Holy crap, they finally made a fleshed-out NES game!
The second game of the Kirby franchise, it overall feels like a reimagined version of the first game with more stages and new features to make it less... uh... boring like the original, sorry Dream Land fans.
This game is obviously nothing special compared to modern Kirby game, it introduced a whole lot of feature that just feels normal to see in a Kirby game but the main importance of this game is the fact it was released on the NES, shocking with how great the game looks and plays it honestly just look like an early Super Nintendo game.
Other than being a technical marvel, this game is fun to play too! The gameplay is a whole lot smoother compared to Dream Land making it my favorite NES game to play since it's good enough to be compared to a modern platformer, though it's worth noting that this game was released at the very end of the life cycle of the NES so it's obviously unfair to compare it to an early NES title.
If I had to name a few complaints it would be that some stages are a bit too short and they all kinda blend with each other, I wish it would be more like 3 stages per world instead of 6 short stages. Also, the jump button doesn't let you fly you have to do it manually with the dpad it's really weird.
So yeah, this is a legitimately good NES game, quite shocking to say the least, nice job Sakurai.
The second game of the Kirby franchise, it overall feels like a reimagined version of the first game with more stages and new features to make it less... uh... boring like the original, sorry Dream Land fans.
This game is obviously nothing special compared to modern Kirby game, it introduced a whole lot of feature that just feels normal to see in a Kirby game but the main importance of this game is the fact it was released on the NES, shocking with how great the game looks and plays it honestly just look like an early Super Nintendo game.
Other than being a technical marvel, this game is fun to play too! The gameplay is a whole lot smoother compared to Dream Land making it my favorite NES game to play since it's good enough to be compared to a modern platformer, though it's worth noting that this game was released at the very end of the life cycle of the NES so it's obviously unfair to compare it to an early NES title.
If I had to name a few complaints it would be that some stages are a bit too short and they all kinda blend with each other, I wish it would be more like 3 stages per world instead of 6 short stages. Also, the jump button doesn't let you fly you have to do it manually with the dpad it's really weird.
So yeah, this is a legitimately good NES game, quite shocking to say the least, nice job Sakurai.
Reviewed on May 29, 2023