Status Sir_Laguna Nov 28, 2024
New fear acquired:
Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
3.50 from 1064 ratings
2089 members have it in their collection · 21 playing now · 240 backlogged · 176 wish listed
How long? Main story 1h · with extras 2h · 100% 3h (from 41 logged playthroughs)
The gluttonous King Dedede has stolen all of the food from the inhabitants of Dream Land for a midnight feast, so Kirby, a resident of Dream Land, goes to retrieve the food and stop Dedede. Kirby's Dream Land plays like other platformers of the 8-bit and 16-bit era of video games: Kirby must use various natural abilities and occasionally external …
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The gluttonous King Dedede has stolen all of the food from the inhabitants of Dream Land for a midnight feast, so Kirby, a resident of Dream Land, goes to retrieve the food and stop Dedede. Kirby's Dream Land plays like other platformers of the 8-bit and 16-bit era of video games: Kirby must use various natural abilities and occasionally external abilities or items while heading toward the goal at the end of each level. Like many 1980s-era platformers, the player can accumulate points, with an extra life granted when the player has enough points. However, because Kirby lacks a save function, scores are not recorded. Also, there are no save files, so the player has to start over again when the Game Boy is turned off, if the player chooses to return to the title screen after a Game Over, or if the player resets the game. All levels are played on a two-dimensional plane, letting Kirby move only left, right, up, and down. Kirby can walk, jump, and fly. Kirby can also inhale objects and enemies, swallowing them or spitting them out as projectiles.
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Details
- Developers
- HAL Laboratory
- Publishers
- Nintendo, Playtronic
- Genres
- Platform
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Kids
- Franchises
- Kirby
- Series
- Kirby, Kirby's Dream Land
Release dates
- Apr 27, 1992 (Full Release) (Japan) Game Boy
- Aug 01, 1992 (Full Release) (North_America) Game Boy
- Aug 03, 1992 (Full Release) (Europe) Game Boy
- Jun 07, 2011 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo 3DS
- Jun 30, 2011 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo 3DS
- Jun 30, 2011 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo 3DS
- Feb 03, 2016 (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo 3DS
- TBD (Full Release) (Brazil) Game Boy
Related
Bundled in
- Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (Jul 2012) · Wii
Remakes
- Spring Breeze (Mar 1996) · SFAM, SNES
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
137
4 stars
347
3 stars
491
2 stars
82
1 star
6
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status TheBeautifulEric Feb 11, 2023 Completed
First time playing Kirby’s debut game. Surprised how short it is, it’s only 5 levels. The extra mode almost feels like it is a different game, it’s so much harder by a ridiculous degree. More enemies and more attacks that do more damage. It beat my booty, and I’m gonna walk away from it since it seems like just a …
Read moreFirst time playing Kirby’s debut game. Surprised how short it is, it’s only 5 levels. The extra mode almost feels like it is a different game, it’s so much harder by a ridiculous degree. More enemies and more attacks that do more damage. It beat my booty, and I’m gonna walk away from it since it seems like just a harder version of the standard game anyway. The Extra mode really exacerbated how clunky the game kind of feels. There’s a lot of recovery frames after almost every action and it feels strange that the A button can’t be used to float, even though it’s used for jumping (Kirby’s Adventure also has this quirk iirc). It’s strange to play a Kirby game without copy abilities. In a way, this feels more like a concept than a full game just because of what comes after. Music is rad, but Kirby seems less expressive. I think overall it was interesting to see the origin of a recognizable character, but I don’t know if it’s worth checking out beyond satiating curiosity.
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Status internpepper Nov 12, 2020
This is a great palette cleanser for a quick pick-up-and-play platformer. Kirby doesn't have his copy abilities yet, but don't let that deter you from playing this first entry.
Status Retrobert Aug 5, 2019
I finally beat Kirby's Dream Land extra game mode. It feels good because I use to play this all the time as a kid and I don't recall beating it in the highest difficulty. Now, I know this is not extremely challenging, but it does require several tries.
