Back in the olden days, the rainbow was implied for you peons playing out and about.
A mysterious force named Dark Matter has possessed King Dedede, and it aiming to ruin Dream Land! Kirby has to team up with some animal-like creatures in order to stop it!
Although Kirby featured in a small handful of spinoff titles in his early years, Dream Land 2 is only the third game in the series. This was also the second handheld game in the series, following Kirby’s Adventure on the NES. Which means the series still has a lot of growing to do. Although the number of copy abilities might seem smaller than what Adventure had to offer, this is the first game to try ability combinations. More specifically, powers function differently when Kirby teams up with one of his three Animal Friends. Rick the hamster (-like), Coo the Owl (-like), and Kine the fish (-like). These companions have their own advantages on their own, but they also change the nature of Kirby’s seven copy abilities in their own ways.
Also important to note, for this LP I’m using the Kirby’s Dream Land 2 DX hack by kkzero. Dream Land 2 was originally for the Game Boy, which meant it was just in black and white. While it was certainly compatible with the Super Game Boy Adapter, it still used a pretty limited color palette. Plus, then it’s not a handheld game anymore. The DX hack properly colorizes the game, and it looks quite nice.
Kirby and friends set out to tackle the first two worlds! Well, two of his friends anyway. Grass Land and Big Forest only feature two of Kirby’s friends, Rick and Coo. But together, they’ll find the hidden Rainbow Drops and defeat two might foes: a sick tree and several feral hogs.
Our first two worlds involved a lot of plants, and this time around we’ve got a lot of water! Ripple Field is a range of tropical islands, and Iceberg is… well, a lot of very cold water. This is also the perfect time to introduce the final of Kirby’s three animal friends: Kine! Kine is a fish who does his best work underwater, and pretty much every copy ability makes him feel pain! Wow!
As an important note, I somehow never mentioned in the episode that this guy:
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He’s named Sweet Stuff. I believe this is very important.
This ain’t your Hedgehog’s Red Mountain, this one’s a canyon. It’s different. It also has the sun and moon waiting atop the peak to thrash your Kirby, and any Animal Friend that may be along for the ride. Which they might not be, because today’s Rainbow Drop wants Kirby to approach it alone.
We’ve reached Cloudy Park, so I’m sure anyone could have guessed what the boss here is even if he weren’t displayed a few inches above this text. Until we get to him, though, we’ll be using Kine more than you would expect in the sky world and tracking down a Rainbow Drop that is very elaborate, yet nowhere near the most obtuse one to obtain.
Kirby and his pals have reached their final destination: the Dark Castle. While it’s supposed to be Dedede’s castle, it seems everyone’s favorite penguin was caught sleeping by a mysterious entity. And if we want to do more than just smack Dedede around for a bit, we’ll need to find that last Rainbow Drop before we reach the end.
And because I’m not going back to get the right timing on the end-of-level minigames, that’s all for Dream Land 2! @moderators , this LP can be put in Completed LPs now.
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