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Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe King Dedede

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe updates many elements from the original Wii game, including the design for King Dedede. The developers behind the game touched on this in a recent interview with Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream.

Here’s our full translation:

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe character outlines

HAL Laboratory has explained the decision to include new graphical outlines for the characters in Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe.

The Switch title isn’t just a port of the original Wii game, as it contains new content as well as a number changes. One such change concerns the outlines for the playable characters.

Tetris 99 Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Tetris 99 is still hosting events, and the next one has been revealed to be a special collaboration with Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe. Players will have the opportunity to earn a special theme based on the game by participating in the 33rd Maximus Cup.

Any Nintendo Switch Online member only needs to play the Tetris 99 online mode during the event period. They’ll receive points based on their placement in each match. After hitting 100 event points, the Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe theme will unlock in Tetris 99. It features special background art, music, and Tetrimino designs.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe pouch My Nintendo

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe came to Switch a couple of weeks ago, and My Nintendo is celebrating with a new physical reward. A canvas pouch has just been added featuring Kirby and the cosmic traveler Magolor.

Nintendo says the pouch is “sturdy” and has a zipper closure. All sorts of items can be stored inside.

Kirby rereleases future

HAL Laboratory just came out with Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, a remake of the Wii game. The studio has now spoken further about this approach in an interview with IGN.

Kirby director Shinya Kumazaki told the site that HAL Laboratory’s goal is always to “provide a new gameplay experience.” Instead of simply remaking games because they can, there has to be something new to it. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe not only introduces the new Magolor Epilogue, but also Merry Magolor theme park with additional mini-games.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe True Arena guide

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe features a mode called The True Arena, and we have a new guide to help you out here plus a quick overview on how to unlock it.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe review

System: Switch
Release Date: February 24, 2023
Developer: HAL Laboratory
Publisher: Nintendo


The original Wii launch of Kirby’s Return to Dream Land has always felt like a particularly important game for the franchise; at the time it released, it had been in development in some form for over a decade, after multiple attempts at creating a new mainline Kirby game never reached fruition. That’s a big part of the reason why Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, a remaster of the 2011 original, feels like such a fitting way to wrap up the pink puffball’s 30th anniversary celebrations – it’s a testament to just how much the franchise has grown and evolved since then. But how well does this classic Kirby game hold up after all these years, and is the new content added into this remaster strong enough to justify a full-price rerelease?

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe preview

Nintendo recently held a short media preview demo for Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe ahead of its upcoming release on Switch. The original Wii game is an all-time Kirby classic, so having it on the hybrid platform at all is compelling. Set to release on February 24, 2023, the title is soon to hit store shelves without us knowing a ton about what’s new.

In this video preview, Sam and I have an in-depth discussion about some of the game’s new features, visuals, and gameplay. We’ve included further bulleted highlights below.

Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe

Nintendo will release Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe on Switch, the company has announced. It launches February 24, 2023.

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland originally appeared on Wii in 2011. For the Switch edition, a new Mecha Copy Ability is included as well as new mini-games such as Magolor’s Tome Trackers.

We have information about Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe in the following overview:


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