#oh and fun fact i also gushed about rainbow resort in a diff tweet cause the NiDL version was the song

[fruitsofhell]

I have a Kirby Heardle Thread on Twitter so sometimes I go off about how much I love this series' music, here’s 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 so far (with a lot more added in lol):

     Legend of the Last World is an awesome ass medley of final stage themes. Sometimes Star Allies pulls through with its more heavily orchestral songs, L86 sounds so cool with traditional instruments, and the callback all the way to Rainbow Resort always gets me... Once again KSA delivers on being a great send-off to the last era of Kirby (in every area but gameplay). Thinking about how this is the last "Final Stage" of that era of classic games and they put everything into this medley makes me kind of emotional. They all transition so beautifully into one another and sell the uniqueness of each journey; from Magolor’s ambitions for Limitless Power, to Sectonia’s cold and haunting Beautiful Prison, to the alien-strangeness of the heart of Haltmann Works co. in L86. And with that Rainbow Resort... the transition is so lovely, and kinda somber... it really sells like... idk nostalgic, bittersweet determination. The feeling of “This our very last run through this type of adventure till we meet again, LETS DO THIS!”      HiAD being Kirby's attempt at saving his enemies, and the first time he wholly succeeded without accidentally blowing them up (i.e. Haltmann and Sectonia) also adds some emotion to it too. I'm team "Kirby Has Slowly Been Developing Into A More Actively Merciful Hero Over The Last Couple Games”, and the era ending with his first success in that is satisfying. And then you add on everything about Kirby being a good reincarnation of Void and how he was the one to answer the Jamba’s prayers of salvation... it all just comes together so good. Besides just being the first game with a “last level” theme to use, maybe the reason Rainbow Resort was used instead of something from DL1 was because it was the first event of Kirby having to take into account that not all his enemies are 2D villains, and that twist has influenced the hero we have today. Star Allies' story was a great one to end on. Answering and posing some really cool questions and doing everything to show that Kirby as a hero has really developed into an ally to the stars. And all the fanservice is insanely fun lol.      KSA is only good gameplay wise when I think of most Kirby games as being amazing, but it's pretty fun to revisit. Guest Star is a blast when using the Dream Friends and soaking in their movesets and levels, and Ultimate Choice still kicks my ass to this day. There is also an UNBELIEVABLY dense amount of story details in it, and more kinda lost on English speakers like me due to shoddy translation.      It’s also very pretty, and may be the last we'll see of Dreamland levels for some time. I wouldn't be surprised if the idea from here on for a while is to be more out there with settings. It might spoil the uniqueness of KFL but who knoooows~