Customer Reviews

Kirby's Dream Land 3

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

It's kinda odd. The Kirby's Dream Land series has always been on the Game Boy, but then its third game, released in 1997, is on Super Nintendo. I wouldn't say that's a good decision, since the Nintendo 64 was already out by then. But those that still held onto their Super NES systems were in for a good time.

If you've played the previous Dream Land games or Kirby's Adventure, you would know what to expect here: Fun platforming combined with being able to steal enemies' powers. What's also cool is that now you can play with a friend or computer player to help you out. It's like the multiplayer elements in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Kirby's Return to Dream Land, but way, way earlier, and plus it has a CPU play with you, too.

What stops this game from getting 5 stars, though, is that it has a lack of challenge. Whatever IS challenging at first is then easy as you could understand it within a matter of time. The game has been rather a cakewalk almost throughout the game. But in this case, the walk is a great one, and the cake is tasty.

Kirby's Dream Land and its sequel, Dream Land 2 were successful on the original Game Boy handheld and gave birth to a brand new franchise for Nintendo. At the end of the SNES's life cycle, they decided to continue the series and released Kirby's Dream Land 3 in 1997. Finally, the much celebrated series landed on the SNES and turned out to be a must own game for anyone who likes Kirby or platform games in general.

In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Popstar was invaded by a mysterious dark-like matter that takes over by controlling Kirby's main nemesis King Dedede and his army. So he takes off along with his pal, Gooey to stop this thing from creating more chaos. There are 6 worlds with 7 levels each waiting to be explored and cleared of enemies. Kirby can swallow most enemies he sees and copy their abilities or he can spit them out in the form of stars to attack other enemies. Also, you'll encounter some of Kirby's animal friends each with his/her own special abilities. There are plenty of power ups to pick up along with mini games to play. Some of them are there for fun while others are required to win in order to fulfill special conditions. These special conditions are required to complete if you want to win special heart icons in each level needed to unlock the 6th world. For the first time in the series, you and a friend can play along together where the second player takes control of Gooey. He too has the same abilities as Kirby but as an added challenge, when two players play together, they share the same health bar. After you beat the game, the mini games that appear in the main game are available to play on the side for 1 or 2 players.
Your progress is automatically saved after you complete each level.

The PROS: If you ever wanted to see how Kirby's Dream Land would look like on the SNES, it looks and plays as great as you thought it would. From the intro sequence all the way to the game's ending, Kirby's Dream Land 3 does not disappoint. For a game released after the Nintendo 64 hit the market, the SNES would leave gamers with a bang. Fans of Kirby will dig the graphics, awesome game play, Kirby's copy abilities and the ability to merge that with the animals you get to use, music and light hear-ted theme of the game. There's even a cameo appearance from one of Nintendo's other franchises who needs Kirby's help. Having Gooey as a second playable character is a welcome addition and the mini games adds some re playability once you beat the main game. The game is not too hard but it gives you enough of a challenge to figure out how to solve the puzzles and which abilities work best in certain levels.

The CONS: None. It would be the last entry in the Dream Land series.

For Kirby fans, this is a must own. For those who enjoy platform games, you should check this out as well as it's a fun alternative to the Mario games. In case you haven't enjoyed this great game, pick up a used copy or download this game for the Wii from the Virtual Console Service for $8.00 (800 points.) You cannot go wrong with investing some cash and time with this game. *****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*****

Kirby is the king of cuteness, but that cuteness backfires on all those bad guys. I have never played a bad Kirby game and Kirby's Dreamland 3 was no exception. fun game, very easy to pick up and play, because the difficulty isn't too hard or too easy. on the more expensive side now a days it is worth a play, but I don't know if I would be willing to pay 50 bucks for a cartridge only copy.

this was the first kirby game I have ever played! and now I own lots! but anyway, as my first kirby game this is my first review. as a hard core kirby fan I have to say that I like the scribble graphics and it's fun and challenging to get the true ending by collecting all the heart stars. but however it only gets four stars because the 2 player mode is lame because the second player has no freedom, as if it goes offscreen it goes back to player 1, and the difficulty to get all 30 heart stars is a factor. but the number one reason why is because it gets monotonous the third or fourth replay. however, it is a great first kirby game although I would suggest kirby's dream land instead. all in all, this game is money well spent.

I'am 11year young gamer lol!! I love KIRBY! I was 5 when i heard about kirby and this was the.....First kirby game i ever played i'm very happy abot this game i think its worth $ 999.99 ... !!! what i'm trying 2 say is every 1 should have this game so buy ... this game!!!

I bought this game after playing Kirby superstar, one of the best super NES games ever, and was expecting the series to follow a similar development. Kirby's dreamland 3 is [very similare to] super mario world 2, yet not as creative or imaginitive. It moves slow and tediously, and we have none of the fast paced excitement, story features, or extra games that made superstar so awesome. The only thing that was kept was kirby's abilities to absorb enemies powers, but even this is second rate, seeing as he cannot do any of the powerstunts like before.