The next Kirby game to release after Adventure was Kirby's Pinball Land. This was the first game I had yet to play prior to this whole thing and I gotta say, not really a fan of it tbh.
I do honestly enjoy pinball a bit, it's fun when you're just going for a high score or are at a pizza parlor and you see a pinball table and play it to pass the time. But Kirby's Pinball Land is actually beatable. See, each stage has a boss from Kirby's Dreamland you can fight if you progress high enough into the stage. The entire game is Dreamland themed actually. Well, I tried to get to Wispy Woods for 40 minutes straight and that's the first stage. Every time I'd defeat all the cappies in the little bonus game and make the warp star appear, something would make me fall down again. So yeah, I never even got to fight any of the bosses because I was just so frustrated trying to even get to the very first one in the first place. After giving up on the first stage then, I just decided to play the other two for a bit as well before calling it quits. There's 4 bosses in total, the three from the stages and then Dedede at the end. Idk if you have to do every stage and Dedede in one continue, because if so that's pretty ridiculous with how random pinball can be.
This review seems overly negative and yeah I was getting frustrated when playing and still don't care fit it much but for a simple pinball game, it's not bad. I'm giving it a bit of slack since it is an OG Gameboy game (and also maybe me not being much a fan is just a big skill issue). The Dreamland 1 visuals and references are nice and the music's nice too (most of it is just reused from Dreamland tho). Just maybe don't try to actually beat this game cuz you'll also get frustrated unless you have a high tolerance for random pinball BS lol. It's been a while since I played a game and didn't finish it, and I really hate doing that especially for a Kirby marathon like this, but idk man I just can't do it lol. Looking forward to playing Dream Course next!
Edit: In retrospect, maybe a 5 is too generous, especially since I couldn't even get to a boss cuz I had enough at that point. So I'll drop it to a 4.
I do honestly enjoy pinball a bit, it's fun when you're just going for a high score or are at a pizza parlor and you see a pinball table and play it to pass the time. But Kirby's Pinball Land is actually beatable. See, each stage has a boss from Kirby's Dreamland you can fight if you progress high enough into the stage. The entire game is Dreamland themed actually. Well, I tried to get to Wispy Woods for 40 minutes straight and that's the first stage. Every time I'd defeat all the cappies in the little bonus game and make the warp star appear, something would make me fall down again. So yeah, I never even got to fight any of the bosses because I was just so frustrated trying to even get to the very first one in the first place. After giving up on the first stage then, I just decided to play the other two for a bit as well before calling it quits. There's 4 bosses in total, the three from the stages and then Dedede at the end. Idk if you have to do every stage and Dedede in one continue, because if so that's pretty ridiculous with how random pinball can be.
This review seems overly negative and yeah I was getting frustrated when playing and still don't care fit it much but for a simple pinball game, it's not bad. I'm giving it a bit of slack since it is an OG Gameboy game (and also maybe me not being much a fan is just a big skill issue). The Dreamland 1 visuals and references are nice and the music's nice too (most of it is just reused from Dreamland tho). Just maybe don't try to actually beat this game cuz you'll also get frustrated unless you have a high tolerance for random pinball BS lol. It's been a while since I played a game and didn't finish it, and I really hate doing that especially for a Kirby marathon like this, but idk man I just can't do it lol. Looking forward to playing Dream Course next!
Edit: In retrospect, maybe a 5 is too generous, especially since I couldn't even get to a boss cuz I had enough at that point. So I'll drop it to a 4.
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@crystalpixel I actually did play a bit of dream course years ago, by myself tho, and it was a fun little time. Luckily me and @wheatie are gonna play it together it seems so it's definitely gonna be more fun with a friend lol
If I had a nickel for every disappointing Nintendo game that had the words "Pinball Land" in the title, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
@urlocalbanktoad had to look up what you were talking about, never seen any gameplay of mario pinball land. 2.1 average tho oof must be bad lol
What exactly was causing the constant knockdowns that prevented you from even reaching the boss? Is the gap between the bumpers too big?
Also, if you're a pinball fan, have to ask - how many hours did you sink into Space Cadet Pinball?
Also, if you're a pinball fan, have to ask - how many hours did you sink into Space Cadet Pinball?
I could very easily go on about everything wrong with that game but I do not want to put a blog post in your comments section lmao. All I'll say is that Mario Pinball Land is easily one of the most frustrating games I've ever played. Dunno how I beat it legit but I did and I'll never do it again unless someone pays me a lot of money.
@redbackloggd I guess yeah, just normal pinball randomness basically. I enjoy pinball when theres no goal in mind and you're just chilling getting a high score. But when you have an end goal to pinball, the randomness is really obnoxious. And I've never heard of that one
Yeah, I can see that, though @CrystalPixel seems to indicate that the physics engine itself was shot to shit, so maybe that was the real reason haha.
Ah nvm, I assumed you were a 90s kid based on the games you review. That was the pinball minigame shipped out with every version of Windows 95 lol.
Ah nvm, I assumed you were a 90s kid based on the games you review. That was the pinball minigame shipped out with every version of Windows 95 lol.
@redbackloggd 2000's kid more like, I was born in 99. But I did grow up with ps1 games if that's anything lol
I love the early naughts no worries :)
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