If It Was Color It Would Be SO Colorful.
I think that was my immediate reaction the first time playing through this game, which wasn't all that long ago. Kirby's Dream Land is the most colorful black and white game ever. Its cute, non-threatening nature is the key to its charm and it makes it one of the best game boy games ever made, perhaps the best. With the sequel on the game boy, Kirby expanded its horizons but the original remains the better game boy package with its short run time and carefully crafted levels.
Kirby as a game looks really great. With the original Mario Land, the Game Boy seemed to be able to do what the original Nintendo could do at the very start of its life, but Kirby shows just how much we could get out of the game boy graphically. Every creature has its own unique style and look and it really brings the game to life, along with the way the levels look. Kirby has its own completely original style, striking a balance between renting other Nintendo I.P's game play mechanics and buying its own completely new environments.
All of my reviews are subjective, guilty, but Kirby's Dream Land in my opinion is a classic on the game boy. A new, fresh face for Nintendo which really jumpstarted the game boy's history of new I.P's.
