Is Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition worth its asking price of $39.99? Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition released just yesterday for the Wii and includes 6 classic Kirby games, challenge stages from the Wii title Kirby's Return to Dream Land (released just last year), a Kirby soundtrack CD, and a few other Kirby related items. The collection has a MSRP of $39.99, and received an ESRB rating of "Everyone 10+" with "Animated Blood, Cartoon Violence" listed as content for gamers and parents to be aware of.
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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is one of the 6 classic Kirby games in the Special Edition, and was originally released for the Nintendo 64 on June 26, 2000. The game was released again through the Wii's Virtual Console service on February 25, 2008 and is available to download for 1,000 Wii Points, which is $10. The Crystal Shards received an "Everyone" rating from the ESRB and has no content listed for parents and gamers to be aware of.
Have you purchased Kirby's Dream Collection and wondering how many hours to expect from it? Maybe you haven't bought Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition yet, but are curious as to how many hours you can expect from the Kirby games in it? Brew yourself some coffee, and let's take a look at how many hours you can probably expect to get out of one Kirby game included in it, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards!
The Brew
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards now has 935,279 Total Hours of gameplay reported, from approximately 89,306 U.S. Wii owners that have reported data through the Wii's Nintendo Channel (older report here). The average play-time per day/session is 1 Hours 4 Minutes, with the overall reported average being 10 Hours 28 Minutes "Per person" as the image above shows.
The game has a "professional" review score average of 75.30%, based on 21 reviews on GameRankings.com. It has a customer review score average of 83.09%, based on 110 reviews from Amazon.com.
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards' U.S. Virtual Console release has made Nintenod about $893,060, just based on the $10 price point and the approximate number of Wii owners that have reported data since the game released.
Caffeinated Thoughts
I have not played Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, though I am very interested in Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition that released yesterday. If you have never seen footage from Kirby's Nintendo 64 game, or what games Kirby's Dream Collection contains, the video below has trailers for both:
You can purchase Kirby 64 on your Wii for $10 from the Virtual Console, but if you get Kirby's Dream Collection you get 6 Kirby games, so it's like you are purchasing Kirby 64 for just $6.67. With The Crystal Shards having an average of more than 10 hours "Per person", I think the new Special Edition with the other 5 Kirby games and bonus materials is well worth the asking price $39.99.
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Questions
Have any of you played Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, and if so, what do you think about the game? Do you think it was a good choice to be included with Kirby's Dream Collection?
If any of you bought Kirby's Dream Collection yesterday (or today), have you had a chance to check it out yet?
If you are interested in Kirby 64 or Kirby's Dream Collection, you can see links to the products on Amazon.com below:
