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1992 video game

1992 video game

Kirby's Dream Land
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N American box art
Developer(s) HAL Laboratory
Publisher(south) Nintendo
Director(s) Masahiro Sakurai
Producer(s) Makoto Kanai
Developer(s) Satoru Iwata
Artist(south) Masahiro Sakurai[ane]
Composer(southward) Jun Ishikawa
Series Kirby
Platform(s) Game Boy
Release
  • JP: Apr 27, 1992
  • NA: August 1, 1992
  • PAL: August 3, 1992
Genre(s) Activeness, platformer
Mode(southward) Single-role player

Kirby'due south Dream Land , known in Japan every bit Hoshi no Kirby ,[a] is a 1992 platform video game adult by HAL Laboratory and published past Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first game in the Kirby serial and marks the debut of Kirby. Information technology introduced many conventions that would appear in afterward games in the series.

Kirby's Dream Land was designed by Masahiro Sakurai, who intended information technology to be a simple game that could be easy to selection up and play by those unfamiliar with action games. For more avant-garde players, he offered boosted optional challenges such as an unlockable hard mode and the ability to edit Kirby's maximum HP and starting number of lives. Kirby's Dream Land was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console in 2011 and is also one of the games included in the compilation game Kirby's Dream Drove for the Wii, released to gloat the series' 20th ceremony.

Gameplay [edit]

Kirby'south Dream Land is a side-scrolling action-platformer. Like many other platformers of the viii-bit and 16-bit era of video games, levels are played on a two-dimensional airplane in which the protagonist, Kirby, tin move left or right as well as jump. Kirby'due south principal method of attack is to inhale enemies and objects into his mouth, afterwards which the actor tin choose to swallow or spit them out equally a star-shaped projectile attack. In addition to running and jumping, Kirby can fly by inflating himself with a mouthful of air and flapping his artillery. Flying can be washed indefinitely; notwithstanding, while flying, Kirby's merely method of attack is to release the air puff held in his mouth which cancels his flight.

The game consists of a total of five levels. Levels are made upwardly of a series of large "rooms" continued by doors that atomic number 82 Kirby to different areas, rather than the unmarried continuous corridors typical of platformers at the time. Some of these doors lead to hidden areas or alternate pathways through the level. The doors act equally checkpoints returning the thespian to the get-go of a "room" should they dice rather than starting the level over. The goal of the game is to articulate the level by defeating the boss at the cease. If Kirby touches an enemy or a dangerous object, he loses ane or more than of his wellness, depending on the enemy or obstacle he touched. If all of his health is lost, or he falls into a bottomless pit, the player loses a life. Losing all lives results in a game over. Kirby can recover lost health by eating food, found across the stage.

Dissimilar the re-create abilities of after games, Kirby'due south Dream Land has more traditional ability-ups that offer Kirby temporary abilities when he picks them up, although they are not a big role of gameplay. These often appear in the form of nutrient, such as Spicy Back-scratch that gives Kirby fire breath or a Mint Leaf (Sugariness Potato in the Japanese version) that lets Kirby fire air puffs rapidly without losing flight. At the end of each level is a boss Kirby must fight to obtain one of the Sparkling Stars. Most bosses are fought by sucking up modest objects or projectiles created by the boss' attacks and spitting them back at the boss. The third dominate, Kaboola, is fought using an unlimited version of the Mint Leaf particular, incorporating shoot 'em up elements. The final level earlier the final dominate consists of a boss rush, where Kirby must fight all of the game's bosses again going through a short surface area based on that dominate's home level. At that place are as well many mini-bosses during the levels.

Like many 1980s-era platformers, the player can accumulate points by defeating enemies and collecting items, with an extra life granted when the player has enough points. Withal, because Kirby's Dream Land lacks a relieve function, scores are not recorded. Besides, at that place are no save files, so the player has to start over once again when the Game Boy is turned off, if the actor chooses to render to the championship screen after a game over, or if the thespian resets the game. Once the game has been completed, a code is offered to play an optional extra game, in which the difficulty is significantly increased. Completing the extra game offered a second lawmaking that lets the thespian conform lives and vitality settings to play an easier or even harder game, and listen to music and audio furnishings freely.

Plot [edit]

Kirby'south Dream Land is gear up in the fictional country of Dream State, which is located on a tiny star-shaped planet far, far away from Earth, named "Planet Popstar" in later games. The Dream Landers are a very peaceful and carefree people that use their magical Sparkling Stars to play and work amidst the heavens. One night, under the cover of darkness, the epicurean King Dedede and his minions swoop downwardly from his castle on Mt. Dedede and steal all the nutrient in Dream Land, likewise as the Sparkling Stars, which the Rex distributes amid his minions. Without the Sparkling Stars, the Dream Landers can no longer harvest food, and begin to become hungry. As the residents are discussing what to do, a spry little male child named Kirby flies in on the spring breeze, and volunteers to defeat King Dedede and retrieve the nutrient and Stars. Upon successfully doing and so, he uses the magic of the Sparkling Stars to transform into a hot air balloon and return the King'southward stolen food back to the people of Dream Land.

Evolution [edit]

An early magazine scan, referring to Kirby as Popopo. The commodity title reads: "Information technology's an easy name to remember. I'thousand Popopo." ( 覚えやすい名前でしょ。 ぼく、ポポポ。 )

Kirby'due south Dream State was developed past Masahiro Sakurai of HAL Laboratory. Much of the programming was done on a Twin Famicom, a Nintendo-licensed console produced by Sharp Corporation that combined a Famicom and a Famicom Disk Organization in ane unit. As the Twin Famicom did not have keyboard support, a trackball was used in tandem with an on-screen keyboard to input values; Sakurai described the process, which he assumed was "the way [game programming] was done" at the time, as similar to "using a lunchbox to brand luncheon."[two]

Kirby initially was a dummy grapheme that the developers used until they could ascertain a more sophisticated paradigm. Yet the designers grew to similar Kirby so much that they decided to keep him instead of using a more avant-garde character. At the time he was to be named Popopo ( ポポポ ), and the game was named Popopo of the Leap Breeze ( はるかぜポポポ , Harukaze Popopo ).[3] The championship was later changed to Twinkle Popo ( ティンクル・ポポ , Tinkuru Popo ), which was still beingness used tardily enough in development that box fine art and advert material was produced with this name.

Originally, HAL Laboratory was to publish the game independently, but due to the low number of advance orders, the release was delayed, and HAL asked Nintendo to publish the game. Under Nintendo's supervision, the game received an extensive marketing campaign, and its championship was changed.[four] In order to requite the character more international appeal, the developers decided to change Popopo'southward name, so they polled Nintendo of America for suggestions, and somewhen chose Kirby.[five] The final Japanese title of the game was Hoshi no Kirby, or Kirby of the Stars, which became the name of the greater franchise.

During the development of what was referred to equally Twinkle Popo, there was some initial confusion over the colour scheme of Popopo/Kirby. Sakurai had always intended him to be pink, and the concept art reflects this, simply Kirby was not pink in the game itself, every bit the Game Male child system had a monochrome display. Other members of the development team were unaware of Kirby'south coloration; in particular, Shigeru Miyamoto initially thought that he was yellow.[5] Although pink is even so Kirby's main color, later games have used a yellow Kirby to represent the second player in multiplayer. When Kirby of the Stars was released in Japan, it featured a pinkish Kirby on its box art. All the same, Nintendo of America designed the N American box art and advertisements with a white Kirby based on the game's gray-calibration visuals.[6]

The music was composed by Jun Ishikawa.[7] He has been a regular composer in the Kirby series. His nigh recent piece of work was on Kirby and the Forgotten Land in 2022. Certain songs were too reused in the Super Smash Bros. series as the background music of the Dream Land stage in Super Smash Bros. [8] and the Dark-green Greens stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee.[9]

Reception [edit]

Contemporary [edit]

In Japan, Hoshi no Kirby topped the Famitsu sales charts from May 1992[10] [11] to June 1992.[12] [xiii] In the Us, Kirby'due south Dream Land topped Babbage's Game Boy sales nautical chart in Oct 1992.[14] The game sold more than 1 million units worldwide by March 1993.[xv]

Past May 28, 1994, Kirby's Dream Land had sold 1.three meg copies.[16] Past 1997, 4.6 1000000 units had been sold.[17] As of 2010[update], it has sold in excess of 5 one thousand thousand copies worldwide; Gamasutra cited its new style of gameplay for its success. At the time, information technology was HAL Laboratory's most successful game.[18] Gamasutra's Osamu Inoue attributed the game's success to Satoru Iwata, formerly an employee of HAL Laboratory, who Inoue comments has a "simple-minded passion for creating games".[18]

Kirby's Dream Land has received a more often than not positive reception. Upon release, Nintendo Power editors George and Bob shared more often than not positive opinions of the game; George stated that information technology is a actually fun game, owing its quality to its excellent play control and well thought out concept, while Bob stated that it is deceptively unproblematic looking, when information technology in fact features a decent challenge for more than experienced gamers.[19]

Retrospective [edit]

Retrospectively, it holds an aggregate score of 62% on GameRankings with ix reviews, making it the 17th best Game Boy game.[20] Game Informer 's Ben Reeves called it the 14th all-time Game Boy game and felt that it was a relaxing game.[22] Writer Wendy Despain used Kirby'due south Dream Land 's plot as an example of how early on platform games' plots progressed, which she collectively described as "the main character needing to reach a villain to put correct a wrong."[23] [ meliorate source needed ] Humongous Life'due south Jonathan Wahlgren called it a strong game, but felt information technology to be "too elementary".[24] GamesRadar's Brett Elston did an article on its music, specifically giving praise to the final boss music, stating that it is the "but song in the original Kirby that had a sense of challenge or conflict instead of skipping through a field of floating cakes."[25] Nadia Oxford of 1UP.com praised it for its unique platforming mechanics, describing it as the kickoff of a "epicurean legend".[26] Allgame's Joshua Crystal called information technology a "great game for beginner players and ones that enjoy a fun, but short, feel."[27]

In an commodity detailing diverse Kirby series video games, IGN stated that it was a decent platformer, just bones compared to after games.[28] IGN's Lucas Yard. Thomas and Craig Harris included Kirby'south Dream Land in their wishlist for a hypothetical "Virtual Console" for the Nintendo 3DS, commenting that its inclusion would be based on nostalgia rather than it feeling "new and sensational". They besides added that original characters like Kirby were the stars of the Game Boy rather than established characters such as Link, Mario, Samus Aran, and Pit.[29] They would once again praise Kirby'southward Dream Land for being an original game in their "History of the Game Boy" commodity, adding that while "attitude" was mutual in new platforming mascots, Kirby was cheery and adorable, while the game featured "breezy, casual gameplay and lighthearted atmosphere".[xxx] GameSpy's Gerald Villoria, Brian Altano, and Ryan Scott called it "basic" compared to afterward games in the series, adding that it lacked a sense of danger because Kirby could wing.[31] GamesRadar listed Kirby'southward Dream State and its sequel as two of the games they want in the 3DS Virtual Console.[32]

Sequels [edit]

Kirby's Dream Land has spawned numerous of sequels across several video game consoles. The first directly sequel, Kirby's Risk, released on the Nintendo Amusement System, introduced the ability to steal powers from enemies, an power which would become a staple of the serial post-obit it.[33] The serial has featured several spin-offs, in differing genres including a racing game Kirby Air Ride, pinball game Kirby's Pinball Land, and an action-golf hybrid game Kirby'southward Dream Class.[34] [35] Kirby'south Dream Land would receive a Game Boy sequel in 1995, Kirby's Dream Land 2, which incorporated the copy mechanic from Kirby's Adventure.[36] [37]

The Super NES game Kirby Super Star contains a shortened remake of Kirby's Dream Land, "Spring Breeze". Information technology features Kirby's copy power from afterwards games and the ability to summon helpers for co-op, but is missing the Castle Lololo stage and Kaboola boss fight, Lololo and Lalala becoming the boss for Float Island instead. Kirby Super Star Ultra expanded upon this with "Revenge of The King", a harder version of "Bound Cakewalk" that takes heavy inspiration from Kirby's Dream Land 's actress way and features longer levels more in line with the original game. Although Castle Lololo is still absent, Kaboola's boss fight returns in a reimagined form.

Kirby and King Dedede appear equally playable characters in the fighting game serial Super Boom Bros. Both characters have alternating costumes that give them a monochrome advent reminiscent of the Game Boy's graphics. The "Green Greens" stage, first appearing in Super Smash Bros Melee, is based on this game's start level.[38] The "Dream Land GB" phase, introduced in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, transitions between multiple locations from Kirby'due south Dream Land as displayed through a monochromatic Game Male child screen.[39]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Japanese: 星のカービィ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Kābī , lit. "Kirby of the Stars"

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External links [edit]

  • Kirby's Dream State at MobyGames

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby%27s_Dream_Land