Overview
- Also Known As
- Hoshi no Kabi (Japan)
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Game Boy
1st Aug 1992
3rd Aug 1992
27th Apr 1992
3DS eShop
- 30th Jun 2011, $3.99
- 30th Jun 2011, £3.60
- 7th Jun 2011, ¥400
Nintendo Switch Online (Subscription)
- 8th Feb 2023
- Series
- Tags
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Kirby's Dream Land (3DS eShop / GB)
Is Kirby's debut adventure worth getting sucked into?
Kirby's debut adventure has been around the block a couple of times now, having been remade and mechanically enhanced for both Kirby Super Star on SNES as well as the DS version of that release called Kirby Super Star Ultra. Stripped down and monochromatic in comparison, this original Game Boy...
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Kirby's Dream Land Guides
Guide Nintendo Music App: Every Game Soundtrack Included - How To Download, All Systems
A new mobile app exclusive to Switch Online members
'Nintendo Music' is a new mobile app from Nintendo giving fans access to thousands of songs throughout Nintendo's history. If you are curious to know what exactly is available on this mobile application, you've come to the right place. Keep in mind, you can only use this smartphone application if...
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Random Kirby's Dream Land Is All About Being "Kind To Beginners", Says Sakurai
A new challenge approaches
Everyone's favourite game developer-turned-YouTuber Masahiro Sakurai is back with another entry in his Creating Games series, and his latest video once again sees Kirby's Dream Land take centre stage. This time, Sakurai uses the classic Game Boy title to discuss the level of difficulty in video games and how it needs to...
Feature How Video Games Can Be Brilliant For Your Mental Health
Escapism, education, and being "alone together"
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as part of our mental health coverage, I spoke to two psychologists from Take This — a non-profit dedicated to reducing the stigma of mental health in the gaming community, as well as raising awareness of the areas in which games and mental health intersect...
News Kirby And The Forgotten Land Is Now The Best-Selling Kirby Game Ever
A mouthful of sales!
During Nintendo's previous financial report back in August, we reported that Kirby and the Forgotten Land had become the second best-selling Kirby game ever. Well, we can now confirm that it has surpassed the previous record holder Kirby's Dream Land as of September 30th, 2022, and is now officially the best-selling Kirby title...
Random Sakurai Originally Wanted Kirby To Grab Enemies With His Tongue
Beating Yoshi to the punch
We've been talking about Masahiro Sakurai a lot recently, haven't we? The creator of Kirby and Smash Bros. has started up his own YouTube channel, where he's already amassed over 200,000 subscribers, and he's already released one video about 'hit stops'. Sakurai has also started a miniseries on the channel called 'Game Co
Watch Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest - Live!
Activate Earful Mode!
Fancy some tunes to get your morning/afternoon/evening started? We've got you covered! The Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest livestream is commencing right now, with the concert itself set to start at 10am BST / 2am PT / 5am ET. The Kirby franchise started life back in 1992 with Kirby's Dream Land for the Game Boy, and has...
News New 30th Anniversary Kirby Nendoroid Includes Retro Kirby Face, Available For Pre-Order
What a polite young orb
[Update: Tue 31st May, 2022 20:30 BST] Great news! The GoodSmile website now includes this new Kirby Anniversary Nendoroid — you can pre-order it for ¥5,200 ($40 / £32), and it'll release in January, 2023. It'll be available to pre-order until July 14th. Here are the full details of the figurine: From the "Kirby"...
Round Up The Internet Celebrates Kirby's 30th Anniversary
They grow up so fast...
It's official, folks: the Kirby franchise is now 30 years old - can you believe it? When HAL Laboratory's debut title in the series - Kirby's Dream Land - launched on April 27th, 1992, we doubt that anyone truly believed the little pink blob would go on to be one of the most widely recognised and celebrated figures in the...
Gallery Check Out This Stunning Kirby Collection On The Series' 30th Anniversary
Prepare to suck up your envy
Kirby's very first game — Kirby's Dream Land for Game Boy — appeared in Japan on 27th April 1992, which means today marks 30 years since HAL Laboratory's loveable pink marshmallow first sucked up our hearts. With the release of the marvellous Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the little guy hasn't been short of...
News Masahiro Sakurai Celebrates Kirby's 30th Birthday On Social Media
It's been 30 years since Dream Land
Today is a very important day in the history of the Kirby series. 30 years ago in Japan on 27th April 1992, the pink puff started out in his very first adventure - Kirby's Dream Land on the original Game Boy. The creator of Kirby was actually Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai, who at the time, worked at...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel #93 - Kirby's Dream Land
Celebrating Kirby's anniversary with a fight
Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl *cue stadium-sized cheer*! Last week, we looked at the classic, the incomparable, the ruddy good video game that is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Pitting the US box art against the Japanese box art, you fine folks were quite clear in...
About The Game
Kirby to the Rescue!
Dream Land is in peril! An evil king has stolen the magic Twinkle Stars. If they're not recovered, the people of Dream Land could starve.
Meet Kirby, a roly-poly little hero, as he runs, jumps, floats and swims in search of the treasured Twinkle Stars. He'll puff his way through castles, caves, dungeons and forests. In his path are many wicked and greedy enemies but Kirby has a special way to defeat them! It's non-stop action all the way to the top of Mt. Dedede!
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Let me be the FIRST to say that this game rocks!!
Why the heck is Kirby WHITE on the box art?!?
Because he's also white in the game?...
This is the first appearance of Kirby and as it's a GB game they had the choice of making him white or black, so consider us lucky he didn't turn out to be black.
I remember being like 5 years old and feeling SO accomplished that I beat King Dedede. Good times.
this makes me wanting they would put gb and gbc games on the VC
if that ever happens, i'll buy this one no doubt
One of the easiest games ever. Still fun, though.
Coming out this thursday for EU? Wahoo!
Yeah, it is fun. Everyone will complete it many times over and still enjoy playing it.
This thursday!! Yes!! The first Kirby.
@Kurachi Do you have psychic powers? o.O
Woo! Can't wait, never played it before. Why did they add a extra 60 cents though?
It's ashame that Kirby can't steal enemies' powers in this game. He controls just like Kirby NES, he can float, inhale foes, and spit out stars, but when I hit down to absorb an enemy, he just swallows them whole without absorbing any special abilities. Yes, there are a number of powerups in the game, but what I loved most about NES Kirby is stealing abilities. It's just not present in the Game Boy version. Still a great game though!
i have posted this before somewhere else but is this game almost the same as spring breeze from kirby superstar because it seems to be
Regardless of lacking Kirby's awesome trademark ability to steal enemy's powers, this is a pretty good game.
While Kirby games have a reputation for being "easy," this one actually feels a li'l more challenging to me, I remember having alot of trouble with the final boss, and for those who want an even greater challenge when you beat the game you'll be given a "cheat" code to unlock the "hard" mode. Hard mode is actually quite fun to, and worth a shot for Kirby vetrans.
You found it challenging @Beau_Skunk? I remember buying this the week it came out in '92. I completed the game in under 40 minutes, on a car ride with my mother. lol (<:
who got this on club nintendo?
@dark-insanity i may get it now from club nintendo
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