This is on an NES. THIS IS ON AN NES. This game is so magical for an NES game, it even gets around limitations! Simply one of the best NES and Kirby games!

okay but honestly the part where dedede tries to stop kirby and shakes his head is really interesting - that is real fear in that pixelated penguin's eyes, and you know you're about to find out very soon why he wanted to stop you so badly

I love this so much graphically, For an NES game, this just shines with style, from the parallax bg as you fall through the atmosphere, the way they used the background to make stars go across nightmmare's cloak, the story elements of the cutscenes, and I can never stop repeatedly watching that anime-esque 'Shing' when Kirby smacks the power orb at the start of the fight. Even with the limitations, HAL pulled off a really epic looking conclusion to the game

I can't believe this worked on an NES, they blended a cutscene with gameplay better than most modern games.

1:46 One of the most epic music to hit the NES.

I still remember when I first got to this part as a kid. I had struggled against the first phase but when I managed to win it I was like "huh? that's not it?" and picking the star to pursuit the nightmare globe. The ensuing cutscene is ridiculously cool, it had the sense of scale and speed that I had never seen in a video game before. The final chasedown on the lunar surface was just brimming with tension, first something happens to the sphere and it turns to a caped figure in a menacing flash of light, the music becomes more and more intense as Kirby starts dodging the stars thrown at him, then the music cuts completely off at the perfect moment when one of the stars hits kirby, knocking him off the star and then the music tells us that this is it, it's time to kick some ass. It really gets you PUMPED for the final showdown.

And that's how the moon became a cresent

2:02 The exact moment it became personal for Kirby.

this was the first game I ever played when I was five and to this day, this battle is how I imagine myself trying to conquer the monsters in my head with nightmare being how they might look like.

Funny thing for me and my brother, we didn’t know the final boss’s name was Nightmare, so we called him the Devil due to the horns on his helmet as well as his dimpled chin since he kinda resembled how Satan was depicted in old Looney Tunes reruns we watched growing up. That spritework of Nightmare taking damage is pure nightmare fuel by the way. 😆

When I played this as a kid on the Nes I was blown away by this. I mean not even megaman came close to something this intense. Kirby was a hell of a ride.

I remember this fight being exhilarating as hell, even for a kid growing up in the 2010s. Easily one of the best things to come out of the NES.

It honestly shocked me when I found out this was an NES game because I always assumed it was an SNES title.

That first phase music still slaps 🔥🔥

Dude, Nightmare specifically the last stage of him. Is the reason I played this game over and over and over hundreds of times. The final music in this battle is the best ever. I love this game.

the first kirby game i ever played. so nostalgic!

love how kirby accidentally pulverizes a third of the moon.

Whenever I try and the ball of nightmare thinng, when it’s at half health it just flys away and I die

This game was so good that they ported this to the GBA. THEY PORTED THIS TO THE GBA.

This looks more like a prototype or test game for the SNES, cuz there's no way they managed to make this game look that good.

God i remember playing this on my 3ds and losing my mind at how awesome it was

Thanks for the video! I was able to defeat Nightmare thanks to your strategy.

the orb literally just glitches when damaged lol

Full potentially NES in this game and don't like remakes, STILL LOVING THIS CLASSIC ONE IS JUST MAGICAL

I didn't play this game until my mid to late 20s. When this final battle happened and that beat dropped? My mind went "Holy shit, they pulled this off on the NES? How did I miss this as a kid?"

3:31 Kirby did something that Dr. Eggman would do in the future

Thanks my brother was stuck on this constipated crystal ball

This Ball-Boss got the best OST on NES.

A mis 8 años fue la primera vez que jugaba un juego de kirby y la verdad me costó bastante ganarlo, primero me quede atrapado en el jefe de la luna y el sol, después en kracko porque no sabia que habia que subir mucho, y al ultimo no pude ganar el juego porque trataba de golpear a nightmare y no podia, no sabia que tenia puntos debiles, en mi adolescencia pude ganarlo

I’ve never been able to beat the nightmare globe. I’ve always been about 2-3 shots left by the time the sun comes up and Kirby always got squashed

I had so much trouble with this boss as a wee bab because I wasn't aggressive enough and would get crushed by the rising land that comes up if you fail phase 1

i remember beating this game when i was 4 or 5 yo, i was so proud :D

Dedede trying to stop kirby got some funny sprites.

I think this is where they got the idea for Waluigi

dedede is a true hero

Happy game but man, what a scary last boss. Someone should make an anime short of this fight. Would be epic

3:02

I know this boss very well

2:21 if only super mario bros had this quality

0:38 Final battle

The Snatcher of Dreams: Nightmare

I beat the game on my wii (virtual console) it was so fun but i got frustrated at sun and moon and kracko those are hard nightmare was olso hard but he was a bit weaker at his final form

First phase of to the nightmare is the most hardest boss

Why at the beginning of the fight does a random laser shoot between Kirby and Nightmare Orb?

Me when i attack Nightmare: lol im shooting his co-

Credits sound like the ducktales moon theme

How the heck do you kill the Power Orb form? I always get stuck in the first phase and forced to retreat and grind for extra lives in Crane Fever.

Kirby Adventure is the first Kirby game I've played. Is Nightmare the start of teleporting boss?

I could never beat nightmare because the game killed me and I didn't understand why

I really can't won that boss :(

I hate that first form of Nightmare has timer

3:03 glitch?

only hard part is first segment cus you need to be hurry or else he'll execute you.