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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2025!!!
« on: June 23, 2025, 06:23:02 pm »
47. Kirby's Dream Land 3
A long day of meetings had me reaching for the device with all the installed games again, and for some more Kirby action. If I had to describe the game in one word, it'd be "unconventional". But, that's not necessarily a bad thing. The game looks and plays and just overall feels very different from Super Star (which came about a year before; the game that kind of set the precedent for the series going forward) and has a lot of randomness to it. It also has one of the most calming graphical looks which really juxtaposes the game's surprisingly dark tones. There's a creepiness to the doppelganger Kirby that walks around at random, and the final boss looks like it shoots blood. Also, the mini-games are no joke. Thankful for save states being a thing because trying to guess the number of Gordos in a split second is insane. I'm not sure how the hell we did this as kids back in the day.
A long day of meetings had me reaching for the device with all the installed games again, and for some more Kirby action. If I had to describe the game in one word, it'd be "unconventional". But, that's not necessarily a bad thing. The game looks and plays and just overall feels very different from Super Star (which came about a year before; the game that kind of set the precedent for the series going forward) and has a lot of randomness to it. It also has one of the most calming graphical looks which really juxtaposes the game's surprisingly dark tones. There's a creepiness to the doppelganger Kirby that walks around at random, and the final boss looks like it shoots blood. Also, the mini-games are no joke. Thankful for save states being a thing because trying to guess the number of Gordos in a split second is insane. I'm not sure how the hell we did this as kids back in the day.