Classic Moments: Kirby’s Adventure

All the best bits from Kirby’s delightfully fun NES game

» Platform: NES » released: 1993 » developer: HAL Laboratory

We do love a good secret area, and this late NES favourite is loaded with them. For instance, did you know it’s possible to obtain the super-powerful UFO transformation in the very first level of the game? Probably not, if you’re anything like us – we’ve walked right past this sneaky little area countless times in the 25 years since the game launched and never once even thought to investigate. In the second part of 1-1, when you reach the waterfall, simply inflate and float under the left-most block to be whisked away to a secret room containing just a single

UFO enemy. It’ll get away if it hits you or you take too long, so gobble it up quick then enjoy the power trip of soaring over entire levels at speed and blasting enemies with lasers. It’s testament to the game’s quality that it’s so packed with cool hidden stuff like this that we’re still finding new things decades later, and each new discovery just makes us want to jump back in and explore every last inch of Kirby’s colourful world in search of all the other stuff we’ve been blind to all these years.