Kirby's Dream Land 2

KIRBY'S DREAM LAND 2

Next comes Kirby's Dream Land 2 for the Game Boy Color, the first appearance of Dark Matter, as well as Kirby's animal buddies Rick, Coo, and Kine. The plot goes that King Dedede becomes possessed by an Eldritch cosmic being that steals the rainbows connecting the islands of Dream Land, so Kirby and his pets set out to stop him.

As always, Kirby is our main protagonist. He does all his basics, floating, inhaling, and spitting stars, on top of his copy abilities. He also has his pets: Rick the Hamster, who carries Kirby on his back; Coo the Owl, who flies carrying Kirby; and Kine the Fish, who swims with Kirby in his mouth. These three also have unique effects based on the copy ability of Kirby, meaning that yes, all three have more than enough for their own individual movesets, and that each copy ability can count those things to their number.

At its base, Kirby only has seven copy abilities, those being: Burning, which is the same as Fireball from before; Cutter, acting the same; Ice, kind of a combo of Ice and Freeze from before, with the ice block standard; Needle, the same as before; Parasol, with the same three abilities; Spark, with the same electric field; and Stone, acting the same as before. Burning will give Rick fire breath, turn Coo into a meteor, and let Kine spit a fireball. Cutter will let Rick throw Kirby, Coo throw three feather darts, and Kine to spit a laser. Ice will turn Rick into a snowman, give Coo icy breath, and freeze the water around Kine. Needle will cause Rick to grow quills, Coo to carry a spiky Kirby upside down, and Kine to grow spikes. Parasol will let Rick bounce Kirby like a ball, Coo to gain a spin attack, and give Kine a shield. Spark will basically give Rick the Beam ability, Coo a lightning blast, and Kine a lightbulb in the dark. And finally Stone will turn Rick into a rolling boulder, make Coo divebomb straight down, and make Kine sink.

As for our allies, Gooey is a little blob of friendly Dark Matter who will show up in bags and restore your health. There's also a "Girl Blob" who does the same but shows up more rarely. King Dedede is friendly in this game, but is a boss through Dark Matter possession, with all of his basics, being floating, his hammer, inhaling, body slamming, and jumping high into the air.

The main villain is Dark Matter, who first appears as a mysterious swordsman, slashing with his sword, shooting beams from it, and charging up an energy orb, and then revealing his true form as a giant eye surrounded by murky black . . . stuff, at which point he shoots dark beams at Kirby and sends out a bunch of orbs at him.

As for our bosses, Whispy Woods returns, apparently during an epidemic judging by the mask, dropping apples and spitting air, while also sending up roots now. Nruff and Nelly are a pair of pigs that charge around. Sweet Stuff is a giant angler fish that bits, shoots lasers from its light, and summons enemies. Ice Dragon can launch itself into the air, breathe icy breath, kick icy spikes, and pound the ground to make icicles. Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright also return with the same gimmick, but this time Shine rolls, throws boomerangs and causes stars to fall, while Bright attacks with fire, drops meteors, and spawns stars, and together they can cause an eclipse. Kracko and Kracko Jr. also return, shooting beams and tossing orbs at Kirby.

As for our midbosses, Blocky returns, as does Mr. Frosty, with his same freezing and ice block attacks. We also have: Captain Stitch, a large Gordo that shoots its spikes at Kirby; Efreeti, who charges Kirby like a meteor; Jumpershoot is a Kasa-obake (haunted umbrella yokai) that can jump, spin, and throw sandals; Master Green is a jellyfish that shoots lightning and generates an electrical field; and Waiu is a ninja who throws cutter blades, attacks with a katana, shoots burning stars, and can move through the air quickly.

Finally, we have our non-copy enemies. These include old favorites like Blippers, Bronto Burts, Broom Hatters, Cappies, Glunks, Gordos, Kabus, Mumbies, Poppy Bros, Scarfies, Slippies, Squishies, and Waddle Dees, as well as newcomers Bouncy, Crack-Tweet, Elieel, Propeller, and Blade, Butch, and Masher (legally distinct Meta Knights).

Our stages include: Grass Land, the starter area; Big Forest, a forest level; Ripple Field, a beach area; Iceberg, a snow level; Red Canyon, a mountain region; Cloudy Park, a sky/volcano region; and Dark Castle, the big final area. Maxim Tomatoes, 1ups, Energy Drinks, Point Stars, and Rainbow Drops are our items.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Kirby: inhale, stars, float, copy abilities

King Dedede: inhale, hammer, body slam, super jump, eggs, bombs, float

Meta Knight: sword, slash, stab downward, cape shield, fly, disappear

Gooey: health, Girl Blob

Rick: fire breath, throw Kirby, snowman, quills, bounce Kirby ball, Beam ability, rolling boulder

Coo: meteor, feather darts, ice breath, spiky Kirby, spin attack, lightning blast, divebomb

Kine: fireball, laser, freeze water, spikes, shield, lightbulb, sink

Meta Knights: axe, mace, javelin, trident

Nightmare: orb, stars, crescents, float, sweep around, cape shield

Dark Matter: sword, shooting beams, energy orb, true form, dark beams, orbs

Whispy Woods: apples, gusts of air, roots

Lololo and Lalala: blocks

Kabula: cannon

Kracko: lightning, spawn enemies, orbs, spin, beams

Paint Roller: draw items

Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright: take turns, fire, moon boomerangs, roll, falling stars, meteors, stars, eclipse

Heavy Mole: dig, claw, shoot missiles.

Nruff and Nelly: charge

Sweet Stuff: bites, shoots lasers, summons enemies

Ice Dragon: launch into air, icy breath, kick icy spikes, pound the ground to make icicles

Mr. Frosty: charge, blocks of ice, freeze

Mr. Tick Tock: sonic blasts, music notes

Bugzzy: grab, slam, fly, ladybugs

Bonkers: hammer, jump, run, coconuts

Rolling Turtle: roll, throw shell

Fire Lion: pounce, chew, fireball

Blocky

Captain Stitch: shoot spikes

Efreeti: meteor

Jumpershoot: jump, spin, sandals

Master Green: lightning, electrical field

Waiu: cutter blades, katana, burning stars, jump quickly

Waddle Dee: parasol

Waddle Doo: parasol, beam

Poppy Bros.: bombs, balls, Grizzo, flying kick

Broom Hatter

Sir Kibble

Copy Abilities:

Backdrop: suplex

Ball: bouncy ball

Beam: sparkly whip

Crash: explode

Cutter: boomerang blade, Kirby, three darts, laser

Fire: fire breath

Fireball/Burning: meteor (Combine with fire? we'll see), fire breath, fireball

Freeze: freezing

Hammer: swing, pound

Hi-Jump: jump

Ice: cone of frost (Combine with Freeze?), snowman, icy breath, freeze

Laser: laser beam

Light: light up dark rooms

Mike: sonic attack

Needle: spikes, quills, spiky Kirby

Parasol: float, attack, defend, bounce ball, spin attack

Sleep: sleep

Spark: electric field, Beam, lightning, lightbulb

Stone: heavy block, boulder, sink, divebomb

Sword: sword, spinning midair strike

Throw: throw things

Tornado: spin, float

UFO: fly, shoot projectiles

Wheel: roll really fast

Stages:

Green Greens

Castle Lololo

Float Island

Bubbly Clouds

Mt. Dedede

Vegetable Valley

Ice Cream Island

Butter Building

Grape Garden

Yogurt Yard

Orange Ocean

Rainbow Resort

Fountain of Dreams

Grass Land

Big Forest

Ripple Field

Iceberg

Red Canyon

Cloudy Park

Dark Castle

Items:

1-Up

Maxim Tomato

Bomb

Invincible Candy

Mike

Mint Leaf

Energy Drink

Sparkling Star

Superspicy Curry

Warp Star

Cannon

Star Rod

Point Star

Rainbow Drop

Thanks for reading! Next up, I'm sure that adorable little jester guy is 100% trustworthy.