Kirby Gets 20th Anniversary Compilation for Wii

Kirby just sucks so much!

well i get nothing from the anniversary unless they got a club nintendo thing going on

@Aviator ...dont know if you mean if its lame or what he does!

I say it should have a new Kirby game by the one and only Masahario Sakurai!
It could be downloadable....

Nooo why for the Wii? :< I'd kill for a Kirby Compilation for 3DS.

When I turn 25.. So will Kirby...

Turn 30....

Feels good to have my birthday two days before Kirby :3

Cannot wait for what's in store for his 20th anniversary. How about a symphony orchestra? Blow Zelda out of the way, Kirby

I'd rather have it on the 3DS

Anyways, I hope they don't do a Super Mario All-Stars Wii with this one and actually include at least sightly updated versions of at least 6 games, seriously.

I think they should include...
-Kirby's Dream Land 1, 2 and 3
-Kirby's Adventure
-Kirby Super Star (with ultra's additions)
-Kirby 64

All with updated graphics (or nice emulation options, like colors for the GB games).... One can dream...

they could make a new franchise called "abandonware collection".. in the same breath they could stop developping new stuff altogether. it is much cheaper for them, therefore much more income. and the customers do not seem to mind paying for stuff from the stoneage that should come free as a gimmick.

I love Kirby games but I have not picked up the one that came out late last year. I kind of forgot about it. I need to pick that up soon cause I really do want to play it.

As long as it's not overpriced like the Mario 25th anniversary disc which was basically all stars at $30.

Sorry Nintendo, but you're going to have to change that Kirby logo.

No angry eyes Kirby, no buy.

Maybe, didn't really get the Mario 25th anniversary

Could be interesting, but I have Adventure as a 3D Classic, and recently played Super Star (Ultra) on DS, so besides for Crystal Shards (which I haven't played in ages), I don't think there'll be anything here for me.

Sure, there's the plethora of portable games (it has been mostly a portable franchise), but I just have the feeling none of the portable games will be included. I also doubt Air Ride, or the Two Wii games will be included (unless they pull a Prime Trilogy, and release those 3, instead of the retro ones). With how many games the series has on portable systems (4 on Game Boy alone!), it would have made better sense to make this a 3DS compilation.

Game Boy: Dream Land, Dream Land 2, Block Ball, Pinball Land. Game Boy Color: Tilt N' Tumble. Game Boy Advance: Nightmare in Dreamland, Amazing Mirror. DS: Canvas Curse, Squeak Squad, Super Star Ultra, Mass Attack. Between all of those I'm sure a 3DS cart could have been filled (and I may have even missed some).

Might be interested in this, but only if it isn't a ridiculous cash-in like the All Stars port.

Also, Kirby and Mario and yet no Zelda? What the crap, Nintendo? Do you know how much money you'd get doing that? Granted they probably did that specifically so Ocarina of Time 3D would sell :/

Nintendo: Metroid? What's that?
I have a number of Kirby games so I'll probably sit this one out.

It's just good news after good news!

@Shadx, They didn't release a compilation (or an old port of a compilation; and not even the best version of that compilation) for Zelda, but I thought Nintendo acquitted themselves better with Zelda's 25th birthday than they did with Mario's. Free copies of Four Swords Anniversary Edition for anyone with a 3DS, the Zelda Symphony, that great Flipnote contest, Hyrule Historia (although that's exclusively for Japan), Club Nintendo posters, the Zelda 3DS, a cameo level in Super Mario 3D Land, plus OoT was remade, LA Dx. was released on the 3DS VC and SS came out for the Wii.

That's a lot more than poor Metroid, F-Zero, Pokemon and Pikmin got for their anniversaries last year (25th, 20th, 15th and 10th, respectively). To my knowledge, Nintendo didn't even tweet themselves a congratulatory pat on the back for those franchises.

As much as I want to celebrate Kirby's anniversary, I own pretty much all the games. Unless they remake the games included, I'll probably have to pass on this one.

Then again, if they throw together a nice limited edition with a bunch of nice bonuses (not like the weak Mario 25th anniversary), I'm sold!

Eh, I love Kirby, but I have most of the games I'd like. The only one I really have my eyes on is Squeak Squad, and I doubt it'll make an appearance.

I don't know. I really love Kirby. But I love Mario as well. And I didn't buy his anniversary game. I just rented it. I think I just have to wait to see which games are on that disc.

Any idea who's developing this compilation? If Sakurai has any hand in this, I'm sure we'll avoid a "Super Mario All-Stars"-like conundrum.

good to see another quality title on the wii yet again, and this time its kirby.

love the little fella! though nintendo should have something planned for metroid this coming august as well.

I have finnaly got last week "Kirby Air Ride" for the Game Cube. Would be ironic if it would appear in this compilation. Wish Nintendo would put them all Kirby games in, really.

Can we expect some level of effort to go into this collection given that Nintendo doesn't just have a handy SNES Rom to slap onto a disk?
Can we expect to be graced by the option of choosing to play the games in 60hz or will we be forced to endure the VC versions just for the sake of internal consistency as with the demos...sorry "masterpieces" on the otherwise 60hz SSBB?

Will probably buy this, have't played much Kirby games besides Wii and DS ones.
Kirby Air Ride would make this a NO QUESTIONS ASKED insta-buy, even if it's an insane cash-in like Mario's 25th Anniversary.

@Aviator Haaaa! i see what you did there! lol

Still hoping for Kirby's Air Ride 2. He made a sequel to Kid Icarus bazillions of years later, so now my most unreasonable hopes are given slight validation. Can't wait for his reboots of Balloon Fight and Ice Climbers, too.

Hope they put more thought into it unlike the Mario Anniversary

Wow, an Anniversary Kirby game but not one for Metroid. Tough luck being created on the same year as Legend of Zelda. Not that I care too much of Metroid series.

Everyone is talking about Kirby Air Ride. The races were quite fun but my cousins always wanted to play City mode. It was OK for a while but I didn´t understand why they hyped it so much.

I hope its not just a lazy cash-in like the Mario 25th aniversary collection.

I'ld like to see any Kirby game in the compilation, EXCEPT KIRBY AIR RIDE!!! That games just....baaaadd...

Btw, why didn't they do a Metroid Anniversary?!?!? I feel so ripped off as a Metroid fan....but Kirby is big in japan, north america and europe so it makes since, metroid isn't very popular in japan.

If I didnt buy all the Kirby VC games, I'd be excited.

Yay for Kirby! Although I'm curious why they aren't waiting until 25 years rather than 20, but oh well. Super excited for this Wii collection. I'm hoping Kirby 64 and Kirby Air Ride are on this!

@hydeks you're right about metroid, seeing as it has never been a big seller in japan and neither it is as popular as it is in the west. i am still hoping nintendo of america or europe do something on the day of or be it the month of its anniversary in august though.

I want to see the games announced before getting excited. I am curious about Air Ride. Depending on the disc's size, it would not be crazy that they would include one of the Wii games. I would just like more bang for my buck than with Mario's Collection, which was basically a $30 booklet for me.

I hope there's (at least) Kirby's Dream Land 1 & 2 on it.

KDL 2 with its Super Game Boy features. And KDL 1 updated in the same way.

Personally I always wanted to see the SNES version of Kirby's Star Stacker as well (since that one was released in Japans Wii Shop).

So basically the best Kirby platformers (already mentioned above) should be on this disc:

Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
Kirby's Dream Land 2 (SGB)
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES)
Kirby's Adventure (NES)
Kirby's Fun Pak (SNES)
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

As for extras,
Kirby's Star Stacker (SNES)
Kirby's Dream Course (SNES)
Kirby's Ghost Trap (SNES)
Kirby Air Ride (GC)

I'd be positively surprised if they crank in some of the other handheld Kirby games, like the GBA ones (I never played and would make this collection a must) and the other great GB ones like Kirby's Pinball Land and Kirby's Block Ball.

Just, freaking, Air Ride. I don't care about anything else, just, goddamn Air Ride.

I have almost all the Kirby games already so no for me all I need is are ride, mass attack, returns, and 2 and they can be bought easily.

As someone who has only just become a fan of Kirby in the past year, this would be absolutely ideal for me.

OH my gosh i'm buying manly squee

I only own ONE Kirby game, and that's Dream Land for Game Boy.

I would love if Kirby Air Ride was on it. I would buy it for that alone, seriously.

@VintageBoy Why does Nintendo like to use the angry face Kirby? It looks like Kirby's saying "Buy my game or else!"
Kirby's Dreamland 1-3, Kirby's Adventure, Kirby Superstar, Kirby 64, Kirby Air Ride, and maybe a few of the DS games if possible.

“twenty years of sucking”. Whoa

@black-kyurem - inhaling

Needs to know what games are in it first. The Mario anniversary Ed was a big disappointment.

So even Kirby takes precedence over Metroid? Well, ****, thanks a lot, Nintendo...

Then again, after the negative—and undeserved—reception Other M got, I'm not expecting to see any new games in the series for a while (except for Samus' token appearance in the new Smash Bros. game, of course)... =|

It's wired cause all the old kirby games have been re released in the past couple of years super star for the ds adventure for the 3ds and even the alleyway rip off that I never heard about they must include at least dreamland 3 Kirby 64 and of course air ride

Epic. This is oe of Nintendo's best series.
On a side note, anyone else notice that it's also the 20th Anniversary of Mario Kart? I think they should make a 3DS game that has the first 3 Mario Karts in 3D.
Just a thought.

Cool and unexpected! Nice logo too!

I really wonder what will be on the disc. I guess Kirby's adventure, Kirby super star, Kirby's dreamland 3. And maybe Kirby's dreamland 1, 2 and Kirby 64. Maybe a nice purchase for me. If I buy it and Kirby's dreamland 2 is on it, I won't download it on 3DS vc!

As much as I love Metroid, is it really that surprising to people that Nintendo wouldn't celebrate it's 25th? Nintendo has really tried to make that series into it's "third pillar" over the last decade, and it's still nowhere close to even Kirby's lifetime sales.

That they did nothing for the 15th anniversary of a mega-seller like Pokemon is much more stunning to me.

I'm going to have to see which games are included on the disc before even being excited about this. If it turns out to be a lazy-a** collection like Super Mario All-Stars on the Wii; then we'll probably see just Kirby's Adventure, Kirby Super Star, Kirby's Dream Land 3 (a meh game), and Kirby 64.

I'm hoping that Nintendo includes a ton of games on this disc, otherwise I'm not buying it.

Amazing Mirror, Super Star, DreamLand 2, Pinball Land, and Crystal Shards are the must-haves, IMO.

Oh, and if they could get Tilt & Tumble on there that would be awesome!! I loved that game.

@HappyHappy - hooray for Kirby's dance choreography!

@Shadx: Well they do have The Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition for GC (Zelda 1,2,Ocarina,Majora, and a Wind Waker demo)
Sad that Metroid didn't ever get its recognition for turning 25

@VintageBoy actually laughed hahaha!

Ill buy most anything kirby so i may pick this up.

Girlfriend will love this.

I'll have to find more from this game. I only played The first Kirby and Air Ride, both good games. I've also noticed they've been doing more and more anniversary stuff with Nintendo characters.
((They need to make a Yoshi game.))

@VintageBoy I prefer the one on the top of this page — Ohhh... Right... It was a JOKE... like what you did there...

I'll wait until HAL Laboratory and Nintendo confirm which titles will be on the compilation before I decide whether or not to purchase it, even though I love Kirby and am excited that he turns the big 2-0 this year

And Metroid got ignored right? sigh...

Anyway,as much as i love Kirby games,i already have most of them,so i doubt i'll buy this any time soon.

@WaveBoy CASTLEVANIA FTW!!!!

happy 20th birthday kirby!