Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Game Boy cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
Game Boy
Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land is a 1992 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first game in the Kirby series and marks the debut of Kirby.
Platform
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 0.8 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Kirby's Dream Land is a 1992 platform game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It is the first game in the Kirby series and marks the debut of Kirby. It introduced many conventions that would appear in later games in the series. The game follows Kirby as he goes through five levels to retrieve the Sparkling Stars and food of Dream Land from King Dedede.
Kirby's Dream Land was the debut game of designer Masahiro Sakurai. He intended it to be a simple game that could be easy to pick up and play by those unfamiliar with action games. For more advanced players, he offered additional optional challenges such as a hard mode and the ability to edit Kirby's maximum HP and starting number of lives. Kirby's Dream Land was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console in 2011; it is also one of the games included in the compilation game Kirby's Dream Collection for the Wii, released to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary. The game was included as part of the Nintendo Classics service in February 2023. The game was the highest grossing in the series, with 5,130,000 copies sold, until being beaten out 30 years later by Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
KIRBY'S DREAM LAND (Game Boy) - Playthrough Longplay Gameplay, lcfreezer. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Series
- Kirby
- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 3
- ESRB
- E
- CERO
- A
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Game Boy | Japan | 1992-04-27 |
| Game Boy | North America | 1992-08-01 |
| Game Boy | Europe / PAL | 1992-08-03 |
Editions
Player's Choice
In the box
- Game Boy cartridge
- Player's Choice box
- Instruction booklet
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Game Boy games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single player only, with no online features. The cartridge runs on any Game Boy, Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Game Boy cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 30 June 2011 On the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. Later in the Game Boy library of Nintendo Switch Online on 8 February 2023. |
| In the store to buy today | No The 3DS shop has closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes 3DS Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist Single player only. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Critics
Outlet Score Scale Joystick 96 100 Game Zone 80 100 Power Play 72 100 Aktueller Software Markt 10 12 Famitsu 22 40
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer HAL Laboratory Publisher Nintendo Director Masahiro Sakurai Producer Makoto Kanai Artist Masahiro Sakurai Composer Jun Ishikawa
Notes for collectors
- Kirby's first game, directed by Masahiro Sakurai.
- A hidden extra mode adds a hard mode, and a code lets you set Kirby's health and lives.
- The North American box shows a white Kirby, as Nintendo of America worked from the grey-scale screen.
- Sold 5.13 million copies, the series' best seller for 30 years.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- HAL Laboratory
- Director
- Masahiro Sakurai
- Released
- 1992-08-01
- Age rating
- Not rated (pre-ESRB, before 1994)
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 0.8 hours
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