How would you fix star allies or what would you have wanted instead of star allies?
Kirby thread
remove friends
add the kirby 64 double ability mechanic
Kirby bread
More interesting level design and more original bosses.
They should have just made it like the 3DS games, but let you use friends if you want instead.
More stuff in the vein of HiAD and Soul Melter EX that actually let you flex with the really robust movesets every ability/Dream Friend have and how good the physics and movement feel.
Either add an EX mode to Guest Star that makes enemies live longer, deal more damage, and spawn in larger numbers (and has less forced team puzzles so you can run it mostly solo). or basically a Bloody Palace equivalent that's a longer, harder version of the Ability Star combat room with actual bosses at certain intervals.
I would have had given more helpers different attacks to help separate from Kirby and have multiple helpers for the same ability. like give parasol dee aqua shot, let bonkers throw coconut bombs, give plugg the spark moveset, let noddy have sleep’s battle royale moveset and give walky the mike robobot armor moveset, even if they weren’t helpers, or let both mr frosty and chilly be helpers, or both plugg and plasma wisp be helpers. I would have also brought back more abilities and let Kirby recolors still be an option for multiplayer.
Bump
I want to go back to Kirby 64's level design ( and to a lesser extent TD & Robobot ), with more seemless integration of the shiny macguffins into the level rather than seperate doors with puzzles & abilities available. Some may say it's a bit annoying, but I don't think Kirby's difficulty justifies the keeping of that one ability you're most comfortable with ( until that door puzzle kicks in ). That's the minimum for me if we're gonna stick to the RtDL formula. Maybe faster mobility specs as well, and more zoomed in action: Kirby looks too small in Star Allies, kind of unsatisfying.
More ambition would be nice: Part of why people like AM or Superstar is because they changed things up. Let Kirby go on a treasure again, or a pseudo metroidvania. Anything that isn't Grass/Water/Desert/Ice/Factory or Fire/Space again is appreciated
I would have made the game more single player oriented and make guest star have a different final boss for each dream friend.