Beta Files: Kirby's Return To Dreamland

In celebration of Kirby's 30th Anniversary, today on the Beta Files, we'll take a look at the game that marked the return of Nintendo's pink puffball to the home console scene with Kirby's Return to Dreamland on the Nintendo Wii!

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Other Unused Content: https://tcrf.net/Kirby%27s_Return_to_...
https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby%2...

Web Articles and Printed Sources:
Nintendo Power Magazines Issues 194, 200, 209 & 210
https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interv...
https://web.archive.org/web/201703121...
https://web.archive.org/web/200506040...
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/201...
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/even...
https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/...
https://gigi9714.wordpress.com/2022/0...
https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/...
  / kirby_20th_anniversary_artbook_scans_now  
http://nulogs.seesaa.net/article/2334...
https://www.hallab.co.jp/eng/company/...
Kirby Art and Style Collection Artbook
Video Sources:
   • Kirby Adventure GCN GameCube Trailer - E3 ...  
   • Japanese Scooter game show  
   • Kirby Mass Attack - All Enemy Attacks (Kir...  
   • Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Unused Movies  
   • Kirby Wii Gameplay Footage (E3 2011)  
   • Kirby Wii - E3 2011: Off-Screen Demo Part 2  
   • Kirby Wii E3 2011 Gameplay Footage - WingD...  
   • Kirby's Dream Land (Super) Game Boy Real H...  
   • Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - All Copy Abil...  
   • Kirby Super Star Ultra: Helper to Hero (Si...  
   • Kirby Squeak Squad: Part 49: Gamble Galaxy 1  
   • Wii - Kirby Wii E3 Trailer  
   • Kirby's Return to Dream Land - Early 2011 ...  
   • E3 2005 - Nintendo  
Kirby Right Back At Ya! Episode 96
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All pictures, music, sound effects and video footage do not belong to me. They belong to their original creators and, under the fair use doctrine, I am using them for educational purposes.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Early Gamecube Developmental History
04:26 Kirby GC Disappearance
04:56 Return to Dreamland's Developmental History
12:30 Kirby Wii Reveal at Financial Meeting/E3
13:35 Kirby GC Trailer Analysis
19:52 E3 2005 Showfloor Clip Analysis
21:40 20th Anniversary Encyclopedia Concept Art
24:28 Financial Relations Meeting Trailer Analysis
28:20 E3 2011 Trailer Analysis
32:37 E3 2011 Showfloor Analysis
35:01 Kirby Art & Style Collection book Concept Art
37:23 Unused files: Cutscenes
39:36 Unused Models
40:53 Unused Audio Files
48:40 Unused Textures
51:31 Unused Animations
57:21 Cut Super Abilities and Unused Ability Star
58:57 Outro

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