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Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Yutaka Watanabe
Producer(s)
  • Tadashi Kamitake
  • Jun Tsuda
  • Toyokazu Nonaka
Programmer(s)
  • Takashi Nozue
  • Yohei Fukuda
Artist(s)Tsuyoshi Fujita
Writer(s)Shinya Kumazaki
Composer(s)
SeriesKirby
Platform(s)
Release
    • WW: February 24, 2023
Genre(s)Action-platformer
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
"The tough puff Kirby is back for a 4-player platforming adventure. Copy enemies’ abilities and use their power to attack with a sword, wield a whip, and float with a parasol. You can also laser blast with the new Mecha Copy Ability that makes a series debut! The extra muscle will be handy in finding missing pieces for Magolor’s ship, which crash landed on Planet Popstar. Float and fight along with friends on the same system, where each player can control another Kirby or one of Kirby’s iconic friends like King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Bandana Waddle Dee."
― Official description

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is a platformer Kirby game developed by HAL Laboratory and Vanpool and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on February 24, 2023. A remake of the 2011 Wii platform game Kirby's Return to Dream Land, it features updated graphics, remastered music, and new sub-games.

This was the last game to be developed by Vanpool before it shut down on May 31, 2023.

Story[]

On a bright day in Dream Land, Kirby, holding a Strawberry Shortcake, is being chased by King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee. Meta Knight is on a hill, reading a book. Suddenly, a dimensional rift opens up in the sky and a starship known as the Lor Starcutter falls to the planet. Kirby and his friends enter the ship, and find Magolor, who explains that he lost his ship parts and needs Kirby's help to get them back. Kirby agrees, and he and his friends set off on a new adventure.

After Kirby collects all of the five Part Spheres, Magolor rewards them by taking them to Halcandra. However, when Kirby and the crew arrive, the ship is downed by Landia, the dragon who was responsible for the ship's first downing. Magolor once again asks for Kirby's help to defeat the dragon, which Kirby once again agrees to that response.

After defeating Landia, Kirby's victory is cut short when Magolor appears and takes the Master Crown. He then puts it on, transforming him into a powerful being. He then reveals his entire plan to Kirby, and how he tricked him into helping him reach the Master Crown so that he could conquer the universe. Magolor then heads into Another Dimension, but Landia recovers and helps Kirby and his friends by offering them a ride through Another Dimension. Kirby and his friends head into the rift.

After downing the Lor Starcutter a third time, Landia chases Magolor further into Another Dimension, but Magolor strikes all four dragons down, causing Kirby and his friends to fall deeper into the dimension. Kirby eventually engages Magolor himself, and strikes the Master Crown with the Ultra Sword, but the strike only unleashes the power of the crown, transforming Magolor again. Kirby defeats Magolor again, causing the corrupted creature to dissipate, leaving Magolor and the crown's shards to fall into a dimensional abyss.

The seeming destruction of the Master Crown at the hands of Kirby and his friends causes Another Dimension to begin to collapse with the dimensional rift back to Popstar starting to close. All hope seems lost for the heroes, until the Lor and Landia arrive on the scene. Landia picks up Kirby and his friends, whereas the Lor reopens the portal back to Popstar before they can be swollowed by the encroaching void. Back home, Kirby and his friends wake up, glad to see that they are all okay, then they wave farewell to Landia and the Lor.

Meanwhile, Magolor, who is plummeting down a dimensional abyss, has his magic dispersed across the realm alongside the shards of the crown, leaving his robes monochrome and tattered. Magolor eventually wakes up, having been stripped of most of his powers. He wanders around Aerogree Dimension for a bit, when suddenly, he is ambushed by Doomers. After defeating them, he gains a Fruit Fragment. Magolor is transported to the Ethereal Altar, where the fragment is placed on the petestal and bestows Magolor a portion of his lost abilities.

After collecting all five fragments, they unite to form the Gem Apple Seed. However, before Magolor can take it, the shards of the Master Crown find their way to Magolor and possesses the seed, transforming into the Crowned Doomer. Magolor defeats the Crowned Doomer, but the shards take control of the seed and transform it into a giant tree. After weakening the crown, Magolor pulls out a sword from the ruins and forges his own Ultra Sword, which he uses to finish the crown off.

A dimensional rift then opens in front of Magolor, who enters it. Magolor ends up in the Dream Kingdom's Castle Village, where he finds that the Gem Apple Seed has become a small seedling. He plants the seedling in the village, then he establishes his Shoppe, and then he congregates with Broom Hatter, Bandana Waddle Dee, Rick, Kine, and Coo, setting up the events of Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Super Kirby Clash.

Gameplay[]

File:KRtDLD Mecha.png

The new Mecha Copy Ability.

An enhanced remake of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe features an updated art style but mostly contains the same content as the original release. It introduces the new Mecha and Sand Copy Abilities alongside the return of Festival, a new game mode titled Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler that tells the events of Magolor's return after the shattering of the Master Crown, and new sub-games in the form of Magolor's Tome Trackers, Booming Blasters, and Samurai Kirby 100, as well as other returning sub-games from past entries in the series that can be found in the brand new Merry Magoland theme park. The game appears to utilize a more pop-up story based design that was previously seen in one of the prototypes for Kirby GCN.

The game introduces a new collectible in the form of dress-up masks. These are collected in Merry Magoland by through Stamp Rally rewards, earned by playing sub-games. There are 86 masks to collect in total. Some of the masks are only cosmetic, while others change the player character's voice lines. Certain masks also provide boosts to particular attacks. The player can receive souvenir items also obtained from Merry Magoland through the Stamp Rally rewards. Souvenir items are a variety of items that can be accessed with Template:SwitchButton to help the player progress through the game. Stamp Tickets can also be found in the Main Mode for Kirby to redeem in Merry Magoland for more prizes.

Players have the extra option of turning on help from Helper Magolor, a version of Magolor that provides Kirby with a stamina potion which doubles his health, carries him out of pits, and occasionally provides Copy Essences for Kirby to inhale.

Main Mode[]

File:KRtDLDX Menu.jpg

Main Mode menu.

  • Story Mode
    • Challenge Stages
      • Sword Challenge
      • Sand Challenge
      • Whip Challenge
      • Hi-Jump Challenge
      • Water Challenge
      • Mecha Challenge
      • Bomb Challenge
      • Wing Challenge
      • Item Challenge
  • Extra Mode
    • Challenge Stages
      • Sword Challenge EX
      • Sand Challenge EX
      • Whip Challenge EX
      • Hi-Jump Challenge EX
      • Water Challenge EX
      • Mecha Challenge EX
      • Bomb Challenge EX
      • Wing Challenge EX
      • Item Challenge EX
  • The Arena
  • Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
  • The True Arena

Merry Magoland[]

File:KRtDLD Magolor's Tome Trackers.png

Magolor's Tome Trackers

  • Egg Catcher
  • Samurai Kirby
  • Magolor's Tome Trackers
  • Checkerboard Chase
  • Bomb Rally
  • Crackity Hack
  • Smash Ride
  • Booming Blasters
  • Kirby on the Draw
  • Ninja Dojo
  • Samurai Kirby 100

Characters[]

Playable Characters[]

Non-playable Characters[]

  • Bubbles
  • Chef Kawasaki
  • Doc
  • Kabula
  • Manager Magolor
  • Robo Dedede
  • Souvenir Shop Waddle Dee
  • Spinni
  • Squeakers
  • Storo
  • UFO
  • Waddle Dees

Multiplayer Co-op[]

File:KRtDLD Multiplayer.png

Four players fight against Whispy Woods.

Players 2, 3, or 4 can join an ongoing game at any time, but it costs a 1UP to do so, and all players share the same number of lives with Player 1. The other players can play as Meta Knight, King Dedede, Bandana Waddle Dee, or a different-colored Kirby. Kirbys are the only ones who can copy abilities, while the other three characters each have the moveset of a different Copy Ability (Meta Knight has Sword and Wing; King Dedede has Hammer; and Bandana Waddle Dee has Spear). If Kirby has a Super Ability, Kirby can hit his teammates, causing them to flinch. When playing in multiplayer, Kirbys can inhale other Kirbys and steal their Copy Abilities.

If there are no more 1UPs left, the new player can still join, but with a quarter of their health full. The selected character then appears right beside Kirby wherever he may be. If a player quits at any time, Player 1 does not gain a 1UP back unless they do so with full health. If Player 1 loses all of his/her HP, everyone has to restart the level at the last checkpoint, but if the same thing happens to Players 2, 3, or 4, they can simply reselect the desired character and beam right beside where Kirby was.

Players can preform a Piggyback and stack up on each other's backs when moving about and this does not slow down movement. By doing so, the four players can use a Team Attack. By holding and simultaneously releasing the Guard button, they can release a powerful attack that is unique to the character at the bottom of the stack. Kirby shoots out a giant blast of air, Meta Knight releases a giant Sword Beam, King Dedede smashes the ground, unleashing a burst of stars, Bandana Waddle Dee can launch three energy balls in different directions while performing his Multi-spear Attack, and Magolor unleashes a weak version of Magolor Cannon.

Should a player fall too far behind the others, the character will Space Jump to Player 1 like Helpers do in Kirby Super Star. They can also go back to Player 1 by holding Template:SwitchButton/Template:SwitchButton and Template:SwitchButton at the same time. Face-to-Face food transfer has returned, and works the same as in Kirby Super Star, but now up to four players can share the same food.

Enemies[]

Regular enemies[]

  • Armor Halcandra Dee
  • Armor Waddle Dee
  • Armoroid
  • Babut
  • Barbar
  • Barracu
  • Blade Knight
  • Blipper
  • Bouncy
  • Bouncy Sis
  • Bowby
  • Bronto Burt
  • Broom Hatter
  • Bulby
  • Cappy
  • Cerulean
  • Chilly
  • Clayn
  • Coldtzo
  • Como
  • Craby
  • Darpa
  • Deaper
  • Degout
  • Dippa
  • Donpuffle
  • Dooter Skull
  • Dooter Snake (EX)
  • Dubior Jr. (EX)
  • Dupa
  • Elec
  • Explosive Coconut
  • Fatty Puffer Jr. (EX)
  • Fiery Puffer Jr.
  • Flamer
  • Foley
  • Galbo
  • Gemra
  • Gigatzo
  • Glunk
  • Gordo
  • Halcandra Bouncy
  • Halcandra Bowby
  • Halcandra Burt
  • Halcandra Dee
  • Hot Head
  • Hunter Degout
  • Hunter Scarfy
  • Iron Barbar
  • Juckle
  • Kabu
  • Key Dee
  • Knuckle Joe
  • Lanzer
  • Leafan
  • Metal Bit (EX)
  • Moonja
  • Mopoo
  • Mumbies
  • Needlous
  • Nruff
  • Noddy
  • Owgulf
  • Pacloud
  • Pacto
  • Parasol Halcandra Dee
  • Parasol Waddle Dee
  • Parasol Waddle Doo
  • Pierce
  • Pluid
  • Poppy Bros. Jr.
  • Puppet Waddle Dee
  • Rocky
  • Sandran
  • Scarfy
  • Searches
  • Sheld
  • Shotzo
  • Sir Kibble
  • Snowl
  • Sparky
  • Starman
  • Squishy
  • Super Blade Knight
  • Super Chilly
  • Super Hot Head
  • Super Waddle Doo
  • Swordory
  • Tick
  • Totenga
  • Twister
  • Volttzo
  • Waddle Dee
  • Waddle Doo
  • Walf
  • Walky
  • Wapod
  • Water Galbo
  • Whippy

Mid-bosses[]

  • Bonkers (EX)
  • Dubior (EX)
  • Gigant Edge (EX)
  • Kibble Blade (EX)
  • King Doo (EX)
  • Moundo (EX)
  • Sphere Doomer (EX)
  • Super Bonkers (EX)
  • Water Galboros (EX)

Bosses[]

  • Whispy Woods (EX)
  • Mr. Dooter (EX)
  • Fatty Puffer (EX)
  • Goriath (EX)
  • Grand Doomer (EX)
  • Metal General (EX)
  • Landia (EX)
  • Electricky Dooter
  • Fiery Puffer
  • Hydriath
  • Rampaging Doomers
  • Crowned Doomer
  • HR-D3
  • Lor (EX) & Magolor
  • Magolor (EX)
  • Galacta Knight
  • Master Crown
  • Magolor Soul

Copy Abilities[]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe contains 26 standard Copy Abilities, two of which are new, and one of which debuted in Kirby Star Allies and didn't appear in the original Wii title.

File:KRtDLD Beam Ability Icon.png
Beam
File:KRtDLD Bomb Ability Icon.png
Bomb
File:KRtDLD Crash Ability Star artwork.png
Crash
File:KRtDLD Cutter Ability Icon.png
Cutter
File:KRtDLD Festival Ability Icon.png
Festival
(returning from Kirby Star Allies)
File:KRtDLD Fighter Ability Star artwork.png
Fighter
File:KRtDLD Fire Ability Star artwork.png
Fire
File:KRtDLD Hammer Ability Star artwork.png
Hammer
File:KRtDLD Hi-Jump Ability Icon.png
Hi-Jump
File:KRtDLD Ice Ability Star artwork.png
Ice
File:KRtDLD Leaf Ability Icon.png
Leaf
File:Mecha Copy Ability Star.png
Mecha
(new)
File:KRtDLD Mike Ability Icon.png
Mike
File:KRtDLD Needle Ability Star artwork.png
Needle
File:KRtDLD Ninja Ability Star artwork.png
Ninja
File:KRtDLD Parasol Ability Star artwork.png
Parasol
File:Sand Copy Ability Star.png
Sand
(new)
File:KRtDLD Sleep Ability Star artwork.png
Sleep
File:KRtDLD Spark Ability Icon.png
Spark
File:KRtDLD Spear Ability Icon.png
Spear
File:KRtDLD Stone Ability Icon.png
Stone
File:KRtDLD Sword Ability Star artwork.png
Sword
File:KRtDLD Tornado Ability Star artwork.png
Tornado
File:KRtDLD Water Ability Icon.png
Water
File:KRtDLD Whip Ability Icon.png
Whip
File:KRtDLD Wing Ability Star artwork.png
Wing

Super Abilities[]

File:KRtDLD Flare Beam Ability Icon.png
Flare Beam
File:KRtDLD Grand Hammer Icon.png
Grand Hammer
File:KRtDLD Monster Flame Ability Star artwork.png
Monster Flame
File:KRtDLD Snow Bowl Ability Icon.png
Snow Bowl
File:KRtDLD Ultra Sword Ability Icon.png
Ultra Sword

Items[]

  • 1UP (EX)
  • Balloon Bomb
  • Candle
  • Crackler
  • Dress-Up Mask
  • Energy Drink
  • Energy Sphere
  • Food
  • Fruit Fragment
  • Invisibility Stone
  • Key
  • Magic Point
  • Maxim Tomato
  • Part Sphere
  • Point Star (EX)
  • Prism Shield
  • Stamp Ticket
  • Stomper Boot

Levels[]

Story Mode/Extra Mode[]

File:KRtDLDX Planet Popstar icon.png
Planet Popstar
File:KRtDLDX Lor icon.png
Lor Starcutter
File:KRtDLDX Cookie Country icon.png
Cookie Country
File:KRtDLDX Raisin Ruins icon.png
Raisin Ruins
File:KRtDLDX Onion Ocean icon.png
Onion Ocean
File:KRtDLDX White Wafers icon.png
White Wafers
File:KRtDLDX Nutty Noon icon.png
Nutty Noon
File:KRtDLDX Halcandra icon.png
Halcandra
File:KRtDLDX Lor icon.png
Lor Starcutter
File:KRtDLDX Egg Engines icon.png
Egg Engines
File:KRtDLDX Dangerous Dinner icon.png
Dangerous Dinner
File:KRtDLDX Another Dimension icon.png
Another Dimension

Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler[]

  • Opening Stage
  • Area 1: Aerogree Dimension
  • Area 2: Pyred Dimension
  • Area 3: Poseiblu Dimension
  • Area 4: Locandra Dimension
  • Ethereal Altar

Demo[]

The demo for Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe was released worldwide on February 8th, 2023, coinciding with the Nintendo Direct that streamed on the same day. It contains two stages consisting of parts of Cookie Country and Raisin Ruins and a boss battle with Whispy Woods (and Whispy Woods EX once his standard form is defeated). The demo version of Merry Magoland contains two sub-games, Booming Blasters and Ninja Dojo.

Stage 1 consists only of stages from Cookie Country. The first two rooms are the first two rooms of Stage 1, the third room is the first room of Stage 2 (albeit the Warp Star is replaced with a door), the fourth room is the third room of Stage 3 and the fifth room is the third room of Stage 1 (including the Another Dimension room).

Stage 2 consists of stages from Raisin Ruins and Cookie Country. The first room is the first room of Raisin Ruins Stage 1 (including the bonus room), the second room is the third room of Raisin Ruins Stage 1, the third room is the first room of Raisin Ruins Stage 2, the fourth room is the first room of Cookie Country Stage 4 of (including the HAL Room), and the fifth room is the fourth room of Cookie Country Stage 4 (including the Another Dimension sequence).

Whispy Woods EX's Pause Screen, Magolor's dialogue when spoken to at Merry Magoland's reception, and his annoyed dialogue in the Lor Starcutter also differ from the full version.

List of differences from Kirby's Return to Dream Land[]

File:CookieCountry.png File:CCS1.jpg
Comparison of Cookie Country - Stage 1 from the original and the remake.
  • The game utilizes a new pop-up storybook design, similar to those seen in Kirby Battle Royale and one of Kirby GCN's prototypes.
  • All abilities and powers have new visual effects entirely.
  • Meta Knight's design has been updated to resemble his appearance in Kirby: Planet Robobot while retaining his skin color from Kirby and the Forgotten Land, with his mask's visor far narrower, more detailed wings, gloves and shoes, his body a darker color, and his icon on his left shoulder pauldron.
  • King Dedede's design has been updated to resemble his appearance in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, minus his animal-pelt robes.
  • Bandana Waddle Dee is referred to by his full name in this game instead of just "Waddle Dee". His spear also has an orange ribbon attached to it, which first appeared in Kirby Fighters 2.
  • Copy Ability techniques not present in Kirby's Return to Dream Land that appear in Kirby Star Allies and Kirby Fighters 2 were added. Meta Knight's Sky Knight Sword and Galactic Counter, King Dedede's Head Slide and Super Dedede Jump, and Bandana Waddle Dee's Ground Thrust were added as well.
    • Certain other techniques were changed to their behavior in Kirby Star Allies or Kirby Fighters 2.
    • For Galactic Counter, Meta Knight now takes slight damage from some enemy attacks, modified from Kirby Star Allies.
  • Kirby and friends now have proper diagonal swimming animations and Kirby's Water Gun can now shoot water bubbles in those directions.
  • Mid-bosses generate an ability star when destroyed, similar to that in Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Players no longer take damage upon making contact with a KO'd mid-boss, but still get knocked back.
  • Similar to mid-bosses, players no longer take damage from Balloon Bombs if they hold it for too long or get near it after it explodes, but will still get knocked back.
  • The dodge, air dodge, and Quick Fall techniques debuting in Kirby: Triple Deluxe were added.
  • Space Jumps are yellow instead of white.
  • The addition of two new modes, Merry Magoland and Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler.
    • Two new sub-games, Magolor's Tome Trackers and Booming Blasters, as well as several remade sub-games from past titles have been added, while Scope Shot has been removed.
  • The characters receive new voice clips.
  • Wing Kirby's headdress has been redesigned.
  • Two new HAL rooms were added, one in Stage 2 of Dangerous Dinner, and the other in the hub stage of Magolor Epilogue.
  • A new musical cue and animation has been added when entering a Goal Door.
  • New animations are featured when Kirby obtains Super Abilities which can be skipped, and most enemies now slam into the screen when hit by an attack.
    • The original animations are used in the fight against Magolor.
  • Gigant Sword and Morpho Knight Sword from Kirby and the Forgotten Land are added to Ultra Sword's arsenal.
  • New transitions were added when players enter a door or dimensional rift.
  • Similar to Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Kirby's Dream Buffet, the player can now emote when different directions are pressed on Template:SwitchButton.
  • The Jukebox now displays song titles and shows colored notes with the colors corresponding to the songs' respective composers. There is also an Autoplay option. In exchange for the latter, the Sound Effect option is removed.
  • Extra Mode now unlocks regardless of the progress in Story Mode.
  • Extra Mode adds enemies and obstacles not present in the original.
  • Music now muffles when underwater.
  • The player's life count is saved, like in Kirby Star Allies. Unlike in Star Allies, the max life count is 99 lives instead of 999, but Kirby’s icon still gains a crown when reaching so.
  • In the Extra Mode, the player's health bar is now purple instead of green. This change was likely made because using a Health Potion changes the player's health bar to green.
  • At the end of the "Was named "Staff Credits in Kirby's Return to Dream Land" cutscene, "The end?" is replaced with "There's more!"
  • HR-D3 and Galacta Knight's laser now leaves behind a shockwave, similar to that of Aeon Hero (Light/Dark).
  • Some of Galacta Knight's attacks, most notably his Spin Slash, are now recolored to match his lance as opposed to them reusing the same color as Meta Knight.
  • In Extra Mode, while mostly unchanged, Magolor Soul now juggles enemies faster, and travels through portals faster.
  • The True Arena now includes the bosses from Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, increasing the total number of bosses to 21.
    • The battle against Magolor Soul in The True Arena has been heavily altered with a maroon red enviroment instead of indigo alongside the center of the arena resembling Void Termina's core and Magolor Soul using far more aggressive attacks than in Extra Mode with a second phase in the battle alongside a unique defeat animation.
      • Magolor Soul now has new Super Ability attacks resembling the Sand and Mecha Copy Abilities during this fight.
  • Due to the introduction of souvenir items, the final score in The Arena and The True Arena will be labeled as "Assisted" with a red present box, in a similar fashion like Kirby and the Forgotten Land with stock items, should any item be brought into the battle.
  • All of the cutscenes have been reanimated.
  • Some of the music has been replaced, often with those from recent installments.
    • The music that plays in the HAL Room in Cookie Country - Stage 4 is a medley of reused songs from Kirby's Dream Buffet, replacing "Green Greens".
      • The music that plays in the HAL Room in Egg Engines - Stage 5 is the music that played in the menu for the Scope Shot sub-game from the original Kirby's Return to Dream Land, also replacing "Green Greens".
    • When entering the Mid-Boss Tower's secret entrance in Nutty Noon - Stage 5, "VS. Waddle Tank" instead of "Crash! Mid-Boss Tower" plays.
      • "Macho of Dedede" from Kirby Star Allies plays in the Mid-Boss Tower of Nutty Noon - Stage 5 in Extra Mode. "History of Kirby Fighters" from Kirby Fighters 2 plays in the secret route. Both also replace "Crash! Mid-Boss Tower".
    • "Roar of Dedede" from Kirby and the Forgotten Land plays during the second phase of the fight against HR-D3, replacing "Guardian Angel: Landia".
    • When facing Galacta Knight when Player 1 is Meta Knight or King Dedede, the first phase is Kirby Fighter 2’s "Stage of the Partners Who Shook the Heavens", replacing "Guardian Angel: Landia" while the second phase is Galacta Knight's theme from Kirby: Planet Robobot, "The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy Ever", replacing "Otherworldly Warrior". However, the normal themes still play if Player 1 is Kirby or Bandana Waddle Dee.
    • "A Dangerous, High-Flying Finale" from Kirby Fighters 2 plays in the title screen and the first few rest areas in The True Arena, replacing "Dangerous Dinner".
      • Instead of "Dangerous Dinner" and "Where The True Enemy Lies" being the sole tracks in The True Arena's rest areas, the remake now plays "A Dangerous, High-Flying Finale", "Ordeal Doors", "Limitless Power", "Where The True Enemy Lies", "Onward to a Pain my Heart Knows Well", and "INTERNAL STRUGGLE", a distorted remix of "C-R-O-W-N-E-D".
    • "Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD" from Kirby Star Allies, which plays during the fight against Morpho Knight when playing as Magolor, plays during the boss fight against Magolor Soul in The True Arena, replacing "C-R-O-W-N-E-D". In addition, a newly added choir alongside Magolor's voice can be heard during the second phase, calling Kirby for help by repeating カービィ (Kirby) and タスケテ (help me).
    • The music that plays in the last room of Stage 5 of Egg Engines is "Climactic Clash! Robo Dedede," a remix of Heavy Lobster's theme from Kirby Super Star Ultra, which plays during the second phase of the fight against Robo Dedede in the Scope Shot subgame from the original Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It replaces the music "Pressure Panic," which plays in all three crushing rooms of Stage 5 of Egg Engines in the original Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, whereas in the remake it plays in the first two crushing rooms.
  • All bosses in the game now have Pause Screen flavor text, while those that already had them in the original version had theirs changed and expanded.
    • In the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese versions, bosses have been given titles, similar to Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
  • The health bar color for bosses in Extra Mode and The True Arena has been changed.
  • Cannon fuses now go faster when ducking in the cannon, just like in Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
  • If the player fails the fight against Sphere Doomer in the dimensional rift and go back inside after they fail, they will now be back to the battle with Sphere Doomer instead of being sent back to the beginning.
  • The player can now get their Super Ability back when they discard it, though the timer doesn’t reset. However, Magolor (Soul) can still disperse it, regardless of whether Kirby has it or if it is in its Ability Star form.
  • "Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler" receives a new note.
  • The cutscenes when Kirby is riding on a Warp Star, along with him throwing the pieces of the Lor Starcutter, can now be skipped.
  • Two new Challenges (four if EX variants are counted), Mecha Challenge (EX) and Sand Challenge (EX), have been added to the Lor Starcutter.
  • The animation of Drop Copy Ability from Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land was added when Kirby drops a Copy Ability.
  • Switching between Planet Popstar and Halcandra is now done differently: instead of pressing a button while over the Lor Starcutter in the world map, the player can use a pad (similar to the entrances to the worlds) to take them to the other planet, accessed by a path from the Lor Starcutter.
  • Kirby now yells when he is using the Ultra Sword on Magolor.
  • Super Inhale no longer requires shaking the controller or mashing Template:SwitchButton to activate (although these methods can still be used); it automatically activates after holding the Inhale button for long enough, being consistent with most occurrences of Super Inhale.
    • This change is also present with Hyper Tornado.
  • Magolor Soul has a modified portrait in The True Arena, having a more mystical appearance, obscuring his face in darkness and having white eyes, similarly to Soul of Sectonia's portrait. This is to hint that this version of Magolor Soul is different than the one faced in Extra Mode.

Music[]

Transcript[]

Staff[]

Trivia[]

File:KRtDLD Multiplayer.png

Announcement trailer, having Bandana Waddle Dee's name on one line.

File:KRtDLDX BWD.jpg

Gameplay screenshot, showing Bandana Waddle Dee having his name on two lines.

  • In the announcement trailer, Bandana Waddle Dee's name was squished to fit on one line, but in the final game, the font was thickened, which makes the "Bandana Waddle Dee" text appear on two instead.
  • The Nintendo game page had the title "Kirby's Dream Buffet" mistakenly shown rather than the correct title. The issue has since been fixed.
    File:KRtDLDX KDB.png

    The former mistake. Notice the tab name.

  • This is the first Kirby remake to include Copy Abilities not present in the original, with the addition of Festival and the newly-introduced Mecha and Sand.
    • New Copy Abilities were considered for Kirby Super Star Ultra, but ultimately the Copy Abilities were kept the same to maintain the game balance by allowing abilities to be usable in various game modes.[1]
  • Despite the original Kirby's Return to Dream Land being called Kirby's Adventure Wii in European languages, no such name change was made for this remake.
    • This makes Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe the second Kirby remake to use the original game's North American name for the European title. The first was Kirby Super Star Ultra.
  • Just like in the original game, the first letter of all levels except Another Dimension form an acronym spelling the word "CROWNED", foreshadowing Magolor's claiming of the Master Crown, and, in the game, "C-R-O-W-N-E-D" is the name of the music theme that plays during the battle with the game’s final boss, Magolor (Soul). In addition, the first letter of every level of Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler spells the word "APPLE", referring to the Master Crown final boss being a Gem Apple tree.
    • In the French version, the level names spell "PARFAIT" (which translates to "perfect" in French).
    • In the Latin Spanish version, the level names spell "CORONAR"(which translates to "to crown" in Spanish).
    • In the German version, the level names spell spell "KROENEN", with the "OE" likely being meant to symbolize an "Ö", "Krönen" (which translates to "to crown" in German).
    • In the Brazilian Portuguese version, the level names spell "CORAGEM" (which translates to "courage" in Portuguese).
    • In the Dutch version, the level names spell "POPSTAR", which refers to Kirby's home planet of the same name.
  • This is the first main series Kirby game to utilized cel-shaded graphics, mostly to mimic the pop-up book style aesthetics.
  • This is the second Kirby game for Nintendo Switch to run at 60 frames per second; the first was Kirby Fighters 2.
    • However, some scenes run at 30 frames per second, such as the transition where the player enters Another Dimension, Dedede robot in Egg Catcher before starting the game, and the fireworks in the final results screen in Magoland Tour.
  • Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Kirby Star Allies, and Kirby's Return To Dream Land Deluxe are the only games in the Kirby series to save the player's life count.
  • This is the first remake of a core series game to not replace existing mid-bosses or enemies with new ones.
  • The US box art does not use the same box art as the US box art for the original game. It instead uses the box art for the PAL/JP versions, just with updated art and Merry Magoland added. The PAL/JP versions of Deluxe also use this box art.

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Copy Abilities[]

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In-Game Artwork[]

Icons[]

Medals[]

Arena Previews[]

Pause menu screens[]

Character icons[]

Character icons
Character Normal Ouch! (Hurt) Low health Outline Grayscale Done for... (Death)
Kirby File:KRtDLDX Kirby.png File:Kirby Injured.png File:Kirby Low.png File:Kirby Outline.png File:Kirby Grayscale.png File:Kirby Defeat.png
Yellow Kirby File:YKirby.png File:YKirby Injured.png File:YKirby Low.png
Blue Kirby File:BKirby.png File:BKirby Injured.png File:BKirby Low.png
Green Kirby File:GKirby.png File:GKirby Injured.png File:GKirby Low.png
Meta Knight File:KRtDLDX MK.png File:MK Injured.png File:MK Outline.png File:MK Grayscale.png File:MK Defeat.png
King Dedede File:KRtDLDX Dedede.png File:Dedede Injured.png File:Dedede Outline.png File:Dedede Grayscale.png File:Dedede Defeat.png
Bandana Waddle Dee File:KRtDLDX BWD.png File:BWD Injured.png File:BWD Low.png File:BWD Outline.png File:BWD Grayscale.png File:BWD Defeat.png
Magolor File:KRtDLDX Magolor.png File:Magolor Injured.png File:Magolor Low.png File:Magolor Outline.png File:Magolor Grayscale.png File:Magolor Defeat.png
Yellow Magolor File:YMagolor.png File:YMagolor Injured.png File:YMagolor Low.png
Blue Magolor File:BMagolor.png File:BMagolor Injured.png File:BMagolor Low.png
Green Magolor File:GMagolor.png File:GMagolor Injured.png File:GMagolor Low.png

Landia[]

Character icons
Character Normal Ouch! Sweating Outline Done For...
File:KRtDLDX Kirby.png
Kirby
File:Landia Kirby.png File:Landia Kirby Injured.png File:Landia Kirby Low.png File:Landia Kirby Outline.png File:Landia Kirby Defeat.png
File:YKirby.png
Yellow Kirby
File:Landia YKirby.png File:Landia YKirby Injured.png File:Landia YKirby Low.png
File:BKirby.png
Blue Kirby
File:Landia BKirby.png File:Landia BKirby Injured.png File:Landia BKirby Low.png
File:GKirby.png
Green Kirby
File:Landia GKirby.png File:Landia GKirby Injured.png File:Landia GKirby Low.png
File:KRtDLDX MK.png
Meta Knight
File:Landia MK.png File:Landia MK Injured.png File:Landia MK Low.png File:Landia MK Outline.png File:Landia MK Defeat.png
File:KRtDLDX Dedede.png
King Dedede
File:Landia Dedede.png File:Landia Dedede Injured.png File:Landia Dedede Low.png File:Landia Dedede Outline.png File:Landia Dedede Defeat.png
File:KRtDLDX BWD.png
Bandana Waddle Dee
File:Landia BWD.png File:Landia BWD Injured.png File:Landia BWD Low.png File:Landia BWD Outline.png File:Landia BWD Defeat.png

Gallery[]

Merry Magoland sub-game screens[]

Merry Magoland sub-game screens
File:Egg Catcher KRtDLDX.png
Egg Catcher
File:Samurai Kirby KRtDLDX.png
Samurai Kirby
File:Magolor's Tome Trackers.png
Magolor's Tome Trackers
File:Checkerboard Chase KRtDLDX.png
Checkerboard Chase
File:Bomb Rally KRtDLDX.png
Bomb Rally
File:Crackity Hack KRtDLDX.png
Crackity Hack
File:Smash Ride KRtDLDX.png
Smash Ride
File:Booming Blasters.png
Booming Blasters
File:Kirby on the Draw KRtDLDX.png
Kirby on the Draw
File:Ninja Dojo KRtDLDX.png
Ninja Dojo

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Story Mode[]

Extra Mode[]

Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler[]

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