Kirby Fighters Z

Kirby Fighters Z is an upcoming fighting game for the Nintendo 3DS, to be released through the Nintendo eShop. It is an expanded version of the Kirby Fighters minigame from Kirby: Triple Deluxe. Developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo, it will be released on July 23, 2014 in Japan, alongside DeDeDe's Drum Dash Z.

Gameplay
The game pits Kirbys against each other using different abilities. Players can choose between 12 abilities, two more than the mini-game in Triple Deluxe. However, the two new ones, Bell and Beetle, are only usable if StreetPass for Triple Deluxe is activated. It also adds five new stages, a team battle mode, and an expanded single-player mode complete with boss battles. Beating the single-player mode will unlock hats for Kirby and Shadow Kirby as a playable character.