Some of us might know Kirby and some of us might not, but it's generally well agreed that his console debut game was awesome! The game was a late release for the system, but it was definitely a well developed and thought out game. Now, Kirby has become one of the titans of the video gaming world. Find out why in this review...


The story is set on planet Popstar, where King Dedede had just stolen the Star Rod and made away with it to his lair. Kirby then sets out on his adventure and makes chase after the tubby king. Kirby ventures through many varying landscapes in the game, ranging from icy slopes, green hills, deep oceans and tall forest trees. Once Kirby defeats King Dedede, Kirby finds out that there is a greater villian in the scheme and many things progress from there.


Now the graphics may seem really bad at first, but that's because we have such horrible tolerance for "bad" graphics now a days. The graphics in this game were spectacular when Kirby first made his debut. This game was one of the last games released on the system and it kind of shows. The graphics are rich and colorful, which is now a namesake for kirby games. It'd be hard to imagine a kirby game that was black and dreary (Except for the gameboy Kirby...). The lush greens in the forest levels are so vivid you want to imagine Kirby "hopping" from one tree to the next. Whereas the icy landscapes make you feel like a cold, but still happy child in a winter wonderland. All the areas in the game give you a happy feeling thanks to the extremely bright colors.


Well, when you start playing you really start to see how the game differs from most platforms. Our hero Kirby can't hurt many enemies by himself, so he relies on sucking his enemies up and copying their abilities. There are a ton of abilities in this game and all can help clear alternate paths in each stage. This is yet another feature that was passed from the first game to all the games following. The use of the abilities to clear obstacles is definitely a cool thing. You might occasionaly find an alternate path that will open a bonus level or a powerup gallery which are great for using powerups on demand. Kirby games are generally easy and this is no exception, but it's not terribly easy for newcomers, but it's still rewarding for veterans of the series to see the final cutscenes of this game and so forth.


The music in this game is very bright and cheery, but gladly it's not the anoyying overbearing happiness that makes people stop playing games midway through. The music is yet another thing that is passed from each game to the next. But then again you do have the dramatic but not so dramatic boss music to enjoy if the cheery music comes on a bit strong. All in all, the music usually goes with the landscape and helps with the immersion of the player into the game. I think a great sign of good games is when you actually can imagine the character and enviorment yourself, kinda like how if you can imagine a character from books it's probably a good book. I often found myself humming the tunes long after I touched the games and once or twice downloaded them to my computer because they were so addicting to me.

The game was great back in the day and really ground breaking if you ask me. Now having it available to the people who weren't able to play as a child growing up makes it that much better. It's really stunning to see the games a lot of us played as kids coming back. For the price it is to buy off the Virtual Console or pick up at a garage sale, it's certainly worth it. I give Kirby's Adventure - Virtual Console: