Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

"A celebration of all the fun we've had over Kirby's first two decades. Here's to many more!"

- Summary

Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition (Kirby's Dream Collection for short) is a compilation released to commemorate Kirby series' 20th anniversary. The playable content in the compilation consists of six past games and 13 Challenge levels on one Wii disc, and it comes with a complimentary soundtrack CD and a collectible 48-page celebration book.

Games
The included games are:
 * Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy)
 * Kirby's Adventure (NES)
 * Kirby's Dream Land 2 (Game Boy)
 * Kirby Super Star (SNES)
 * Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)
 * Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

Several of the included titles have already been re-released on the Wii, DS or 3DS before, and hence are available separately.

Challenge Mode
The Challenge mode opens up in the interior of the Lor Starcutter. The camera pans slowly down to reveal Magolor doing something on the Starcutter's main computer board. He turns around and greets the player, and says that he's from Another Dimension. He also says that he can't get enough of Popstar, and to make up for all the fuss that he made in the last game, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, he created an amusement park for Kirby to enjoy. The player then proceeds to go through these levels:

Happiness Hall

 * Sword Challenge
 * Parasol Challenge
 * Spark Challenge
 * Magolor Race 1

Apricot Atrium

 * Whip Challenge
 * Fighter Combat Chamber
 * Wing Challenge
 * Magolor Race 2

Last Land

 * Smash Combat Chamber
 * Normal Challenge
 * Magolor Race 3
 * Smash Combat Chamber EX (After beating Magolor Race 3)
 * Magolor Race EX (After beating Magolor Race 3)

After the player beats Magolor Race 3, the credits start to roll. Kirby then walks (with Magolor trailing along behind him) through all the levels of Kirby's Return to Dream Land (excluding Egg Engines and Dangerous Dinner) and ends in Cookie Country. Magolor leaves Popstar on the Lor Starcutter, but not before giving Kirby a final wave goodbye. As Kirby nears the end of the walk, the music changes from the 20th anniversary theme to the original ending song of Kirby's Dream Land, and he is greeted by King Dedede, Meta Knight, Bandana Waddle Dee, and a number of classic enemies from Kirby's Return to Dream Land. This will also unlock the option to watch the ending again via the file select screen. The player may also play the Smash Combat Chamber EX and Magolor Race EX.

Kirby's History

 * Kirby's History is an interactive calendar documenting the Kirby series history both in the games and in the world. The games span Kirby's Dream Land to the very disc the player is using, Dream Collection. The games are represented by their box arts. At the end of the "History Hall" is a bright light, which may represent Kirby's bright future. There are numerous statues of characters from the Kirby franchise (Kirby himself, Coo, Kine, and Waddle Dee) that are standing on pillars.
 * When in Kirby's History, when the player selects a game, a tune from that game will play. An example is if the player selects Kirby Super Star Ultra from the list, Masked Dedede's theme from Revenge of the King will play. If the game is included in the collection (such as Kirby's Dream Land or Kirby Super Star), then there is an option on its menu to play it. Kirby selects a game to view by inhaling its box and swallowing it.
 * Three episodes of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! can be watched by viewing them on the Kirby history. These episodes are Kirby Comes to Cappy Town, Crusade for the Blade, and Waddle While You Work.
 * If Kirby attempts to inhale any of the golden statues, he will get tired, similar to his super inhale from Kirby & the Amazing Mirror and Kirby Squeak Squad. The golden statues represent years where little or nothing happened related to the Kirby franchise, instead providing just trivia about the real world (usually related to Nintendo or other technology). Interestingly, Kirby starts out the Hall at Kirby's Dream Land, but there is a statue if he goes left, not right.
 * The Golden Statues, in order, are; Kirby, Lololo and Lalala, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Magolor. All statues are represented in an 8-bit form.
 * If standing long enough in the hall, while not observing any games at all, the music will shift from the song from Castle Lololo to another remixed song from the series.

Music
Kirby's Dream Land

1. Welcome To Dream Land

2. Green Greens

Kirby's Adventure

3. Vegetable Valley

4. Grape Garden

Kirby's Dream Course

5. Iceberg Ocean

Kirby's Dream Land 2

6. Coo's Theme

7. Real Dark Matter

Kirby Super Star

8. Get Up and Go-urmet!

9. Havoc Aboard the Halberd

10. Meddlesome Marx

Kirby's Dream Land 3

11. Ripple Field: Ocean Waves

12. The Last Iceberg

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

13. Planet Popstar

14. Studying the Factory

15. 0² Battle

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

16. Rainbow Resort

17. Tower of Midbosses

Kirby Air Ride

18. Fantasy Meadows

19. Fountain of Dreams

20. City

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror

21. Forest/Nature Area

22. Boss Battle Theme

Kirby: Canvas Curse

23. Tiny Town

24. Canvas Canyon

25. Drawcia the Sorceress

Kirby: Squeak Squad

26. Prism Plains

27. Vocal Volcano

28. Squeak Squad Appears!

Kirby Super Star Ultra

29. The Masked King

30. Helper's Rest

31. The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy

Kirby's Epic Yarn

32. Fountain Gardens

33. Greens Greens: Epic Yarn

34. Butter Building

Kirby Mass Attack

35. Meadow Breeze

36. Kirby Conflict

37. Piggy Enemy

38. Down To One

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

39. Cookie Country

40. Bring on the Super Ability

41. C-R-O-W-N-E-D

42. Returning to Dream Land

Bonus Tracks:

43. Electro Kirby

44. Gourmet Race to Green Greens: Chamber Music

45. Dream a New Dream for Tomorrow

Trivia

 * Similarly to how the level names of Kirby's Return to Dream Land spell out "crowned," the names of the levels in Challenge Mode spell out the abbreviation "HAL," which is another reference to HAL Laboratory, the creators of the Kirby series.
 * A large number of the artworks from past games has been improved.
 * The answer concerning Cupid Kirby on page twenty-eight for the Cavalcade of Kirbys quiz located on the back of the celebration book is incorrect; Cupid is from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, not Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
 * Each level of the New Challenge Stages uses a tune from a previous Kirby game. Happiness Hall uses Butter Building's theme from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. Apricot Atrium has one of the Ripple Field tunes from Kirby's Dream Land 3. Finally, Last Land has Shiver Star's level select theme. All training rooms have the tune from the Beginner's Show in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra, and the pre-Magolor Race screens in Happiness Hall and Apricot Atrium feature the theme from the Kirby GCN trailer, which was used as the boss theme in The Arena in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Also, the music in the Smash Combat Chamber EX varies between The True Arena from Kirby Super Star Ultra and Miracle Matter from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
 * When observed closely, the letters of the names Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and even Waddle Dee can be found on the "Credits" page, which is located in the back of the activity book. "Kirby" is highlighted in pink, "Meta Knight" is in blue, "King Dedede" is in green, and "Waddle Dee" is in orange.
 * The lag resulting from having too many effects or enemies on the screen has been majorly reduced.
 * Oddly enough, the ending from the Challenge Stages resembles the Bad Ending of Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Kirby's Dream Land 3.