Wiikly Wares: Kirby Dream Land 3, Sandy Beach
by Ross Miller 
{ Jan 5th 2009 at 12:42PM }
Sandy Beach (Konami, 1-2 players, 500 Wii Points): First, the good news: Yes, you can build sand castles in this game, either at your leisure or facing off against swarms of crabs in the Defend Your Castle-esque Crab Battle mode. The bad news? Well, it wasn't the first Crab Battle that came to mind ...
Virtual Console
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Super NES™, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points): This title had the unfortunate luck of coming out within a week of the incredibly awesome Kirby Superstar -- great timing, Nintendo! Still, it's a fun game that happens to be just like its predecessors. We half expect the company to pull some poetic injustice and release Superstar on Virtual Console next week.
Gallery: Sandy Beach (WiiWare)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Fernando Rocker @ Jan 5th 2009 12:47PM
I heart Kirby...
(>'.')>
Zertoss @ Jan 5th 2009 1:21PM
In Soviet Russia, Kirby hearts you!
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 5th 2009 1:24PM
In Communist Cuba all hearts belong to Castro.
Nincodedo @ Jan 5th 2009 1:27PM
:D
Gun Barrier @ Jan 5th 2009 1:30PM
kirby games rock!
Reuben @ Jan 5th 2009 12:51PM
Though my need for a Wii has dwindled since it first released, I always get a tad jealous when I read about the virtual console releases.
Sony could learn something from this.
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 2:33PM
You could just... You know... Download the ROMs...
Fernando Rocker @ Jan 5th 2009 3:04PM
That's piracy...
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 4:59PM
And?
Sidepocket @ Jan 6th 2009 1:01AM
I dunno, I like to you know...REWARD good work?
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 5th 2009 9:14PM
Its wrong.
Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Jan 5th 2009 10:16PM
And playing ROMs sucks horribly on a computer.
Nigeria @ Jan 5th 2009 12:57PM
I never even knew there was a Dream Land 3. Wikipedia says it was never released over here, not that I had a Snes to play it though.
thesimplicity @ Jan 5th 2009 1:43PM
Most people in NA didn't get a chance to play it either. It came out well after the N64 had been released so many people didn't bother... now the cartridge is quite hard to find and one of the rarer SNES games. This VC release is sure to cut it's price in half.
theclaw @ Jan 5th 2009 8:05PM
Well, Kirby Superstar came out in all three regions. Dream Land 3 skipped PAL.
Adolph @ Jan 5th 2009 1:09PM
played one Kirby, you played them all. Am I right ? ? ?
John Z @ Jan 5th 2009 1:39PM
No, you are not.
Dopple Boppler @ Jan 5th 2009 1:57PM
Canvas Curse begs to differ; probably my favorite original game for the system, and it's possibly the best use of the touch screen and stylus being used for a "traditional" game.
Wiinterfang @ Jan 5th 2009 3:48PM
The Kirby for the GBC was pretty different and reminds me of the wii before the wii.
Kyle Nichol @ Jan 5th 2009 1:27PM
Hopefully Nintendo will release Kirby Dream Land 3 in the PAL regions sometime soon, Virtual Console is a great platform for Nintendo to release games that weren't previously available outside of Japan and the US, like Super Mario RPG for example.
Dr Jeckyl and Mr ESC. @ Jan 5th 2009 1:35PM
Is Kirby 64 in the VC? I would love to play that one.
Dopple Boppler @ Jan 5th 2009 1:59PM
Yes it is, even though time wasn't perfectly kind to the game; it feels really, really slow compared to all the other Kirby games, and most of the game isn't quite as memorable as any other Kirby game, but still, Darth Maul Kirby is awesome.
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 2:24PM
The entire game is worth it for Darth Maul Kirby. In fact if that was the only power combination I wouldn't care, it's so awesome *.*
xFenixKnightx @ Jan 5th 2009 1:40PM
Over the Holidays I hooked my Wii up in my family room (because I got my wife stupid Wii Fit for Christmas) and finally got a Wifi connection to it. I bought my first VC title in Mario64 and damn I was impressed at how good it looked. It looks way better than on N64 which surprised me because I wasn't going in thinking there would be a difference. That and I got a Monster component cable for mah Wii so it looks great in all its 480p glory. Now if they could only release Killer Instinct Gold... :/
Roto13 @ Jan 5th 2009 2:30PM
That one might be tricky. I'm pretty sure Rare still owns the rights to the Killer Instinct franchise.
xFenixKnightx @ Jan 5th 2009 2:58PM
Hence the ":/"
I was actually surprised at how little N64 titles there are actually available on there.
Roto13 @ Jan 5th 2009 4:41PM
That's getting kind of annoying, really. The service has been around for over two years now and we only have a handful of N64 games. The N64 didn't sell nearly as well as the NES and SNES, so each new N64 release should potentially be new to a lot more people than these NES and SNES games.
Come on, Nintendo. The faster you go through the N64 catalog, the faster you can release The Legend of Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for me!
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 5:02PM
It's because all the best N64 games were made by Rare. Nintendo would have been completely fucked if they didn't have Rare back in the N64 days...
Roto13 @ Jan 5th 2009 6:17PM
They made two excellent shooters and a handful of mediocre-to-bad platformers (one of which Nintendo owns the rights to anyway). The N64 catalog is worth exploring without Rare in it.
Lee @ Jan 5th 2009 1:45PM
I'll get this when I'm back home.
Wow... Dreamland 3. Brilliant game there if there ever was one.
MarkShark @ Jan 5th 2009 1:48PM
As great as Superstar is, I've always liked Dreamland 3 a little better.
baby sea tuna @ Jan 5th 2009 1:54PM
Really? Maybe I'll have to pick it up then. I only played the early Kirby games (Game Boy) but I always enjoyed them.
eNrique @ Jan 5th 2009 2:01PM
You know, your avatar reminded me about how good the Golden Sun series were, too bad there hasn't been a new title released or even announced.
:(
I will totally buy a Wii or DS if a new Golden Sun is announced just to play this game.
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 2:23PM
Kirby's Dreamland 3 is easily the best Kirby game. Superstar's rubbish in comparison. If you've not played a Kirby game before it's definitely worth it.
In fact... Just play it anyway, it's amazing
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 2:23PM
Oh wait, best old Kirby game. Amazing Mirror's the best one ever ^^;
Rollins @ Jan 5th 2009 2:32PM
I thought Super Star was a lot better. Haven't tried Amazing Mirror though.
Megadanxzero @ Jan 5th 2009 2:34PM
It sounds silly, but Amazing Mirror is just... Amazing... Definitely the best Kirby game, and with a decent amount of replay value too. Mouse Attack was similar, but just didn't feel quite as good...
Donald @ Jan 5th 2009 2:38PM
They don't need to release Super Star on VC - they re-released it on the DS with additional content.
Alexisonfire @ Jan 5th 2009 3:01PM
Except, you know, the best feature of Superstar, the cooperative play, is sort of gimped on a handheld, just by the nature of the system.
Plus, I don't know about you, but not many of my friends own DS's.
Roto13 @ Jan 5th 2009 4:44PM
You realize the DS has sold about a septillion quintillion bazillion units, right?
Nintendo isn't going to release anything on the Virtual Console that has a chance of hurting the sales of a semi-recent DS game.
Jerk Face @ Jan 5th 2009 3:18PM
Man, I sure wish I had a Wii so I could play Sandy Beach....
...
Wiinterfang @ Jan 5th 2009 3:49PM
I like Dreamland 3 better than Superstar.
ChiTownRuler23 @ Jan 5th 2009 3:51PM
ah kirby you pink shape shifting blob i had fond memories of playing with you i guess i could bust out my SNES and play you one more time for old time sakes.
disktype1 @ Jan 5th 2009 4:15PM
I can't believe I missed out on KDL3. Sweet.