{"id":23933,"date":"2023-11-17T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T00:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23933"},"modified":"2023-10-14T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T13:10:54","slug":"welcome-to-merry-magoland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/17\/welcome-to-merry-magoland\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Merry Magoland!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So recently I played through Kirby\u2019s Return to Dreamland Deluxe on Switch.\u00a0 Knowing that I\u2019m a huge Kirby fan, you\u2019re probably wondering why I didn\u2019t get this game back when it released in February.\u00a0 Well I don\u2019t really like paying full price for Switch re-releases and remakes, especially when I already paid for these games back on the original console.\u00a0 So I waited and asked for it for my birthday, which is what I usually do for games I want to get, but don\u2019t have to play right away.\u00a0 So since I had already played this one back on the Wii, I decided I can wait and put it on my birthday list.\u00a0 After playing it, I have to say that unlike a lot of other Switch rereleases, this one\u2019s actually pretty good and adds a lot of extra content.\u00a0 One of the extra things is an amusement park with ten Kirby mini-games from past titles!\u00a0 And since I like to write blogs about games that have a lot of mini-games, especially if they are presented in a museum or amusement park, let\u2019s take a tour of Merry Magoland!<\/p>\n

But before we get into that, I wanted to briefly talk about the game as a whole.\u00a0 For the remake, they touched up the graphics with more detailed backgrounds and cel shaded style characters with a thicker outline, and it looks nice.\u00a0 They added a couple of new copy abilities for Kirby: Sand and Mech (Sand is OP by the way).\u00a0 And when you beat the game, you can try a hard mode as well as a new quest called Magolor\u2019s Epilogue.<\/p>\n

So this next paragraph may have some spoilers, so you\u2019ve been warned.\u00a0 Anyway, even though Magolor is your friend through most of the main game, at the end he turns on you and ends up being the final boss.\u00a0 This is a pretty common occurrence in Kirby games, which is why many Kirby fans have trust issues.\u00a0 So after you defeat him, he gets sent to another dimension and the Magolor\u2019s Epilogue is a new game where you play as Magolor as he tries to get out of the dimension he\u2019s stuck in and regain his powers in the process.\u00a0 As you play the levels, you\u2019ll collect magic points which you can use to upgrade all of Magolor\u2019s abilities, from his attacks to movement speed to flight, health, and other things.\u00a0 He actually has a pretty complex move set, so it’s a bit harder than your standard Kirby game.\u00a0 The funny thing is that you\u2019re collecting these golden apple slices, and when you get them all you must fight a giant tree.\u00a0 It\u2019s like if Wispy Woods turned into a Final Fantasy end boss!\u00a0 Anyway, after you defeat him, you find that Magolor goes to another dimension with the apple gems from the god-tree and ends up selling them to you in the downloadable spin off game Super Kirby Clash!\u00a0 I love how HAL connects this stuff together.<\/p>\n

Anyway, one of the things that Magolor does in this remake to make up for being a bad guy is that he builds a theme park for Kirby in another dimension, and you can visit that theme park anytime during the game.\u00a0 This theme park holds the mini-games you can play, and while most Kirby games have around three or so of these, this theme park has ten!\u00a0 And most of them are from past Kirby titles! \u00a0The bosses you defeat also show up at the theme park, and you can find hidden Magolor stickers kind of like the hidden Mickeys at Disney parks.\u00a0 You can also get masks you can wear during the game, and the masks are of pretty much every Kirby character ever!\u00a0 You can get some masks by playing the game, and other masks by getting achievements and playing the mini-games to get stamps.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be, so that\u2019s why I decided to put them down in this blog.\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at the mini-games you can play here.<\/p>\n

Egg Catcher<\/strong><\/p>\n

This game was first found in Kirby\u2019s Adventure on the NES.\u00a0 In the original game, King Dedede would throw eggs and bombs at you, but in this one it\u2019s a Dedede robot.\u00a0 Hold the button down to open Kirby\u2019s mouth to catch eggs, and release it to close Kirby\u2019s mouth so he doesn\u2019t catch bombs.\u00a0 If you do, you lose!<\/p>\n

Crackety Hack<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was first in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror on GBA, but it\u2019s most similar to the more familiar Megaton Punch from Kirby Super Star.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a four player version of that.\u00a0 Hit the button at the right time when the meters and targets are full and lined up, and you\u2019ll build up more strength to make a crack in the earth.\u00a0 Whoever has the biggest crack (don\u2019t go there), wins.<\/p>\n

Samurai Kirby<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a reaction time test, and was first found in Kirby Super Star on SNES.\u00a0 When you get the signal, hit the button as quick on the draw as you can to defeat your opponent.\u00a0 They even added an online version of this where you can compete against 99 others!\u00a0 Also before this game, there was a cowboy themed version of this type of game on Kirby\u2019s Adventure, too.<\/p>\n

Smash Ride<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was first on Kirby Squeak Squad for DS.\u00a0 You ride on stars in a circle arena and you can turn, but can only go forward by charging and then releasing the button.\u00a0 You must knock off others for points.\u00a0 You can even knock of the members of the Squeak Squad mouse thieves!<\/p>\n

Magolor\u2019s Tome Trackers<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a new one just for this game.\u00a0 You are in a library and all the players are wearing professor hats.\u00a0 Magolor sits at the top and shows a book with a picture on it, and you must quickly find that book below.\u00a0 You get points for finding the right one first, and whoever has the most points at the end of the round, wins.<\/p>\n

Booming Blasters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirby Deathmatch!\u00a0 This is another new one.\u00a0 Four players are in a maze and view the action from an overhead perspective.\u00a0 You shoot guns at others and can charge up to lob a shot that\u2019ll make an explosion when it lands.\u00a0 Whoever survives the longest, wins.\u00a0 I kind of liked this one because it reminded me of the old arcade game Berserk.<\/p>\n

Checkerboard Chase<\/strong><\/p>\n

A popular one from Kirby 64, in Checkerboard Chase four players run around a square arena.\u00a0 You can press a button to make the line of floor in front of you fall down, and anyone caught in that will fall as well.\u00a0 You must try not to fall yourself, and whoever is left standing at the end, wins.<\/p>\n

Kirby on the Draw<\/strong><\/p>\n

This cowboy themed game plays like Point Blank where you have to aim your JoyCon on the screen and shoot targets.\u00a0 You can also use the control stick to move a cursor, but aiming is more fun.\u00a0 This was first on Kirby Super Star Ultra on the DS, where I imagine you used the touch screen to shoot.<\/p>\n

Bomb Rally<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was first on Kirby Nightmare in Dream Land on GBA, which was actually a remake of Kirby\u2019s Adventure!\u00a0 In Bomb Rally, four players swat a bomb at each other with frying pans, and if you miss, you\u2019re out.\u00a0 Kind of like Hot Potato, sort of.<\/p>\n

Ninja Dojo<\/strong><\/p>\n

And last is Ninja Dojo.\u00a0 Initially on the Wii on the original Kirby\u2019s Return to Dream Land, where every mini game had to use motion controls, here you can do that or just press the button to launch ninja stars at targets.\u00a0 You get more points the closer you get to the bull\u2019s eye, but don\u2019t miss!<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for the games!\u00a0 Thanks for visiting Merry Magoland and going on this tour with me!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So recently I played through Kirby\u2019s Return to Dreamland Deluxe on Switch.\u00a0 Knowing that I\u2019m a huge Kirby fan, you\u2019re probably wondering why I didn\u2019t get this game back when it released in February.\u00a0 Well I don\u2019t really like paying full price for Switch re-releases and remakes, especially when I already paid for these games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23933"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23966,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23933\/revisions\/23966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}