What’s up, Undertoads?
Kirby?
This is Derek from Classic Game Room, and welcome back to our countdown of the top ten
Kirby games of all-time.
If you missed part one, go back and watch it before Kirby figures out a way to swallow
the godd*mn thing.
Hey, if you vanished for ten years, you’d probably look a bit different, too.
Might not be see-through...but nonetheless, when Kirby finally ended his decade-long absence
from home consoles, he did so with style.
And with one of the best looking and most clever games he’s even been in.
Released to the Wii in 2010, Epic Yarn goes all Madonna on us and puts Kirby in a material
world.
The puffball has never been quite so puffy.
This is a gorgeous game, in concept and execution, and the design is insanely creative, resulting
in a Kirby classic and one of the Wii’s very best platformers.
It’s easy to forget, given how it eventually took over the world.
But when the DS was released in 2004, a lot of people didn’t get it.
They had questions about what a touch screen could do for gaming...and Kirby was one of
the first to answer.
Canvas Curse released seven months after the DS launch and instantly became its system’s
most convincing proof of concept.
Controlled entirely with a stylus, Canvas Curse is not only one of Kirby’s most innovative
games...but Nintendo’s in general.
Funny how the DS got its legs from a character without any.
I’ve been quite vocal about how this game is amazing if only because you get to ride
a hamster.
Fortunately for those less amused by the concept, there are other reasons this game is amazing.
Dream Land 2 released to the Game Boy back in 1995, following up Kirby’s 1992 debut
with a sequel that became one of its platform’s best games.
Plus, you can ride other animals.
Not just hamsters.
I’m not sure why you’d want to.
Well, here it is.
Soak in its glory.
You know, for a lot of people, this is the Kirby game.
And it’s pretty tough to disagree.
Only his second game and his console debut, Kirby’s Adventure was a leviathan of an
8-bit game.
In fact, it was the largest NES game ever licensed...six freaking megabits of stunning
graphics and vintage platforming.
And on this legendary console, Kirby’s Adventure was a classic among classics.
It’s almost not fair, if you think about it.
I mean, Kirby’s Adventure.
That’s singular.
This freaking thing is...eight-tacular!
Oc-tawesome...I don’t know, it’s f*cking unbelievable, is what it is.
Like Kirby’s Adventure, Kirby’s Super Star was both a late release for its system
and one of its very best games.
The difference, of course, is that Super Star is actually eight Kirby adventures.
In another example of Kirby experimentation, it trades one long quest for eight shorter
ones, each with its own unique objectives.
Add that diversity to Kirby’s now-mastered gameplay, and the choice for the all-time
greatest Kirby game becomes a bit easier.
It’s Kirby Super Star for the Super NES.