Reception and Legacy
Kirby's Adventure received very good reviews, and is considered to be a classic game on the Nintendo Entertainment System. IGN considers it to be "One of the greatest late-generation NES games", praising mostly the sound and the graphics, giving them a perfect score, while giving a 9.5 (out of 10) to the gameplay and 9 for presentation and "lasting appeal", giving a total score of 9.5 out of 10. It was awarded Best NES Game of 1993 by Electronic Gaming Monthly.
GameSpot praised the copy ability and the gameplay, but criticized the length of the game, saying "Can beat the game in a single evening", with a total score of 7.3 out of 10. It also received good reviews from fans, with an average of 8.9 out of 10 by readers of GameFAQs.
In 2009, the Official Nintendo Magazine named this game the 69th-best game ever on a Nintendo console.
The remake has received generally positive reviews, with an average score of 80% on GameRankings, based on 28 reviews. In Japan, Famitsu magazine scored the Game Boy Advance version of the game a 35 out of 40.
Kirby's Adventure was released on November 17, 2011 in the US and Europe and April 25, 2012 in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS as a part of 3D Classics series, the series of classic games played in 3D. This release was featured amongst other games from the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES to be released for the 3DS on a tech demo called Classic Games at E3 2010.
A French version of this game was released in Canada, making it the only French-only NES release in North America.
An official soundtrack was released in Japan on July 21, 1994, by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The vocalist was Mako Miyata.
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