Kirby's Dream Land 3 - IMPLANTgames

[@ender_blade]

The slide-kick was a thing in Kirby's Adventure It, along with dashing, was removed in Dream Land 2 probably because of the small screen.

[@emmastarr5242]

> None of the tracks are particularly memorable Excuse me what. Otherwise, solid review. Probably my favorite Kirby game in general, though I did rely on a guide to 100% it.

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

AnD i wOuLdN'T cAlL iT cAtChY

[@crabking3525]

What's the music at the start? That's my favorite one.

[@lenarmangum8630]

Yeah I couldn’t disagree more with that, and a lot of parts of this review.

[@Mike14264]

Ripple Field's first track is ingrained in me brain.

[@backlashD]

This is my favorite Kirby game. I love the music, stage design and difficulty.

[@goopoh]

fr 🚬🗿

[@reformedorthodoxmunmanquara]

This one is a gift from the gods because, cool animal friends, cool helper, cool music, cute music, -cool- scary final boss

[@ColeFam]

Second favorite Kirby game, here. Also, Nago is the best animal buddy and an all around stand-up guy.

[@Kani8122]

When it comes to music, instrumentation is at least as important as composition. Even if you personally don't find Kirby melodies all that impressive, I'd argue that the execution really *does* make Kirby music stand out, with the soothing instrumentation and at the same time frantic percussion that gives it a unique energy.

[@LarryLopez91]

"I can't help but wonder what the point of this change was." How is double tapping to run a change from previous games? A change from the previous two "Dreamland" games perhaps, but we've seen this already in Kirby's adventure and Superstar.

[@SuperZombieBros]

I’ve always wished that the animal buddy system would be brought back in a modern Kirby game. I still think it has room to grow and improve. I know that they appeared in Star Allies but it just wasn’t the same.

[@thewolfgabe3656]

If you want a kirby with a bit more meat on its bones I recommend Super Star

[@SoftEndy]

Super Star Ultra on the DS is the best version of it.

[@lovevictini]

@@SoftEndy yeah the snes version honestly isnt a very good game, if you want to play it play the amazing ds version

[@SoftEndy]

@@lovevictini The SNES version is still good, but yeah the DS one is way better.

[@wigglerwednesday]

This game means a whole lot to me (Nago is my favorite!!) and I was delighted to see that many of the qualms I had with it were mentioned in this video. I always thought those minigames were more frustrating than they should be... I had to cheat by using save states a lot just so I didn't have to go back and do it again. Great video, I was actually pretty sad when it ended (that's not saying it was too short of a video though, no worries!)

[@SuperZombieBros]

This may sound strange but I played this game and Kirby Super Star back to back recently and I don’t know what it is but I prefer Kirby’s Dream Land 3.

[@DonnyKirkMusic]

I'm so dumb that I used a guide for this game lol, just to read the objective for each stage and that's all. Not my favorite Kirby but its fun. And yeah I will probably never shoot for a 100% on this game ever again. Also Kirby has always had an ethereal atmosphere in its music so that's probably why you feel like it is good but sticks in the background. Usually stuff like that is like that.

[@goopoh]

Why do you feel bad about using a guide for this game it can be confusing without it when you're trying to go for 100%

[@pikajade]

Oh, hey, this guy seems to legitimately like this ga- "...Dream Land 3 is often mediocre..." I would be pissed if you weren't right. Really, the reason I love this game so much is mostly because it was one of the first Kirby games I'd ever played. Also, the final boss (lore-wise, anyway) definitely helps (dark) matters in that respect. By the way, to clarify, I was born long after this game was released. I played it on the Wii U's Virtual Console and absolutely fell in love. Also, a couple more things: 1. Dream Land is a part of Planet Pop Star, not an entirely different place. 2. There are 6 animal buddies. You said at one point that there were only 5. 3. "...and I wouldn't call it catchy." I would most certainly beg to differ in that respect. From the calm atmosphere of Ripple Field 2 to the hectic frenzy of Hyper Zone 2 (this game really made me appreciate the number 2), almost every track in this game is super memorable. This may just be a (dark) matter (wait, I already made that joke) of opinion, but I personally think that this game succeeds at delivering the surprisingly high standard Kirby level of catchy and general pleasant-sounding music that fans have come to expect. For the first one, it's fine; I don't expect you to be an expert on Kirby lore, just figured I'd point a few things out.

[@implantgames]

Haha, I adore Kirby's Dream Land 3. However most of my admiration comes from the subjective elements. I dig the art style even though I don't think it is technically excellent. I dig the music even though I can't pinpoint anything particularly great about it, I just like it. And being sandwiched between daunting Zelda reviews, I appreciate the light nature of the adventure. But alas, I don't think any of these things make the game great, just something I personally enjoy :) 1) Others have pointed this out and I am not sure how I missed Dream Land was on Pop Star haha 2) I hate when those sloppy errors slip through... 3) See above

[@powpuck5031]

The sliding kick is more of an evasive maneuver than an attack, similar to Mega Man's; unlike Mega Man's, which is nonoffensive and leaves one damaged upon contact with a foe, doing so with Kirby will cause him to be harmlessly flung backwards to a safer distance. Morevover, this leaves him still facing the enemy, still primed and ready to attack again, instead of having to reorient. ...Or I assume that's the case here. It's been a long time since I've played this, though I'm certain it's true of Super Star, where the maneuver originated. It isn't its fault if it wasn't properly implemented in later games.

[@implantgames]

As I reviewed my footage I noticed I would use the run a lot during boss battles, such as racing underneath the Haboki when it jumps. I guess the slide kick would work in this instance as well.

[@DeskoDev]

I can confirm that the slide kick you mentioned in the vid was also present in Kirby's Adventure but not DL1 or 2.

[@HybridAngelZero]

The three Dark Matter titles had a different director than Adventure and Super Star, I think a lot of your feeling toward the "Top 40/junk food" feel applies more to those. I would personally say Super Star is eons beyond this game overall

[@genyakozlov1316]

Super Star is one of the worst Kirby games. Unfair puzzles, like needing to take a fire partner underwater to light a fuse. Badly told story, as you can skip the first cutscene of any "game" by simply pressing start. Non-Kirby-like difficulty. Boring level design.

[@filthyshrek101bc2]

@@genyakozlov1316 yeah I agree, the boss and enemy design is either unfair or bad and some of the controls aren't as good as dreamland 3. I also have had a problem with turning when wanting to change directions quickly after an attack and then there is the level design like you said etc.

[@tanyaharmon6739]

You sound more chill then usual.

[@implantgames]

I'm exhausted.

[@mikerussell4751]

Was stoked to open up youtube and find this video! Keep up the good work man . Cheers from Canada

[@MF-yt6to]

Are you going to do Kirby Super Star ? That was the first Kirby game I played.

[@ERMediaOfficial]

I love Kirby, got the pink puffpall tatooed on my arm after all. The Dark Matter games are all a low point for me, though. I like Kirby BECAUSE it is rather easy, giving you an overabundance of powers and generally not demanding too much. I like it when there is alot of exploration and bonus objectives that are not required to finish the game. I like some of the catchy music and the fact that Kriby is a series about unknowing horrors and unknowable elder gods that just happen to run into this unbeatable cute sweet kid, really. To me, it is about simply having fun, relaxing and not being frustrated because I don't have much time playing games and like it when something isn't very hard. I dislike randomness, rogue-likes, focus on combat or hard games. Kirby is exactly made for me. This is why The Great Cave Offensive and Milky Way Wishes are probably among my favorite, next to Adventure and Star Allies^^

[@Mike14264]

Honestly, I still don't get that mindset that a game is only mediocre if it's easy. A game doesn't need to be hard in order to be fun. Heck, sometimes it contributes to a good feel. And it's not like these games are a snoozefest.

[@Sjono]

This felt like one of the more difficult Kirby games

[@MemeinAndDreamin]

Love when you upload, man. Always a quality video.

[@hyperhedgehog7]

I really hope you're going to cover a lot of other kirby games, because the overall quality of each game varies wildly until the modern era

[@recon_p]

I played this after playing through Super Star and it felt like an extremely stripped down version of it to me. Copy abilities no longer had real movesets and that's the problem I had with the N64 version too. Sure, there are more copy abilities thanks to the combinations but none of them are half as interesting as the ones in Super Star.

[@casualvanilla]

Yeah, Super Star coming out one year before this game REALLY didn't help Dream Land 3.

[@goopoh]

​@@casualvanillayeah but it's still a W game 🗿👍

[@Sly88Frye]

I guess if you do go on marathon of Kirby games this one can feel underwhelming, but I guess I grew up as such a big Kirby fan back in the 90 since I played the tree of Kirby's Dreamland games in the 90s as well as Kirby super star that when I actually played Kirby's dream Collection on the Wii which has all the 90s Kirby games as well as Kirby 64 I enjoyed going through all of the games. I actually have fun with the mini games because I'm actually good at them, although I do find the one with the colored gordos to be really challenging. I've never fully 100% the entire game on SNES which I think actually the full amount is 103 or 104 percent, I don't remember, however when using the SNES online service on the switch which has save states I actually did complete everything because it was just so hard to perfect all the mini-games in one Marathon. the added ending after that is not much different than the full ending after getting all the heart stars and defeating the true final boss.

[@eviltables8510]

The Slide Kick and Run were both there in Kirby's Adventure and Kirby Superstar but not Dreamland 2

[@NameThatNobodyTakes]

Of course this was released before we had phones with cameras but I once completed a near impossible memorization task in Okami similar to the challenges presented in Kirby's Dreamland 3 which was way too fast for my synapses to register by simply making a short video of the sequence which I needed to remember. Sure this is cheating but it's not like the game designers leave you with any choice

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

I found the sound minigame not so hard. But maybe I'm superhuman :P

[@goopoh]

Bro you are Superman 💀

[@lovevictini]

i beat all the minigames by just putting my camera to the screen and recording it and rewatching the footage

[@implantgames]

Haha, fantastic :D

[@samlindberg]

Exactly what I’d do for Mario Party matching games

[@goopoh]

You are a genius I'm actually going to do that

[@Anths_art]

Ripple Field 2 has been stuck in my head for 6 years at this point how can you say this at 17:00 LMAOO

[@nathanieljones8043]

I loved this game as a kid I now know why I never beat it

[@samlindberg]

I keep wanting just ONE Kirby game to be a masterpiece-so I’ll wait for your next videos 🤞

[@SoftEndy]

Super Star Ultra is a masterpiece

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

I just hooked up the SNES to a VCR For the mini game involving counting how many Gordos made a specific face. I forget which level it was Sandy Canyon I think.

[@nathanieljones8043]

Oh the memory minigames are no we're near possible on biological level for anyone to do

[@marx4538]

Rayman was released on PS1, sir. *SNES will be obiviously looking not as good as PS1*

[@ThePreciseClimber]

And on the Atari Jaguar.

[@marx4538]

@@ThePreciseClimber Oh.

[@DeskoDev]

@@marx4538 Even then, the Jaguar had better graphical capabilities than the SNES.

[@SoftEndy]

And I honestly think that Rayman is too saturated and colorful for it's own good.

[@marx4538]

@@DeskoDev Yup.

[@blublur06]

As a child for Christmas, I asked my mom for Kirby "All Star" but got this instead. I was slightly disappointed but got over it. I had to get a guide for those heart stars though

[@casualvanilla]

You called Super Star "All Star"? It's not like it would've mattered; parents almost never get the right games when there are multiple of them in a series.

[@blublur06]

@@casualvanilla Yes. I saw Super Star as the Kirby equivalent of Mario All-Star. My mom always tried tho

[@konradwroblewski2115]

Dream Land 3 along with Dream Land 2 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards are my favorite Kirby games. Not sure how this game doesn't get more love as far as retro Kirby games go. Possibly because it was a late release, it came out in November of 1997. More than a full year after the N64 had already launched. In late 1997 people already had or were planning on buying the N64, to play games such as GoldenEye 007 and Diddy Kong Racing which came out around the same time as Kirby's Dream Land 3. Having said that I do feel this game is better than Kirby's Dream Land, Kirby's Adventure (just barely) and Kirby Super Star. The general consensus is that Kirby Super Star is the better SNES title, but again, I blame Dream Land 3's late release for that. Super Star is a compilation of a bunch of smaller games. With many of them being very simple, short and elementary. This one is definitely a longer, more satisfying experience imo. Not to mention the art style is gorgeous, basically Kirby done with the Yoshi's Island aesthetic. The only complaint I do have is that collecting the stars for completing tasks can be a bit confusing as the game doesn't tell you specifically what it wants you to do, aside from the little clue in the picture before you start the level. I do think they dropped the ball on that one. Had they implemented a more clear way of knowing what to do this would hands down be a top 20 SNES title, for me it may be top 20 regardless because the sheer aesthetic, controls, copy abilities, animal buddies and level design is great. You may have to check the internet to figure out what to do, but once you do you'll have a blast with this game if you're into Kirby.

[@shirecomtune1088]

Another spectacular review. Definitely worth the wait, cannot wait for what games you cover next!

[@implantgames]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@Consoletronix]

Cool video man.

[@dstar482]

great work as usual :) keep it up

[@implantgames]

Thanks man!

[@RetroGamePlayers]

Kirby is one chill dude

[@boonanaman7]

Good job Kris! Can't wait for whatever is next

[@implantgames]

Thank you!

[@saizerboy]

Are you going to talk about n64 games in the future?

[@implantgames]

The current plan (subject to change) is for the next 3 videos to be about N64 games :)

[@carlcoats3997]

Yes!!! I'm just salivating for Zelda Ocarina Of Time!!!

[@carlcoats3997]

@@implantgames Kris!!!!

[@falcone5696]

Dream Land is part of Popstar. Kirby games almost always take place in Popstar.

[@implantgames]

Well I'll be damned!

[@lenarmangum8630]

23:00 Just like I can’t help but feel underwhelmed by this review.

[@goopoh]

fr 🗿

[@PaperAiden]

Why? Cuz he didnt like the game? Honestly this is one of the worst kirby games, star allies legit above this game

[@exiao3549]

my favorite kirby game

[@jaymzx2587]

Great review Kris, really insightful. I never played any Kirby games in my childhood, never had a NES or SNES (I was a Sega fanboy). I recently picked up a SNES Classic and have been playing the Kirby compilation game which is on there, and it’s great stuff!

[@mattdog1000000]

Kirby Super Star is one of my favorite games of all time, so I hope you enjoy it! Dreamland 3 has its moments, but altogether, it's one of the least enjoyable games in the series, what bothered me most was how your health doesn't recover between stages... it constantly became a stress in a game that looks to be so calm and peaceful.

[@ShockHat734]

Juliusaurus is dreamland 3 too hard for you?

[@marx4538]

@ShockHat734 Frustrating =/= Hard. There can be "frustrating hard", there can be "hard" and there can be "frustrating". He meant that the game for him was "frustrating".

[@goopoh]

​@@marx4538well then he sucks at video games the game's pretty chill

[@marx4538]

@@goopoh Well sure I suppose

[@TerrorOfTalos]

This game was just boring to me, I like the art direction and music though

[@cravis123]

I felt the same!

[@zetareticulan321]

Is there a game genie code to get all heart stars?

[@Frilleon]

I didn’t like the drawing/pastel/sketch style graphics. I preferred the art style of the first Kirby games. This was especially a problem in crystal shards for me. The game itself was good

[@SoftEndy]

I like the style in this but not in Crystal Shards.

[@jogymogy3691]

The only Dreamland Title I never played :/

[@LilJeezyLoC]

Really digging your content 👍

[@GoldConnor]

I’m planning to get a physical copy, but it’s $100 so I’m waiting until the moneys right

[@implantgames]

I bought the Japanese version, significantly cheaper!

[@casualvanilla]

Get the Japanese version and just play it on your Super Nintendo (it's incredibly easy to play Japanese games on a non-Japanese model). It will be much cheaper.

[@GoldConnor]

implantgames Thanks for the suggestion

[@brinst_ar]

Next up super star and super star ultra

[@bradlauk1419]

There was a kirby's adventure 3? There's a trilogy?

[@ShockHat734]

what?

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

How you just gonna skip Super Star?

[@ChorusKids]

URFTBOUND4LIFE And no one’s commenting him skipping adventure |(

[@URFTBOUND4LIFE]

He did Adventure right before Dreamland 2.

[@ChorusKids]

Update: Checked, he never did it during the marathon and did it two years ago

[@supersmashbro596]

hoo boy.... comparing the kirby games to junk food or top 40 pop. that's kind of a controversial statement. then again, super star is where the series really starts its stride

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

it's not wrong though

[@SoftEndy]

@@That_Lady_Charlie I would certainly say it is, along with many others. Kirby is my favorite Nintendo series.

[@SereKabii]

early kirby kind of is that tbh

[@marx4538]

@SereKabii Modern Kirby is more kind of that. Same engine, almost same abilities, and it's more boring and flat then any Early Kirby game.

[@ShockHat734]

Marx You just think that everything that isn’t super star is trash, don’t you?

[@jonmahashintina]

couldnt ever finish this one. the emulator was showing the tree level without transparency.

[@ChinoWantan]

10:00 Annoying Orange? D:

[@sammylane21]

Haha!! Sure does look like him.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

Yeah, the art style is not the best in this. It pales in comparison to Yoshi's Island, released two years prior.

[@casualvanilla]

I get what the artists were going for; a very cute art style that looks like a child drew everything in this game with some crayons. I think where the game falters is that the overall colours are not saturated enough. Yoshi's Island has a similar art direction (childlike), but it has a lot of detail in the graphics that Kirby's Dream Land 3 kind of lacks.

[@dick_an]

I dunno. I think Yoshi's Island's use of the style is kind of annoying. Mostly the thick outlining does me in, makes it too cartoonish and cardboard. I prefer the subdued style of this game better.

[@casualvanilla]

@@dick_an Art style is very subjective on whether you like it or not, so I can see why you wouldfind this game more visually appealing. It's not as if it's an ugly game by any means.

[@tamed4171]

Hold up, did you really not 100% complete the game cause of the minigames? Seriously? Like, they're hard but not impossible. I 100% the game when I was a kid, yes the minigames took multiple tries but i still tried even if i failed or if it was hard. Never have i ever heard someone say they couldn't complete Kirby's dreamland 3 cause of some minigames. Grow up dude

[@hylianbran7273]

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