Nintendo’s Kirby Star Allies dropped earlier this month and it’s great that the publisher will support the game with new allies, including a few favorites from previous releases. Today, the company dropped a new update for the Nintendo Switch platformer that adds five familiar faces to the mix.
The update, labeled version 2.0, can be applied the next time you start up the Switch. Once you go into the game, it should automatically begin downloading, if it hasn’t already. It features the addition of three (well, technically five) new Dream Friends. These include a former boss by the name of Marx, a jelly-like creature by the name of Gooey, and the trio of Rick, Kine and Coo, consisting of a fish, a bird and a hamster.
With those last three combined, you can essentially use all three of them over the course of your adventure, depending how they’re needed. If you’ve played the prior Kirby’s Dream Land games on earlier consoles, all of these characters should be familiar to you.
In addition to the addition of these new Dream Friends (again, free of charge – no need to pay for DLC), the update also includes a new celebration picture to complete by collecting Picture Pieces across each stage, as well as a few minor fixes to “enhance gameplay,” although they weren’t specifically listed.
Again, the update should start the next time you load the game, and shouldn’t take too long, depending on your Internet connection. Kirby Star Allies is available now for Nintendo Switch.
