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Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

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…

85 24 February 2023

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is an adventure developed by HAL Laboratory, released 24 February 2023 on Nintendo Switch.

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What Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is an adventure game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 2023. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Switch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Kirby series

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is the 88th of 94 entries we hold in the Kirby series. It arrived 6 months after Kirby's Dream Buffet. The next entry was Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Memory Match-Up in 2023. Its critic score of 85 is 7 points above the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe launched on 24 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered and Octopath Traveler II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered, Octopath Traveler II.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe — frequently asked questions

When did Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe come out?
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe was released on 24 February 2023 for Nintendo Switch.
Does Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe have multiplayer?
Yes. Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe supports multiplayer, including co-op.

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