Kirby's Dream Land
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Kirby's Dream Land is an action platformer developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo on the Game Boy on 1992-04-27. It is the first Kirby game and, since Kirby's ability to steal powers from the monsters he's eaten has not yet been established, the game plays more like a basic platformer.
I first played this game after already having played a couple later Kirby games, so I was very disappointed by the lack of stealing powers, and it was so short and easy, I beat it on my first attempt.
Contents
Status
I do not own the game, but I have beat it.
Review
- Overall: 3/10
- Best Version: Game Boy
— This section contains spoilers! —
Good
- The graphics are nice and cute and a lot of the characters seen in later games are introduced.
- The cuteness of Kirby, especially, is really wonderful.
- The game has a pretty complete manual.
- The extra mode is a nice way to at least present a challenge to skilled gamers, but it's annoying to have to beat such an easy game to get it.
Bad
- Overall, the game is kind of dull.
- Since Kirby never becomes more powerful, the boss rush at the end is just tedious.
Ugly
- The game is too easy. Even younger kids won't have much difficulty beating it.
- At only five levels, the game is incredibly short, easily beatable in a single play-through.
Media
Box Art
Documentation
- Kirby's Dream Land - GB - Manual.pdf
Game manual.
Maps
Videos
- youtube.com/watch?v=gU6cHCkWqy8 - US commercial.
- youtube.com/watch?v=qQpH9F1a4d4 - Japanese commercial.
- youtube.com/watch?v=giWzzjEgGIM - Longplay.
Titles
Language | Native | Transliteration | Translation |
---|---|---|---|
English | Kirby's Dream Land | ||
Japanese | 星のカービ | Hoshi no Kabi | Kirby of the Stars |