Since I'm no longer a gamer and my opinions mean nothing anymore (not that they ever did), I'm just going to come out and say it: Kirby's Adventure is one of the worst experiences I have had playing a video game to completion.
I first finished Kirby's Dreamland about 8 years ago. It was ridiculously short, and that was mainly its issue. I still had a decent time with it, but its length and simplicity made for a mediocre game at best. Kirby's Adventure's existence honestly baffles me. This came out over 2 years after the Super Famicom had already launched. They had the chance to innovate greatly on the original, which was severely limited by the hardware it was released on, but they basically did a repeat of that with MUCH WORSE results.
This game introduced the series staple of copying enemy abilities by eating them. Combining two allows you to make a new "power combo." I think I only ever did this once because playing this game is a constant struggle. The controls are atrocious, which are made worse by the severe slowdown throughout the entire game. Most of the time I took a hit in this game is because I tried inhaling or attacking an enemy and the controls would just fail me. Either nothing happens, or I start floating and become vulnerable. Not being able to inhale enemies while floating is such an annoying mechanic because of how slow you are. Always getting hit meant I could never hold onto one ability for long to have much fun, let alone combine two. Boss fights were especially grueling, and by the time I got to Level 7, I just couldn't be bothered anymore with the mini boss gauntlet. I had to use the Game Genie infinite energy cheat so I can finally get it over with.
Level 7-6 was a breath of fresh air because, like the Gameboy original, it's in black and white (minus Kirby himself). You know why I liked that level? Because it didn't run at 10 FPS. Seriously, if they had just made the whole game black and white, I'm sure I would have had a much better time. The slowdown is just that bad. The final boss was also kinda cool (well, Phase 1 at least). It becomes a side scrolling shooter of sorts, and not having to control Kirby with the floating controls was a brief, but much appreciated blessing. And then Phase 2 starts. Phase 2 sucks. The whole game sucks. And believe me, I feel bad saying that. There's definitely a lot of charm to this game and the series in general. It's definitely one of the best-looking games on the NES, but that doesn't mean much when I barely get any enjoyment out of it.
I first finished Kirby's Dreamland about 8 years ago. It was ridiculously short, and that was mainly its issue. I still had a decent time with it, but its length and simplicity made for a mediocre game at best. Kirby's Adventure's existence honestly baffles me. This came out over 2 years after the Super Famicom had already launched. They had the chance to innovate greatly on the original, which was severely limited by the hardware it was released on, but they basically did a repeat of that with MUCH WORSE results.
This game introduced the series staple of copying enemy abilities by eating them. Combining two allows you to make a new "power combo." I think I only ever did this once because playing this game is a constant struggle. The controls are atrocious, which are made worse by the severe slowdown throughout the entire game. Most of the time I took a hit in this game is because I tried inhaling or attacking an enemy and the controls would just fail me. Either nothing happens, or I start floating and become vulnerable. Not being able to inhale enemies while floating is such an annoying mechanic because of how slow you are. Always getting hit meant I could never hold onto one ability for long to have much fun, let alone combine two. Boss fights were especially grueling, and by the time I got to Level 7, I just couldn't be bothered anymore with the mini boss gauntlet. I had to use the Game Genie infinite energy cheat so I can finally get it over with.
Level 7-6 was a breath of fresh air because, like the Gameboy original, it's in black and white (minus Kirby himself). You know why I liked that level? Because it didn't run at 10 FPS. Seriously, if they had just made the whole game black and white, I'm sure I would have had a much better time. The slowdown is just that bad. The final boss was also kinda cool (well, Phase 1 at least). It becomes a side scrolling shooter of sorts, and not having to control Kirby with the floating controls was a brief, but much appreciated blessing. And then Phase 2 starts. Phase 2 sucks. The whole game sucks. And believe me, I feel bad saying that. There's definitely a lot of charm to this game and the series in general. It's definitely one of the best-looking games on the NES, but that doesn't mean much when I barely get any enjoyment out of it.