Iwata Announces Kirby Collection Details

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has finally pulled back the curtain on Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition, the upcoming Wii compilation being offered to celebrate the pink puffball's 20th anniversary. We previously knew the name of the game and the fact that it would launch in America this September, but everything else was a question mark.

First up, the lineup of included games. The collection will contain Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Land 2 from the Game Boy. Kirby's Adventure from the NES. Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby Super Star from the SNES and, lastly, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards from the Nintendo 64. Four of these have previously been made available individually as Virtual Console downloads on Wii, but the two Game Boy games will be playable on Wii for the first time through this release.

Kirby's Dream Collection will also contain content drawn from last year's Kirby's Return to Dream Land – the single-player challenge mode from that game is coming back. There will also be a "History of Kirby" gallery in the collection, containing everything from 20 years of concept art to episodes of the Kirby cartoon show.

The physical packaging will be special too, as included in the box alongside the disc will be a separate art book and a soundtrack CD. Japan's Club Nintendo will also be offering new Kirby merchandise like Kirby-shaped pillows and handbags.

All of this information was announced tonight through Japan's Nintendo Direct video, and we expect the upcoming North American video will confirm and clarify the details of this Kirby collection for Western audiences. Stay tuned and we'll update this article when those details arrive.



Source : ign[dot]com