Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe adds Sand and Festival Copy Abilities, new gameplay

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Videos

Sand and Festival Copy Abilities will be included in Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe as new features, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory revealed today.

The Sand Copy Ability lets players shift sand into a variety of shapes, from a fist to a castle, and take on even the toughest foes. The Festival Copy Ability was previously in Kirby Star Allies, and is now appearing in this title. You may remember that the new Mecha Copy Ability was previously confirmed when the game was first unveiled several months ago.

All returning Copy Abilities for Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe include:

Beam
Bomb
Crash
Cutter
Fire
Hammer
Hi-Jump
Ice
Leaf
Mike
Needle
Ninja
Parasol
Sleep
Spark
Spear
Stone
Sword
Tornado
Water
Whip
Wing

Along with the news about the Sand and Festival Copy Abilities for Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Nintendo opened the official Japanese website today. Thanks to that, we have a ton of new gameplay. We’ve rounded up the various clips in the videos below, which showcases all Copy Abilities and Super Abilities, all sub-games, and more. Note that a few clips do not have audio due to the source not having it.

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe launches for Switch on February 24, 2023.