Brady Connor

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland was originally a Wii game. Many Wii games do not hold up well, and Nintendo’s recent “Remakes” have not been amazing. They’re basically just $60 ports. However, this one looks different. Let’s check out Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe. So as Kirby and friends are lollygagging around, a giant spaceship called the Lor Starcutter crashes down. Inside, an alien named Magolor is sad, because his ship broke and the parts are scattered around Kirby’s homeworld, Dreamland. Kirby decides to help, and they set out on an adventure. It’s a 2D Kirby game, at its core. Your goal is to make it to the goal while collecting secrets. If you’re new, Kirby can jump indefinitely. He can also **** up and spit out enemies. Some, he can absorb and gain their abilities. There are 2 brand-new ones: Mecha and Sand. Mecha turns Kirby into a cyborg, and it’s a lot of fun to use. Sand is my favorite ability. It’s so versatile. All the levels are accommodated for them, and they were never broken. The level design is amazing. They are a good length, but never drag on. There are many mechanics and they are never cumbersome. In fact, no level was poorly designed. Also, the bosses are very good. So 10/10 gameplay. It isn’t very innovative, but it’s still a lot of fun to play, and it’s very clean and easy to use. With the graphics, a big thing is that all the characters are cell-shaded. It’s hard to notice during gameplay and it looks very good. The backgrounds and textures are gorgeous, and the game runs at a smooth 60 fps. The graphics are bright and colorful. When I saw a loop-de-loop rainbow, I fell in love with the presentation. As for the music, it has a special Kirby-sound font that I really love. 10/10 presentation. I guess someone could not like the cell-shadedness, but it has an amazing presentation. There are 3 main modes in my opinion. The main story, a minigame collection called Merry Magoland and the Magolor Epilogue. There are 3-5 collectibles per level, and there are many levels. There’s a harder mode after the main story, and 2 boss rush modes. There are also the Kirby staples like the extra games (If you haven’t already, play Forgotten Land), the jukebox and theater.Merry Magoland is a minigame collection. It gives me heavy Nintendo Land vibes. There are 120 missions to complete, and you can get masks to wear during it and the story. Finally, the Magolor epilogue stars Magolor after the story. He’s lost all of his powers and you need to collect coin-like things in order to get them back. You can do this by getting combos while defeating enemies. This is my favorite part of the whole package. It adds some much needed progression to the Kirby formula. I really like Magolor, and it’s great to see him get more development. It even ties into the spin-offs! Also, all of the modes are playable with up to four players. This will take you a while, so don’t be worried about it being over too fast. 10/10 on the content. This remake hovered above and beyond my expectations. I really do recommend it. I’d say it’s the best 2D platformer on the Switch! Please check out Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe. I hope you have a great day!

Nintendo Land is a very nostalgic game. Many people, myself included, have many memories playing this game. Was it all as good? Is it still worth playing? Well, finish the review please, but I guess you could just see that rating and be done with it. So I will just flat-out say, there is no story. A robot named Monita is your guide through an amusement park. That's it. It doesn't matter much, and it isn't even a bad thing. Nintendo Land is a theme park where there are 12 events based on Nintendo games, mostly retro. These games are larger than minigames. If you've played a 3DS Kirby game, it's similar to minigames from that. There are 3 types: Single player, co-op (Playable alone or with friends) and full multiplayer. 12 is a bit much so I'll only talk about the best of each. The single-player one I will talk about is Donkey Kong's Crash Course. You slide through a large time-attack course with gyro tilt controls. You blow, tilt, and hit shoulder buttons. It sound gimmicky, but it's actually a lot of fun. It has a lot of replay value and even has another, even harder stage! Luigi's Ghost Mansion is exclusively multiplayer. One to 4 players are creeping around a mansion with a limited flashlight battery. One ghost is running around terrorizing them. If a flashlight is shone at the ghost, it'll be damaged. If the ghost attacks the players successfully, then the attackee will faint and need to be revived. This game has tons of stages, and is a lot of fun. The best one of all is Metroid Blast. If you're playing with the GamePad, you fly in a gunship, shooting enemies, similar to Metroid Prime, but in the third person. If you are using a Wiimote, you are on the ground. The players have to work together on a large map to do objectives like grabbing points or defeating enemies. There's 2 multiplayer modes: One where the players fight against each other and one I haven't played. But I'm sure it's fun! There's about 20 levels, and this one is really deep. The gameplay gets an 8/10. It is a lot of fun, but two games are way too simple, and there is no online. But this game is lots of fun with friends. The Miis are used here. The lighting makes them look like toys, and everything looks shiny and polished. This game isn't God of War or Luigi's Mansion 3 (Actually, I guess it kind of is) but it has the guaranteed Nintendo quality. The music isn't notable, but it's still good. 9/10 presentation. There is lots and lots of content here. There are the aforementioned games, with lots of levels. It's fun as a multiplayer game as well. There is highscore-based replay value, and the higher scores you get, the more levels you beat, and the more you play games, you get medals ranging from bronze to gold. You can get coins in games, which you spend in a minigame, where you get prizes that go in the main plaza. Some are interactable. And I will just say you could practically play this game forever. 11/10. Like, what right does this little launch title have to have so much content? Many Wii U games use the GamePad incorrectly. They are forced in, and turns beloved franchises into games of punching the screen. But Nintendo Land uses the GamePad to its fullest. This game is more than a gimmick, and if you have a Wii U and this game, I'd recommend digging it up to play it. If you are one of the 3 people who have a Wii U without this game, you should get it, because you could get it physically. Some Wii U's sell for under $100. I would get it for that. If it costs more, no way. Nintendo Land is a great game, that should not be overlooked. This is the Wii U's Wii Sports. Have a great day!

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland was originally a Wii game. Many Wii games do not hold up well, and Nintendo’s recent “Remakes” have not been amazing. They’re basically just $60 ports. However, this one looks different. Let’s check out Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe. So as Kirby and friends are lollygagging around, a giant spaceship called the Lor Starcutter crashes down. Inside, an alien named Magolor is sad, because his ship broke and the parts are scattered around Kirby’s homeworld, Dreamland. Kirby decides to help, and they set out on an adventure. It’s a 2D Kirby game, at its core. Your goal is to make it to the goal while collecting secrets. If you’re new, Kirby can jump indefinitely. He can also suck up and spit out enemies. Some, he can absorb and gain their abilities. There are 2 brand-new ones: Mecha and Sand. Mecha turns Kirby into a cyborg, and it’s a lot of fun to use. Sand is my favorite ability. It’s so versatile. All the levels are accommodated for them, and they were never broken. The level design is amazing. They are a good length, but never drag on. There are many mechanics and they are never cumbersome. In fact, no level was poorly designed. Also, the bosses are very good. So 10/10 gameplay. It isn’t very innovative, but it’s still a lot of fun to play, and it’s very clean and easy to use. With the graphics, a big thing is that all the characters are cell-shaded. It’s hard to notice during gameplay and it looks very good. As for the art direction, it’s bright and colorful. When I saw a loop-de-loop rainbow, I fell in love with the presentation.The backgrounds and textures are gorgeous, and the game runs at a smooth 60 fps. As for the music, it has a special Kirby-sound font that I really love. 10/10 presentation. I guess someone could not like the cell-shadedness, but it has an amazing presentation. There are 3 main modes in my opinion. The main story, a minigame collection called Merry Magoland and the Magolor Epilogue. There are 3-5 collectibles per level, and there are many levels. There’s a harder mode after the main story, and 2 boss rush modes. There are also the Kirby staples like the extra games (If you haven’t already, play Forgotten Land), the jukebox and theater.Merry Magoland is a minigame collection. It gives me heavy Nintendo Land vibes. There are 120 missions to complete, and you can get masks to wear during it and the story. Finally, the Magolor epilogue stars Magolor after the story. He’s lost all of his powers and you need to collect coin-like things in order to get them back. You can do this by getting combos while defeating enemies. This is my favorite part of the whole package. It adds some much needed progression to the Kirby’s formula.I really like Magolor, and it’s great to see him get more development. It even ties into the spin-offs! Also, all of the modes are playable with up to four players. This will take you a while, so don’t be worried about it being over too fast. 10/10 on the content. This remake hovered above and beyond my expectations. I really do recommend it. I’d say it’s the best 2D platformer on the Switch! Please check out Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe. I hope you have a great day!

The Game boy advance wasn’t overly successful. But it had SO MANY good games. Warioware inc. was Wario’s big hit on the console. However, much earlier into its lifespan, Wario had another game. Wario Land 4. The Wario Land series has been long dormant. However, this came in a golden area of Wario Land. But not many care about the series today. Well, this game is really good. And I’ll bring some light to it. So Wario in his gorgeous car is going to a pyramid where a princess once lived in order to find treasure. It is more complex than other platformers, but story isn’t huge here. Wario Land 4 is a platformer. Quite normal for the series. But this is much different than 3. 3 was a Metroidvania, but 4 is much more linear. You have to get a key named Keyzer, and hit a frog switch. When you hit it, you have up to four minutes to get back to where you started. If you don’t have Keyzer, you basically failed the level. There are 5 secrets per level. 4 of them are parts you need to get in order to access the boss. The levels are very well designed (Way better than even Mario games!). None of the levels were poorly designed and I never got mad. However, they are a bit simple. This would be HORRIBLE if Wario’s moveset wasn’t so good. He can run and jump, but he can also use his trademark shoulder bash, ground pound, roll, and charge forward. It’s very fast. I don’t know if this fits into his moveset or level design, but he can get hit by certain enemies and his abilities change. These are called power-downs. He can get squished to the size of paper, or get lit on fire, and stuff like that. This can either help or hurt you. I love this, and many others do as well. Also, the bosses are very good. You’re put on a time limit in order to defeat them, and you need to have over 1 minute left on every boss in order to get the best ending. You can lower bosses’ health by playing minigames as well. 10/10 gameplay. This game has some of the best game design I’ve ever seen. Going into the presentation, I’d like you to know it is a 32-bit game. Despite this, its graphics are very good. It takes a cartoony style, especially with the power-downs. Wario is very expressive, and so is everyone else. The levels are all creative and usually go with the theme of a world. As for the music, it is a bit compressed, but I still liked it. The main theme has vocals, and while I wish it didn’t, it’s still very good. 10/10 presentation. Wario Land 4 is a bit light on content. It’s not Mario Strikers Battle League short (I say it’s unfinished), it’s just naturally short. There are 4 worlds and 2 bonus levels. However, there are the 5 collectibles mentioned before. There are also 2 harder difficulties (One is unlocked after the other) and 4 endings. There is also high-score based replay value, but it’s more realized here than in 2D Mario games. There’s even a high score bar! 7/10 content. A bit short, but it makes up for it. Despite this being a launch title, Wario Land 4 defines its hardware (And generation!) by being different, and memorable. Wario Land 4 doesn’t feel held down by anything. It is what is wants to be and it’s fine with that. For the price it goes for, I would recommend it (Only if you have a DS or GBA though). I think it’s coming to Switch online, too! Wario needs to come back. 2D Mario games are falling out, and Wario needs to save the day, once again (But only if you tell him he gets treasure).

Super Mario Sunshine was the latest open-world Mario game, until Odyssey. If you see the reviews, its better than Odyssey! I didn't see it that way. My opinions on this game are conflicted. The story is Mario and Peach go on a vacation, but a Mario-doppelganger is vandalizing the resort their going to, Isle Delfino. Mario is accused and goes to... jail? He gets a robot named F.L.U.D.D to help him clean it up. I'll flat out say this is the best base story in any mainline Mario game. The gameplay is like 64; you have to complete missions to get stars, and you traverse levels which are like playgrounds for Mario's abilities. In this game it's much more linear, and frankly not open-world. You have to complete the first seven stars in every level. This sucks. There were missions I hated, but I couldn't skip them. Specifically the octopus ride in Ricco Harbor. The way Mario controls is weird. You can't crouch, crouch jump, or ground pound jump. There is a safety net for platforming. FLUDD lets you spray water. If you spray water and dive on it, you can build up speed and go really fast. There is a nozzle that lets you hover, which is the one you'll use most of the time. There are two others, but I'll let you find out the others. There are many janky things in the game, and some levels are poorly designed. Some are just flat out buggy. The gameplay is 7/10. Mario controls semi-fine, but other things just flat out suck. It looks very good, even today. It is fully voice-acted, and Charles Martinet really outdid himself this time. (NOT Chris Pratt) It sometimes bugs during cutscenes, but it still is very good. As for the music, it’s so good! Ricco Harbor and Noki Bay are standouts. 10/10. Holds up today. It's content is a bit weird. In 64 or Odyssey, you can do whatever star in whatever order you want. That was a large gimmick in 64. In Sunshine you HAVE to do the first seven (out of eight) missions per world. There are 7 so you have to do about 50 shines. They are more complex than Odysseys or even 64. In the end, it still feels a bit padded. There are bonus stars, but they literally mean nothing. They are fun, and there are blue coins scattered like Moons in Odyssey. You need 10 to get a shine. There are unconnected 100 coin stars in levels and Delfino Plaza. Again, you have to do none of them. If you do, you just wasted time. I'd just go through the main story. It's long enough. 7/10. It's very padded, but overall fine. I didn't find Sunshine to be anything more than an outdated platformer. The example of a game that has aged very well is Wario Land 4. It holds up well graphically, is less padded, and FAR less buggy. If you can play Sunshine, do it! But just remember, it doesn't get better throughout.