Would you believe IGN on that?
Almost all Kirby games are made to be easy.
What is this general way of thinking that IGN are accepting some extra money from companies so their games would get better ratings?
Do you even realize the amount of drama, popularity and website traffic a journalistic website could get from writing an article on how a company has tried to approach IGN editors to bribe them? That would be a gold mine for IGN and taking bribes wouldn't make any sense.