Tons of new Kirby’s Return to Dreamland details
Guess who’s on the cover of Nintendo Power this month? That’s right, it’s Kirby! The magazine has a first look at Kirby’s Return to Dreamland in its latest issue and is jam-packed with new information and screenshots. For a writeup of the latest details, read on below.
– Game starts when an alien named Magolor crashes his ship ‘Lor Starcutter?’ on Pop Star planet
– the pieces end up getting spread throughout Dream Land
– Kirby offers to help find the pieces
– play as Kirby, Meta Knight, Waddle Dee and King Dedede
– visit forests, beaches, caves and deserts
– action on land, in the sea, in the air and in other dimensions
– levels are grouped into various worlds
– each world offers up a ship part when you beat a boss
– level names like Cookie Country and Rasin Ruins
– worlds are accessible via a map screen
– also visit the ship via the map screen to talk with Magolor
– the ship also offers the Copy Ability Challenge Rooms
– new copy abilities like Leaf (surrounds Kirby with leaves) and Whip (lasso enemies)
– Water copy ability lets you surf waves and pound enemies with liquid pillars
– you can also use Water to lift up Kirby
– pressing the attack button with different directions offers up different attacks
– they attacks also change if you’re running, jumping or standing
– possess only one copy ability at a time
– certain power-ups like health that can only be accessed with certain weapons
– Super Abilities power up Kirby to the max
– Monster Flame is a Super Ability that summons a giant fire monster to burn a path of destruction
– Flare Beam generates a ball of energy that can be moved around the screen
– Ultra Sword uses wide razor-sharp swings of a sword
– use Super Abilities to clear paths and open up new areas
– Kirby is the only one that can copy abilities and use Super Abilities
– Waddle Dee can attack from a distance and fly
– King Dedede uses his hammer and is slower than the other characters
– no puzzles that require another person to access
– hop on the back of co-op players to let them carry you
– characters can stack on-top of each other
– Meta Knight can fly through areas with other characters on his back
– attack as a team by holding A and releasing at the same time
– the player at the bottom of the stack determines the attack
– players who grab more health than they need can share that extra health by hugging each other
– jump in/out co-op that allows you to change your character whenever you want
– player 1 is always pink Kirby
– camera stays centered on Kirby
– if teammates get left off screen, they are immediately put back by Kirby’s side
– can play as 4 Kirbys, but cannot play as multiples of other characters
– 7 Copy Ability Challenge Rooms
– these doors are unlocked by collecting a certain required amount of energy spheres in the main game
– medals are awarded based on how well you do
– be fast, kill all of the room’s enemies, search for all coins and don’t take any damage to get a gold medal
– each Copy Ability has different collision, grab and pushback properties that are necessary in this mode
– additional modes that Nintendo is keeping secret
