I like this game :^)
this is the next Kirby game directed by the mysterious Shinichi Shimomura and the second game in the Dark Matter Trilogy. he already put out an alright game with Dream Land 2 but then he decided one day “okay but if what we did that again, but Kirby’s friends with the Dragon Quest slime now?” long story short, Dream Land 3 is excellent but I can’t just end it here
let's begin with that story. Kirby is spending his time fishing with his good friend Gooey, that random blob you may or may not have seen in Dream Land 2. all of a sudden, a giant much more horrifying blob appears in Planet Popstar and begins taking control of the planet's inhabitants like George Orwell’s 1984, or End of Evangelion for all the younger readers. surprise surprise Dark Matter has made a comeback and they are PISSED. knowing the Dark Matter means bad news, Kirby and Gooey, along with animal buddies old and new, go across Planet Popstar to free everyone from their clutches.
you remember Kirby's Dream Land 2? well the game kinda plays like that, but better. you got the same Copy Abilities from before, the same "collect special items to get the true ending", and the same animal buddies that change up your moves, though now you have another three of them to help out. Rick, Coo, and Kine are joined by Nago the Cat, Pitch the Bird, and Chuchu the Octopus. Nago has a really cool and fun double jump as well as some cute animations with Kirby, Pitch's flying is slower than Coo's but he can run on the ground to make up for it, and Chuchu does weird things to Kirby's head, guess which is my favorite of the three. that said, you'll need to use all the animal buddies if you want to get all the collectibles for this game. instead of finding a singular Rainbow Drop in each world, you'll instead have to obtain a Heart Star in each level of the game. while this does mean more work, the Heart Stars are nowhere near as difficult to obtain as the hardest Rainbow Drops in Dream Land 2. if you complete the objective for each level, you're given the Heart Star from someone at the end. this can range from new Kirby characters that get Thanos-snapped after this game, rejected Mario powerups, and even special Nintendo guest stars that’ll make you go “oh I remember them!” or “the heck are you supposed to be” anyway when you get all the Heart Stars, you get access to the true final boss at the end, just like Dream Land 2. trust me you want to get all of them to see the final boss, it’s a very fun and kid friendly final boss just believe me guys I am 100% honest :^))))
this is probably the best looking game on the console, the only game that I'd say is on par with it is Trials of Mana. this game's crayon aesthetic is very dreamlike, which fits considering what franchise this is right here. I wish that we got to see more of this art style in other Kirby games, but it does help give this game its unique identity so I guess I'm cool with that. while Super Star has bombastic music, Dream Land 3's soundtrack goes the opposite direction by focusing on more relaxing and chill tunes. compare both of the intro tracks from Super Star and Dream Land 3 and you'll see that both games are going for different vibes. though I must be honest, I think I may prefer this game's soundtrack more. it just has that really comfy vibe that makes you feel good, you're sure to get a smile on your face when you start listening to these music tracks. I like every track from this game, but I guess my favorites would have to be Grass Land 2, Grass Land 4, Ripple Field 1, Ripple Field 2, Sand Canyon 1, and The Last Iceberg. oh yeah that Staff Roll theme is absolutely amazing, it’s right up there with Super Star’s staff roll theme and that’s a huge compliment since the latter is one of my favorite Kirby tracks in general.
so what is this game lacking? well, if you've already played Kirby Super Star before this, you are not getting that same experience. while this game does have sliding and running, Dream Land 3 is focusing on improving on Dream Land 2 rather than improving on Super Star. unfortunately this means that Abilities are very limited in their movepool outside of animal buddies. while that sounds bad, the big thing you should be worrying about is that Kirby doesn't wear funny hats in this game. that should have been enough to drop this game down to zero stars but I'm a merciful person so I will let this slide. Kirby's momentum is also a little bit off here, his speed kinda goes to a halt right when you stop floating or get hit by an attack. there's a fan patch to fix this but it's weird that this decision was deliberately made. basically this game's biggest problem is that it isn't Super Star. personally though I'm fine with that even though a majority would have preferred this game to play like that one.
so judging from the high score I gave it, you can probably tell I have a little bit of bias for this game. do I have bad taste? maybe, I don't really mind though. I've 100% this game a couple of times before and I always enjoy the ride.
anyway great game, play it now, it has Gooey in it you have no excuse
this is the next Kirby game directed by the mysterious Shinichi Shimomura and the second game in the Dark Matter Trilogy. he already put out an alright game with Dream Land 2 but then he decided one day “okay but if what we did that again, but Kirby’s friends with the Dragon Quest slime now?” long story short, Dream Land 3 is excellent but I can’t just end it here
let's begin with that story. Kirby is spending his time fishing with his good friend Gooey, that random blob you may or may not have seen in Dream Land 2. all of a sudden, a giant much more horrifying blob appears in Planet Popstar and begins taking control of the planet's inhabitants like George Orwell’s 1984, or End of Evangelion for all the younger readers. surprise surprise Dark Matter has made a comeback and they are PISSED. knowing the Dark Matter means bad news, Kirby and Gooey, along with animal buddies old and new, go across Planet Popstar to free everyone from their clutches.
you remember Kirby's Dream Land 2? well the game kinda plays like that, but better. you got the same Copy Abilities from before, the same "collect special items to get the true ending", and the same animal buddies that change up your moves, though now you have another three of them to help out. Rick, Coo, and Kine are joined by Nago the Cat, Pitch the Bird, and Chuchu the Octopus. Nago has a really cool and fun double jump as well as some cute animations with Kirby, Pitch's flying is slower than Coo's but he can run on the ground to make up for it, and Chuchu does weird things to Kirby's head, guess which is my favorite of the three. that said, you'll need to use all the animal buddies if you want to get all the collectibles for this game. instead of finding a singular Rainbow Drop in each world, you'll instead have to obtain a Heart Star in each level of the game. while this does mean more work, the Heart Stars are nowhere near as difficult to obtain as the hardest Rainbow Drops in Dream Land 2. if you complete the objective for each level, you're given the Heart Star from someone at the end. this can range from new Kirby characters that get Thanos-snapped after this game, rejected Mario powerups, and even special Nintendo guest stars that’ll make you go “oh I remember them!” or “the heck are you supposed to be” anyway when you get all the Heart Stars, you get access to the true final boss at the end, just like Dream Land 2. trust me you want to get all of them to see the final boss, it’s a very fun and kid friendly final boss just believe me guys I am 100% honest :^))))
this is probably the best looking game on the console, the only game that I'd say is on par with it is Trials of Mana. this game's crayon aesthetic is very dreamlike, which fits considering what franchise this is right here. I wish that we got to see more of this art style in other Kirby games, but it does help give this game its unique identity so I guess I'm cool with that. while Super Star has bombastic music, Dream Land 3's soundtrack goes the opposite direction by focusing on more relaxing and chill tunes. compare both of the intro tracks from Super Star and Dream Land 3 and you'll see that both games are going for different vibes. though I must be honest, I think I may prefer this game's soundtrack more. it just has that really comfy vibe that makes you feel good, you're sure to get a smile on your face when you start listening to these music tracks. I like every track from this game, but I guess my favorites would have to be Grass Land 2, Grass Land 4, Ripple Field 1, Ripple Field 2, Sand Canyon 1, and The Last Iceberg. oh yeah that Staff Roll theme is absolutely amazing, it’s right up there with Super Star’s staff roll theme and that’s a huge compliment since the latter is one of my favorite Kirby tracks in general.
so what is this game lacking? well, if you've already played Kirby Super Star before this, you are not getting that same experience. while this game does have sliding and running, Dream Land 3 is focusing on improving on Dream Land 2 rather than improving on Super Star. unfortunately this means that Abilities are very limited in their movepool outside of animal buddies. while that sounds bad, the big thing you should be worrying about is that Kirby doesn't wear funny hats in this game. that should have been enough to drop this game down to zero stars but I'm a merciful person so I will let this slide. Kirby's momentum is also a little bit off here, his speed kinda goes to a halt right when you stop floating or get hit by an attack. there's a fan patch to fix this but it's weird that this decision was deliberately made. basically this game's biggest problem is that it isn't Super Star. personally though I'm fine with that even though a majority would have preferred this game to play like that one.
so judging from the high score I gave it, you can probably tell I have a little bit of bias for this game. do I have bad taste? maybe, I don't really mind though. I've 100% this game a couple of times before and I always enjoy the ride.
anyway great game, play it now, it has Gooey in it you have no excuse
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