![]() ![]() Kirby will need to use every trick in the proverbial book if he hopes to restore the Fountain of Dreams. And on top of that there are the six underlings of the King who await at the end of each world, guarding their piece of the Star Rod. The seven worlds of Dream Land are full of the servants of Dedede and hosts of other enemies. Kirby has no choice but to track down every last piece of the mystical Star Rod and repair the Fountain if the residents of Dream Land are ever to dream in their country again.īut that’s no mean task. King Dedede has scattered seven pieces of the Star Rod across Dream Land, giving six pieces to his friends (including Meta Knight in his first appearance) and keeping the last piece for himself. ![]() When he goes to the Fountain of Dreams (the Dream Spring) to uncover what went wrong, he discovers that the naughty, trouble-making King Dedede has shattered the Star Rod, a magical artifact that powers the Fountain of Dreams and enables the residents of Dream Land to enjoy their imaginative slumber. The placid world of Dream Land is troubled when Kirby wakes from a food coma and realizes that he didn’t dream. This game was the finale chorus for the NES and ensured that the beloved system, often considered to be the greatest ever made, went out with a grand bow. That’s evidenced by its seven-different worlds with side-scrolling overworld maps, numerous enemies, fluid animations, array of 24 different special abilities, and scores of secrets. Heck, it might just be the best game in its franchise!Īt 6 megabits, this game was huge for its time. Kirby’s Adventure utilized nearly every last bit of processing power and graphical trickery capable on the NES to create one of the best and most coveted games on the console. Released very late in the NES lifespan in 1993 ( Super Mario Worldwas already out for 3 years), Kirby’s Adventure treated the Nintendo Entertainment System as a ripe Florida orange, squeezing all of its juices and pulp out into one delicious beverage. ![]() Auto-save in an 8-bit game? On the NES? Yes. Kirby’s Adventure is also notable for many other reasons, like its auto-saving feature. With Kirby’s Adventure, the cutest living vacuum cleaner was brought to life in vivid candy-color. The confusion originally existed because Kirby’s first appearance in Kirby’s Dream Land was on the original Nintendo Game Boy, where obviously he appeared colorless. HAL Laboratory’s late-generation NES platformer Kirby’s Adventure was the first game to inform the universe that the little round Swiss-army-knife was in fact pink and not white. “It was tough for me to see that every time I made a new game, people automatically assumed that a sequel was coming…” ![]()
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