Audrey Drake writes:
"It's another lovely day in Dream Land. You -- in all of your big, hairy, gorilla glory -- are sitting beneath the warm summer sun, lazily peeling bananas and pondering the meaning of life and the nature of existence. Suddenly, out of the corner of your eye, you catch a glimpse of something quite strange -- a frenzied cloud of pink coming straight toward you. Before you have time to react (or to question what the appearance of this seemingly self-aware pink mass might portend), this bubblegum leviathan descends upon you. Coming from every direction you feel the furious pounding of a thousand tiny puffball fists slamming into you. Your banana falls to the ground. You'll never again know the taste of this soft, yellow fruit, your life cut tragically short at the hands of Dream Land's newest menace -- the Kirby gang."
Happy anniversary to the pink ball of fun.
The first Kirby game was Kirby’s Dream Land, which was released on the Game Boy in the west in August 1992. Nintendo has a habit of honoring the day by adding Virtual Console games to the various Nintendo eShops in North America. Last year, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, and Kirby Squeak Squad joined the Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console library as part of the celebration.
This year, Kirby’s Dream Course, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, and Kirby’s Mass Attack are the newest titles in the North American Nintendo eShop.
Kirby Mass Attack offers a unique take on the Kirby series with the ability to command up to ten pink puff balls at a time. If you're interested in a downsized and linear title that takes inspiration from the likes of Pikmin, Mass Attack is one to consider. In terms of Kirby's DS adventures, this probably isn't his grandest outing, but it certainly evolved with the times and understood at the time of release that it took more than just the exclusivity of touch controls to provide an appealing game experience on the portable system. It's definitely a standout as an experimental entry in the Kirby franchise that has aged well, but more traditional Kirby outings still reign supreme.
