My first foray into the Kirby Series, decided to start with the little guys first adventure, Kirby's Dream Land on the Game Boy.
I had no idea what to expect when going in, all I knew is that Kirby could inhale enemies and steal their powers. My only experience with the greedy little marshmallow was through the Super Smash Bros franchise.
I am delighted to say that I am pleasantly surprised with how good this little game is, and I now understand why this series is so popular. I will definitely be coming back to this series in the future to check out what else is on offer.
So, it's a 2D platformer on the Game Boy, but it offers a unique and easy to understand control scheme and level layout. Theres only 5 levels with a boss at the end of each, so it should only take 45 to 60 minutes to complete, even completely blind. It's also extremely easy with very little challenge, but that doesn't seem to matter because what's on offer here is so delightfully charming, that you'll spent that hour or so smiling and humming away.
Kirby controls better than Mario on the Game Boy which shocked me. He can inhale enemies, fire them back at other enemies and float infinitely with a press of the up button. It's very intuitive after playing for a couple on minutes. That's really all their is to it. The stages are all very short and easy to follow with a some-what limited variety of enemies, all of which are charming, cute and easy to deal with. There is a little challenge (and I do mean a little) with one or two of the bosses, but it's nothing a 6 year old shouldn't be able to handle.
Actually, this would make a superb game to get kids into gaming. Yes it's old, but Kirby is such a lovable little dude that kids will love him right away and with the lack of challenge, younger players will get immense satisfaction with beating baddies and completing stages. I'd imagine that it's very engaging. As an adult, you could probably skip over it but it's great if you have an hour or so to kill and haven't played it before.
The music is all brilliant. The little chip-tune melodies are real ear worms and should be instantly recognisable to any Smash Bros players, including some of the enemies, items and the big bad guy, King Dedede.
For Game Boy platformers, I'd actually chose this over Mario Land 1, 2 and maybe even Super Mario bros Deluxe on the Game Boy Color. Top stuff by HAL!
I had no idea what to expect when going in, all I knew is that Kirby could inhale enemies and steal their powers. My only experience with the greedy little marshmallow was through the Super Smash Bros franchise.
I am delighted to say that I am pleasantly surprised with how good this little game is, and I now understand why this series is so popular. I will definitely be coming back to this series in the future to check out what else is on offer.
So, it's a 2D platformer on the Game Boy, but it offers a unique and easy to understand control scheme and level layout. Theres only 5 levels with a boss at the end of each, so it should only take 45 to 60 minutes to complete, even completely blind. It's also extremely easy with very little challenge, but that doesn't seem to matter because what's on offer here is so delightfully charming, that you'll spent that hour or so smiling and humming away.
Kirby controls better than Mario on the Game Boy which shocked me. He can inhale enemies, fire them back at other enemies and float infinitely with a press of the up button. It's very intuitive after playing for a couple on minutes. That's really all their is to it. The stages are all very short and easy to follow with a some-what limited variety of enemies, all of which are charming, cute and easy to deal with. There is a little challenge (and I do mean a little) with one or two of the bosses, but it's nothing a 6 year old shouldn't be able to handle.
Actually, this would make a superb game to get kids into gaming. Yes it's old, but Kirby is such a lovable little dude that kids will love him right away and with the lack of challenge, younger players will get immense satisfaction with beating baddies and completing stages. I'd imagine that it's very engaging. As an adult, you could probably skip over it but it's great if you have an hour or so to kill and haven't played it before.
The music is all brilliant. The little chip-tune melodies are real ear worms and should be instantly recognisable to any Smash Bros players, including some of the enemies, items and the big bad guy, King Dedede.
For Game Boy platformers, I'd actually chose this over Mario Land 1, 2 and maybe even Super Mario bros Deluxe on the Game Boy Color. Top stuff by HAL!