So this game is pretty special to me. Not because it was a "masterpiece", but because it could not have been released at a worst time in my life. You see, when I was ten, I developed this unhealthy obsession with Kirby. It all started when the Fox Box block first started airing on Saturday mornings in 2002. Although I was very well aware that there was a Kirby anime in the works prior to the Fox Box, I was no where near as excited as I became once the show actually started airing. I was a sucker for anime's based off video games, and Kirby was one of my favorites (still is). So watching that first episode made me giddy from beginning to end. Seeing Kirby do what he did best, inhaling enemies and taking their powers in anime form, just seemed like the coolest thing to me. Thus, my obsession began. I found myself humming the theme song in school, along with drawing countless pictures of the little pink puff. I even attempted to make numerous comic strips as well in hopes that I could contain my anticipation for the new episode airing the following Saturday morning. Kirby became a huge part of my life at the time, so when I first saw the commercial for Nightmare in Dreamland for the GBA, it was all over. 

To say my heart dropped from excitement would be an understatement. I just had to have that game for Christmas. Unfortunately, my mother could not find the game anywhere. I don't know if it was because of a limited stock, or if Kirby was just really popular at the time. All I know is that I was absolutely crushed Christmas morning to not see that game under the tree. It was still a fantastic Christmas and one of the best. I had received Mario Sunshine, Mario Party 4, two wave bird controllers, and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. So, I couldn't complain. But, I need that Kirby game. 

A month later, I spent countless hours each day looking for the game. One day I asked my mom to go to Toys R Us to find it, but they were out of stock. When she returned home to tell me the bad news, I broke down in tears. Now obviously, I wouldn't cry over that today, but at the time that game meant the world to me. She suggested that I look online. I did just that. The only problem was, they were sold out everywhere online too. It wasn't until February that I found a limited stock online on Amazon. I wasted no time and ordered it in a heart beat. It was scheduled to be delivered for another two weeks. Those might as well have been the worst two weeks of my life. I couldn't eat, sleep, or focus because I was overly anxious to get my hands on some Kirby. After the two weeks ended, I went to my sisters apartment and she had the game laying on top of her TV. I tore the box up and played it non stop that night. I beat it the following morning and the rest is history.

Now, with all do honesty (especially looking back today) the game was NOT that good, and wasn't worth the hype I had given it. It wasn't bad by any means, but it was such a step backwards from Kirby Super Star, which I had deemed the best Kirby game ever prior to playing Nightmare in Dreamland. Of course, being an everything Kirby obsessed ten year old, I didn't care. However, nowadays, I barely find myself playing past a couple of minutes. Yeah I know it's a remake of Kirby's Adventure. It's a really good remake of Kirby's Adventure. The only problem is, I never like Kirby's Adventure. I believe it's one of the worst Kirby games ever. Nightmare in Dreamland definitely exceeds the original version, but it's still Kirby's Adventure. My main gripe with the game is that your powers are limited to just one button attacks, whereas in Kirby Super Star, you could do all sorts of attacks with each power you contained. We haven't seen a Kirby game with that much gameplay depth until Return to Dreamland, which was released last year. That was fifteen years after Super Star. FIFTEEN YEARS!

Eventually my Kirby phase died down as I've gotten older. I still consider myself to be obsessed with Kirby, and I still draw lots of pictures of him (he's so easy to draw), but moved on to better things. But one thing that will never change is my memory of that nostalgic period, and I owe a lot of it to this game. Now if you excuse me, I need a monsta to catch dat der Kabbi.

I am pretty big into Kirby as well. Though, I have to say, I am not big into it enough to do that. I mean seriously, you wrote an entire essay of eight hundred four words about Kirby. Now that takes talent I must say. So where was I. Oh yes. I am big into Kirby and wish I could get every Kirby game ever made for all systems. I love it. Except, there is one thing I've always wondered. What was it that started Kirby. The only thing I can figure is that he is based of the Kirby brand vacuum cleaner.