The first game of the Kirby franchise to be rated E10+ (Everyone 10+) by the ESRB.
Features Kirby bosses Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee as playable characters, along with alternate Kirby pallettes.
The first main game of the Kirby franchise to be released on a home console since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) released 11 years prior.
The ninth game of the Kirby canon and first one of the 2010s.
The fifth Kirby game to release in November after Kirby's Dreamland (1992), Kirby's Dreamland 3 (1997), Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland (2002), and Kirby Squeak Squad (2006).