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Game Boy Advance Version on record: NTSC

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

GBANTSC

Recover the Star Rod and restore peaceful dreams to Dream Land. Jump, float and inhale enemies, then copy their powers to tackle platform stages and obstacles.

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Provenance www.nintendo.com USA GBA photo label AGB-A7KE-USA on the fixed gray display shell

Specification — NTSC

Platform
Game Boy Advance
Region
NTSC
Release year
2002
Developer
HAL Laboratory
Publisher
Nintendo
Language
English
Entry type
Official release
Archive code
AGB-A7KE-USA

About this game

King Dedede takes the Star Rod that gives Dream Land peaceful sleep. Kirby sets out to recover it and restore dreams to the land. Jump and float through platform stages, inhale enemies and swallow them to copy their abilities. Use those powers to defeat foes and solve obstacles. Extra sub-games include Bomb Rally and Kirby's Air Grind.

Also known as: Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi Deluxe

Archive notes

Main image shows the verified USA AGB-A7KE-USA photographic label on the fixed gray GBA catalogue shell. Full original label artwork and printed marks are retained; exterior backing and rulers are excluded. No official artwork, title or code was repainted. The shell is a uniform display convention, not a claim about factory cartridge colour. Source photograph, author, licence and adaptation: Photo: EchelonPrime; Game Boy hardware database by Gekkio and contributors; https://gbhwdb.gekkio.fi/cartridges/AGB-A7KE-0/echelonprime-1.html; CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted by native perspective projection and source paper contour clipping. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ This documents the particular printing shown. Software language and other country printings are not inferred from the label suffix. Game background and gameplay paraphrased from Nintendo's original GBA publisher description: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Kirby-Nightmare-in-Dream-Land-266903.html. The page also contains Wii U Virtual Console information; its communication restrictions are not applied to the original GBA cartridge. The UK/Europe date is not assigned to this USA printing.

Source & provenance

External reference: www.nintendo.com

Catalogued from USA GBA photo label AGB-A7KE-USA on the fixed gray display shell.

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Reference title: Nintendo UK — Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, original GBA publisher description