Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land is a platform game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It remakes the NES game Kirby’s Adventure with new graphics and revised level layouts. Kirby inhales enemies to copy over 20 abilities while recovering the Star Rod for the Fountain of Dreams. Two new sub-games support link play.
How To Play Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Control
Action
D-Pad Left / Right
Walk; tap twice to dash
D-Pad Up / Down
Enter doors, crouch, slide when pressed with A
A
Jump; press repeatedly to puff up and float
B
Inhale enemies; use the current copy ability when one is held
B (while holding an enemy)
Swallow to take the copy ability
R
Discard the current copy ability
Select
Open the map and status screen
Start
Pause menu
About Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Release date
JP: October 25, 2002 NA: December 2, 2002 EU: September 26, 2003
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