Flat, lifeless menus accompany an otherwise exceptional round of presentation. For starters the menu system is archaic at best. Not everything in Dream Pinball 3D is visually pleasing. The visuals are one of the highlights of the game as each table looks nearly realistic complete with reflections and a snazzy lava effect on the ball when it hits certain scoring parameters. Granted some of the voice work feels forced and cheesy at times (there is a Two Worlds table mind you) it all does a nice job of engulfing the player into each theme. Sound is easily what separates each table as the narrator for each one is distinctively different. There is a monsters table, an underwater theme, dinosaurs and our personal favorite a Two Worlds themed table complete with artwork and sound effects. The range of tables is varied if not predictable. Instead of making a collection of classic tables though, this time around we are greeted to six various tables that are entirely original, but would feel right at home in any arcade. After the superlative Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection we are now given access to the superciliously titled Dream Pinball 3D from SouthPeak and Topware Interactive. What is amazing is that is also slowly becoming the prominent home to all things pinball. Retrieved March 13, 2021.There is certainly no question that the Wii has become the casual gamers system of choice. United Kingdom: Paragon Publishing (2): 126.

Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. ^ 'Reader's Choice: The Game Boy Action Game of the Century'.^ a b 'Kirby's Pinball Land for Game Boy'.^ 'All the Charts on All the Formats' (PDF).^ a b 'Review Crew: Kirby's Pinball Land'.Extra lives can be earned by spelling out the word 'Extra' with letters that appear on the table selection screen after bosses have been defeated. If Kirby fails to jump back into the table, the player will lose a life, with the game ending once the player has run out of lives. However, the springboard becomes smaller with each use, making it more difficult to successfully spring back up. By timing the A button at the moment where the springboard is at its lowest, Kirby can spring back up to the table, with well timed presses returning him to the top floor. If Kirby falls down the drain on the bottom floor of each table, he will land on a springboard. After defeating Dedede, the player can play the three tables again to aim for a higher score. After defeating all three bosses, players then fight against King Dedede. Each boss fight requires the player to deal a certain number of hits to the boss without hitting the Warp Star at the bottom and returning to the top screen.

Warp Stars on the bottom floor take Kirby to the table selection screen, Warp Stars on the middle floor takes Kirby to a minigame, where he can earn extra points and multipliers, and Warp Stars on the top floor take Kirby to that table's boss fight. The aim of the game to help Kirby make his way up to the top floor in order to access each table's boss.Įach floor has various gimmicks that either help Kirby to reach the next floor, such as characters which throw Kirby upwards, or bring in a Warp Star that Kirby can hop onto. The game is made up of three tables Whispy Woods, Kracko and Poppy Bros, each made up of three floors. Players can also earn Maxim Tomatoes which help block the drain for a short period. Defeating certain enemies earns bonus points and multipliers, which combine to provide a bonus at the end of each life. The game is played much like that of pinball, with two flippers used to help keep Kirby in play as he bounces off walls, bumpers and enemies, scoring points by doing so. The game stars Kirby as the ball, while it features three pinball tables, each owned by a classic boss of the Kirby series: Whispy Woods, Kracko, and Poppy Bros. The game was rereleased on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console service in July 2012. It was also the first spin-off and second Game Boy title in the Kirby series, as well as the second pinball video game Nintendo published after the NES title Pinball. It was HAL Laboratory's third pinball video game after the MSX and NES title Rollerball and the Game Boy title Revenge of the 'Gator. Kirby's Pinball Land is a 1993 pinball video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy.

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