I've seen some people who consider the original Kirby's Dream Land to be one of the weaker platformers in the pink puffball's catalog, and I couldn't disagree more. It's one of the most impeccably designed action games of the 8-bit era; it's based around a novel concept (swallowing and spitting out enemies) that is explored to its fullest potential across stages that have little to no wasted space or redundancy while continuously guiding the player through setpieces that never interrupt the game flow. It looks and sounds excellent and distinct, and upon beating the game you can replay it with more challenging obstacles and bosses, along with being able to perform challenge runs, and the incredibly short length guarantees that, no matter how many times you replay it, it'll never get tedious. Sure, later games would introduce far more depth with copy abilities and collectibles and grandiose adventures, but taken on its own instead of in relation to the games from Adventure onwards, Dream Land 1 is still a tight and polished experience that I could recommend to anyone even 30 years after its initial release.