Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 87% |
| Metacritic | 86 of 100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A |
| Edge | 7 of 10 |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.83 |
| Game Informer | 8.5 of 10 |
| GamePro | 4 of 5 |
| GameSpot | 8.6 of 10 |
| GameSpy | |
| IGN | 9 of 10 |
| Nintendo Power | 9 of 10 |
| Play Magazine | 6.5 of 10 |
Kirby: Canvas Curse has received positive critical acclaim since its release, with many reviews calling it the best Kirby game to date. 1UP called it "genuinely excellent", saying that "it's a welcome reinvention of gaming's most overplayed genre" and later concluded that Canvas Curse is "the DS's first great game". The stylus gameplay has also been noted, with IGN hailing it as "incredibly innovative", GameSpy saying it is "quite rewarding", and GameSpot calling it "a satisfying part of the gameplay."
The game has drawn criticism from a few sources which claimed that although the game was innovative, it was not especially entertaining: Play Magazine editor noted that "it's innovative... but for me, that's not enough."
Kirby: Canvas Curse was the third best-selling game in Japan during its week of release at 75,365 units sold. Famitsu annual sales for the region show the game sold 276,418 copies by the end of 2005. According to 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.
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