As a kid I played this game a lot and remember starting it over and over again, a lot. I don't know what it was, maybe I just didn’t understand the save system or I just didn't like my current file. Either way, I remember always getting about half way there and something would happen to make me start all over again. But now thanks to the dream collection, I was finally able to beat this blasted game that haunted my childhood.
To say the least, it’s by far an improvement over the first dream land and with the addition of the animals, coped abilities get a bunch of new powers and it’s really cool to see how each power affects each animal. The game itself is basically another version of Kirby's adventure but portable and with a different story. Something is wrong in dream land and Kirby plans to stop it, and much like Kirby's adventure there is a dark twist in the end and it’s what really makes me love this game over the original. The game sticks true to the Kirby formula; copy abilities, go through a bunch of stages fighting mini-bosses, solve simple puzzles, and eventually fight the boss of the world. It’s not boring per se, but it certainly isn't new, and really the only added ingredient to this game is the addition of animals. It can get quite challenging getting all the rainbow pieces to get the true ending, but aside from that, the majority of the game is a cakewalk. But really it’s just there to have fun and that’s all anyone can really ask for a game, and Kirby delivers it quite well in this venture.
Final Thoughts:
It’s another return to Dream Land with Kirby's Dream Land 2, and while it adds animals to help you along your venture, much of the game is the same as the series everyone has come to known. Sure it’s not really new, but not everything needs to be new to be fun, and Dream Land 2 provides enough fun and joy for any Kirby fan to give it a go. Although anyone despising the series will probably just see it as Kirby with animals.