Is Kirby's Dream Collection worth $40? What do Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards' hours suggest?

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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!

Kirby Turns One, A Sibling Is Born - Unwinding, Before Moving Forward

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Kirby's Epic Yarn was released on October 17, 2010 for the Nintendo Wii, with a MSRP of $49.99.  The game took about 2-weeks for its game-play hours to show up on the Nintendo Channel, and I did its initial data report last November which you can read HERE.

Kirby's Epic Yarn was developed by Good-Feel and HAL Laboratory, and published by Nintendo.  The game received an "Everyone" rating from the ESRB with "Mild Cartoon Violence" listed as content for parents/gamers to be aware of.

Kirby's Epic Yarn is barely a year old now and this past Monday, October 24, Nintendo released a new 2-D Kirby Wii game, Kirby's Return to Dream Land.  

So, before we head into Kirby's new Dream Land, how many hours Wii owners have spent with Kirby's Epic Yarn over the last year?  Let's unwind one more time and take a look!

Time To Unwind! Kirby's Epic Yarn Data Report

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     We last looked at a full data report for Kirby's Epic Yarn from data that was recorded on December 6, you can read that full report HERE.
     Since my last report, Kirby's Epic Yarn was released in Australia, and also in Europe.
     Also since the last report, Nintendo released a financial statement that showed Kirby's Epic Yarn had sold 1.38 million copies by the end of December 2010.  Of the 1.38 million reported sold, approximately 900,000 of those units were sold "overseas", being North America.

     How many hours have Wii owners spent in Dream Land playing Kirby's Epic Yarn, with 149 days reported?  Let's take a look!