Kirby's Return to Dream Land

KIRBY'S RETURN TO DREAM LAND

Next up is Kirby's Return to Dream Land for the Nintendo Wii. This game sees Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight and Bandana Waddle Dee all pitching in to help fix a crashed ship from another dimension after seeing it fall, unaware that the pilot may not be as trustworthy as he appears.

Kirby is our main character, as always, and the automatic player one no matter what. He brings with him all of his basics, with added super abilities on certain of his copy abilities. His new copy abilities include: Leaf, which lets him throw leaves and hide in a pile of them; Spear, which can be thrusted or tossed; Water, which lets him spit water and surf on a wave; and Whip, which lets him strike or grab opponents. These come alongside the returning Beam, Bomb, Crash, Cutter, Fighter, Fire, Hammer, Hi-Jump, Ice (which adds on an icy shield move), Mike, Needle (which can be shot out now), Ninja, Parasol, Sleep, Spark (which now lets you throw the electric field), Stone (which gives you a stone fist), Sword, Tornado, and Wing. Beam, Hammer, Fire, Ice, and Sword all gain a super move.

King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee are all playable through Player 2-4. King Dedede is basically a dedicated Hammer moveset, with multiple hammer attacks like charging it, spinning it forward, and throwing it. Meta Knight has multiple slashes and thrusts, with a spin attack, a sword beam, and his Shuttle Loop attack. Bandana Waddle Dee is a dedicated Spear moveset, with multiple directional thrusts, a multi-stab attack, the ability to fly by spinning it like a helicopter, and a throw.

Magolor is our main supporting character, later revealed to be the main villain. He gets Kirby and friends to help him restore his ship and then recruits them to help fight the dragon who attacked him in the first place, the guardian of a powerful crown that will give him unlimited power. First, he fights you on his ship, which can shoot energy orbs and toss its wings like boomerangs. Then, fighting you himself, he can shoot energy spheres, summon Sphere Doomers to attack, create black holes, and protect himself with a star shield. Meanwhile, Landia, the dragon he leads you to think is the villain, is made up of four smaller dragons, can shoot fireballs, control electrical currents, create windstorms, and fly.

Whispy Woods returns as a boss, this time gaining the ability to inhale Kirby and chew on him. Mr. Dooter is a genie who can pull skulls and snakes from his turban and spin really fast. Fatty Puffer is a puffer fish that can roll, spit water, and inflate. Goriath is an ape that can punch and control ice, cling to walls, and fire energy waves. The Grand Doomer is the largest of the Sphere Doomers, which can fire energy spheres, travel through a dimensional rift, and gains armor, on top of the lightning, projectiles, rolling, and charging used by the smaller of its kind. Metal General wields a sword, bombs, and missiles before fighting you in HR-D3 which can fire homing rockets, shoot lasers, and spin its arms. I should also mention the first appearance of Galacta Knight, who wields a lance and shield, and can also summon energy swords.

For our mid-bosses, we have Bonkers once again, pretty standard to his normal; Dubior, a UFO that can fire sparks, creates an energy shield, and summons little minions; Gigant Edge, a knight with a shield that charges with its sword; Kibble Blade, a very big Sir Kibble; King Doo, a very big Waddle Doo; Moundo, a large rock that rolls around and crashes down from above; and Water Galboros, a very large Water Galbo.

Our returning non-copy enemies include Waddle Dee (with armor and puppet form now), Babut, Blipper, Bouncy, Bronto Burt, Broom Hatter, Cappy, Como, Glunk, Gordo, Kabu, Mopoo, Mumbies, Nruff, Pacto, Scarfy, and Squishy, alongside newcomers Barbar, Barracu, Bowby, Carry Dee, Cerulean, Clayn, Craby, Degout, Pacloud, Shelt, and Walf.

Our stages include the basic stage Cookie Country, the desert Raisin Ruins, the beach Onion Ocean, the snow level White Wafers, the sky level Nutty Noon, the mechanized Egg Engines, the volcanic Dangerous Dinner, and the final battle area Another Dimension. Also, Magolor's ship Lor Starcutter is a good solid stage unto itself.

Here's what we've got so far:

Characters: 

Kirby: float, inhale, stars, copy abilities

Shadow Kirby

King Dedede: float, inhale, hammer, body slam, charge hammer, spinning hammer, throw hammer

Meta Knight: sword, whirlwind, electric field, fire blast, slash, thrust, spin attack, sword beam, Shuttle Loop

Bandana Waddle Dee: directional thrusts, multi-stab attack, helicopter spin, throw spear

Dark Meta Knight: sword, energy waves, tornado

Galacta Knight: lance, shield, energy swords

Daroach: teleport, drop bombs, ice beam, Triple Star Cane, Dark Daroach

Squeak Squad: Spinni, claws, ninja stars, Storo, body slam, hammer, Doc, UFO, lasers, drop bombs, Squeakers

Magolor: ship, energy orbs, boomerang wings, energy spheres, Sphere Doomers, black holes, star shield, Grand Crown

Landia: four smaller dragons, fireballs, electrical currents, windstorms, fly

Dark Mind: teleport, star bullets, mirrors, disco ball, giant eye, lasers, enemies

Dark Nebula: fire, ice, and electric form, gigantic fireball, freezing beam, freeze on contact, four bolts, electrify stage borders

King Golem: rocks, enemies

Moley: burrow, throw things

Kracko/Mecha-Kracko: lightning, rain, laser beams, enemies

Mega Titan: fists, head, missiles

Gobbler: charge, smaller sharks

Wiz: hat

Master Hand and Crazy Hand: Smash guest stars

Mrs. Moley: dig, throw things, body slam

Yadogaine,: dig up rocks, mouth laser

Bohboh, fireballs, grab with talons

Whispy Woods: blow, fruit, inhale, chew

Mr. Dooter: skulls and snakes, spin

Fatty Puffer: roll, spit water, inflate

Goriath: punch, ice, cling to walls, energy waves

Grand Doomer/Sphere Doomers: energy spheres, dimensional rift, armor, lightning, projectiles, rolling, charging

Metal General: sword, bombs, missiles, HR-D3, homing rockets, shoot lasers, spin arms

Batafire: fly, spit fireballs

Bombar: missiles, bombs

Bonkers: hammer, leap, coconut

Box Boxer: punch, toss, energy blasts

Boxy: smaller presents

Mr. Frosty: ice cubes

Phan Phan: roll, toss, toss apples

Big Metalun, roll

Buboo: bubbles

Gao Gao: spin with claws, spin into air, drill

Tedhaun: mini-versions, grab

Dubior: fire sparks, energy shield, little minions

Gigant Edge: shield, sword charge

Kibble Blade

King Doo

Moundo: rolls around, crash from above

Water Galboros

Waddle Dee: gold form

Copy Abilities:

Animal: claws, dig

Backdrop/Suplex (Bugzzy): suplex

Ball: bouncy ball

Beam (Waddle Doo): sparkly whip, projectile blast, Flare Beam

Bomb (Poppy Bros): bombs, fireworks, dynamite, snowman bomb, Gordo, three missiles, lightbulb, exploding shurikens, ice bomb, thunder bomb

Bubble: capture enemies

Clean: sweep, dust, feather duster, Coo feather duster, plunger, magic broom, dishrag, water bucket

Cook: pot, suction

Copy (Tac): scan, copy

Crash: explode

Cupid: wings, arrows

Cutter (Sir Kibble): boomerang blade, Kirby, three darts, laser, axe, crescent beam, boomerang, flaming sword, animal buddy statues, ice skate, bear trap, exploding shurikens, giant boomerang

Fighter (Knuckle Joe): martial arts moves, energy blast

Fire/Fireball/Burning/Burn (Burnin' Leo): fire breath, meteor, fireball, hot-air balloon, pillar of fire, giant fireball, giant winged fireball, volcanic rock, melting ice, fiery arrow, fireworks, tinder sheet, flaming sword, Monster Flame

Ghost: possess enemies

Hammer (Bonkers): swing, pound, Grand Hammer

Hi-Jump: jump

Ice/Freeze (Chilly): cone of frost, snowman, icy breath, freeze, throw snowballs, propel upward, snow machine, melting ice, curling, giant snowball, giant snowflake, snowman bomb, refrigerator, ice skates, icy shield, Snow Bowl

Jet (Capsule J): fly forward

Laser: laser beam

Leaf: throw leaves, pile of leaves

Light: light up dark rooms

Magic: roulette wheel, doves, cards, jack-in-the-box

Metal: metal coating, roll, ground pound

Mike: sonic attack

Mini: shrink

Mirror (Simirror): toss reflections, reflect attack

Missile: missile

Needle: spikes, quills, spiky Kirby, shoot needles, shoot spike forward, dart, fiery arrow, drill, snowflake, lots of pointy things, Gordo, lightning rod, bear trap, shoot needles

Ninja (Bio Spark): katana, shuriken, ninja abilities

Paint: splatter paint

Parasol (Parasol Waddle Dee): float, attack, defend, bounce ball, spin attack, ride inside, pogo stick, golf club

Plasma (Plasma Wisp): electric blast, static (combine with Spark?)

Sleep: sleep

Smash: Super Smash Bros. moveset

Spark: electric field, Beam, lightning, lightbulb, laser, ball of static, remote control drone, tinder sheet, electric rock, refrigerator, lightning rod, lightbulb, force field, lightsaber, toss field

Spear: thrust, toss

Stone (Rocky): heavy block, boulder, sink, divebomb, club, hammer, catapult, volcanic rock, rock skin, giant stone Kirby, curling, drill, dynamite, electric rock, animal buddy statues, stone fist

Sword (Blade Knight): sword, spinning midair strike, Master (Meta Knight's abilities), beam attack, fire sword, ice sword, thunder sword, Ultra Sword

Throw: throw things

Tornado: spin, float

UFO: fly, shoot projectiles

Water: spit water, surf

Wheel (Wheelie): roll really fast

Whip: strike, grab

Wing (Birdon): fly, divebomb, shoot feathers

Yo-Yo (Gim): yo-yo attacks

Stages: 

Rainbow Route

Moonlight Mansion

Cabbage Cavern

Mustard Mountain

Carrot Castle

Olive Ocean

Peppermint Palace

Radish Ruins

Candy Constellation

Dimension Mirror

Prism Plains

Nature Notch

Cushy Cloud

Jam Jungle

Vocal Volcano

Ice Island

Secret Sea

Gamble Galaxy

Cookie Country

Raisin Ruins

Onion Ocean

White Wafers

Nutty Noon

Egg Engines

Dangerous Dinner

Another Dimension

Lor Starcutter

Items:

1-Up

Area Map

Battery

Candy

Energy Drink

Food

Maxim Tomato

Note

Sound

Sound Player

Spray Paint

Vitality

World Map

Thanks for reading! Next up, I think we need to get some pest control around here.