Description
One day Kirby is surprised to discover that he cannot have any dreams during his customary after-lunch nap. Soon he discovers that King Dedede has stolen the Star Rod, which supplies the energy to the Fountain of Dreams, and broken it into several pieces, entrusting each of his allies with one. Kirby has no other choice but find these pieces and bring dreams back to the Dream Land.
Kirby's Adventure is an action side-scrolling platform game. As the pink puffball Kirby the player explores numerous colorful lands with a variety of enemies to defeat. To help out on his journey, Kirby has the ability to eat enemies and spit them out as projectiles. With certain enemies Kirby can capture their abilities and e.g. gain a sword, shoot lasers, or even fly around the level. There are seven different stages, each broken up into multiple levels, and sometimes also containing a couple of bonus mini-games. The game cartridge features a battery backup allowing games to be saved without the need for passwords.
Alternate Titles
- "星のカービィ 夢の泉の物語" -- Japanese spelling
- "Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari" -- Japanese title
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| IGN |
Wii |
Feb 20, 2007 |
9.5 out of 10 |
95 |
| GamesCollection |
NES |
Sep 27, 2010 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Game Freaks 365 |
NES |
Nov 01, 2007 |
8.6 out of 10 |
86 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Wii |
Sep 08, 2010 |
17 out of 20 |
85 |
| PGNx Media |
NES |
Jun 15, 2002 |
8.25 out of 10 |
82 |
| Total! (Germany) |
NES |
May, 1994 |
2 out of 6 |
80 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Wii |
Dec 23, 2011 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Nintendo Life |
Wii |
Feb 13, 2007 |
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80 |
| Power Unlimited |
NES |
Oct, 1994 |
7.8 out of 10 |
78 |
| Nintendojo |
NES |
Oct 17, 2006 |
7.2 out of 10 |
72 |
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Trivia
Final Level
The final level of
Kirby's Adventure, leading to the last boss, is directly based on
Kirby's Dream Land for Game Boy. The level is entirely black and white, the four areas are based on the Game Boy game's four levels, and the music is exactly the same as
Kirby's Dream Land level 1 theme.
Size
The game was the second largest game (in megabits) to appear on the NES, weighing in at a hefty 6 megabits (768KB).
HAL Laboratory's
Metal Slader Glory takes the cake as the largest game on the NES, with 8 megabits (one full megabyte) of data.
Awards
The game received the following awards:
- NES Game of the Year in the 1993 GamePro Editors' Choice Awards (Vol. 6, Issue 2)
- #150 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" by EGM Issue #200 (Feb. 2006)
Information also contributed by
Big John WV and
Tiago Jacques.
