Kirby's Pinball Land Dinging to Virtual Console
Posted by James Newton
Bumper crop
3DS Virtual Console fans can get another dose of Kirby download fun soon as Kirby's Pinball Land is heading to the service, as outed by — you guessed it — the Australian Classification Board.
The Game Boy pinball game stars Kirby as the ball across three themed tables, but there's a semi-story mode to progress through: each table has three screens, with a Warp Star at the top leading to a boss. Defeat all three bosses and you face King Dedede (who else?) as the final obstacle.
#1
Bluecup said:
YES! Day one get! This game is in my top 3. I've spent countless hours playing this.
It's a game so good that I borrowed it off my cousin and never gave it back.
#2
Geonjaha said:
Nice! More VC goodness to enjoy :3
#3
GameCube said:
Next I want Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble on the VC, making use of the 3DS's gyro sensor.
#4
Shugo said:
@GameCube Woah woah woah there; this is Nintendo we're talking about, remember. They can't even be bothered to put multiplayer into GB VC.
#5
Jese_1 said:
Never gonna say no to another Kirby games
#6
Bass_X0 said:
Getting this as soon as its released!
#7
theblackdragon said:
god i hated this game. this was the one my siblings and I shuffled around at each other when we had to share SML2 and Tetris on long vacations where we forgot to bring more games. D:
#8
Kyoto said:
Will buy this for sure!
#9
DarkEdi said:
Sega need to help Nintendo with this own games. I will very happy if all gamegear options could be possible in gb/gbc games (frames, colors, button options, screens, etc)
#10
NintendoNaut said:
I loved this game as a kid!
#11
Kitsune_Rei said:
Looking firward to this! A lot of the old Kirby titles are solid.
#12
RevolverLink said:
Kirby's never steered me wrong before, so there's a good chance I'll get this, but the portable Kirby I'm really hoping for (well, aside from Dream Land 2) is Tilt 'n' Tumble. I've never had the chance to play it, but I tend to love the non-traditional Kirby games that take a unique concept and just run with it, like Canvas Curse and Mass Attack, more than a lot of the more "traditional" Kirby games.
With the 3DS' gyro controls, you'd think (hope?) a VC port would be more than possible.
#13
JoeDiddley said:
I still have this on GB. I have been waiting for this ever since the 3DS VC was announced
#14
BulbasaurusRex said:
So it's like a Game Boy Kirby version of Sonic Spinball?
#15
Henmii said:
I never played it before, so I might download it someday.
#16
Retro_on_theGo said:
Oh my god YESSSS!! Was a release date hinted at? D:
#17
TheDreamingHawk said:
I wondered where this game went. Seeing how Block Ball came out first, I thought they wanted to skip this game. Glad that's not happening. Now all that needs to happen is for Japan to release it and then the rest of the world can get it. (Unless they will release it in the west first, like they did with Mario's Picross.)
#18
3DSLUIGI said:
Kirby's Pinball Land is a game to me I always wanted but never had the chance to buy back when I was a little kid. For some reason, I always remember this game being a bit more popular to play over Kirby's Block Ball. I think maybe it had to do with the fact that kids wanted to try and play with Kirby as the pinball for a change instead of having him break through blocks, I don't know. But for me, if this game ever shows up in North America, I'll get it day 1.
#19
LEGEND_MARIOID said:
Easily amongst the top 20 GB games
#20
Raylax said:
No music?
#21
Waymores_Blues said:
@VintageBoy: It has in-game music. That video was showing off attract mode, which doesn't have any music for some reason.
#22
Hokori said:
I wanted dreamland 2 instead
#23
Donjwolf said:
It sucks. Since this game is coming out, I guess there's no chance Revenge of the Gator will make it to the Eshop now
I'd rather have that game with the awesome music and gators.
#24
millarrp said:
could be interesting....
#25
shinobi88 said:
I played Gator Golf on a Game Boy Rom and it was pretty xcellent. Would be cool if that came along too. Kirby's Pinball looks pretty cool, and I guess it's the best we get since Pinball Arcade may never come
#26
Donjwolf said:
Oh, Pinball Arcade is still coming. It's just taking a long time to fix the ROM emulation. Doubt we'd see it anytime soon though.
#27
Beau_Skunk said:
This is one of my sister's favorite Gameboy games, (she got a really really high score in it, I recall that I could never beat, and I was usually better at her at video games) and the first Kirby game we ever got. It's a pretty good game, it's like a very interactive pinball game. The boss & bonus stages are pretty fun to. (And there's a cool cheat code to access them, as well.)