Kirby's Dream Collection

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[lower-alpha 1] is a 2012 video game published by Nintendo for the Wii system. It is an anthology disc celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Kirby series, which took place on April 27, 2012. The game was released in Japan on July 19, 2012 and in North America on September 16, 2012.[1]

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition
North American box art
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Shinya Kumazaki Tatsuya Kamiyama
Producer(s)	Yoichi Yamamoto Hiroaki Suga Kensuke Tanabe
Composer(s)	Jun Ishikawa Hirokazu Ando Shogo Sakai
Series	Kirby
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	JP: July 19, 2012 NA: September 16, 2012
Genre(s)	Platform

Content

Included games

1992	Kirby's Dream Land
1993	Kirby's Adventure
1994
1995	Kirby's Dream Land 2
1996	Kirby Super Star
1997	Kirby's Dream Land 3
1998
1999
2000	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition includes six playable Kirby titles originally released on the Game Boy, NES, SNES and Nintendo 64.[1] In addition to the GameCube Controller and Classic Controller, all six games have been calibrated for use with the Wii Remote turned horizontally. The game supports up to four players depending on which game is chosen. Like the other four games in the collection, the Game Boy games (Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2) are treated as "Virtual Console" titles, complete with the "suspending play" and manual features, despite Game Boy titles never being released on the service via the Wii Shop Channel. All six games have also been released separately on the Virtual Console via the Wii Shop Channel, 3DS eShop, or Wii U eShop.

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition also features 13 new challenge stages based on those found in 2011's Kirby's Return to Dream Land. An additional museum section features video spotlights for every game in the Kirby series released through 2012, along with three viewable episodes from the anime television series Kirby: Right Back at Ya! ("Kirby Comes to Cappy Town", "Crusade for the Blade", and "Waddle While You Work"). In addition to the game disc, the package includes a booklet that highlights Kirby's history and provides behind-the-scenes trivia about the series, as well as a soundtrack CD containing 42 music tracks from past Kirby games and three new arrangements by the HAL Laboratory sound team.

Reception and Sales

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 81.29%[2] Metacritic 82/100[3] Review scores Publication Score Destructoid 8/10[4] EGM 8/10[5] Nintendo Life [6] Nintendo Power 8.5/10[7]

As of August 25, 2012, Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition sold 200,000 copies in Japan. Critical reception in North America has been positive, praising the amount of content within. The game holds an aggregate score of 81.29% on GameRankings[2] and 82/100 on Metacritic.[3]

Notes

1. Known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby 20-shūnen Special Collection (星のカービィ 20周年スペシャルコレクション, Hoshi no Kābi Ni-ju-shūnen Supesharu Korekushon, Kirby of the Stars 20th Anniversary Special Collection)

References

1. Reilly, Jim (June 22, 2012). "Kirby's Dream Collection Release Date Announced". Game Informer. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
2. "Kirby's Dream Collection for Wii". GameRankings. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
3. "Kirby's Dream Collection for Wii Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
4. "Review: Kirby's Dream Collection". Destructoid. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
5. "EGM Review: Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
6. "Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition 2012". Nintendo Life. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
7. "Kirby's Dream Collection". Nintendo Power (282): 88. September 2012.