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Kirby's Dream Course

Kirby's Dream Course is a pinball video game that was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo in 1993. It is for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Kirby's Dream Course
Developer(s)HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)Nintendo
SeriesKirby
Platform(s)Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS), Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online
ReleaseSuper Nintendo Entertainment System:
Virtual Console (Wii):
Virtual Console (Wii U):
Virtual Console (New 3DS):
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online:
Genre(s)Pinball
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Kirby's Dream Course is a mini golf video game. The art is in an isometric perspective, similar to games like Marble Madness.[1] Its plot involves Kirby's enemy King Dedede stealing all of the stars in the night sky.[2] Kirby sets out to stop Dedede and return the stars to the sky.[2]

Players move Kirby (or in the case of player two, a yellow Kirby look-alike named Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).) around a miniature golf course by bouncing him towards a specific area of the playfield.[2] Players must set the power, angle, and spin to hit various enemies found throughout the levels, which earns the player a star.[3] When only one enemy remains, that enemy transforms into the goal hole, which is worth two stars.[2] In multiplayer, two players try to get the most stars. A player can hit a star claimed by the other player to take it. Kirby/Keeby can knock himself into certain enemies to get a Copy Ability, which can be used to clear courses more quickly or hurt the other player.[4][5] These Copy abilities include Kirby/Keeby turning into a tornado, a sparking ball that can break certain obstacles, and a UFO that allows Kirby/Keeby to float and move at will for a short time.[2]

The game has eight single-player courses, with eight holes in each.[4] Completing courses awards the player with medals, which can be used to unlock extra features such as different versions of courses. The type of medal awarded is based on how well the player performed, with gold being the best.[2]

Reception

 Reception
Review scores
Publication Score
Computer and Video Games      [6]
GamePro 4.5/5[7]
GameSpot 7/10[4]
Hyper 89%[8]
IGN 7.5/10[5]
Nintendo Power 3.45/5[a]
Nintendo Acción 88/100[10]
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
Game Rankings 77%[11]

People liked Kirby's Dream Course for its weirdness and innovation.[7][12] GamePro writer Scary Larry claimed it was just as fun to play as the other Kirby games.[7] A writer for Next Generation found the mini golf gameplay system unique compared to other games, as did a reviewer from Electronic Gaming Monthly.[12][13] Next Generation and Larry also highlighted Dream Course's complexity, which was not common for a golf game at the time.[7][12] The game's colorful art was liked for its funny design.[7][12][13] Electronic Gaming Monthly said that the game's controls took a while to get used to.[13] Larry said that the accuracy of the player's shots was not well-refined.[7] Tom Guise of Computer and Video Games believed its originality made it one of the best SNES games,[6] which Electronic Gaming Monthly agreed with.[13] Javier Abad, a reviewer for Nintendo Acción, said that Kirby fans would enjoy it for the controls and art style.[10]

People have also said good things about the game in retrospective reviews. Staff from Nintendo Life compared its silliness to Electronic Arts' Zany Golf. They said that it had fun gameplay and a good difficulty level. They also believed that its graphics looked good.[14] IGN's Lucas M. Thomas believed Dream Course's unique concept made it impossible to compare it to other games.[5] Thomas and GameSpot's Frank Provo both enjoyed how useful the power-ups were.[4][5] USgamer writer Nadia Oxford liked its unusual level design and funny design, and said it offered a break from the more action-oriented games on the console.[3] IGN ranked the game 38th on their "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time."[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Nintendo Power scored Kirby's Dream Course 3.2/5 for graphics/sound, 3.3/5 for play control, 3.6/5 for challenge, and 3.7/5 for theme/fun.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Brett Alan Weiss (1998). "Kirby's Dream Course". Allgame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Kirby's Dream Course instruction manual. USA: Nintendo. February 1, 1995.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oxford, Nadia (January 23, 2019). "Super NES Retro Review: Kirby's Dream Course". USgamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Provo, Frank (September 4, 2007). "Kirby's Dream Course Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Lucas M. Thomas (July 31, 2007). "Kirby's Dream Course". IGN. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guise, Tom (September 1996). Review – Kirby's Dream Course. Future Publishing. p. 81. https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_178_1996-09_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n79/mode/2up. Retrieved January 31, 2021. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Scary Larry (May 1995). ProReview: Kirby's Dream Course. IDG Communications. p. 80. https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_070_May_1995/page/n81/mode/2up. Retrieved January 29, 2021. 
  8. ↑ Mansill, Ben (August 1995). "Kirby's Dream Course". Hyper (21): 50–51. https://archive.org/details/hyper-021/page/50/mode/2up?q=%22Kirby%27s+Dream+Course%22. Retrieved June 29, 2021. 
  9. ↑ "Now Playing". Nintendo Power 69: 102–107. February 1995. https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Power_Issue001-Issue127/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20069%20February%201995/page/n109/mode/2up?q=%22Kirby%27s+Dream+Course%22. Retrieved June 29, 2021. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Abad, Javier (April 1996) (in es). Super Stars – Kirby's Dream Course. Axel Springer España. pp. 34–37. https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Accion_041/page/n35/mode/2up. Retrieved January 31, 2021. 
  11. ↑ "Kirby's Dream Course Gamerankings Review Score". Archived from the original on 2019-12-05.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NGen.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Super NES – Kirby's Tee Shot. EGM Media. December 1994. pp. 278–279. https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_65/page/n305/mode/2up. Retrieved January 30, 2021. 
  14. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named NLife.
  15. ↑ Top 100 SNES Games of All Time - IGN.com, retrieved 2022-09-04


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