History VideoGame / KirbysDreamLand

* BubblyClouds: The second half of Float Islands and the entirety of the fourth level. Also the [[Main/TropeNamers Trope Namer]].

* FriendlyEnemy: After clearing Extra Game, a cutscene shows King Dedede sulking from his defeat. Kirby walks up to console him, then runs after him as he slinks away. This is the origin of Dedede's AntiVillain personality, which would be further established in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure''.
** This scene is recreated in the ending of ''Super Star Ultra'''s "Revenge of the King", with the Waddle Dees consoling Dedede in place of Kirby.

* GreenHillZone: Green Greens.
* TheGoomba: Waddle Dees.

* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The fight with the boss of Float Islands, Kaboola (later renamed Kabula in ''Ultra''), is this. These would later go on to become a staple of the series.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One enemy is a one-eyed monster named Wizzer. In Extra Game it's replaced with a one-eyed monster named ''Pee''zer.

''Kirby's Dream Land'' (known as ''Hoshi no Kirby'' in Japan, meaning "Starry Kirby" or "Kirby of the Stars") is a 1992 UsefulNotes/GameBoy game developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}} subsidiary Creator/HALLaboratory. It is the first game of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series. The story is simple: The [[VillainousGlutton gluttonous]] King Dedede and his minions have stolen all of Dream Land's food and the Sparkling Stars used to harvest it, so Kirby sets off to right these wrongdoings and get the food back.

** Western commercials and box art also depicted Kirby as white just like the typical Game Boy screen even though Kirby was always pink in Japan since day one.[[note]]Most people believed that this was the result of Masahiro Sakurai and Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto arguing over Kirby's color but contrary to popular belief, they never actually argued as this [[http://shmuplations.com/kirbysadventure/ interview]] explained that Miyamoto only thought that Kirby was yellow until he saw the colour illustration.[[/note]]

''Kirby's Dream Land'' (known as ''Hoshi no Kirby'' in Japan, meaning "Starry Kirby" or "Kirby of the Stars") is a 1992 UsefulNotes/GameBoy game developed by Creator/{{Nintendo}} subsidiary Creator/HALLaboratory. It is the first game of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series. The story is simple: King Dedede and his minions have stolen all of Dream Land's food and the Sparkling Stars used to harvest it, so Kirby sets off to right these wrongdoings and get the food back.

* ExcusePlot: King Dedede has stolen all of Dream Land's food and Sparkling Stars, and you gotta get them back.

* TheGoomba: Waddle Dee.

* {{Oculothorax}}: Waddle Doos appear to have one single eye, as well as Kracko, the boss of Bubbly Clouds.

* TheStinger: After beating the game normally, King Dedede is seen landing in front of the Extra Game code after getting tossed out his castle. He eventually recovers, throws a small tantrum, and runs off. Once the Extra Game is beaten, he instead lands in the same area (this time showing the Config Mode code) but can't even bring himself to get up. Kirby eventually shakes him awake and Dedede cries for moment before sulking off in defeat.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Whispy Woods in Extra Game. He drops Gordos, which do three units of damage out of a maximum of six. And while he does that, you need to look for apples to shoot at him.

** You can't copy abilities, dash, slide, or save progress after beating a stage. It's just simple suck-and-spit attacks, and inhaling two enemies at once doesn't let Kirby spit a more powerful star that goes through multiple enemies. On top of that, King Dedede is the BigBad in this game rather than simply possessed or fighting Kirby due to a misunderstanding.

** You can't copy abilities, dash, slide, or save progress after beating a stage. It's just simple suck-and-spit attacks. On top of that, King Dedede is the BigBad in this game rather than simply possessed or fighting Kirby due to a misunderstanding.

* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad: King Dedede
** TheDragon: Kracko
** EvilGenius: Lololo & Lalala
** TheBrute: Whispy Woods
** DarkChick: Kabula

Created and directed by a young HAL employee named Creator/MasahiroSakurai (he was just '''19''' when he came up with the Kirby character), the game was deliberately designed to be short and easy to allow younger kids to get into video games without having to contend with the [[NintendoHard high difficulty]] that Nintendo titles were infamous for. A hidden "Extra Mode" was also included to ramp up the difficulty for more experienced players. The venture proved to be a success, sparking the growth of one of HAL's most famous franchises.

* {{Acrofatic}}: King Dedede can move surprisingly fast for a fat penguin. Especially on [[NintendoHard Extra Mode]].

* FriendlyEnemy: After clearing Extra Mode, a cutscene shows King Dedede sulking from his defeat. Kirby walks up to console him, then runs after him as he slinks away. This is the origin of Dedede's AntiVillain personality, which would be further established in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One enemy is a one-eyed monster named Wizzer. In Extra Mode it's replaced with a one-eyed monster named ''Pee''zer.

* UnendingEndCard: Congratulations on beating the game. Here's a code to input on the start screen for a harder extra mode, but you'll have to reset the system first in order to use it. Same goes for the code you get for beating extra mode.

Created and directed by a young HAL employee named Creator/MasahiroSakurai (he was just '''19''' when he came up with the Kirby character), the game was deliberately designed to be short and easy to allow younger kids to get into video games without having to contend with the [[NintendoHard high difficulty]] that Nintendo titles were infamous for.[[note]]Or so one would think, until the "Extra Game" was played...[[/note]] The venture proved to be a success, sparking the growth of one of HAL's most famous franchises.

** Western commercials and box art also depicted Kirby as white just like the typical Game Boy screen, though Kirby was pink in Japan from day one.[[note]]Well mainly, anyway. There had actually been a dispute as to what color he should be: Masahiro Sakurai wanted him to be pink, but Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto wanted him to be yellow. This is part of the reason why Kirby white at first.[[/note]]

Created and directed by a young HAL employee named Creator/MasahiroSakurai (he was just '''19''' when he came up with the Kirby character), the game was deliberately designed to be short and easy to allow younger kids to get into video games without having to contend with the [[NintendoHard high difficulty]] that Nintendo titles were infamous for.[[note]]Or so one would think, until the "Extra Game" was played...[[/note]] The venture proved to be a success, sparking the growth of one of HAL's most famous franchises.[[note]]Little did anyone know however, that later games would start having high difficulty of their own, especially [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot one game]] in particular, to the point where certain...[[FakeDifficulty shortcuts were taken to achieve it]].[[/note]]

It was also released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole in 2011 and appeared in ''Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition'' in 2012. It also served as heavy inspiration for the "Spring Breeze" sub-game in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], as well as "Revenge of the King" in the ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. [[note]]It should be noted however, that in terms of presentation, it's really a parody of "Revenge of Meta Knight", also from Kirby Super Star.[[/note]]

It was also released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole in 2011 and appeared in ''Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition'' in 2012. It also served as heavy inspiration for the "Spring Breeze" sub-game in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], as well as "Revenge of the King" in the ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.[[note]]It must be noted however, that in terms of presentation, it's really a parody of "Revenge of the Meta Knight", also from Kirby Super Star.[[/note]]

Created and directed by a young HAL employee named Creator/MasahiroSakurai (he was just '''19''' when he came up with the Kirby character), the game was deliberately designed to be short and easy to allow younger kids to get into video games without having to contend with the [[NintendoHard high difficulty]] that Nintendo titles were infamous for. The venture proved to be a success, sparking the growth of one of HAL's most famous franchises.

It was also released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole in 2011 and appeared in ''Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition'' in 2012. It also served as heavy inspiration for the "Spring Breeze" sub-game in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], as well as "Revenge of the King" in the ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' [[VideoGameRemake remake]] for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.

* DubNameChange: Some of the items were renamed in the original localization: Mike became Microphone, Superspicy Curry became Spicy Food, Sweet Potato became Mint Leaf, and [[HyperactiveMetabolism Energy Drink]] became Pep Brew. The oddest has to be the [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Maxim Tomato]] which became a "Bag of Magic Food". While most of these renames didn't carry over to subsequent installments, the Mint Leaf did: when it reappeared in [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Kirby Fighters]], it was given a unique model during localization.

** Western commercials and box art also depicted Kirby as white just like the typical Game Boy screen, though Kirby was pink in Japan from day one.

* {{Cumulonemesis}}: This games introduces Kracko, a malevolent cyclopean cloud thatbecame of the series most recurring bosses. Other cloud enemies, the Puffs, appear solely in this game in which they fly at high speed, swoop down on Kirby and shoot bullets.

* TreeTrunkTour: The last section of ''Green Greens'' has Kirby scaling the inside of a giant hollow tree.

* SmallNameBigEgo: King Dedede's castle is filled with pictures of himself. He's still better than [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot President Haltmann]] though.

** Just before each of the bosses in Mt. [=DeDeDe=], there is ([[BigLippedAlligatorMoment for some reason]]) a dancing Kirby. Touching this kills all enemies on the screen. This is necessary to proceed, as there is a Gordo in the doorway to the boss that can't be removed any other way.