Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition
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Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition is a compilation title released for the Wii in 2012. It was released in commemoration of the Kirby series' 20th anniversary. It has not been released in Europe and Australia.
Contents
Kirby's Dream Collection contains a Wii game disc containing ports of a selection of the first 6 classic Kirby games.
Also included on the game disc are 13 new challenge stages based on the Wii game [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land|Template:KRDL KAW]], an interactive timeline of Kirby's history where one can read about and watch movies related to the various Kirby games, and three episodes of the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
The collection also includes a soundtrack CD featuring tracks from numerous Kirby games spanning across the entire series, and a 45 page special collectible book containing various artwork and other behind-the-scenes information and content covering Kirby's history[3], along with a manual-like booklet giving basic information and controls for each game, along with 3 screenshots from notable moments in the games.
Game Disc
The following games are included on the game disc, with all the original content and frame-rates preserved:[3]
- Kirby's Dream Land
- Kirby's Adventure
- Kirby's Dream Land 2
- Kirby Super Star
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Four of these games—Adventure, Super Star, Dream Land 3, and Kirby 64—were already available on the Wii Virtual Console, but the emulation in this collection is slightly different. Most notably, an emulation error with the colTemplate:Ouring of Miracle Matter's boss arena in Kirby 64 was corrected. However, the previous changes made to the Virtual Console version of Dream Land 3 (altering the colTemplate:Ours of Hyper Zone in Boss Butch) were retained. At launch, Dream Land was also already available on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, making Dream Land 2 the only exclusive game in the collection at the time.
In addition, a Sub-Game exclusive to this collection called New Challenge Stages can be played, based on the optional challenge rooms from the Wii game [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land|Template:KRDL KAW]]. It consists of thirteen stages, where Kirby gets one Copy Ability to work with, and focuses on score rather than only on completion of the stage. Kirby gets a score on how much enemies he has defeated, how much time there is left on the clock, and how many coins he has collected. At the end of the run, Kirby is given a ranking based on how much overall points he has, which is, from lowest to highest, bronze, silver, gold, platinum. Each level also contains a boss stage, where Kirby races against Magolor and can use all the copy abilities from the area, or from all challenge stages depending on which area it is. There is a small story to this Sub-Game, where Magolor has built a theme park for Kirby. He acknowledges the events from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, as well as talking about the challenges. Unlike in Kirby's Return to Dream Land the player can use a Gamecube controller to play the challenge stages.
Finally, the disc contains an interactive Kirby history timeline where players can watch and read about all of the Kirby games so far released. The timeline includes worldwide events that happened nearly the same time a Kirby game is released. Also, if players select a game from the timeline, they can view a short clip on a Kirby game or play it if it is included in the disc. Also, they can view view the box of the game in a panoramic mode. Meanwhile, a theme directly from the game plays. Included along with the history are three episodes from the Kirby anime, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.[3]
Soundtrack
The following songs are contained on the soundtrack CD:[3]
From Kirby's Dream Land
- 01 Welcome to Dream Land (title theme)
- 02 Green Greens
From Kirby's Adventure
- 03 Vegetable Valley
- 04 Grape Garden
From Kirby's Dream Course
- 05 Iceberg Ocean
From Kirby's Dream Land 2
- 06 Coo's Theme
- 07 Real Dark Matter (theme of Dark Matter's second phase)
From Kirby Super Star
- 08 Get Up and Go-urmet!
- 09 Havoc aboard the Halberd
- 10 Meddlesome Marx (Marx's theme)
From Kirby's Dream Land 3
- 11 Ripple Field: Ocean Waves (theme of Ripple Field - Stage 1)
- 12 The Last Iceberg (theme of Iceberg - Stage 6)
From Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
- 13 Planet Popstar (theme of Pop Star Stage 1)
- 14 Studying the Factory (theme of Shiver Star Stage 4)
- 15 0² Battle (theme of 0²)
From Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
- 16 Rainbow Resort
- 17 Tower of Midbosses (remix of King Dedede's Theme)
From Kirby Air Ride
- 18 Fantasy Meadows
- 19 Fountain of Dreams (debuted in Super Smash Bros. Melee)
- 20 City (default theme in City Trial)
From Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
- 21 Forest/Nature Area (theme of Rainbow Route)
- 22 Boss Battle Theme
From Kirby: Canvas Curse
- 23 Tiny Town
- 24 Canvas Canyon
- 25 Drawcia Sorceress
From Kirby: Squeak Squad
- 26 Prism Plains
- 27 Vocal Volcano
- 28 Squeak Squad Appears! (theme of the Squeaks, titled "Squeak Squad Theme" in Super Smash Bros. Brawl remix)
- 29 The Masked King (theme of Masked Dedede)
- 30 Helper's Rest (remix of Ripple Star map theme)
- 31 The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy (theme of Galacta Knight)
From Kirby's Epic Yarn
From Kirby Mass Attack
- 35 Meadow Breeze
- 36 Kirby Conflict
- 37 Piggy Enemy
- 38 Down to One
From [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land|Template:KRDL KAW]]
- 39 Cookie Country
- 40 Bring on the Super Ability (theme of the Super Ability)
- 41 C-R-O-W-N-E-D (theme of Magolor's 2nd form)
- 42 Returning to Dream Land (staff roll)
Bonus Tracks
- 43 Electro Kirby
- 44 Gourmet Race to Green Greens: Chamber Music
- 45 Dream a New Dream for Tomorrow
Gallery
- Main article: Kirby's Dream Collection/gallery
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | 星のカービィ 20周年スペシャルコレクション Hoshi no Kābi Ni-ju-shūnen Supesharu Korekushon |
Kirby of the Stars 20th Anniversary Special Collection |
External links
References
- ↑ Nintendo - Release Calendar 2012 July
- ↑ Tweet by Nintendo of America - "Celebrate Kirby’s 20th anniversary w/ Kirby’s Dream Collection Special Edition on 9/16! Get info at the 8:57 mark."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Kirby's Dream Collection on Nintendo.com