection room and beaten the game, but that one mysterious thing I miss still haunts me to this day.

[@benlink202forever]

They give small hints in game that make you spot out what you didn't collect.

[@TheLastRaven6]

Just check your mini-map and look for a non-flashing area, that's the area you need to find an item in.

[@archtop8923]

I 100% it 3 times

[@thegreatzandria]

Brawler139 rip

[@the_really_tired_one]

Brawler139 Found it yet?

[@jippalippa]

This game has some beautiful 16-bit graphics! among the best i have seen

[@rockertheagent2597]

It's 32-bit Graphics.

[@jippalippa]

RokerFM_a3.4 Cool. still looks impressive.

[@omo7002]

ya the graphics where so good that when they jumped to the ds they keep the same graphics (with a little ticking)

[@sterlingmuse5808]

Whenever Kirby games are 2D, they're usually the among the best of whatever system they're on. I blame the cute art style. Even if you go back to the 8-bit ones, they still look great.

[@0x1EGEN]

@@rockertheagent2597 Late reply but the GBA actually could only output 15 bit colors. The handheld has a 32 bit CPU yes but the actual screen buffer was 15 bits.

[@Moneyboi]

I always thought that Amazing Mirror could be the foundation for a great sequel or two, similar to how Return to Dreamland was the foundation for Triple Deluxe & Planet Robobot.

[@spearmintlatios9047]

Believe it or not, Nightmare in Dreamland’s engine was used for both this game and squeak squad. So NDL was the foundation for a sequel or two, this being one of them. However, neither of those games have the multiplayer and non linear aspects.

[@yassinashraf1235]

​​@@spearmintlatios9047nightmare in dream had multiplayer, but yeah it didn't have nonlinear design because it was a remake at the end of the day , squeak squad could have had nonlinear design which would have made it more interesting in my opinion Edit : SS doesn't have multiplayer in the main game just the mini games

[@spearmintlatios9047]

@@yassinashraf1235 i didn't know that actually, cool!

[@chesesman1246]

Kirby and the amazing cell service

[@EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK]

YES

[@theaisintheb4201]

Genuinely how does kirby get cell service this good in a mirror dimension? Can I get the service I need it

[@juninamura6375]

Never understood why when Kirby was divided into four he didn't lost his power in the slightest. I mean in the end Dark Meta Knight just multiplied Kirby making it increasingly difficult to fight against 4 Kirbys together.

[@jennifergriel861]

A new co-op Kirby game on the NX. Ant predicted the future.

[@shardtheduraludon]

HAL has him on high priority. Dude’s reponsible for 5% of their total product sales.

[@theaisintheb4201]

Amazing mirror is now on switch online and I'm pretty sure that game has online coop

[@faeb.8597]

This game holds a special place in my heart as my *first video game ever*, nevermind first Kirby game!

[@yamatanoorochismith1625]

You could say this game is pretty AMAZING.

[@grammarnazi4980]

Awesome pun

[@riverstarship]

My favorite Kirby game by far, and one of the most unique ones in the main series. Great video!

[@riverstarship]

Also, do you not have a GBA, or a GBA capture device, perhaps? Is that why you own the game, but record on an emulator?

[@bobsnob3073]

he captured the footage through a retron 5 which is basically an emulator machine for your tv that uses real controllers and cartridges

[@AntDude92]

The Retron 5 is a console that runs off cartridges, but pulls the ROM off said cart and plays it as if it were emulation. Basically just lets me get footage that's super sharp.

[@Goochensteinburg1122]

Most game stores have em. Otherwise online.

[@all_late_gamer5695]

amazing mirror was the first kirby game i ever played and it brings so many good memories but it didnt have as many great power ups

[@JuJu-bq9uq]

9:19 it was that this moment they knew they ****ed up

[@TheMadRatKing]

This is one of my favorite Kirby games ever. I just love the smash ability and missile ability. And the ultimate sword ability. #bringbackmissile

[@chimuoma390]

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE!!!!

[@samsonmak8432]

"It is a super easy fight" 6 year old me: yeah dude super easy. It only takes me 50+ attempts to beat and a couple weeks of nightmares. :(

[@Eudaimonia7564]

This was my first Kirby game!

[@omo7002]

same

[@Mikey64]

My first was Adventure

[@BlaxxShadow]

Kirby 64 for me!

[@greenwaddledee1743]

Nightmare and dreamland

[@skunthundler]

adventure

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Can we talk about how Kirby looks adorable with the Cupid ability?

[@hopenguy]

7:03 I just realized that “The new kirby game on the NX” is biased around co-operation

[@hyddra8928]

"biased"... I feel like you meant "based" but "biased" could actually work

[@lisab2758]

Kirby is what I have always loved even when I had cancer I watched Kirby right back at ya aaaaaahhhh I love it

[@cleffei]

Aaahhh! My favourite Kirby game! Oh I love it to bits... ^~^

[@edendeez21]

I always feel weird telling things off-topic but, I made a clay Clefairy today. But you had a Clefairy picture so I couldn't help myself.

[@cleffei]

Scarby :O OMG That's so cool! Wooow I looove clay models and the more Clefairy the better! >w< Good job :3

[@edendeez21]

Too bad I can't show you. =/ But thanks a lot!

[@cleffei]

Scarby No problem, I just like hearing about this kind of stuff ^~^

[@ImaginativeCorndog]

My favorite part of the ending sequence was the picture of the sword in the ground, seen from a low angle, with the sunbeams shining through the clouds as the awesome end credits music reaches the part before it loops. That whole scene was just so fulfilling.

[@linuxthekirbyreposter]

Ahhh,I remember back when I screeched out of pure joy from seeing how adorable the Kirby's are. I'm always into the comps doing shit and I always find it adorable non the less. Ask for help? They'll help? ARGH TOO CUTE

[@fyxfrominferno9194]

7:11 They're making Kirby for the Switch. AntDude is a confirmed psychic.

[@RothRocks2000]

Gee, Nintendo is making a Kirby game for their new console? That's a surprise. That almost never happens.

[@spectral_arachnid]

Is coming this month!

[@hurt4322]

OH MAH GOD WHO KNEW IT'S SUPRISES

[@rotundmonibuv5103]

Wow, Nintendo putting a new installment of one of their popular franchise on their new console? How could such a thing happen I'm shaking and crying rn

[@getgle]

Woah he predicted a popular Nintendo series would appear on a Nintendo console. He's literally a psychic.

[@otaking3582]

3:29 Ah yes, my favorite Kirby enemy, Mr *Flosty*

[@metashade4218]

Definitely one of my favorite Kirby games in the series. I love non-linear, openworld type of games & this game basically delivers it to me.

[@casperthefriendlypotato9046]

This was literally my childhood. I always come back to it.

[@supermariofan03]

Every game franchise has what I call “The Zelda 2 game.” A game in a highly popular franchise that is pretty divisive in the community. And this game is one of them.

[@ChaoFunable]

Dude amazing mirror is my favorite Kirby game

[@walt3479]

I still have this game from 2004, the only reason I got it was because my childhood friend at the time got it for me so we could play it together. Multiplayer was freaking awesome

[@jaded1885]

I really love this game. It's probably my favorite Kirby game.

[@AxZelAnimations30]

I can see "Kirby and the" titles will be the games to attempt new style in the series. It's not linear, but more of exploration.

[@AquaSG.]

7:08 dammit AntDude, you called it.

[@henryentertainmentsystem9923]

7:10 Back when the NX was a thing... ah, good times.

[@avanelletheclockfriend2515]

CHILDHOOOODD!!!!! (Amazing Mirror was the first videogame I ever played)

[@avanelletheclockfriend2515]

Also, it's possible to get to area 9(Candy Constellation) from area 2(Moonlight Mansion) pretty fast. I actually beat Master Hand and Crazy Hand as the second boss. :b

[@RenKuruzu]

Yes! I've rewatched your Kirby videos the past day and now I find out that you're doing a marathon. Dis gon be good.

[@AndysRambles]

So glad you are doing these Kirby vids again AntDude, I discovered your channel on your thoughts on the early Kirby games and man I was hooked.

[@chromacattiosv2]

This was my first mainline Kirby game (air ride was the first) and I got it when I was 6. I still haven't 100 percented it yet after a decade (I'm missing a couple random treasure chests in hard-to-reach rooms) but it's still super dear to my heart. This game slaps no matter what anyone says

[@Kinaibhlan]

My favorite Kirby game by far. Lots of great memories and I played it all the time wherever I went.

[@sonic4prez740]

The amazing mirror is the best game...I have ever played thanks for making this video antdude :D

[@tostie3110]

I still play these style of 2D kirby games to this day! Too much fun.

[@ThedHomie]

Dark Mind has one of the best final boss themes in kirby history Here’s my list: 1. Morpho Knight theme while playing as dark meta knight 2. Dark Mind orb theme 3. King D-Mind theme

[@ghostyoda7379]

10:01 "Oh hey it's Meta Knight" *2 sec. later...* "Oh hey it's Meta Knight" *1 sec. later...* "W A I T A M I N U T E..."

[@GalacticSuperSoul]

Ha!

[@TheSkullKidTV]

Fantastic video! Amazing Mirror is slowly becoming one of my favorite Kirby games ever since i've started a serious playthrough of it. :D

[@bkguchii5742]

Dude! Congrats on the 100,000 subs! I always thought u were a REALLY underrated KZbin!

[@tamimyaseen6013]

Besides return to dreamland, this is my favorite kirby game, I feel so old...

[@philipross9219]

Aww! It was still the NX at this point!

[@kpclipz5783]

this is so nostalgic, amazing game and fantastic bosses

[@strain42]

AntDude is one of my favorite KZbinrs just because it genuinely seems like we love most of the same series. Kirby, Ace Attorney, Paper Mario. It's cool to have that sense of video game camaraderie with another KZbinr. I'm looking forward to the Squeak Squad episode though, as I genuinely loved that game, even though I know and get why a lot of people didn't.

[@minicrow_]

rip i remember squeak squad being one of my favorites loved this tho im super excited

[@yemmohater2796]

6:35 I saw this exact scene twice in my dream yesterday

[@devhands5338]

I do that same thing.

[@FlameJackstar]

Your stuff is getting better and better! :)

[@Spookyyyyyyy]

This is one of my favorite games thank you ant dude

[@fortytwenty6283]

Antdude:*Makes Kirby call Kibby,Keeby,and Korby* Antdude: Look at that u can still contact Kirby's into hell Wow is this devil tube

[@nitrotoxy]

This game is underrated!

[@skylord1846]

I don’t think so.

[@PixleyLore]

man, your stuff is always super solid. we dont know how but you really nailed the monopoly on Kirby esq. game reviews, but we love them! keep up the good work antdude, we'll be watching!

[@gaboflandre]

You earned a suscriber! I loved your review!

[@G0DSPAGH3T1]

Am I the only one who likes Amazing Mirror more than Nightmare in Dreamland?

[@buttoxpepe6564]

Bro i love these games, I played them so much 100 percented them everytime I played!

[@taccarrowilson9342]

And does anyone else know that yellow Kirby has a name just look up keeby and you'll know what I am talking about.

[@Golden12500]

For the longest time, I thought Amazing Mirror came out before NiDL. It's one of my favorite Kirby games, and I personally feel the character from Amazing Mirror to get into Star Allies should've been Dark Mind. DMK is awesome though!

[@Iinneus]

It's really cool to have a Metroidvania-style Kirby game. I like Great Cave Offensive, and turning that into a whole game idea is great! I just wish they had just really gone for the genre a little harder. I wish the map was better and you had a little more confidence in the sense of direction... I want this kind of game to be tackled again with Kirby, honestly.

[@adamkampen]

Yay! Antdude is doing another Kirby marathon!

[@peterturner481]

@AntDude The great cave 'Offensive' means assault on, or attack / seige. When kirby goes and loots the cave and kills every thing in the cave, thats where I think the name The great cave offensive got its name.

[@danielvaljin2538]

Am I the only one who thinks that +Antdude is one of the most underrated KZbinrs?

[@omo7002]

No

[@alexoxo1]

theres just something so different about amazing mirror. I feel bad saying it but i like it more than any kirby game that came before or after it. It introduced so many ideas that sadly never returned. I liked that you could call more kirbies to help you. I liked that all the worlds were interconnected and you had to figure out how to get to each world. I liked that it wasnt linear and just "beat the level and move on." I liked that you could play again and again and explore and uncover secrets. I loved the mood and aesthetic of it/ The soundtrack is so different but so good. The environments are so beautiful. This game feels so ethereal as opposed to the other kirby games being more cheery. This game is genuinely a piece of art. Its almost like the megaman x5 of kirby games in the sense that it feels like they went all out with it as if it was meant to be the final 2d kirby game or something. I played nightmare in dreamland and its not the same. Squeak squad isnt the same either tho i like how more challenging the puzzles are. The soundtrack and graphics kinda feel generic for a DS game for the most part though it did bring back remixes of amazing mirrors tracks. Unfortunately no other game can compare to amazing mirror maybe I'm biased because i hold so much nostalgia for amazing mirror. It was one of the first videogames i ever played in my life. And dang is there nothing quite like it. I wish a lot of what it introduced stuck around.

[@brandi598]

Totally agree I’ve been playing a bunch of diff kirby games the past few months and something about this game is just perfect like I feel like the graphics on this game were just gorgeous and I really don’t love the new 3D look in the other games

[@iangraham5097]

Meta Knight: *Enters Mirror World* Dark Meta Knight: Looks like I'm gonna have to send you to the Shadow Realm, Jimbo!

[@HaikuNW]

Hey Ant Dude, congratulations for 100k subscribers :D

[@sonicthehedge]

I love this game still waiting waiting for a sequel or game similar to it. just imagine a game like kirby andd the amazing mirror on the 3DS or nintendo Switch

[@StafkiGTN]

ANTDUDE PERDICTED KIRBY STAR ALLIES

[@Bidderuni]

I might be a bit late but congrats on 100k subs AntDude!

[@eqa1997]

I'm excited for your thoughts on Squeak Squad! That is one of my favorite kirby games.

[@dancingCactus]

Antdude: "Easily the most unique platformer in the marathon" Intro: Shows Canvas Curse Me: Huh?

[@gaspardsavoureux8680]

Canvas Curse isn't really a platformer

[@NanaKyoto]

Amazing Mirror was my first Kirby game and will forever be my favorite...regardless of the countless frustrations I had with the game's AI...

[@Ectofish]

one of the first games I've ever played. I love it

[@YellowJelloXD]

i love this game SO MUCH

[@leesalee1540]

Now we get to play it 4-player Online on the Switch!

[@egglord2029]

"Oh hey its meta knight, oh hey its meta knight" 😓

[@d.danger4335]

Wait a minute!!!

[@Lampfinder1619]

Yes, I have *Met a knight.*

[@saanarias7219]

God, I would kill for another Kirby like this. Far and away my favorite in the franchise.

[@WalterTGB]

Makes new Kirby marathon to not be outdated, but says NX in video: Well! Gotta start over!

[@theleafeon8020]

oh deer lord the rage of fighting dark mind with a phone for an emulator

[@trunksrocks1]

*HE'S GOT MAXIMUM PINK*

[@theelike4302]

I love how bright and colorful older GBA games look. Having to compensate for that dim little screen really turned out to be for the best.

[@jeremywright9511]

I used to tune into your content many years ago during the smash bros brawl hype era. I will always be a fan.

[@nicknack124]

Why does no one talk about the bomb ability?!

[@leonard3667]

ikr? it's my favorite ability ever!

[@ReconVelocity]

Sir Turtle if only it blew up the terrain

[@nicknack124]

I have not seen it in a top 10 best abilities and not in a top 10 worst abilities so I guess it is right in the middle?

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

Bomb is a B-Tier ability to me

[@bluberrydee6205]

Bomb requires you to aim and I like just beating stuff up without preparing my ability

[@omo7002]

YAY MY FRIST AND FAVORITE KIRBY GAME THANK YOU :) :) :)

[@omo7002]

ALSO GREAT VIDEO!

[@SonicGabriel]

My fave kirby game too

[@greenwaddledee1743]

So many memories

[@ivyw5862]

+Lavaduder THE ANIME YUS!!!!!!

[@russel9225]

I remember playing this with friends... Ahh, the memories this brings back.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

This was my first Kirby game and I have many memories from this one

[@lovevictini]

I play kirby games everyday I play kirby gamessss when I wake up I grab my ds I gotta play them all

[@epicdude209]

k

[@taxenofhearts]

I'm back

[@JaelinBezel]

+Taxen of Hearts You forgot to say "bitches"

[@NEdgyman]

Parody comments are cancer cancer cancer cancer

[@lovevictini]

Nintendude Watches Videos :( im going to kill myself now I HAVE BEEN DISSED IM GONNA KILL MYSELF!

[@JackStache]

If Mario odyssey and Zelda breath of the wild are returns to form, shouldn’t the Kirby game after star allies return to this game?

[@Immallama22]

Lotta memories with this one

[@noravalkyrie8050]

The Kirby team is legit squad goals 👌🏻

[@blazingwaters7469]

To me, this game had potential to be really good, but due to the game being *extremely* open-ended, making it very easy to get lost and/or not know which route you're supposed to take for the next mirror piece, along with the fact that (I think) the other 3 Kirbys don't help you out in gaining said pieces if you're playing alone, it can get kinda frustrating and makes it pretty frustrating to get to the final boss (although as shown at the end, does it really matter? Even in terms of Kirby final bosses goes, Dark Mind was really bland and lame). So overall, it's just decent to me. Damn shame too, since they had a good idea going for it.

[@benlink202forever]

I liked the open-ended world. And there are small details that help you get to the route you need to head to. They're just not that obvious at first glance. However I will agree on the boss. It's hard and fun to beat, but its main purpose in the story and the overall ending wasn't that great. But I usually don't look for a good story in a Kirby game.

[@TackyRackyComixNEO]

There's also the level design not being particularly inspired and a bit inconsistent. A lot of the rooms in the game tend to either be kind of bland with not much interesting stuff going on, or the complete opposite with everything in the room trying to kill you from the moment you enter them and bottomless pits galore. I loved this game as a kid, but I came back to it on my 3DS about a year or so ago and found myself disliking it more and more as I played it. I appreciate what it tried to do, and I enjoyed how it implemented the powers within the game, but the rest of it? Meh, it tried.

[@hamsterseed9659]

BlazingWaters maybe you forgot to kiss your game cartridge.

[@leopardbunny]

Dark Mind is a lot more interesting lore-wise than as an actual fight. But if you don't know to break the mirrors in the fight (or purposely don't), it's a lot more challenging.

[@id-f8679]

@@leopardbunny Yeah he is the Mirror-World version of Zero.

[@rafresendenrafresenden.1644]

my favorite power of Kirby is the metal knight sword

[@isaiahcampbell3992]

I still have this game and my gameboy advanced. I remember playing this game all he time as a kid. I always thought meta night was so cool and wished that I could play as him. It is forever my favourite Kirby game!

[@hankhill1964]

This is my favorite entry in the series.

[@modernpasta2567]

"A new kirby game on the NX maybe?" Keep in mind this comment was posted soon after the star allies release

[@charizardx5713]

This video was made in 2016 and star allies was made in 2018

[@Deadlybrownboy]

7:05 bruh

[@johnkula1536]

This is one of my all time favorite games!

[@thedestroyer7672]

I watched this 10 times plz make a second one