Post by Rainvainz on Jan 3, 2015 11:54:46 GMT -5
I'm playing this game again right now and I believe this game might be next to Epic Yarn as far as underrated Kirby games. Epic Yarn was drastically different, not originally a Kirby game, and changed the gameplay mechanics so much that I can understand why some fans did not like it, but Dream Land 3 is a fantastic, traditional Kirby experience.
Dark Matter invades Planet Popstar and corrupts the surroundings. Kirby and Gooey have to fix things and by traveling through worlds in classic platformer style. I like the story. The opening scene is fantastic and remains one of the best openings in the Kirby series. Dark Matter appears and all of Popstar looks on. Kirby and Gooey were just playing and having a normal day. This is adorable and sets up a spooky villain. Every world starts with an animation of Kirby playing with his animal pals. That is so adorable.
Speaking of adorable, the whole game looks like a Crayola picture. Crayons and scribbles make up the graphics and the whole game looks like a stylized children's book. I love this style. So many fans seem to hate on this style while praising Yoshi's Island at the same time for its pop-up book and artistic style. I think this game looks even better than Yoshi's Island and the levels are much more creative.
I think a few reasons may contribute to this game's lack of popularity. For one, this game came out at the very end of the SNES lifespan. The N64 was already on the way and released in many areas. Fans were already talking about a possible Kirby 64. This same situation happened to Donkey Kong Country 3. That game came out after the N64 and by then people wanted Donkey Kong 64.
I also think people wanted more Kirby: Superstar. Superstar is a great game, but now many Kirby fans want every game to be like Superstar. Superstar is not even a complete game, but a bunch of smaller games rolled into one. I adore Superstar! It contains some of my favorite Kirby moments, but its existence should not ruin all other Kirby games that are different. Kirby's Dream Land 3 actually fit the series more at this point than Superstar did. Dream Land 3 had animal buddies much like Dream Land 2 and a child-like innocence. Kirby 64 even followed Dream Land 3 in the music department. I would say Superstar is more of the black sheep if I had to pick between Dream Land 3 or Superstar.
The best part of Dream Land 3 is the use of animal buddies combined with traditional powers. In this way the player can make different combinations depending on Kirby's Copy Ability and the animal buddy used. Kirby 64 also expanded on this idea. Hmm. See the pattern? Dream Land 3 was the building block for the future of Kirby.
This picture sums up the Kirby experience: Fun, innocent, and creative. Playing this game again makes me realize that this game may actually be favorite Kirby game along with Kirby's Adventure. Superstar comes after those two.
Dark Matter invades Planet Popstar and corrupts the surroundings. Kirby and Gooey have to fix things and by traveling through worlds in classic platformer style. I like the story. The opening scene is fantastic and remains one of the best openings in the Kirby series. Dark Matter appears and all of Popstar looks on. Kirby and Gooey were just playing and having a normal day. This is adorable and sets up a spooky villain. Every world starts with an animation of Kirby playing with his animal pals. That is so adorable.
Speaking of adorable, the whole game looks like a Crayola picture. Crayons and scribbles make up the graphics and the whole game looks like a stylized children's book. I love this style. So many fans seem to hate on this style while praising Yoshi's Island at the same time for its pop-up book and artistic style. I think this game looks even better than Yoshi's Island and the levels are much more creative.
I think a few reasons may contribute to this game's lack of popularity. For one, this game came out at the very end of the SNES lifespan. The N64 was already on the way and released in many areas. Fans were already talking about a possible Kirby 64. This same situation happened to Donkey Kong Country 3. That game came out after the N64 and by then people wanted Donkey Kong 64.
I also think people wanted more Kirby: Superstar. Superstar is a great game, but now many Kirby fans want every game to be like Superstar. Superstar is not even a complete game, but a bunch of smaller games rolled into one. I adore Superstar! It contains some of my favorite Kirby moments, but its existence should not ruin all other Kirby games that are different. Kirby's Dream Land 3 actually fit the series more at this point than Superstar did. Dream Land 3 had animal buddies much like Dream Land 2 and a child-like innocence. Kirby 64 even followed Dream Land 3 in the music department. I would say Superstar is more of the black sheep if I had to pick between Dream Land 3 or Superstar.
The best part of Dream Land 3 is the use of animal buddies combined with traditional powers. In this way the player can make different combinations depending on Kirby's Copy Ability and the animal buddy used. Kirby 64 also expanded on this idea. Hmm. See the pattern? Dream Land 3 was the building block for the future of Kirby.
This picture sums up the Kirby experience: Fun, innocent, and creative. Playing this game again makes me realize that this game may actually be favorite Kirby game along with Kirby's Adventure. Superstar comes after those two.
