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Among the titles released in 1993, Nintendo's Kirby's Adventure and Joy Mech Fight — 2 titles — were both hits.
Others also criticized the game for its length and lack of challenge.
The new minigames and multiplayer modes were also praised for adding new replay value.
Among the titles released in 1993, Nintendo's Kirby's Adventure and Joy Mech Fight — 2 titles — were both hits.
In the "Cross Review" of the game magazine Famitsu it received a total of 33 out of 40, earning a place in the Gold Hall of Fame, and in the "Game Report Card" based on reader voting in Family Computer Magazine it was rated as follows, 22.8 out of 30.
According to Next Generation, 970,000 copies were sold worth $29 million in revenue.
It is the No. 2 title in the Kirby series, the only Kirby game on the Famicom, and a sequel to the previous work Kirby's Dream Land, which was released on the Game Boy.
It is the second game in the Kirby series after Kirby's Dream Land (1992) on the Game Boy and the first to include the Copy Ability, which allows the main character Kirby to gain new powers by eating certain enemies.
According to director and designer Masahiro Sakurai, the swimming action that appeared for the first time in this game was, at the planning stage, to be implemented as a copy ability called "Sensui".
Nintendo Power thought the game was more difficult than its cute theme may lead gamers to believe.
Official Nintendo Magazine listed it as the 69th best game on a Nintendo console in 2009, and IGN ranked it as 84th on a similar list of best "Nintendo games".
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