The Story of Kirby's Adventure: A 30th Anniversary Retrospective Gaming Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Kirby was already a sleeper hit on the GameBoy, but in 1993 his (warp)star really took off, giving the Family Computer its final platinum game (Chapter Markers and more below…)
Episode information
GTV 145 “Full Color Kirby" Season 8 Episode 2
Original Airdate: March 22, 2023
Produced January 25-February 18, 2023
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 14” MacBook M1 Pro! Edited and produced with Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and Topaz AI. All paid for with Gainful Employment™
0:00 Up Next!
0:13 GTV ID: A Breath of Fresh Air!
0:20 Act 1: The Road to 1993
7:03 CM 1: Hoshi no Kirby - Yume no Izumi no Monogatari (Japan, 1993)
7:36 Act 2: To The Power of 8!
20:03 CM 2: Kirby’s Adventure (U.S., 1993)
21:22 Act 3: Kirby’s Worldwide Adventure
27:53 CM 3: Kirby’s Adventure (Quebec, 1993)
28:26 Act 4: After the Adventure
34:39 CM 4: Kirby’s Adventure (Mexico, 1993)
35:10 Epilogue: A Good Long Life
39:21 NG Scene!
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Partial transcript
On March 23rd, 1993, Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari, was released for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan. A few months later the game went abroad as Kirby’s Adventure. Nearly three years after the Super Famicom had been released, many were surprised that such an impressive game could be made on such an old piece of hardware, and that anyone would bother doing such a thing at all, rather than going the 16-bit route.
At the end of 1990, with the 16-Bit Era in full swing, it seemed like the days of the Family Computer were numbered. Though the FC hung in there, doing so defied the odds, as Nintendo never expected the machine to make it to 3 years, let alone 10.
In 1990, Japanese game publisher, HAL Laboratory recruited a young graduate named Masahiro Sakurai. Having never created a video game before, he played around with the tools HAL had provided, including a makeshift toolkit built from a Family Computer and Disk System. Masahiro eventually created a peculiar game starring a floaty puffball, who could inhale enemies and use them as projectiles. He could also fly by inhaling the air around him. This offered a challenge, as while in flight, the character’s method of attack drops you to the ground. The choice of fight or flight offered a unique spin on the standard run and jump type of game common in those days.
Sakurai named this character Popopo, which sounds like the flutter noise he makes when flying. Popopo was initially designed as a simple placeholder character until something more sophisticated would replace him. Over time, Sakurai and the team at HAL grew to like the design. Popopo became permanent.
The game, titled Twinkle Popo was previewed and advertised across Japan, in early 1992. The response was disheartening as only 26,000 cartridges were pre-ordered from stores. Far less than what was required to break even.
HAL Laboratory reached out to Nintendo to publish the game, which led to Popopo being renamed to Kirby. Twinkle Popo was retitled to “Hoshi no Kirby” meaning in English, Kirby of the stars. Nintendo released the game on April 27th, 1992, backed with all of the resources Nintendo had at its disposal.
While the initial reception of Twinkle Popo was quite cold, Hoshi no Kirby became the #1 best game in Japan in May 1992, By the end of the year, the game had sold over one million copies in Japan, while also being released elsewhere in the world as Kirby’s Dream Land. Lifetime sales would exceed five million.
Kirby’s rocket ride to the top prompted immediate talk of expanding the Dream Land into a long running, proper series. With backing from Nintendo, not only was that possible, but now, for Sakurai and HAL Laboratory, the sky was the limit!
Some images came from Shmupulations. Some capture assistance courtesy of Raven XP. CMs by Vini64, Dario and Chris Aaron. Some footage courtesy of Masahiro Sakuari and Nintendo Co., Ltd. As for who sang the song on the GameBoy CMs... well, its still a mystery...... - เกม
Were you an original NES fan who kept playing after 16-bit was all the rage? If so, share your stories below!
For a while, my sister, and I kept our NES. As her, and I slowly were playing our SNES more, and our NES significantly less, we eventually donated our NES. Less than a decade later, I received an NES-2 as a Christmas present. Funcoland, which became GameStop, made building up a small collection of NES titles, quite fun, while not really being expensive. It was more like, "Oh, I have pocket change from purchasing groceries, or whatever. I think I'll stop to Funcoland, see what they have." I still have, and play regularly, my NES-2.
I was born just before the dawn of the SNES, and with a limited library of new games, I was more than happy to go through the NES's backlog thanks to my parents' NES and the local rental store's selection. The only games I found myself renting time and again were SMB2 and, of course, Kirby's Adventure, my favorite on the whole console!
I was the kid lucky 🍀 enough to have an NES, Gameboy, Genesis & SNES all at the same time by the Summer of 1993.
My first videogame was a NES clone in 1992. So the influx of high quality NES games in the early 90's was a blessing, since at the time a SNES was out of financial range. With time, a SNES and a N64 came home, but the NES bug stayed with me long enough that, as a young adult I bought a (used) original NES manufactured here in Brazil.
Too bad I didn't had the foresight nor the money, to buy games that local gamestores were selling dirt cheap, to make space for CD games of a console Sony was introducing at the time.
The NES was where it all began for me, got my NES with SMB and Duck Hunt on my 5th birthday. I remember using the cool tricks from watching people play SMB in the arcade game at the local pizza shop and it was awesome!
We once found a copy of Blade of Steel behind a building buried under carpet that was in the middle of nowhere, and the game actually worked when we tried it later that day.
To this day I have a friend who can recite the code in Mike Tyson's Punch Out to go directly to the final fight.
Towards the 90's I did not get a SNES upon release so I still played a lot of NES. I still love doing the same thing you mentioned and booting up some Kirby's Adventure to show others just how amazing the peak of the 8-bit era reached, and it truly was monumental.
Once again amazing video! Thank you for sharing!
I can't believe Kirby's Epic Yarn was an inside joke about an old Kirby's Adventure commercial this whole time
Hahahaha! Indeed.
The long game!
@@GTV-Japan Just like How almost everything in Japan has Kamen Rider, ultraman, Godzilla or Kinniluman in it.
Exactly
I was about to comment about that lol
Wasn't expecting Kirby's Adventure to be covered by you, but I'm not complaining in the slightest. What an outstanding documentary that's perfect for the greatest NES game to ever be released!
Happy 30th Anniversary, Kirby's Adventure!
Really? But I love that game!!⭐️ thanks for watching
This game was the root of my Kirby Fan-ism. I played this game with my brother taking turns heaps back on the classic NES. This is where my love from Nintendo stemmed from and I still love playing this today. Wether it’s the 3D version or the remake; Kirby’s adventure is phenomenal.
Sakurai, Miyamoto and Iwata are Nintendo's legends.
I stayed with my NES for 16 years before selling it. But I never added many games into my collection since NES games were hard to find back then. But thanks to the internet, I was able to play many classics like Kirby Adventure.
Sweet 16!⭐️
Back in 1993 I visited my cousin who showed Kirby's Dream Land on her Game Boy. I was only gonna play it for a couple of minutes but got so addicted to it that I finished the whole game in one playthrough (and drained the batteries during the end credits).
Later I went to a Walmart and saw a promo video for Kirby's Adventure. Now I knew I had to play that so I rented it when I got home...and beat the whole game during the weekend.
This game and Mega Man 6 were the last hurrah of the NES...
There was a commercial for the NES-2, that featured MegaMan 6. "Battle,... Evil Robots!" Apparently, the commercial wasn't intended to give people a better synopsis.
Endless Mike.
The ad at 7:03 looks so much like 2011s Epic Yarn I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a call back to this ad campaign!
Hmm maybe. It makes me wonder if designers think about things like that or even know about them. I’m sure the truth will come out someday⭐️
@@GTV-Japan I’ve heard on the the Insert Credit podcast the anecdote that Kirby is the “we can’t make this concept work for any other IP” character for Nintendo which your comment reminded me of
That seems about right!
Funnily enough, Good Feel was already making Epic Yarn before Nintendo approached them and gave them the idea of making it a Kirby game. So the resemblance is one of the biggest coincidences ever. Wonder if the Nintendo side of its development was influenced by the Kirby’s Adventure ad
R.I.P. Satoru Iwata. What a brilliant man. Taken from us way too soon.
32:50 "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer."
I had no idea the art style in Kirby’s Epic Yarn has its roots in an ad for Kirby’s Adventure! Very cool
Yeah pretty neat! I wonder how they came up with that?⭐️
Even weirder that Epic Yarn originally wasn't going to be a Kirby game!
I was one of the "stick with NES" kids during the 16-bit migration (grew up poor so it's not like it was completely by choice haha). One good part about that though was it gave me a whole library of old games to play and usually cheaper becuase they were old. I was playing the original Final Fantasy on NES for the first time, _after_ playing FFIV at my neighour's house. I remember being really happy during those days because they were still releasing new NES games for us on the lost technology of the ancient past, and Kirby in particular was one of my favorites. /end wall of text
Thanks for the detailed doc as usual! The part about the first letter in the stage names matching the color of the frame in the cut scenes blew my mind haha. I never owuld have noticed that.
I got the NES when my aunt (then in her teens) got the SNES so it was handed down to me with a stack of games. Good memories.
Not only that but the stages are a reverse rainbow starting with purple! How crazy⭐️
Man, that was the best retrospective on Kirby's Adventure I've seen. Excellent on all fronts. I really appreciate the efforts you usually take on detailing the reception the games had on different regions. You always at least mention Club Nintendo, which was a very important publication here, in South America. Kirby's Adventure is my favorite Kirby game of all time. The same happens with Super Mario Bros. 3. To me, Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES is the greatest 2D Mario game ever. Some late era NES and Famicom games gave early 16 bits games (and even some released later) a run for their money. A great, great video. I sincerely feel your channel deserves a lot more subs and views.
Ever since interacting with so many from Mexico and South America I always like to include CN because the fan base there was just as dedicated there. Also a lot of people say “North American” release to mean the US and Canada but ignore that the south of the US got most of the same games at the same time, at least since Gus started running things!⭐️
Thanks for taking the time to create an in-depth retrospective about Kirby’s gaming history. Your work is always informative, entertaining, and high quality.
I had to! It’s one of my favorites!!⭐️
The American marketing for this whole series has been weird.
Edgy and wannabe "badass" was very strong back then.
Happy, colorful and funny things was never market as such in those times. Figures.
America had extreme brain damage in the 90's in terms of advertisement
Our generation refused to sell out ! At least that’s what I thought
I remember the commercial for Thai game playing nonstop during breaks on Thanksgiving 1993 cartoons on WPIX NY before it became. WB affiliate. I was a Sega kid at the time but this left an impression. I didn’t get Kirby’s Adventure until I got my nes in Summer 2001, I used this game to distract me from the war and terror news a few months later.
EDIT: Also, it's cool how the Mexico Kirby's Adventure ad used footage from BOTH the US commercials for Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Adventure.
Yeah I noticed that. There is also a German commercial with the same animation
Unfortunately to me, I am a SNES player as first experience in gaming, back in the day. Son of the early 80's I jump over that NES age, but I admit and admire the quality of those old and golden games. Kirby really is an example case of how a game can show what an allegedly "obsolete system" still have some fire within.
Great video like always, GTV man. Keep up the good work!
If you saw the super Mario all stars video you can see these points connect. That things were at the point where kids were getting into games after the mighty NES and missing out
He beat Bubsy?!?!? What could possibly go wrong indeed…
The lost Vikings never got over it.
30 Years later Kirby's Adventure is still brilliant today. 😀👍🎮
Here’s to 30 more⭐️
@@GTV-Japan that's right. 😀👍🎮
I'm always looking for your new stuff and watching old content of yours!
Wuv you GTV! 🤗
the best gaming/japanese culture channel on the platform imo
@@Prodmullefc I think I would have to agree! 🎉
I’m happy to earn your wuv. Spelled with an Earth “W”⭐️
The first Kirby game that make you copy the enemies and pushed the limit of the NES. Great game.
That bit at the end about older hardware still wowing people is so poignant. Many of my peers began their gaming journeys with the N64, PS1, or even the Saturn. I had an N64, but also inherited both a Super Nintendo and Genesis from older family members. I had many more games for these older systems. If I hadn't, I would have missed out on the greats of the 16-bit era, like Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Kart. I was a lucky kid.
Kirby is probably one of my favorite series as well. Such a chill game and fun to boot.
Yeah I always thought it was interesting to have that generational gap side by side for so long
7:00 Many decades later, this ad inspired Kirby's Epic Yarn.
I was thinking the same thing. Japan always got the kooky and fun commercials imo.
I really enjoyed the presentation of this video, gonna have to go back through your previous work to see some other docs that you've done!
Thank you! Comment on anything you like. Talk to you again soon ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I always expect to know the majority of facts and information before watching your videos, but you provide such an in-depth look at the topic I walk away with a new perspective.
Thanks Metric! I appreciate the kind words. I’ll use them as motivation in the future ⭐️
Thank you very much for such a great video, full of details and tidbits of one of the most iconic mascots of all times
Glad you liked it Lan ⭐️⭐️⭐️
20:03 I remember one time my siblings and I were playing in the other room and we overheard a commercial for Kirby's Avalanche in the living room and heard my mother say, "What's a Kirby?" We proceeded to quote the who's Kirby's Adventure commercial to her verbatim.
Ha! I love it!!
Thank You for taking me on an Adventure with Kirby through his NES Days & Beyond.
Let’s take a ride!⭐️
Amazing work, narrative and editing. It made me appreciate even more the importance of Kirby in what Nintendo is today. Thanks Gtv!
Thanks Jose!
I was never really into Kirby but I did have fun with this game when I got it as a gift from my aunt when I was a kid. Even though I already had an SNES, I thought the graphics and color for this game were the best I had ever seen on the NES...the first and only Kirby game I would have for any console as a kid.
P.S. Even after getting an SNES, and later a Sega Genesis (Model 2), I still always had my NES and its games handy...especially TMNT III: The Manhattan Project.
Also a late release and really good too!
I can never tire of Kirby's Adventure, I literally just beat it again for the umpteenth time right before finding this vid.
Serendipity!
Amazing video as usual! 👏🏼 Loved it as much as I also love Kirby!
Thanks Elliot⭐️
I love how you simulate commercial breaks with actual commercials for the game
That’s the GTV way!
Seeing that magazine article with Kirby's Adventure and Duck Tales 2 featured next to each other, I remembered how all through the mid and late 90s, I didn't have access to any of the new systems. I only had an NES and Game Boy all the way until I bought the GameCube with my own saved money in high school. But I never felt like I was missing out. The vast majority of people I knew were in the same boat. Lower middle class families who couldn't afford the new systems. But whenever the older systems or games were cheap, our parents would relent and buy them. So the 8-bit era lasted a lot longer for me and most of my friends.
Great story! Thanks for sharing ⭐️⭐️
While everyone else has said this, I think what keeps me coming back to Kirby games is how relaxing they are. Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins is also like this
I like that. Why does everything have to be amped up all the time?
Now I see what I've been missing... I'm one of those people who barely looked back after Sonic and Super Mario World. I got a Genesis in 1991, and most of my focus was on that by the year 1993. However, I also remember that I had a Gameboy and Kirby's Dreamland was my absolute favorite game on that system. And while I never had a Super NES (just the "Mini" years later), it's puzzling why I never thought to check out Kirby's Adventure on the original NES, which I did still have. It honestly looks 16-bit, and the gameplay appears to be extremely enjoyable! I believe this would likely give Mario 3 a run for its money and likely surpass it in my eyes. I should definitely check it out!
Totally! And it’s interesting to hear these story’s where most everyone (except one cranky Brit) had the NES and then went off in different directions after that⭐️
@@GTV-Japan 👍
Kirby's Adventure is easily one of the NES's best games, and that's saying quite a lot. It's also very approachable even by today's standards since it doesn't have the brutal difficulty most NES games are known for, and it lets you save your progress without needing to use save states. The only real flaw is that it's so ambitious that the NES can barely run it so there's a lot of slowdown, but other than that it's a game every retro fan should play at least once.
@@BlueAizu_ 👍
Exemplary video as always. I still love the TV show format you employ in your videos including the commercials. As a person that hasn't watched any traditional TV in years and years, it feels like a nostalgic throwback at this point hahaha
Hey thanks Chris! That’s just how I leaned, and take what I did when I was a tv director and turned it into this. Have a good Easter weekend! 🐰
Has it been 30? Sheeesh I'm old
Embrace the old!
My first time playing this game was the first gameboy game. What an amazing game I played over and over and over again!
It’s a good game but just kind of short
ALRIGHT!!! Some Kirby love, always fun to see the pink puffball get a moment to stand in the spotlight :p
He deserves it!
wow, excellent video! i'd say that aside from mother, kirby is probably my favorite nintendo series. so when i saw this show up, i had to watch it.
as someone who wasn't around when kirby was new, i was surprised to hear that kirby's adventure was really just that well received and popular when it came out about everywhere in the world. it's probably just my experience, but during from around 2000-2013, i didn't know of anyone aside from myself that actually played kirby games outside of smash bros. now i feel like kirby is everywhere.
my favorite aspect of kirby might be that he lends himself to all sorts of situations and game mechanics. the trademark copy ability in this game is a prime example of that, and he didn't even have it in his debut game. that's almost like mario not being able to jump. i think another really cool aspect of kirby's adventure is its really subtle storytelling. there's little dialog so almost anyone can pick up on it. but, there's little things like meta knight's encounters and assistance throughout the game, as if he's trying to prepare you for something instead of being an antagonist, or king dedede desperately trying to stop kirby after you beat him in battle, foreshadowing that there's something really bad going on with the fountain.
i've always been kind of behind with gaming. my first console was a super nintendo, and i would also play my aunt's 8-bit nintendo during that time. (this was probably when the n64 was nearing the end of it's life.) i'd generally say that for most of my life i've very rarely played a game when it was newly released, and even when i have a current gaming console, there's just so much from the past i haven't played, that usually i spend my time with those older games. there's not necessarily anything wrong with new games, i just find a lot of this older stuff impressive for how well it still plays given what developers had to work with back in the day.
What a great story! Thanks for sharing!⭐️
AHHH! So THAT'S where they got the Epic Yarn idea! Has no idea there was an old Japanese commercial like that!
I remember hanging out in my friend's room playing this game non stop almost. Good times.
Ain’t we lucky we got’em?⭐️
Nintendo was part of my life from an early age when I first played Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. at the arcades and at home on my ColecoVision. I got the NES in 1988 when the pack-in cart was the SMB/Duck Hunt combo game and the Zapper was still gray. I loved my NES and the earlier games are still among my favorites but, by 1993, I had already been on the SEGA Genesis for a few years and had left my NES behind so I never had much of an interest in Kirby at all. Likewise, I got a SNES in 1994 and ignored the Kirby games there too, I was in it for the JRPGs by that point. Didn't have a Game Boy so no Dream Land either. But the real story behind all this is still fascinating, great video!!
Yes! A fellow grey gunner! ⭐️⭐️thanks for sharing your story!
I really appreciate your content, thank you!
Thanks Ness!
Fantastic documentary about one of my favorite games! I loved Kirby's Dream Land and was absolutely amazed when Adventure came out. I already had a Sega Genesis at this point, but this was one of the games that kept me going back to the NES. I recently played through this game again and it still holds up 30 years later
I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for watching ⭐️
A new GTV Japan Episode... my evening is rescued ! #love
Carpe noctum!
Adventure was such great colorful cool looking sounding game. Kirby on Gameboy was one of my first memories.along with Metroid and Zelda. Kirby also on nes as I was maybe 7 at the time.but I loved playing it with my brother
Thank you for another amazing episode of GTV. I just absolutely love the research and work you put into these videos. It results in high quality entertainment with very accurate information.
Hey Bård! Good to see you again. Thanks for coming by as always. Have a great weekend ⭐️
I normally prefer playing remakes than the original (Super Mario All Stars over the 8-Bit games for example). Kirby's Adventure is one of the few exceptions to that rule.
Totally
The GBA remake butchered so many things
I didn’t really play Kirby’s Adventure for my NES at first; but I did play it’s remake: Nightmare In Dreamland for the Game Boy Advance as a kid!
10:41 Ah, yes, everyone’s favorite Kirby character: King DayDayDay.
First played this at a friend's house in Santiago, Chile in 1997. I loved it and beat it there. I've only played this game in the franchise and none other.
You mention born in the '70s. I just realized kids are just out of school now and that in 1994, I graduated from high school. 30-year anniversary. Wow, remember it just like yesterday and I feel old. I still remember standing in line outside the building, for the graduation ceremony, standing in our robes and mortarboards. Two guys were talking about the ending of Super Metroid and I just stood there listening, remembering my time through the game.
That’s a cool story. For me it was a kind of sad day because the local alternative rock station that was awesome was bought out by the lesser rock station and shut down that day. A fitting end perhaps?
Love your videos! Thank you!!!
You got it⭐️
Another amazing high quality documentary that you can’t find anywhere else
I’m glad you enjoyed it!⭐️
What a great video. Thank you for the informative fun walk down memory lane. My mother and i loved playing Kerby!
Thanks I’m glad you like it ⭐️
Oh dam, yet again I watch all GTV's videos. What a better way to start holidays than this? Looking fwd for more videos, beers and chicken wings. Have a good one amigo!
All right! Perfect way to spend a Sunday! 🍺
Didn't have time to watch this release day, but watched it fully now. Another great video! I'm so happy I can play Kirby nowadays. Never owned any of the games when I was young in the 90s. Today I try to play all of em on my Switch.
Sounds good! Play on!
I grew up playing my brother's old nes while he played the cool new snes (he wouldn't let me play it because my hands were always dirty hehe), but I always kept them both around (along with a 13" crt tv) and somewhere along the way Kirby's Adventure showed up in our collection and it is still probably the most fun game of that era that I own and the music is sooo good too !! Awesome hearing and seeing the whole story ! I never knew anything about it ♪ Thank you !
Great to hear your story! Thanks for watching ⭐️
Interesting enough, I live in Ontario, Canada in an area that is primarily English and next to no French but, for some reason when I was a kid (I'm in my mid 30's now), my local Wal-Mart had a copy of the French Canadian Kirby's Adventure. It was only sold for something like 10$ and our Mom bought it for my brother and I. That was our introduction to Kirby. I've loved the series ever since. My brother has that same copy in his collection currently.
The nice thing too is that we didn't need to understand the language to be able to play it. It's a game that I've since played over and over again every year since.
That’s interesting! Thanks for sharing your experience ⭐️
This brings me back.
Oh dang, this was such a nice little trip. I never played a Kirby game until MUCH later in life and I got hooked on the series, right around the time the 3DS games came out. I've since gone back and played more, but still need to dive in. Thanks for sharing this! Loved it!
If you haven’t played adventure you must. It’s great. Have a great weekend 🏒
@@GTV-Japan Oh yes. Definitely. I went from Dream Land to Adventure and Dream Land 2. Still so many to get to. Have a great day!
Awesome!
The NES was the only console I had growing up until I got my first job and bought a PS1 and I was thrilled to get Kirby for my 11th birthday. I played it a ton and it's still one of my top favorite Nintendo games.
Great to hear! Keep 8 bit alive!
I just finished Nightmare in Dream Land on gba. What a game.
Great vid
Kirby's Adventure is the perfect introduction to the world of video games.
It's easy enough for children, but can also be challenging for adults.
I got to agree!⭐️
8:52 the only time I’ve ever seen miyamoto wearing glasses
Weird! He certainly got those from the Koichi Nakano line 👍🏻
This game may age but will never grow old to me. I still love to play it on the Classic Mini NES. This game holds a special place in my heart.
Same here! Thanks for watching ⭐️
Kirby's Adventure is one of those games that pushed the limits of the NES. It's also amazing that it was released really late in the lifespan of the console.
The presentation benefited from being released late in the NES lifespan. The programmers had the advantage of working on hardware that was well-known.
It's like Shantae. That title also benefitted from being released late in the lifespan of its respective hardware (2002), specifically the Gameboy Color.
And that it managed to be popular. It’s all amazing. I don’t see FIFA or Madden 19 on ps 3 doing that!⭐️
Kirby's Adventure was my first Kirby game. I have much respect for those who made the game! Excellent doc as always!
Oh hey there old friend! Good to see ya again!⭐️⭐️⭐️
@@GTV-Japan Uni has been a pain in the bum but I’ve been getting through. Plus, anything Kirby is a must-watch for me.
Oh I see. Well don’t let it get you down. It’ll be over someday’
7:03 ahh so that's where the idea for Kirby's epic yarn came from
According to lore, yeah!
I find Kirby's Adventure for NES one of the best Kirby games around.
My first Kirby game was Kirby dreamland 2 on gameboy. I was blown away! Loved the boss battles and secret ending and thought it blew Mario games at the time out of the water. Then I moved on to Kirby Super star SNES and so forth with releases of Kirby games but didn't even know there was a Kirby NES. Wow 8 worlds you say? I always thought it was like the gameboy game, short and sweet. I should play this entry.
You should! Don’t miss out!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
fantastic video ! gotta love our pink puff ball 💗
Only love❤️
"let me show you what you've been missing." I love Kirby. I went from the original GB version to super star and didn't even know there was an NES game until a few years ago.
I hope you can enjoy it now 🌟
I love Kirby’s Adventure, thank you
And Kirby loves you!❤️❤️⭐️⭐️
Kirby’s Adventure was my first Kirby Game and it’s interesting to note that it really did push the NES to its limits, the slowdown shows itself a lot but I suppose it was impressive for its time, I love how it’s also the first game to introduce copy abilities and them becoming the main central gameplay option for players, there’s something for everyone, my favorite would have to be the sword since it’s simple and you can use it underwater too.
I don’t really notice slowdown but maybe that was just because he moves kind of slow. Thanks for watching!⭐️⭐️
I didn’t really get into the Kirby games till Triple Deluxe on the 3DS and have been a fan ever since then. Definitely going to check out the earlier games now after watching this video. I really enjoyed this episode so much mate 🙌
It’s worth playing! Enjoy I sayy
Great video. Lovely to see these games get such wonderful documentary treatment.
Thanks Carter! I hope there’s a bit more celebrating this game even though Kirby himself already got the big 30 treatment last year⭐️
One of the best soundtracks hands down
Nothing is better than butter ⭐️
Great Video as Always
I remember the First Time I ever played Kirby's Adventure was the Remake on the GBA and a few years later I bought the Original Version on the NES at a Used Game Store and I never noticed the Technical Aspects of it until I saw it being talked on an Episode of Game Sack about Games that push the Technical Limits of Consoles
Well if you found it used I hope ya got a good deal!
Just recently rediscovered your channel! Contents still really good!
Welcome back!
Nintendo: "Yeah, we're changing the main character's name. We're gonna name him after an American lawyer instead."
Sakurai: "Say what now?"
I remember when I picked up my first NES in 1999 for $10 I picked up Kirby's Adventure with it for $3! What a fantastic game.
Good deal!
Great Stuff, as always!
My favorite Kirby game ❤
Same here ⭐️
I didn't get a SNES until well into 1995 because my parents couldn't afford it. Quality late NES releases like Kirby, used games found at yard sales and swap meets, and clearance bins at Kmart and Kaybee Toys filled with classics like Zelda and Final Fantasy at bargain prices were my lifeline as a kid :) No shame in that.
The way to play! It’s like the old saying goes: if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!
Holy cow... This made my day. Thank you and popopo
You’re welcome ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I remember playing this game on a black n white TV. My dad bought me this game and metal gear. My brother’s friend borrowed me Mario bros 3. I was the happiest 5 year old ever.
Awesome! I wonder how the last stage looks in B/W
@@GTV-Japan hahahahahaha
I’ve been playing Kirby since the first Game Boy game
Nice!⭐️⭐️⭐️
Dude I gotta sit down with a hot beverage 🍵 for this one!
The perfect way to relax on a Friday!
Didn’t disappoint 👍👍👍
"A word to the wise, watch out for the spikes; it hurts when you touch them." Thanks EGM.
Words to live by!
Great video ! I'm a huge fan of Kirby, all the games are very enjoyable and are quite charming.
As someone from Quebec I was not expecting to see a Kirby commercial from Quebec in the video lol
Funny thing is I was not even aware of that commercial, I did not watch much TV as a kid, was spending my TV time on games instead.
I thought it was pretty creative and almost Sega like in edginess. ⭐️
@@GTV-Japan True, it felt like these North America Sega commercials
I have this original cartridge since around 2012. Battery still worked last time I checked, with some savestates still occupied by a previous owner. Haven't gotten to play it yet. I should check if the battery still works now, or if it has leaked.
Now, this video documentary of 40 minutes long is probably the best material I have ever seen about this game and Kirby in general. Keep at the good work.
Thanks Sven! I’ve made 40 the maximum limit for videos anymore and I think it keeps things tight and in order I’d say get that game out and play today!
I was born in 1996 but this was my first video game. My parents had an NES and they bought it for me when I was 2 or 3 years old, obviosuly it took a couple years for me to really figure the game but the music is always on my mind. Specifically the Grape Garden and Rainbow Resort map screens.
Thanks for sharing your story! 96? You’re young enough to be my kid! 😂 thanks for watching!!
a breath of fresh air, indeed.
This game man classic and man what a game to play its fun and funny that car tire power f me up with the sound and everything
Be sure to buckle up every time!⭐️⭐️
I wil 🥹
Kirby has always been my "comfort food" video game franchise. They may not be the trickiest or most innovative games, but you're always in for a good time regardless.
A nice was to put it!!⭐️⭐️
My first Nintendo game alongside the original Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda. Only game missing from my childhood collection of NES titles that would later become flagship franchises was Metroid, though I guess Kid Icarus also counts considering that was my half brothers’ game that we shared back and forth whenever they were down visiting our dad.
Kid Icarus! One of the greats and my favorite too 🍆
Thanks for creating, and uploading this! KA is one of my top favorite NES titles.
Thanks for watching!
What a nice treat! Sugoii
Thanks for the support ⭐️
10:00 these guys smiles are just…