Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Kirby's Return to Dream Land is a platform video game made by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Wii console. It was released in North America on October 24, 2011, in Japan on October 27, 2011, in Europe on November 25, 2011, and in Australia on December 1, 2011. On September 13, 2022, a remake titled Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe was released for the Nintendo Switch on February 23, 2023.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Shinya Kumazaki
Producer(s)	Hiroaki Suga Hitoshi Yamagami Shigefumi Kawase
Designer(s)	Shinya Kumazaki
Composer(s)	Hirokazu Ando Jun Ishikawa
Series	Kirby
Platform(s)	Wii Virtual Console (Wii U)
Release	Wii: NA: October 24, 2011 JP: October 27, 2011 EU: November 25, 2011 AU: December 1, 2011 KOR: September 6, 2012 Nintendo eShop: JP: January 28, 2015 PAL: February 19, 2015 NA: July 30, 2015
Genre(s)	Platforming
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Plot

An alien named Magolor crashes his spaceship on Pop Star. The crash throws five important pieces of his spaceship onto the planet. Kirby must find the five missing pieces of his spaceship to fix it and allow him to go back to his home planet. After, they must kill a dragon named Landia. Magolor then attacks them, and must be killed. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, there is a new mode where you play as Magolor in a different world and must get back your magic powers.

Gameplay

Kirby's Return to Dream Land introduces two new elements to the series. Kirby can use a "Super Inhale," where he can inhale large enemies or multiple small ones. Kirby can also use "Super Abilities," which are stronger versions of Kirby's normal abilities. These abilities allow Kirby to destroy multiple enemies at once. It also allows Kirby to destroy parts of the environment.