New details from NP.
gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=134163- A sorcerer named Yin-Yarn has turned everything into yarn
- Yin-Yarn has a tomato-like fruit on the top of his head
- Kirby attempts to eat this fruit, and Yin-Yarn sucks Kirby into a sock tied around his heck
- this transports Kirby into Patch Land
- Kirby meets Prince Fluff here
- Prince Fluff is being chased by a horned monster
- Kirby tries to suck the enemy up, but the air goes right through Kirby's now non-existent body
- Kirby morphs into a car and escapes with Prince Fluff
- double tap left or right to transform into a car
- this allows Kirby to jump higher and farther
- cannot attack while in car form
- lasso enemies with a piece of yarn by using the 1 button
- grab an enemy by holding 1, tap again to throw
- submarine Kirby happens when you jump into water
- Parachute Kirby happens when you jump and hold the 2 button
- Weight Kirby by jumping and pressing down
- use Weight Kirby to burst through certain floors
- a three-eyed monster tries to eat Prince Fluff, and when Kirby defeats him, you gain a piece of yarn that allows you to stitch parts of the world together
- Yin-Yarn broke the world into 7 parts
- you have to find all the pieces of magic yarn to stitch the world back together
- the first set of stages is 'Grass Land'
- Grass Land has a forest, a giant vine, an underground area and more
- The first level is called Fountain Gardens
- Fountain Gardens is where Kirby can transform into a tank
- there are level-specific transformations
- Rainbow Falls allows Kirby to transform into a surfboarding penguin
- Mole Hole allows Kirby to become a drilling machine
- diggable sections of the ground look like cotton
- two Grass Lands levels allow you to change into a UFO
- the UFO has a tractor beam to consume objects and enemies
- collect 3 items to become charged with electricity, and then fire an electrical attack across the whole screen
- you can visit new worlds before completing all the levels in a world
- Grass Land has two stages you don't have to do unless you want to
- these levels open up after you beat the dragon boss, Fangora
- plenty of secret areas
- three collectibles in each level
- collect beads strewn throughout levels
- beads seem to be related to health, as they pop out of Kirby if he's hit
Also,
gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/NP259_Kirby.jpg"This grass feels funny," Kirby thought. "It feels like...pants." ;D