Cute puffball is secretly a mass murderer

Kirby's Dream Land set out to do one major goal and succeeds in that regard pretty well: to be accessible to anyone and everyone. It now has an entire franchise that's still going strong to this date, and it all started with this game. Simple platforming with Kirby's defining feature that he can inhale air to float, or inhale enemies to shoot at other enemies. Copy abilities were not a thing yet in this game, so the basic Kirby gameplay is all there is to the game. The game is pretty short with only 4 worlds which can easily be done under an hour. However, what Kirby does offer that makes it stand out amongst other easy, short platformers on the Gameboy is a significantly harder mode that can be unlocked with a cheat or after clearing the game once. This mode is no joke and can even challenge Kirby veterans. I find this a very welcoming addition to an already fine but short platformer.

7/10