Hello nerd boys and girls,
A close friend (who I used to respect) told me he had never played a Kirby game. In fact he admitted that he only knew Kirby from the ever popular Smash Bros’ series to which I replied "BALLS" and stormed off to play one of my favorite games of all time: Kirby’s Adventure for the NES.
Of course I returned to lend my friend every Kirby game I owned so that he might educate himself.
Kirby made his debut in 1992 on the Game Boy. My parents denied me one of those fancy portable gaming devices so I didn’t formally meet Kirby until 1993 on the NES. Being the cute little pink ball of joy that Kirby is, the game may have been originally bought for my sister. I’m pretty sure I stepped in when she couldn’t get past the first boss and just never gave the controller back.
In case you don't know Kirby, he is rotund floating pink warrior of Dream Land who inhales his enemies and then uses their powers against them. In Kirby's Adventure, Kirby awakens to find that King Dedede has stolen the Star Rod and all of the dreams of the people of Dream Land! Our cotton candy-colored hero takes it upon himself to risk life and limb to retrieve the Star Rod and return all of those purloined dreams.
The game play is a masterpiece of the time. The visual side-scroller easily has the best graphics of any NES game and the music suits the dreamlike state of the game perfectly. Kirby can do it all: run, jump, attack, and, of course, consume his enemies and, in turn, their powers. The first time I made Kirby eat the little fire enemies and then spit fire I almost cried with joy. Compared to Mario’s limited jumping action, Kirby was light years ahead of other games.
Side note: This was the first game to have one of the best villains in the Nintendo universe, Meta Knight! He’s the most adorable flame sword wielding badass ever.
Kirby’s Adventure can be found on the Game Boy Advance, the Wii's virtual console, Nintendo DS, the Wii U virtual console, and, if you want to splurge, you can find a copy of the 20th anniversary Kirby’s Dream Collection for the Wii.
If you have never played a Kirby game, this is the one for you. Go play it right meow!
plz tell me you have the original nintendo to play kirby on. im ultra jelly if so. teleport to clovis to steal lol. i mean who doesnt want to blow inside of their cartridges to get their game to function. thats how i learned what hard work was! hahaah love this. mostly kirby reminded me of what it might be like to take acid. okokok fine, i'll trip balls with you p seph you got me
ReplyDeleteWe actually have a couple original NES's lying around. They are surprisingly plentiful here. The next one we come across, I should send to you. And, apparently, some acid. Hehe!
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