Kirby's Return to Dream Land: Difference between revisions

[[File:kirbydreamland_7855.jpg|frame|[[American Kirby Is Hardcore|And he is hardcore]] [[Rhymes on a Dime|once more!]]]]

'''''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''''' (''Kirby's Adventure Wii'' in Europe) is a new game in the ''[[Kirby]]'' series for [[Nintendo]]'s [[Wii]] system, developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. While initially believed to be the cancelled [[Game CubeGameCube]] title, ''Return to Dream Land'', is, in fact, [http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/kirby-dream-land/0/0 HAL LaboratoriesLaboratory's fourth attempt at making a home console game for Kirby] since ''Kirby's Air Ride''.

* [[Call Back]]: {{spoiler|Oh, BOY, where do we start with HR-D3? It refers to two bosses form earlier in the series: the HR-H/E, the boss of Shiver Star in ''[[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards]]'' (hence the HR part), and the robot Dedede at the end of ''Kirby's Dream Course'' (hence the D3 part). This bossHR-D3 also appeared earlier in the series, at the end of the second stage of the Kirby Mass Attack sub game Kirby Master. Apparently, this is a completed form of the latter, but with HR-H's methods of attacking, [[Fridge Brilliance|which makes sense considering Dedede helped Kirby in ''Kirby 64'']]. All of its attacks in its first form are modified versions of HR-H's attacks. Also, the way it [[Turns Red]] is in itself a [[Call Back]]: While other bosses in the game Turn Red at 50-60% Health remaining, HR-D3 has two full health bars, much like many of the bosses from ''Kirby 64''.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[The End - or Is It?]]}}: FixedAfter onlybeating onceMain Mode, you'll see a text saying "THE END?". Beating Extra Mode will cause "THE END" without cleara extraquestion modemark.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: King Dedede ([[Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards|again]]), Meta Knight ([[Kirby and The Amazing Mirror|again]]), and [[Sixth Ranger|Bandana Dee]] are helping Kirby on his quest. Partially[[Downplayed avertedTrope|Downplayed]] with Dedede, as he was never ''really'' evil, just sometimes mischievous, or more often, [[Brainwashed and Crazy|possessed by Dark Mattersomething]]. [[Face Heel Revolving Door|And no one's really sure what side Meta Knight is on]].

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Abilities that make use of weapons can often let Kirby spin them. In particular, the Sword can now do asa [[The Legend of Zelda|Spin Attack]] and the spearSpear can be spun around like a helicopter blade, making Kirby fly upward and hit enemies in the way.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: If you take the first letters of each level <ref>Cookie Country, Raisin Ruins, Onion Ocean, White Wafers, Nutty Noon, Egg Engines and Dangerous Dinner.</ref>, you get {{spoiler|'Crowned', which foreshadows Magolor's possession of the Master Crown. This is alluded to in the way that the game shows the alliterative letter in bolda colour}}.

** ...{{spoiler|in extraExtra modeMode, he outright [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|tells you that Landia guards a crown that allows the wearer to]] to [[Obviously Evil|rule the universe]], [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|and that Landia will not part with it easily, and that therefore you should defeat Landia post-haste, with a cheerful expression that could not possibly be sinister in any way]]. Of course, this is before the second timeafter you fightalready him as thebeat finalMain bossMode, so nothing is truly spoilt}}.

** Furthermore, if you have all the Energy Spheres in EX mode, Magolor gives more information. He adds that the Lor Starcutter was made by the same people who built the clockwork suns (most likely a reference to NOVA from Milky Way Wishes). He also mentions that some enemies Kirby fought before came from world where he comes from. And on top of that, Magolor states that the Lor Starcutter, 'the clockwork suns' and the {{spoiler|Master Crown}} were created by use of an incredible power.

** {{spoiler|When Comparedcompared to Kirby, HR-D3, who is only fought on the Extra mode as phasephases 2/ and 3 of theMetal Egg Engine BossGeneral.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Interface Spoiler]]}}:

* [[Nice Hat]]: A staple in the ''Kirby'' series. It should be noted that theThe Bomb, Stone and Ninja abilities have brand new hats, the Fighter, Ice and Mike abilities have extra features added to their hats, and the Crash ability has now gained a hat.

*** Let's not even get started on the [[Harder Than Hard|Item Challenge]].

** In fact, theThe entire Extra mode is [[Nintendo Hard]]. At leastEspecially the boss fights are. The constant Sphere Doomer battles that you need to do [[One Hundred Percent Completion|to get all the Energy Spheres]] might get on your nerves when they're all the EX version. And there's also Metal General, who literally [[Turns Red]], {{spoiler|and then does it again figuratively, ''[[Determinator|TWICEtwice]]''. Metal General EX would probably be too difficult for most people if you had to fight him ''and'' his other two forms without dying}}.

* [[Powerup Mount]]: In Co-op, anyone can be this to each othereachother. You can even stack up all four characters to create a giant totem pole.

* [[Unexpected Shmup Level]]: [[Recurring Element|In Kirby tradition]]. {{spoiler|After Magolor goes [[One-Winged Angel]], Kirby and the gang each ride on a part of Landia into another dimension where this trope takes place}}. The tradition is played with a bit though. {{spoiler|Most Kirby games take the mystical item that Kirby was assembling over the course of the game, and use it against the final boss, who's usually a [[One-Winged Angel]] version of the penultimate boss. This time, you ride the penultimate boss, who's revealed to have been heroic the entire time, and the item you've been assembling the whole game ends up being turned against you as the Shmup stage boss battle}}.