![]() ![]() Given that modern games often lean toward the masochistic, Return to Dream Land Deluxe’s lenience is refreshing. After piggybacking on top of a player, a synchronized button press can summon a potent strike. Arguably, the best part of cooperative play is the game’s Team Attack. Fortunately, there’s no real penalty if anyone falls behind, with the game quickly catapulting them back into the action. The camera always focuses on the game’s glutinous star, meaning that everyone else is forced to keep up. But much of the fun is attempting to make sense of the chaotic action when multiple players share the same screen. Naturally, larger numbers soften an already relaxed difficulty level. Smartly, Dream Land Deluxe allows three additional local participants to drop in for cooperative play. Pleasingly, each ability has several different attacks that can be issued via simple Super Smash Bros-type inputs. After a short transformation animation, Kirbs gains powers like swinging giant swords or turning into a mammoth Katamari-like snowball to bowl over opponents. Beyond a trio of new talents (Festival, Mecha, and Sand Copy) there are also 5 Super Abilities that super-size the pink protagonist. From being able to discharge a flame, emit electricity, toss bombs, or even bonk foes and break through environmental objects with a parasol, players will find 22 returning abilities. Much of this stems from Kirby’s distinctive copying ability, where we can inhale foes, potentially acquiring their offensive capabilities. While unvoiced, the opening cinematic concludes with one of those optimistic orchestral swells that’s undeniably infectious.ĭivided into 8 worlds, Dream Land Deluxe’s 38 stages are crammed with variety. Being the benevolent characters of a Nintendo title, Kirby and his acquaintances offer to assist the intergalactic sailor to fix his ship by collecting 120 energy spheres, helping Magalor get back to roving across the stars. But their picnic is interrupted by Magalor’s spaceship making an emergency landing, with re-entry scattering pieces of the craft all about. Things kick off with Kirby, Dedede, Bandana Dee, and Meta Knight on Planet Popstar on their way to enjoy a celebratory slice of strawberry cake. Like Pink’s previous outings, the impetus is skeletal. Despite a premium price for a ‘Wii-make’, the title feels triumphant, thanks to some worthwhile additions and unblemished performance on the Switch. ![]() But following Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Kirby’s Dream Buffet, the release of Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe rounds out the pink puffball’s commemoration of three decades of exuberance. There’s the nagging worry that the prime of life is now in your rear-view mirror, replaced by the dour realities of adulthood. Typically, thirtieth birthdays can be a bit somber. ![]()
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