At the start of Spring Break I was camping near Globe, Arizona. There I picked up three NES games: The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link, and Kirby's Adventure. Lately I've been playing Kirby.
The game is a Super Mario Bros. style side-scrolling platform game where you can inhale enemies and absorb their powers. For example, if you eat a porcupine, you get spike powers. More difficult foes yield better powers. Another nice feature of Kirby is that you can press UP on the D-pad and float around in the levels... but there are hazards in the air too! Just as in Super Mario Bros., there are secret spots in the levels that can unlock things like mini-games or "Hyper" powerups (much like the star in Super Mario).
Though this game is heavily influenced by Super Mario, I think it has some definite interesting, original things going for it. The ability to float opens a lot of opportunities for cool level designs and challenges. There are a LOT of powers you can acquire, and there are new ones to be found in every new world (set of levels) of the game.
My favorite aspect of Kirby's Adventure is that you can save the game (it autosaves for you in a selected file 1-4). I always felt like there shoould have been a save feature in Super Mario Bros. Interestingly, one of the other games I picked up, The Legend of Zelda, was the first NES to have a save feature.
5 comments:
I played that game on the PSP (yes it was bootleg). I really enjoyed that Kirby game and most Kirby games. One that I liked that did not involve sucking was Kirby: Tilt and Tumble.
I would have to agree I like Kirby's Adventure as well. I am not to sure it can compare to Super Mario though. Some features of Kirby's Adventure may be better but Super Mario is a classic.
I've never played kirby's adventure but I did play as him in Super Smash Bros. His powers are pretty cool and he when he takes other people's powers it's pretty funny.
I have played Kirby with you in my dorm. It was really fun and challenging at the sametime. I like how you can inhale objects and shoot them back or absorb their powers,(like in the boss stages)
i saw this game at bookmans and based on your description i decided to buy it. you are spot-on. it is very similar to mario but better! easier! i murdered this game. thanks for the review holmes! i think you should keep writing here your blog is the jam!
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