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A classic!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: May 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is one of Kirby's first games, and it's really not that bad, considering the amount of games it has to compare itself with. I mean, this is NES, but as NES games go, this is definitely one of the best! If you manage to beat the game and defeat the final boss, you still have to find all the secrets, and the you have to beat the game over with half as many power pieces AND get all the secrets again. I admit, the levels aren't all extremely challenging but that was never the point of a Kirby game, from what I can tell. It's still fun to see Kirby doing what he does best, even back then - grabbing up powers and slapping enemies silly!

Death Wail of the NES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yes, children, there used to be an 8 bit system called the NES. By the time Kirby was released on it, the SNES had taken over, with its superior graphics and sound.

But Kirby is a labour of love. Rather than make some piece of trash as the last great NES game, the makers polished it and polished it until you can almost see your face in it. The graphics stretch the 8 bit format to its absolute limit. This is the aesthetic equivalent of painting the Lord's Prayer on a grain of rice - the beauty is that of working WITHIN the limitations. Kirby himself is a beautiful vibrant pink, the worlds he passes through are delicious lime greens, ice blues, chocolate browns - the rich colours do not attempt to emulate 16 bit, but instead try to make 8 bit as beautiful as possible

Likewise the sound. Kirby makes the cutest "ooh" and squeaking noises; the music is well-composed and works wonderfully within the confines of an 8 bit synthesiser.

The gameplay is also polished, with an intuitive beauty to the controls. It's a finger dance to play this game - an experience of control and aesthetics that few games can match.

Farewell, little NES! Maybe you will be reincarnated in a future century...

My favorite NES game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Awesome game. 2D platformers just don't get any better than this. Kirby has the appearance of a cute little cream puff, but don't let it fool you: this guy's easily got more moves than Lara Croft. Kirby can absorb powers from enemies (or simply EAT them), slide, dive, fly, dash, and all sorts of other things. He can get everything from a sword to a laser, become a living tornado, and even drive his own UFO. The graphics are very colorful and vibrant, especially for an NES title, and the music is nice and upbeat and happy, just like the whole tone of this game. It looks a lot like a kids' game, but believe, anyone can have a lot of fun with this. It's even got secret modes to unlock by beating the game at 100%. There is really nothing bad that I can mention about this title. It's simply a must-have for any NES owner who likes platform games.

BETTER THAN MARIO

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think part of the reason why people like Zelda and Mario is because they were simply the first games of their type. I believe that if they had come later, they wouldn't have done so well. Having said that, I think that Kirby's Adventure is FAR superior to Mario. For one, there's NO TIME LIMIT! The graphics were nice and bright and clear, unlike some NES titles. Even the music was pretty good. I liked the exciting new twists that this game had. Kirby can fly, pick up TONS of weapons, each one clearly different from the last. Picking power-ups was never so much fun. Each of the many worlds was different from the last, insuring that there was little or no redundancy. Furthermore, there was a percentage meter that told you how much of the game you had completed. You could beat it without a score of 100%, but you'd be missing out on the secret areas. But my favorite thing about this game are the battles. This game boasts some of the most fun ending-bosses I've seen--even compared to SNES, Playstation, etc. For example, there is this swashbuckling battle about midway where Kirby takes up the sword and dukes it out with an evil villian. Then there's the last battle, where Kirby flies through the air, fighting some heavenly entity--a moon or star, I think. Yes, this is definitely one of the better games I've played.

cute killing action

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: November 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is not your ordinary household puffball. This is one bad son of a gun. Sure, you think he's adorable and you want to cuddle him. But be warned: many people think the same way about koala bears. And what happens when you try picking one of those up? That's right. And the same thing might happen to you with Kirby.

Kirby is one dangerous boy/man/puffball/lady whatever. You should know just by looking at him that he's capable of something angry. He's cute and cuddly on the outside but on the inside it's a whole other story. He's a vicious creature. You think you know him, you don't. What would possess Nintendo to create such a monster? Maybe revenge, for players everywhere becoming angry whenever they lost a life playing one of their games, and therefore throwing their controller in anger and breaking it. But then Nintendo would be making money that way when players returned to buy another controller, so Kirby's creation must be some kind of secret Nintendo undercover behind closed doors genius operation.

Think about it. Kirby was meant to fade away with time. His popularity was meant to hang around for a couple years, and then when the NES went out and the Super NES came in, Kirby should have disappeared. But he didn't. He continued to appear in new adventures with Nintendo's new video game systems and he became a survivor, and he's still going strong 15 years later. It wasn't supposed to happen. How could it happen? Nintendo is about ready to release another video game system. I think next year. Will Kirby make an appearance on that system? I think he will. It gives me chills to think about the things Kirby is capable of. He won't go away. This wasn't meant to happen. Nintendo created a monster and now it's out of control.

So as you see Kirby is not such a friendly puffball. It's all a disguise. Nintendo knows it, and you should know it too. Damn you Nintendo!

As for this game, it's a lot of fun. It's Kirby before he turned into a monster children the world over became frightened by. Do not make the mistake of thinking he's innocent. Buy this game anyway, and remember a time when Kirby was friendly and lovable and gave video game players a pleasant after taste. He's Kirby, he packs a mean punch, and I do mean mean.

This isn't a very expensive game so you should buy it. No one thought it would happen, but Kirby lives on. Pick up this adventure to return to an innocent time.

Must...play...Kirby...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game has revolutionized the platform game concept. It has taken the concept of pink vacuum cleaners and put it in with the Mario innovation (excuse my fancy lecture). Kirby is a mean, lean eating machine who can take the power of an enemy and make it his own by sucking it up. This is way cool but can make the game very easy at times. And, if you don't like your power, just let it go in one end and out the *other* end with the SELECT button. This game is fairly long and can be very frustrating at times (I've learned to just SUCK it up! Get it? Kirby SUCKS things up!) You can also fly by sucking in air and if you meet an enemy, just decompress it and you'll really BLOW him away! The final bossES (notice I emphasize ES) are extremely hard, too. All in all, this is a must have and is pretty darn good for an early 90s NES game.

Great All Around Entertainment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one great game that truly defines what it means to be a game for "all ages." Everyone, even those who don't play video games, will appreciate this game. Kirby is basically some sort of creature that goes around killing enemies. Sounds like any other game. But it's the juxtaposition of cool sound effects, sublime graphics, and gripping storyline that makes Kirby such an awesome game.

No doubt about it, this is one game that is definitely required in a Nintendo game library, right along classics like Zelda and Mario.

this is an awesome game for it's time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I used to play this night and day and I loved every second of it!!!! I would highly say that it's very good.

Be wary of buying online older games from other users other than amazon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I would buy at local video game store if you can, otherwise be very wary of buying older used games from another source other than, my personal favorite, Amazon.

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