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Kirby’s Dream Land 2 Retro Review: Gray Puffballs and Furry Friends

Written by Aurabolt | July 3, 2009

Kirby's Dream Land 2

For those of you too young to remember Nintendo once launched some of their big name franchises on their handhelds, the first of which was their lovable powderpuff Kirby. His first Game Boy game “Kirby’s Dream Land” hit stores in August of 1992, whereas he didn’t make his console debut on the NES until later that year. The franchise continued to grow in popularity with the re-release of “Kirby’s Adventure” for the Game Boy as “Nightmare in Dream Land,” as well as a couple of spin-off titles like “Dream Course” and “Avalanche” for the SNES, and “Pinball Land” for the Game Boy, but he didn’t see a proper sequel until 1994’s “Dream Land 2.” It came out right around the start of the SNES era, so the Game Boy fans still had something to play before the advent of the Game Boy Color, and it was released the year as the Super Game Boy allowing it to take advantage of some of that peripheral’s special features. [Continue Reading]

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