Kirby's Return to Dreamland: 10/10 Review

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#1 WreckEm711
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http://www.destructoid.com/review-kirby-s-return-to-dream-land-214324.phtml

:O Talk about a surprise, looking forward to more reviews on this one.

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When I saw the topic title I assumed you would be linking Official Nintendo Magazine or something... Sounds awesome!
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#3 iAzure94
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It looks like one of those games that are only fun with a group of friends. Too bad all of my friends think platformer games are too childish. Oh well... I'm going to have to wait, check it out and see.
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#4 Pixel-Perfect
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It looks like one of those games that are only fun with a group of friends. Too bad all of my friends think platformer games are too childish. Oh well... I'm going to have to wait, check it out and see.iAzure94

Get friends with better opinions.

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#5 ANIMEguy10034
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:o
Well that was unexpected. I'll wait for more reviews.

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#6 Vickman178
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Zelda gets a 10 from Edge and now Kirby gets a 10 from destructoid?! Sounds good to me!

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i... don't like Dtoid's reviews. and i just plain hate sterling and can't take a word of what he says seriously.
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#8 Gamingclone
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i... don't like Dtoid's reviews. and i just plain hate sterling and can't take a word of what he says seriously.BrunoBRS

I guess this is the first Kirby game that has ever gotten a 10. Though I might be wrong.

Off topic, but I like your sig.

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]i... don't like Dtoid's reviews. and i just plain hate sterling and can't take a word of what he says seriously.Gamingclone

I guess this is the first Kirby game that has ever gotten a 10. Though I might be wrong.

Off topic, but I like your sig.

Wow me too, new wallpaper for me, amazing work!
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Not sure about destructoid reviews, but either way this is a good sign and I'm still very excited for this game.
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#11 Nintendo_Fan128
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Wow, I sure was expecting good scores, but not an all out 10 xD

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#12 Euaggelistes
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Zelda gets a 10 from Edge and now Kirby gets a 10 from destructoid?! Sounds good to me!

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Nintendo is dominating!

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[QUOTE="Gamingclone"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]i... don't like Dtoid's reviews. and i just plain hate sterling and can't take a word of what he says seriously.locopatho

I guess this is the first Kirby game that has ever gotten a 10. Though I might be wrong.

Off topic, but I like your sig.

Wow me too, new wallpaper for me, amazing work!

thanks guys :D and gamingclone, i'm not sure on that, but i think sterling gave epic yarn a perfect 10 too. and apparently he thinks epic yarn is the most hardcore game ever. because "the challenge is in the collecting" (which is just a load of bullcrap, the game is ridiculously easy and you can get gold medals and all 3 collectible items in one run without issue in 99% of the stages)
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#14 pierst179
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That is awesome. I wish I had friends who are willing to come here and play Kirby through long sessions.

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#15 samanthademeste
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It will almost certainly get an 8.5 from Gamespot.

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#16 Gamingclone
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[QUOTE="locopatho"][QUOTE="Gamingclone"]

I guess this is the first Kirby game that has ever gotten a 10. Though I might be wrong.

Off topic, but I like your sig.

BrunoBRS

Wow me too, new wallpaper for me, amazing work!

thanks guys :D and gamingclone, i'm not sure on that, but i think sterling gave epic yarn a perfect 10 too. and apparently he thinks epic yarn is the most hardcore game ever. because "the challenge is in the collecting" (which is just a load of bullcrap, the game is ridiculously easy and you can get gold medals and all 3 collectible items in one run without issue in 99% of the stages)

Your Welcome!

and maybe he sucks at the collecting. Lol.

I guess what I meant was that I guess this is the first tradition kirby game to get a 10 :P

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#17 almossbb
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well thats interesting. i thought it was stuck with the 8.5 syndrome. still i remember DKCR getting a 10 somewhere, and then getting an 8.5 here on GS so i wont keep my hopes up for this game just yet.

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="locopatho"] Wow me too, new wallpaper for me, amazing work!Gamingclone

thanks guys :D and gamingclone, i'm not sure on that, but i think sterling gave epic yarn a perfect 10 too. and apparently he thinks epic yarn is the most hardcore game ever. because "the challenge is in the collecting" (which is just a load of bullcrap, the game is ridiculously easy and you can get gold medals and all 3 collectible items in one run without issue in 99% of the stages)

Your Welcome!

and maybe he sucks at the collecting. Lol.

I guess what I meant was that I guess this is the first tradition kirby game to get a 10 :P

it's still sterling, and you know how much this guy loves to draw attention to himself :P
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#19 meetroid8
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Nintendo sure has been nailing the 2d platformers these past couple years huh?
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#20 wiifan001
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http://wii.ign.com/articles/120/1200908p1.html

ign review is up.

Score: 7.5

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#21 Twisted14
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http://wii.ign.com/articles/120/1200908p1.html

ign review is up.

Score: 7.5

wiifan001
Well that's a tad disappointing. Skimming through the review it still sounds great though.
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#22 trugs26
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It looks like one of those games that are only fun with a group of friends. Too bad all of my friends think platformer games are too childish. Oh well... I'm going to have to wait, check it out and see.iAzure94


"too childish"? You're playing video games. You're playing in an imaginary world with fictional characters. Your friends need to get over themselves and play games based on how fun they are, not how "childish" they seem to be.

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#23 elbert_b_23
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from ign that means 9.5 they are the worst site for trolls nowdays besides g4, gamespot, destructoid, game informer and in all honestly no reviewers nowdays can be trusted. after reading the ign review its so bad "It might take six hours to get to what really interests me about Dreamland, but that's time very well spent for someone a fifth my age." so is he saying that the game is only good for people under 5 and the remark that it loos like a "gamecube game Seldom impressive, though Super Abilities are cool." so is he saying on how he dislikes gamecube games or its a really ugly wii game to me it doesn't even look like a gamecube game and then in sound he says"Again, nothing exceptional." really kirby games has always had great music that fits the game and then the best part is the 9.0 under lasting appeal saying"New and extra modes - there's plenty to unlock, plus multiplayer fun." so he disliked nearly everything about the game but there's a hell of a lot to do in it
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#24 J_Ford
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That's awesome.

The game definitely looks like a lot of fun, it's traditional Kirby gameplay at it's finest.

I'll be picking up my pre order today hopefully, my girlfriend and I are going to have a blast playing it.

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#25 meetroid8
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from ign that means 9.5 they are the worst site for trolls nowdays besides g4, gamespot, destructoid, game informer and in all honestly no reviewers nowdays can be trusted. after reading the ign review its so bad elbert_b_23
Can't spell ignorant without IGN right? Ofcourse they gave Epic Yarn a 9. So it can't just be a bias against games targeting younger audiences.

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[QUOTE="elbert_b_23"]from ign that means 9.5 they are the worst site for trolls nowdays besides g4, gamespot, destructoid, game informer and in all honestly no reviewers nowdays can be trusted. after reading the ign review its so bad meetroid8

Can't spell ignorant without IGN right? Ofcourse they gave Epic Yarn a 9. So it can't just be a bias against games targeting younger audiences.

no, but it can be just plain stupidity: they gave BF3's graphics a 9.5 and uncharted 3's a 10. so they have two choices: double standards or just plain dumb.
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[QUOTE="meetroid8"]

[QUOTE="elbert_b_23"]from ign that means 9.5 they are the worst site for trolls nowdays besides g4, gamespot, destructoid, game informer and in all honestly no reviewers nowdays can be trusted. after reading the ign review its so bad BrunoBRS

Can't spell ignorant without IGN right? Ofcourse they gave Epic Yarn a 9. So it can't just be a bias against games targeting younger audiences.

no, but it can be just plain stupidity: they gave BF3's graphics a 9.5 and uncharted 3's a 10. so they have two choices: double standards or just plain dumb.

It isn't a giant singular conscience. Different reviewers have different standards. But hey, can't spell ignorant without IGN.
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http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/kirby-return-to-dreamland/review.html?tag=topslot;img;1

Gamespot review is up. Like IGNs, the Score: 7.5

Why I can't freekin hyperlink? And why can't I underfreekinstand this concept that a game designed for children has to be docked negatively by critics for being too freekin easy?!

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^ you're supposed to read reviews for that very reason. they have to point out all the goods and bads, regardless of their target. so battlefield 3 is losing points for its campaign (which is stupid because i'm 8 missions in and it's awesome) even though it's a game no one bought for SP.
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#30 wiifan001
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Kirby's Epic Yarn is intentionally easy, designed that you can't die. It's what the game offers and that's how it is delivered, and delivered successfully. You don't bash Metroid Other M solely for not going the continuation of a first person perspective like the Metroid Prime games, and you don't dock it because it isn't the style of Super Metroid that one wants it to be. I don't think a game should be docked negatively because it's too easy, because that's how it was designed. It's not a flaw for a game to be so easy, especially when targeted to children. What I see is critics docking the game for something it isn't, rather than what it is, and what it was meant to be all along.
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[QUOTE="meetroid8"]

[QUOTE="elbert_b_23"]from ign that means 9.5 they are the worst site for trolls nowdays besides g4, gamespot, destructoid, game informer and in all honestly no reviewers nowdays can be trusted. after reading the ign review its so bad BrunoBRS

Can't spell ignorant without IGN right? Ofcourse they gave Epic Yarn a 9. So it can't just be a bias against games targeting younger audiences.

no, but it can be just plain stupidity: they gave BF3's graphics a 9.5 and uncharted 3's a 10. so they have two choices: double standards or just plain dumb.

But wouldn't that be based on the standards of the platform? IE Uncharted 3 is the best on PS but there's prettier then Battlefield on PC?
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I don't understand how the game got a 7.5 from GS when Epic Yarn got an 8.5. I went through the reviews and unless I'm missing something, Return to Dreamland is a little more difficult than Epic Yarn and has more features, including the extra difficulty mode, plus Multiplayer. So why is it a whole point lower?
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#33 locopatho
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I don't understand how the game got a 7.5 from GS when Epic Yarn got an 8.5. I went through the reviews and unless I'm missing something, Return to Dreamland is a little more difficult than Epic Yarn and has more features, including the extra difficulty mode, plus Multiplayer. So why is it a whole point lower?Twisted14
Teh graphics.
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I don't understand how the game got a 7.5 from GS when Epic Yarn got an 8.5. I went through the reviews and unless I'm missing something, Return to Dreamland is a little more difficult than Epic Yarn and has more features, including the extra difficulty mode, plus Multiplayer. So why is it a whole point lower?Twisted14
reviewers are idiots
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Funny how GameSpot whined about lack of difficulty when Kirby games have never been challenging in the first place.

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WTH! :O
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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="meetroid8"] Can't spell ignorant without IGN right? Ofcourse they gave Epic Yarn a 9. So it can't just be a bias against games targeting younger audiences.

locopatho

no, but it can be just plain stupidity: they gave BF3's graphics a 9.5 and uncharted 3's a 10. so they have two choices: double standards or just plain dumb.

But wouldn't that be based on the standards of the platform? IE Uncharted 3 is the best on PS but there's prettier then Battlefield on PC?

hence the "double standards". still, BF3 has the best sound design ever (previously this title was BC2's), and it sounds just as good on a console. but NOPE. 9.5 for BF and 10 for uncharted.

i don't think i'd have this much of an issue with the uncharted series if it wasn't so overrated >.>

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#38 BrunoBRS
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Funny how GameSpot whined about lack of difficulty when Kirby games have never been challenging in the first place.

TheFallenDemon

if a game series has always been known for being technically lacking, does looking ugly stop being an issue? no. they have to point out everything considered positive and negative, regardless of what the game is aiming for. is kirby extremely easy? yes? then it's their job to mention it.

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I don't understand how the game got a 7.5 from GS when Epic Yarn got an 8.5. I went through the reviews and unless I'm missing something, Return to Dreamland is a little more difficult than Epic Yarn and has more features, including the extra difficulty mode, plus Multiplayer. So why is it a whole point lower?Twisted14
I think the visual style is a factor, and honestly I think this time around it's legit. Epic Yarn's is totally unique and came with fresh ideas including the visuals with thread, buttons, yarn, stitches, etc. There might also be less content / replayability in this one than in Epic Yarn, and a not as impressive soundtrack (LOVED Epic Yarn's tracks). I'm still baffled about it deemed incredibly easy and critics blowing it out of logical proportion.
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#40 wiifan001
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I don't understand how the game got a 7.5 from GS when Epic Yarn got an 8.5. I went through the reviews and unless I'm missing something, Return to Dreamland is a little more difficult than Epic Yarn and has more features, including the extra difficulty mode, plus Multiplayer. So why is it a whole point lower?Twisted14
I think the visual style is a factor, and honestly I think this time around it's legit. Epic Yarn's is totally unique and came with fresh ideas including the visuals with thread, buttons, yarn, stitches, etc. There might also be less content / replayability in this one than in Epic Yarn, and a not as impressive soundtrack (LOVED Epic Yarn's tracks). I'm still baffled about it deemed incredibly easy and critics blowing it out of logical proportion.
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#41 GreekGameManiac
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I'll propably get it before the end of the year.

Cause i'm such a Nintendo fanboy.