let’s go! Kirby’s Adventure!!!
Kirby’s Dream Land was already a pretty good game, but Kirby’s Adventure took everything that made Dream Land good and expanded it, in almost a year nonetheless!
story’s pretty simple again: for some reason Kirby and the residents of Dream Land are having nightmares. when Kirby goes to investigate the Fountain of Dreams, he finds out King Dedede took the Star Rod (the thing that gives everyone in Dream Land their good dreams), smashed it into pieces, and gave them to his buddies. Kirby’s obviously pissed, so he decides to go on a journey to beat the absolute crap out of Dedede’s cronies, as well as Dedede himself, and return the Star Rod back to its original form and place.
likewise with the first game, your job is to go from point A to point B, inhaling any unfortunate souls that end up in your way, and using them as weaponry. speaking of that, Copy Abilities are now a thing. certain enemies give you the ability to replace your inhaling with an attack that your enemy uses as long as you remember to swallow them. swallowing enemies isn’t pointless now!!! Copy Abilities really helped shape the Kirby franchise’s identity; you'll be seeing it in every mainline game from this point. ok I lied with the first sentence in this paragraph, if you want to be considered an epic and hardcore gamer, you can search for big switches that you can be found in some of the levels starting with the third world. some are easy to find, but a lot will require you to master your Copy Ability skills to the fullest to find and reach. these switches unlock more stuff to do in the game lobby (I guess that’s what it's called.) you can gain extra lives by playing fun minigames, go to arena and museums to get Copy Abilities, and unlock a fast travel room to traverse and backtrack through worlds more quickly. oh yeah you can run and slide now. levels are even more fun to go through now with these, especially the running part.
this is the best looking game on the NES, there’s no contest. this ain’t 8 bit, this is definitely at least 12 bit!!! the music here is just as good as it was in the first game. Vegetable Valley, Butter Building, Grape Garden, and Rainbow Resort are some highlights. there’s just something charming about Kirby’s Adventure soundfont, but I can’t quite figure it out.
the only major negative that I can really think about is that the lag can get pretty bad when there's a lot of enemies on screen, as well as using certain Copy Abilities (Spark especially). but the 3D Classics version of the game on the 3DS eShop got rid of all the lag (as well as spice up a few of the backgrounds), so you got the definitive version right there, go get it before the 3DS eShop shuts down (R.I.P.).
anyway, epic game, excellent sequel, and this isn’t even Kirby’s full potential ;^)
Kirby’s Dream Land was already a pretty good game, but Kirby’s Adventure took everything that made Dream Land good and expanded it, in almost a year nonetheless!
story’s pretty simple again: for some reason Kirby and the residents of Dream Land are having nightmares. when Kirby goes to investigate the Fountain of Dreams, he finds out King Dedede took the Star Rod (the thing that gives everyone in Dream Land their good dreams), smashed it into pieces, and gave them to his buddies. Kirby’s obviously pissed, so he decides to go on a journey to beat the absolute crap out of Dedede’s cronies, as well as Dedede himself, and return the Star Rod back to its original form and place.
likewise with the first game, your job is to go from point A to point B, inhaling any unfortunate souls that end up in your way, and using them as weaponry. speaking of that, Copy Abilities are now a thing. certain enemies give you the ability to replace your inhaling with an attack that your enemy uses as long as you remember to swallow them. swallowing enemies isn’t pointless now!!! Copy Abilities really helped shape the Kirby franchise’s identity; you'll be seeing it in every mainline game from this point. ok I lied with the first sentence in this paragraph, if you want to be considered an epic and hardcore gamer, you can search for big switches that you can be found in some of the levels starting with the third world. some are easy to find, but a lot will require you to master your Copy Ability skills to the fullest to find and reach. these switches unlock more stuff to do in the game lobby (I guess that’s what it's called.) you can gain extra lives by playing fun minigames, go to arena and museums to get Copy Abilities, and unlock a fast travel room to traverse and backtrack through worlds more quickly. oh yeah you can run and slide now. levels are even more fun to go through now with these, especially the running part.
this is the best looking game on the NES, there’s no contest. this ain’t 8 bit, this is definitely at least 12 bit!!! the music here is just as good as it was in the first game. Vegetable Valley, Butter Building, Grape Garden, and Rainbow Resort are some highlights. there’s just something charming about Kirby’s Adventure soundfont, but I can’t quite figure it out.
the only major negative that I can really think about is that the lag can get pretty bad when there's a lot of enemies on screen, as well as using certain Copy Abilities (Spark especially). but the 3D Classics version of the game on the 3DS eShop got rid of all the lag (as well as spice up a few of the backgrounds), so you got the definitive version right there, go get it before the 3DS eShop shuts down (R.I.P.).
anyway, epic game, excellent sequel, and this isn’t even Kirby’s full potential ;^)