Hey guys. I am speedrunning KDL on Extra mode and I am having imput problems. Sometimes Kirby won't spit out his star. Because of that I am already pressing the buttons several times instead of one time, already expecting some input cancelations. I already cleaned the pads on my PS3 controller and yes, it got worn out over the years and I couldn't witness that problem on other games, at least not that frequently.

Is canceling the inputs because of too much sprites on the screen a known issue? Thanks!

Yeah.. so... could be an emulator issue or a connection from the controller to the PC issue. EMU control dropping is a little weird.

HOWEVER - this game does have a buffer time between inputs meaning that upon inhaling an enemy there is an x-amount of frames you need to wait before the next action can happen (We negate this with TAS SPitting). If the game starts to lag (which its notorious for) that frame buffering is a bit longer because of speed.

I ran the game for 5+ years and I still have this issue haha.