Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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Kirby Wii (also referred to as Kirby: Legend of the Stars, Kirby Adventure, Kirby GCN, Kirby's Dream Land Wii or simply Hoshi no Kirby) is the widely-used, unofficial title for a GameCube game that was cancelled but later re-announced for the Wii. Nintendo has not released any further info about this game's status for a long period of time, as well as having removed the game's page from their website, however a press release from July 31, 2009 confirmed that the game is still in development. It will be heavily revamped.

After many years of being lost in development, the game was again revealed at a Nintendo investor briefing. While the product appears far more polished than the GameCube version, there appear to be many changes. Very little is known about it other than Iwata apologizing for the long wait and promising a final release sometime this year.

Story

An early storyline from the GameCube days stated that King Dedede stole Kirby's Warp Star and Kirby is trying to get it back. A Warp Star appears in the recent trailer, however, which may mean that this plot was discarded.

Gameplay

The GameCube version featured a variation of the Helper System from Kirby Super Star where up to three helpers can be created at once, they can then be controlled by up to three players or be computer controlled. It is possible that the game has a 3D playing field. A stacking system has also been revealed where Kirby and his helpers can ride on each other's back (possibly creating new attacks). Looking at images, it is assumable that the helpers you make would've be either yellow, green or blue and looking at past games, yellow is assumably for 2nd player, green is for 3rd player and blue is for 4th.

The new ability showcased in the GameCube trailer was Water. It looked similar to the anime, and was functionally very similar to Chuchu + Ice from Kirby's Dream Land 3. A returning ability from that game was also Clean, which also had an ability cap similar to the anime. From what could be gathered from the trailer, some of the hats were redesigned entirely - most noticeably, the Bomb ability had a party hat and the Stone ability had a rocky helmet. While this is possibly to avoid having duplicate hats in 3D, the Hammer ability's twisted headband was replaced with a hard hat.

The recent Wii trailer shows very little indication of the Helper System (though it's still possible, as there appears to be plenty of room for multiplayer). A brand new feature are the "Final Smashes" - at least Sword and Fire have an ultimate attack that seems to affect most of the screen, destroying enemies and obstacles. Water appeared to be redesigned with a noticeably pink Kirby rather than a translucent blue, and he surfs on his own waves as an attack. Two new abilities were seen - Whip and Leaf. Whip Kirby is self-explanatory and performed a fast attack similar to Meta Knight's standard A move from Brawl, while Leaf Kirby was shown very briefly and appeared to be holding a cannon. Kirby's inhaling ability also seems to be enhanced, being able to handle more enemies and produce larger Star Spit. In addition, Stars make a return, though it's unknown if they function as points.