The alien wizard has lost all of his powers, opening up a new set of platforming stages for you to traverse as you gather upgrade materials to bring him back to his full potential. The major new addition to Return to Dreamland Deluxe is a separate campaign starring Magolor, a character from the main story who crash-landed on Planet Popstar and sought help from Kirby and his friends. I was playing as Meta Knight at the time, and found his more action-focused sword-swinging attacks to be remarkably similar to how he feels in Smash Bros., but as applied to a platformer. I couldn't help but laugh at the sheer audacity of the design. It's essentially Kirby as a Gundam, complete with a missile launcher and a massive energy beam ultra-attack. I didn't see the Sand ability for myself during my play session, but I did watch a partner Kirby player tinker with the Mecha suit, which was appropriately ridiculous. To that end, Kirby has two new copy abilities in Return to Dreamland Deluxe: a Mecha suit he gains from gobbling robotic enemies, and a Sand ability.
Since the stages and enemies are built around copy abilities, Kirby defaults into a party leader role, so it's best to bring a Kirby or two along in the character select screen. Each comes with their own playstyle and move set, but only Kirby can use copy abilities. The twist of Return to Dreamland is you can also play as three of Kirby's companions: Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee. Now Playing: Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – Nintendo Direct 9.13.22 – Nintendo Switch The visuals have been touched up for this Switch release, making the colors more vibrant and giving the characters a sharp black outline to make them look like paper cutouts.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Return to Dreamland is classic Kirby platforming, which means forgiving, floaty jumps, and enemies that are more adorable than aggressive. Even in the Wii era, he had become known as a flexible figure prone to experimentation, as in the unique path-drawing gameplay of Kirby: Canvas Curse or a novel art style in Kirby's Epic Yarn. And while it still isn't as surprising as some other Kirby outings, during a recent hands-on session I found the co-op game shaping up to be a perfectly pleasant old-school platformer-and with a sizable addition to boot.Īs the name suggests, Kirby's Return to Dreamland is a return to his roots for the pink puffball. In the wake of the stellar Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Return to Dreamland Deluxe for Nintendo Switch is giving the game a second chance. The gentle, kid-friendly platformer was a moderate success, garnering generally positive reviews and modest sales but otherwise passing without much notice. Kirby's Return to Dreamland didn't set the world on fire when it was released on Wii in 2011.
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