Kirby's Adventure - Final Bosses (King Dedede, Nightmare) and Credits 

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

Man, the Nightmare boss sequence blew my fucking mind as a kid playing Nightmare in Dream Land, and it still blows my mind how fantastic it looks still on NES.

can we please establish the fact that kirby flew to the moon to fight a shadow god.

This started a trend in Kirby final bosses.

All these years and this game is still fucking beautiful.

Fun fact: There is a time limit on the orb boss. If you take too long to kill it you'll die.

The biggest plot twist in video game history.

This shit was on an NES... I'm not even joking this is some impressive stuff, it's even better than some of the game boy graphics.

A fantastic game. One of the best games ever released on the NES. Sadly, the last games that were released were overshadowed by the technically superior SNES. They managed to push the NES to its limits and delivering just as good, if not better, games as those on the SNES.

I’ll say this. They did a good job making Nightmare look like he did not belong in Kirby’s world, which was what they were going for. Everything in Kirby’s world looks cartoony and cute. Then you come to this guy who looks menacing.

2:41 "I warned you about the star rod bro!!!! I told you dog!"

There is a lot i can observe from this fight alone. First off, this the 2nd Kirby game and already King Dedede is helping Kirby. Makes you wonder if DDD was real bad guy. Second this pretty much got the trope of Dark forces of evil bosses started in the Kirby series. It's amazing how much of an influence this game was for our modern day Kirby

I remember the first time I got to Nightmare. Having just beat Dedede, I was like "woah this guy looks tough." epic final boss.

and that is how moon was made

2:14 Looks like Kirby learned a valuable lesson about jumping to conclusions.

The evolution of the final bosses in Kirby games screaming when they die, beginning with this one.

Me and my friend were so caught off gaurd on the final FINAL boss!!! The last fight had us in tears it was so intense

I feel the original is more expressive with King Dedede and Kirby's expressions than the remake is. Here. you see the absolute fear and terror in Dedede's eyes at the idea of what Kirby is about to do, as well as Kirby being rather pisssed Dedede is trying to stop him (whilst not knowing WHY).

This was honestly a turning point for me as Kirby fan. You go about hearing the plot twist in this game, but it's nothing like experiencing it yourself.

One of my childhood favorites. I can remember beating this final boss under my covers one weekend night. Aaaah that satisfaction. Of course I grew up with the GBA port as i was barely alive when this was initially released. I've been trying to replay this as an adult and I'm nowhere near the platform wizard i once was.

0:04 King DeDeDe 2:55 Nightmare Power Orb 4:20 Nightmare

It is astonishing how well this game holds up.

2:25 THIS GUY'S SEEN SOME THINGS.

That dogfight with Nightmare remains the single most exhilarating thing a person can experience on an NES.

I knew it dedede is a good guy

The graphics for this game, for an 8 Bit console, were amazing back then are tbh still are these days. There is so much going on, with all the dynamic elements. It looks beatiful and cute still.

Just beat this game. It's genuinely impressive that they managed to pull this off on the NES.

I still don't believe it that my 4 years old daughter played this game all the way untill this final boss. 🤯 I let her play on my Switch while I'm playing FIFA22 on my PC. She kept bugging me saying she couldn't pass this one and asked me for help. Then I googled myself Kirby final boss, and here I am.

One of THE most epic finishes in any NES game, even though this came well into when the SNES was already active.

Can't get over that a thirty year old nes game can have a finale this epic, just played it for the first time and was taken aback

and this was on a nes... GEEKING OUT GEEKING OUT GEEKING OUT GEEKING OUT GEEKING OUT

The scene where dedede tries to stop you from awakening nightmare is fucking genius. Honestly, it's one of the reasons i prefer the original over the GBA remake.

@4:20 best boss intro ever to me still.

If the ball part looks easy to ANYONE, then that person has not actually tried the game (or at least gotten this far) Also, is it weird that i beat this before Kirby's Dream Land? (Which i beat today)

Wow, this whole time I was trying to beat Nightmare's second phase with the Star Rod's projectiles. I didn't know you could hit him just by jumping into him. Also, the ball phase is SO DIFFICULT!!!

This masterpiece came out for NES. It still looks very beautiful. Played it plenty of times as a kid.

I legitimately thought that nightmare wizard looked like count chocula

I'm amazed how well they remade this moveset in SKC.

When i was a little boy i was so impressed when kirby flys to nightmare on this star, and when the music starts at 4:20, i had to turn up the volume, that was so cool :) hope you understand my bad english :/

9:40 That's impossible, throw doesn't exist on level 1. Oh, you, naughty programmers…

THIS GAME IS SO NOSTALGIC 😭 it’s still one of my favorite Kirby games ever …the music, the art, it’s v pretty

2:25 "nah man, dont do it!"

This game still looks beautiful and sounds awesome today

Who else thinks the battle arena looks a lot like Marx's battle arena?

IT'S YOUR BROTHER WALUIGI!!!!!!!

I like this more than nightmare in dreamland. (grabs popcorn)

I think you did fine overall, all things considered. Phase 1 of Nightmare is really tricky and Phase 2 is, as well, although it gets a lot easier when you know the pattern. 6 hits and boom, done. Dedede Battle was also awesome, glad to finally see a good run through of this, particularly with the music.

I really love the moment before the second phase of the Nightmare battle and how the music mixes into that.

I actually found it easier to survive Dedede when I didn't inflate to fly; I'd just jump over him and slide underneath him when he's in the air.

Am I the only one who beat nightmare by camping in the corner and popping out to attack? Yeah it's cowardly but I was never good at games! Lol

Hal has always had a way with Final Bosses.

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!

I could never get past the dark orb as a kid.

StarRod Kirby has the best portrait

Thanks for this video, it's exactly what I needed to show someone!

This game was the peak of the NES. It's genuinely incredible just how much they were able to do with like 16 kilobytes.

The song where the first nightmare fight happens is the first exposure many of us had to drum and bass!

This is my favorite boss fight, so epic all the phases it goes through!

This boss was so much fun! I remember playing Kirby's adventure blind for the fist time and being like: THIS IS THE BEST BOSS FIGHT EVER-

7:40 - How calculators react when you try to divide zero by zero

I remember seeing someone in the comments say that as a kid they thought nightmare was some sort of alternate Kirby based on the death animation. With all the new lore revelations that is becoming scarily plausible

2:55 the fucking BEAT is DROPPING and child me knew, this shit was for REAL for real, still get hyped about it.

This will always be my favorite game ever.

I love this game. I was listening to Rage Valley by Knife Party and got a weird vibe it was inspired by the nightmare boss fight.

And so began the recurring trend of making most of the Kirby final bosses nightmare fuel.

This shows how good the graphics can get on an NES

Nightmare's sprites are fantastic

So, King Dedede was the good guy all along.

The final battle is actually a flasher in a trench coat they just were nice enough from blure it out.

Weird paradox involving Popstar's Moon: After the finale, a huge chunk of the moon blows up, as a nonscientific explanation to why the moon looks like a crescent. However... during the Meta Knight battle, which happens EARLIER IN THE GAME, the moon is already a crescent! (And it's alive, meaning if Kirby blew it up, he probably killed it.) Now let's go even EARLIER. Remember Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright? You blew them up too, and Mr. Shine was THE MOON. Not only that, but before he was blown up, he was (once again) a crescent! Now we are going REALLY far back. In one of the stages of Kirby's Dreamland, the there's a secret room only accessible by holding up on the CRESCENT SHAPED moon, as if it were a door. Okay, now let's hop back in our time machine, but this time, we go to the future! SPOILERS AHEAD! (Even though this game is pretty old anyway...) In Kirby Superstar, you fight Marx on the moon just like Nightmare. But there is no blown up piece. If there were, you'd probably fall in. Then again, these are just what-if scenarios. Farther into the future, perhaps? SPOILERS! (For Triple Deluxe this time. This game is much less old, so I can understand not wanting spoilers.) During the final battle with Sectonia, the moon is full. It shouldn't be. So yea. This was pretty long. I feel sorry for you if you are some poor sap who pressed "Read More" and got WAY more than they bargained for.

I remember I used to play this game.

I beat this game today,

The soundtrack is perfection.

When I was a kid this game had the best twist ending. Dedede turning out not to be some irresponsible arrogant king bathing in the fountain of dreams but instead did his best to keep the darkness from overtaking his realm. But here comes Kirby under the impression that Dedede is just being an arrogant brat fighting through everything the king can throw at him, and Meta Knight knowing there's more to the story testing and training Kirby because he knows Kirby can defeat the king, resulting in Nightmarish repercussions. They saw Kirby coming and realized that he COULD win against the Nightmare. Dedede was terrified of that thing getting loose but once it was was all like "Okay, you let him out, YOU deal with him!" Kirby just goes with it and kicks anti-celestial butt.

Man it was a good looking game for a NES Title. I played the gameboy version as my first kirby game, then Nintendo Switch came out and i tried this classic. Tho the game tries to like load so many sprites happening at once the game slows down drastically when they're too many enemies on my screen. But nonethuless this game was an example of how pretty colors and backgrounds can be for a game

It is because of what this final boss can do that this final boss is put on nightmare blunt rotation.

Once you think your done nightmare comes along for one big fight

In Zelda the moon comes crashing down on Link. In Kirby, the Kirby blows up the moon as collateral damage.

Man this was the first video game I ever bet as a kid!.

Nightmare in Dreamland was my first kirby game, but i kinda wish i played this first so i could have more appreciation for it.

I also am stuck on the floating orb section

I never noiced the paralax scrolling at the forlast battle and ending backthem, but these day's i can clearly notice this effect, wich is amezing,it seems to be a reflective regret for Nintendo in that they had made the nes with limmited capabilities, as Nintendo had to expend the nes capabilies with external chips to keep attracting game developers.

Luna's not gonna be happy about this.

I just realized. Nightmare is absolutely, totally just Waluigi in a cape.

Here is what I thought this fight was: Kirby wasnt listening to dedede, but dedede got scared and shot kirby and the star rod at nightmare. But kirby is far to afraid to focus on fighting because he was just thrown into a fight against someone he is afraid of. But this is when kirby learns that he has the power to do crazy things like this. And that's why I always thought there was that space god final boss trend in these games.

Kirby, don't! He'll come back and kick your ass! Him? Mine? I'll kick his!

"Kirby... throw him into the fountain... throw him into the fountain, Kirby... and I will make all of your dreams come true..."

It has taken me 18 years to realize Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland is a remake of Kirby's Adventure. Glad the remake seems to stay true to the original. A bar I go to has this on their mini NES.

I remember the fight with Dedede.. I would always chicken out, even though it was really easy. His bloated form scared me out of fighting him...

Lol nightmare looks so derpy xD

I like how in Kirby’s adventure, it is the first time that king dedede starts helping kirby or trying to stop something bad 2:20 8:31 “read the text”

Greatest game in my childhood.

I had the honor of playing this awesome game in my NES console decades ago, towards the end of its run, the NES had some amazing games that fully exploited the console's potential. The NES lasted over a full decade in the market before getting obsoleted by the end of the 90s, a record very few other gaming systems can match, and its influence remains strong to this day, with the amount of "indie" games that fully embrace its aesthetics and soundtrack style. Do yourself a favor and play this game, even on an emulator, you'll have a lot of fun.

One of my childhood favorites, but now that I'm old enough to understand the story, why does the nightmare show up, knock out the star rod, then... Fly away? Lmao, it makes no sense

I’m sad we never actually see Kirby wear the hat with the Star Rod. That aside: This marks the first time Kirby boss fights were badass.

Watching this makes me feel like a kid again.

Dev 1: The end of the game is missing something. Dev 2: How about we add R-Type and Metroid. Dev 1: Book it. I miss old game development.

I'm here because the last fight in Bloodstined: Curse of the Moon reminded me so much of this fight. (even more so in the "dark lord" route)

One of my top 10 final bosses.

I remember be amazed by this boss when I got to it