The game has also decided to give a lot of enemies the ability to interrupt your attacks far too easily, even though you are laying into them with your weapon. (playstationlifestyle.net)
The most frequently used ability in Kirby's arsenal from the previous games, sucking in enemies, has been omitted in favor of a whip that can be used to take out enemies, so it seems as if the mechanic of copying enemy abilities is out. (monstervine.com)
What this means is that combat is limited to selecting which attacks or abilities to use for the main character of the party as well as shifting between Paradigm Sets to counter enemy abilities and strengths. (playstationlifestyle.net)