17:32 There will be FAR more than just worms in the cans we're about to open.. (Thank you for the name drop. ilu

For me personally, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, Planet Robobot and Forgotten Land are my top three favorite Kirby games.

If wambu doesn't show up during one of these Kirby month videos there will be a riot

“Gve return to dreamland the crown” is such a statement knowing one of the final boss fights somg names

On Air Ride not having a blue shell: "plasma and bomb would like to say hi to your health bar."

Return to Dream Land being number one isn't a surprise to me. Mainly because of its remake. Two new copy abilities with their own respective Challenge Stages, *10* Minigames to play (nine of which return from previous entries and one being completely original albeit using an idea from the original Return to Dream Land), *86* Dress-Up Masks for Kirby and his friends to wear (including some surprising appearances), a new mode focusing on Magolor and what happened after the events of the main game *and* an upgraded True Arena that also has a surprising twist right at the final fight. Seriously, the original Return to Dream Land already had plenty of content to go through on its own, but HAL Labs say no to leaving it as is with some basic upgrades and just went and decided that we needed *more* content to play with.

It still hypes me up like crazy knowing forgotten land is just the START of the new era of kirby. Like if you think its good now, imagine later down the line when they start trying out more stuff and adding different kinds of things in later installments, *in 3D no less.*

Doesn't matter what. There will be a biiiiig crowd of people with pitch forks outside josh's house.

Personally Kirby Airride was one of my favorite racing games of all time as a kid and I hope it gets some love this month. Kirby doesn't just ride stars, he rides some seriously sick vehicles!

I'm surprised Return to Dreamland Deluxe wasn't mentioned at all. Funny how nearly every Kirby remake was on this list

I’d say Forgotten Land is my favorite since, as much as I love the 2D installments, the fact that they finally brought Kirby into the 3rd dimension is what I’d call a HUGE step forward in the franchise. (One of my Top Ten Favorite Games of All Time by far)

Ok so no one in Josh's audience knows Wild Wild West. Fine by me.

I think it’s impressive that a series spanning more than three decades arguably doesnt have any bad games

17:31: Dude, that Prowler moment was excellent.

What's a Kirby Game that you really wanted to play but never got the chance to? Mine was Kirby and the Rainbow Curse.

I smell Return to Dreamland is gonna be number one, just from past memories of watching old rankings of the games

Kirby Air Ride was such a awesome game. Me and my siblings used to have fun just messing around in Free Mode in City Trail.

My personal favorite Kirby games (one of my favorite video game franchises)are Nightmare in Dreamland, Air Ride, Amazing Mirror, Super Star Ultra, Epic Yarn, and Squeak Squad. Played the heck out those of titles 😊

PLEASE tell me we’ll be getting a “Top 10 disturbing Kirby moments” later this month. There is so much disturbing lore and moments in these games that they deserve to have a list of their own!

Huh. Return to Dream Land number one two lists in a row, huh? I see a theme here.

I once saw a video that said return to drramland and forgotten land are connected in concept. You see, the ship that crashes in return to dreamland was build by a civilization that managed to develop dimensional travel, and in forgo labs the people who build it was studying the ultimate lifeform, a lifeform capable of opening portals to other dimensions. So the civilization that built the ship in return to dreamland is the same that used to live in the forgotten land. They just left when they got the ability to open portals and the wild life took over.

Superstar ultra, Return to Dreamland, and Planet Robobot made it on the list and one of them was #1. I am pleased.

Kirby Star Allies being disliked?? Why?? You can have Magalor, Marx and Susie as allies, Void Termina has a deep backstory, you saved the Nage Sosters and Hyness, and the game has fin mechanic. What's not to love?

I would honestly make sacrifices for another Kirby Air Ride

Can-Opener. 😂😂😂 Nice callback to Wambu Josh!!!

Forgotten land is ny favorite kirby game and my favorite kirby game of all time

POYO!!!! I hope forgotten land is in the top 3!

My personal top 10 for my second favorite video game series 1. Return to dreamland: loved it from day one, the love it has is beyond founded and deluxe just Solidified it as number 1 2. Forgotten land: the 3d Kirby game we've been waiting for and I'm beyond excited for the next game in the series 3. The 3ds Duology: triple deluxe gave some of the best abilities and direction for the series and robo-bots has the best mechanics and bosses ever 4. Star allies: it's insultingly easy but the lore dump and dlc blew me away 5. Super star ultra: most replayable for me and the abilities are unforgettable 6. Squeek squad: the squeeks, ability upgrades and story never fail to make me smile 7. Amazing mirror: metroidvannia with Kirby and I want another game in the series like it 8. Epic yarn: yes it's a spin-off but came at a time when I needed Kirby to make me smile and beyond holds up 9: nightmare in dreamland: it's a remake of the original nes game but a good game becoming even better all of the yes especially for beginners of the series 10: air rides second best racing game only under Mario kart obviously but something I'd pay money for if it got a sequel or re-release

I’m not entirely sure what my full Top 10 looks like, but I can try my best to list off the ones I love the most of Kirby’s catalog of countless incredible games (not in any particular order until near the end) Kirby’s Blowout Blast: A really, really fun retelling of Kirby’s Dream Land with an addicting score attack gameplay loop that’s so tight nit that the game didn’t need copy abilities, although I actually don’t think a Kirby game needs to have Copy Abilities to be good. Case and point, Kirby’s Dream Land: Yes it’s short, yes it’s simple due to the lack of Copy Abilities. But I’ll be real, this beats out both Flagship games and the entire Dark Matter trilogy for me and none of those games except for 64 come close. The main game is just a joy to blast through and the Extra Mode is a genuine challenge and I love it for that. Plus, the cutscene of Kirby following Dedede off screen after it’s all said and done is still one of the best moments in the entire series. Kirby’s Adventure/Nightmare in Dream Land: This is here for the same reasons listed in the video. Introduces Meta Knight and starts fleshing out Dedede’s character, it’s a great introduction of the Copy Abilities, and it’s just fun to play. Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards: Remember how I said it comes close to Dream Land? Well yeah it’s still really solid. Some of the Crystal Shards are a pain to get which docks it some points, but the charm, soundtrack, and ability mixing are good enough to mostly make up for that blemish. Mostly. Kirby Star Allies: Sure, the main game is short and easy, even by Kirby main game standards, but the Dream Friends and Elemental Mixing makes it fun enough for me to still enjoy it more than a handful of other games even without going over the incredible post game like Dream Land 2 or 3. But when you factor in the Post game, which is the single best in the series without much, if any, real competition, it becomes absolutely amazing. Guest Star Allies Go is the best speedrun mode in the series when factoring in the Dream Friend routes having entirely new rooms based off level design from past games, Heroes in Another Dimension is my second favorite post game mode in the series with great use of the Dream Friends and some really fun powered up bosses, and The Ultimate Choice (particularly Soul Melter EX) is the best Arena mode in the series with tons of replayability with all the Abilities, partners, and Dream Friends to choose from and providing a really difficult challenge if you want to limit yourself without Dream Friends or going in solo, really requiring you to master your Ability of choice and the elements it can use. Speaking of which, elemental mixing is super cool. Yeah it was introduced in Squeak Squad, but it was pretty limited there, where it was brought a lot further in Star Allies. Sure it doesn’t create fully new abilities like Ability Mixing did, but it does still drastically alter a bunch of different attacks for all the different weapon abilities and even Dream Friends like Marx and Susie. And on top of all that, Star Allies also just works as a massive love letter to the series before Kirby really jumped into the 3rd dimension. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe: This remake on Switch took an already really solid Kirby game and patched up its biggest issue, being its post game. While serviceable, the Wii version’s post game only consisted of the Extra Mode, which didn’t do enough to make it stand out from the main game and the Speedrun modes in later titles, The Arena, something that admittedly hasn’t been that exciting to me in any game that isn’t Super Star/Super Star Ultra, and The True Arena, which is the weakest True Arena in the series besides Super Star Ultra’s. Meanwhile, Deluxe greatly reduces the healing items available in Extra Mode and gives every EX boss new pause text like the games that came after base RtDL, an entirely new post game mode in the form of the Magolor Epilogue, and added all of those bosses plus a harder version of Magolor Soul to the True Arena. Add on a bunch of returning tracks that weren’t in the original game sprinkled throughout the entire experience, 2 brand new abilities and another one that also wasn’t in the original, and the incredibly fun Merry Magoland, and you have the best remake in the series (yes, it beats *that* one imo) Kirby’s Epic Yarn: This game is just super cute and fun. Sure it’s not difficult and also doesn’t have copy abilities, but it’s just so charming that it doesn’t really need them imo. I just love the world of crafts and the soundtrack that plays throughout the game. Plus, if you want to 100% the game, some of the Gold Medals do provide some challenge at least. Kirby Super Star Ultra: While I think Return to Dream Land Deluxe is the better remake, that’s because I actually still think highly of Base Super Star, especially since the modes added in Ultra aren’t nearly as unique. Helper to Hero and The True Arena are just weaker versions of The Arena imo because of the lower number of bosses and Meta Knightmare Ultra, while fun, isn’t as good as Speedrun modes that come later. That being said, Revenge of the King and slight improvements to the modes found in base Super Star still makes Ultra my preferred version and it fights the next entry for my second favorite Kirby game Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Kirby’s first foray into 3D was a fantastic first attempt with great level design, great reworks of abilities, great evolution of Squeak Squad’s Ability scroll concept, a couple of the best fights in the series with the Knight and an incredible end to the King’s character arc, and the best post game mode in the series in the form of Forgo Dreams. The devs just translated Kirby into 3D so damn well. But it doesn’t quite top my number 1, which is… Kirby Planet Robobot: While it’s post game is beaten by other entries and it doesn’t do a lot to change the series, Meta Knightmare Returns is the second best speedrun mode in the series and it has some of, if not the best level design in the series, primarily because of how it utilizes the Robobot Armor and Kirby’s base moveset alike. Plus, the technological feel to everything and the twists near the end really help this game stand out among the rest for me. Sorry for the wall of text, but I really care about this series, so if anyone actually reads all of this, thank you for giving my nerdy rambles your attention.

Star Allies is my personal favorite in the series. It came out while I was in college, in a time when I desperately needed a familiar, easy and comfortable game experience (…with an optional punishingly difficult boss mode). To me, Star Allies more than delivered that for me, so I still look highly at the game to this day. Also, I love the Bluster-Staff ability. In terms of being an excellent Kirby game worthy of high praise, Planet Robobot is peak Kirby.

I will always love Kirby Air Ride's City Trial! So I'm glad it got into the top 10! It even has it's own Online Community Tournament YT Channel!

ok Josh, you just sold me about Kirby Air Ride and Mass Attack, especially on the notion that WHY isnt Kirby got a JRPG yet. as dark as it tends to get with Kirby games, they'd fit right at home with the genre.

Amazing Mirror was my first Kirby game I loved it as a kid and being able to meta knight sword is awesome

Sqeak Squad was the first Kirby game I ever played. It was what made me fall in love with the franchise.

16:15 - I feel you there.

I don't know much about Kirby but "Air Ride" will go down in history as one of my favorite game cube games from my childhood. It's one of those games I would play with my friends every day after school. I have fond memories of us trying to reach our favorite vehicles first (we usually called them simple names like "The bird car," "The bat car," "The star car" "the other star car" etc) And that underground spot where all the vehicles spawn in "Free Play" mode? "The Car Shop" (hey we were fourth graders, give us some slack) lol.

Surprised that Return to Dreamland was the only one where you *didn't* mention the new game, given its recent Switch release. Ah well.

...god i really hope this gives dreamland 3 the love it deserves. I never played that game until like a year ago, but when i did, omg it was so good. It's a bit on the easy side yeah but the visuals are so damn _striking_ and the music is actually really good

They referenced Wambu's videos and the Kirby genocide meme All we need to complete this picture is any Brawl in the Family comic and you'll have touched everyone in the Kirby fandom! By the way if you haven't checked out Brawl in the Family it is a pg webcomic about video games that went for a number of years. It makes fun of all the absurdity of Nintendo video games and he still makes funny songs to this day check out "Bitfinity" or the game he made "Tadpole Treble".

POYO!!!!! (Yeah get use to me starting these comments in these kirby videos with that) So the kirby franchise really has its fair share of great games like with mario and zelda have great games in theirs. It's basically a matter of perspective on which game is your favorite starring this adorable pink ball facing off against the sinister nightmare fuel that awaits.

18:12 ... How did I not use the dodge AT ALL, despite having done both the main storyline, the second storyline and most of the arena fights? I didn't even try it in fights!

18:05 That is a hell of a throwback.

I love Epic Yarn. It is very nice to relax with at the end of a long day.

Funny thing about my introduction into the Kirby series. I had a friend who was having trouble with Nightmare in Dreamland and he wanted me to see if I could help. I got hooked. He went off to do other stuff and I ended up beating the story before the day was through. And for that reason, I have always considered NIDL my favorite Kirby game. But then I played Super Star Ultra. It was my favorite until Forgotten Land. I got a soft spot for Epic Yarn because it's so darn cute

My god this list is incredible

“ Kirby Kirby Kirby that’s the name you should know Kirby Kirby Kirby he’s the star of the show”

Little disappointed you didn't mention Return to Dream Land Deluxe in the last segment on how it improved on the original immensely with a smattering of new content like Magolor Epilogue and Merry Magoland (the latter bringing old and new mini games together with many fan favorites like Checkerboard Chase), as well as the new fun abilities of Sand and Mecha, and how much more insane The True Arena is this time (especially with how it really amps up the Magolor Soul fight). The improved graphics are also very nice with that game. Anyway, my top favorite is Planet Robobot, mainly because of how the Robobot Armor feels like an extension of the gameplay rather than some kind of gimmick that feels out of place with elements made specifically for it (like Hypernova) or something powerful that only really has a real purpose for that area of the stage (like the Super Abilities). Also, the new abilities of Doctor, Poison and ESP were super fun, and they brought back Smash Bros and even UFO. Plus, the stages and worlds were the most creative in the series, and the second EX stage in the Access Ark is amazing, especially with how it ends. Really, that right there has me hoping the Switch gets a Kirby 3DS Bundle before it eventually retires.

Top 10 best copy abilities!

The love to air ride and the DS games brings me so much joy.

Kirby's Return to Dreamland deserve number one it is in my top five games of all time

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING FORGOTTEN LAND! It might not be #1 but you added it. Amazing gameplay for his first real 3D adventure

And the air rides Formula Star, Rocket Star, Wing Star and Shadow Star were used as promotional material in the anime for the game. You want these awesome air rides? Play through the games.

Air Ride was my first Kirby game and I loved it. I hope to be able to play it again some day.

For my personal top 3 its 3) Kirby 64 for being the most fun i had just chilling in a kirby game and messing with the abilities AND the unique enemy interactions 2) Kirby air ride mostly cause of city trial and also i have yet to get an actual copy for my gc so i must emulate 1) planet robobot for being the best game gameplay and gimmick wise. Honorable mentions go to triple deluxe for being tye most comfy title to go back to, rtdl for being jyst good, and amazing mirror despite the horrid enemy placement playing online with friends was the best thing i could ever ask on the switch

21:08 Aaah yes, nothings more precise then nuking the screen with a sword big enough to put old Sephi to shame

My personal Kirby top three are Superstar Ultra, Planet Robobot and Return To Dreamland, but the series is just so consistently solid that could call any game your favorite and it’d still be an entirely valid choice.

​​In the Kirby universe everything is everything

Seeing number 1 on your list brought tears of joy to my eyes.

robobot is PEAK, it was my first kirby game and it will always be my favorite

I never got a chance to play many of the Kirby games. I actually fell in love with the series due to the 4 kids animated series that was on back in the day.

Well, Josh, you've convinced me to give Kirby Squeak Squad a shot. Maybe even Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.

even as someone who barely play multiplayer or kirby games, kirby return to dreamland deluxe is one of my favorite games of all time, glad its predecessor on number 1

Now that I think about it, Crystal Shards was possibly the first Kirby game I ever played. Cool.

I love the idea of Kirby month. I enjoyed the videos so far and am excited for the rest of the month!

I am Calling it that there should be a Top 10 most Favorite Kirby copy forms!!!! :D

0:57 I used to play this game

This should be fun

My favorite kirby games are epic yarn, star allies and forgotten world ^^

The consistency of Kirby games has to be because every game is given plenty of time to produce.

12:40 love the Mighty Med reference

Happy to see Forgotten Land and Return to Dreamland in the top 2 spots, just played both on Switch and they're my favorites too

As soon as he talked about Superstar and Ultra being the Gold Standard for Kirby, I knew, I KNEW that Return to Dreamland was going to be Number 1! AND HE'S RIGHT!!!

Love how Kirby took almost over 30 years to have an actual 3D game, and it immediately becomes one of the best and most innovative in the franchise.

For me personally My Favorites are 64, Super Star Ultra DS, Forgotten Land, and Triple Deluxe (I haven’t played Robobot Yet but that’s gonna change extremely soon)

Personally, Forgotten Lan, Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Triple Deluxe, Star Allies and Planet Robobot are my top 5 favorite Kirby Games.

thanks to this video i now have the rats song stuck in my head now

12:39 Not expecting a Mighty Med joke Lol

Air Ride, Squeak Squad, and Super Star Ultra all heavily influenced my Kirby fan content. For what little I have.

The Kirby games that will always remain with me are Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Forgotten Land, and Planet Robobot, with special mention to Star Allies for how hard its true finale gets. RtDD added enough to make it stand out from the original Planet Robobot did so much with the mechanisation gimmick And Forgotten Land broke the mold for what is possible for our super tough pink puff

Top 10 Kirby Smash Bros copy abilities?

A couple fun facts: Air Ride was the last game in the series that Sakurai directed. Aside from being a special advisor on Amazing Mirror, he would have nothing to do with the franchise going forward...well, aside from the blatant favoritism in Smash Bros. Sakurai voices King Dedede. Not all the time, just in Crystal Shards and Smash Bros. Kirby was named after Nintendo's lawyer John Kirby, who successfully defended Nintendo in court against Universal over an alleged copyright violation regarding Donkey Kong. They also thanked him with a $30,000 sailboat christened the Donkey Kong and according to Wikipedia, "exclusive worldwide rights to use the name for sailboats," as well as (rumor has it) a copy of Kirby's Dream Land.

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland was so good that it even got a Remaster.

Josh: There are four Kirbies and they're out for blood. Me: And chicken nuggies.

Next month, do Top 10 Bad Endings in Video Games (bad as in evil or dark, not as in awful) (Tekken 8, Cuphead, Nefarious, Heavy Rain, Sonic 2, etc)!

Surprised you didn’t mention Return to Dream Land DX at all, especially considering you mentioned the remakes of Adventure and Superstar. It added a fair bit of new content between the Magolor Epilogue and Merry Magoland, as well as the revamped True Arena and true final boss, and also expanded on the lore of the game considerably…not to mention retroactively establishing the Kirby Clash universe as canon and thus Galacta Knight’s first canon appearance. Overall, I’d say it expanded on the original game in some pretty noteworthy ways.

My honorable mention: Kirby’s Return To Dreamland Deluxe With enhanced graphics, new Copy Abilities, and a redemption arc for Magalor, this remake is arguably the definitive way to play Kirby’s first adventure in the modern era.

I highly recommend you get Fawful's minion for one of these countdowns!

Nobody laugh … I think squeak squad is underrated and hope they return for a new game ….

Planet Robobot has been my overall favorite Kirby ever since it came out. After my initial playthrough of Forgotten Land (particularly after the fantastic finale), I did briefly reconsider whether Robobot had been surpassed for me, but in the end it still remained my favorite, and that stance has only been further cemented after replaying both games recently (in fact, there's a part of me that wonders if I like Return to Dream Land Deluxe more than Forgotten Land now thanks to the boatload of awesome new content added to that version). Planet Robobot is such a tight game that maintains a remarkably high level of quality throughout the whole experience, with very few dips or tedium. In my view, there are other Kirby games with higher highs than Robobot, but those games are not quite as consistently high as Robobot is. As excellent as Robobot is to me however, it is not insurmountable. If Forgotten Land's follow-up has more copy ability variety (which spice things up more on replays) and fine-tunes the mission system more, it may very well end up being my new favorite. Either way, I'm excited to see what they'll end up cooking. Star Allies also gets a special mention from me because it's by far the Kirby game I've played the most (almost entirely because of Guest Star). It feels weird calling it my favorite since the story mode is relatively shallow and unremarkable (I still had fun with it though because it's Kirby), but its extra modes are crazy good and some of the most fun I've ever had with this franchise.

Honestly this would be a gold mine for the switch like amazing mirror could easily be a local coop game

I'll allow Robobot at 3, even though i think it's a 2 at worst. Yes. I am bias cause i loved that game.

A large youtuber mentioned liking Mass Attack, thank the heavens. Also, surprised RtD Deluxe wasn't #1, as I'd say it's a complete upgrade over the original, from mecha being a ton of fun, to the absurdity of the whole of Magolor's epilogue.

Metroid prime Federation force is a fantastic game and I will die on that hill. Also I think hey pikmin was a decent game

Kirby and the Crystal Shards will forever be my favorite due to the combination mechanic, I really do hope they bring that back or even make a remaster for CS. Either way I would love to see it again. Also Subspace Emissary wasn't THAT bad.......just a tad tedious.

11:31-I need to know about the first one! XD This might be a running gag this month, copyright strikes, "No copyright law in the universe is going to stop me!"

kirby on the n64 and nightmare in dreamland are my faves.

22:24 Missed an opportunity to say Master Crown…on one hand I’m glad you didn’t because that would be too easy, but in the OTHER hand…it was right there

Ah. Those end of the video gags… makes me cackle like a madman every single time.

I dont really know why, but I have a weird fascination with Golf games, so I ADORE Kirby's Dream Couse. Easily in my top 5 games in the series. I'll settle for an HM.

I immediately knew what #1 was when Forgotten Land was #2.