Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe: Goal Game Explained

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By in large, Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe is not a particularly complicated game. That’s obviously not to say that it isn’t fun or challenging in certain places (especially in the challenge levels on Magolor’s ship,) but that most things in the game are pretty straightforward. There is one aspect to it, however, that goes almost entirely unexplained: the goal game.

A lot of games in the Kirby series feature goal games–little mini games for players to complete at the end of a level–and the one featured in Kirby’s Return to Dreamland where Kirby jumps down into a slingshot to try and launch himself to a cloud is frequently featured in other Kirby games. Despite this, Return to Dreamland Deluxe doesn’t go into much detail as to how to actually get higher and earn better rewards.

Here’s everything you need to know about jumping higher in the goal game in Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe.

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The instructions for the goal game are simple and brief: push A. Because this is so vague, it’s hard to know what you’re actually supposed to do as Kirby jumps off his platform and onto the slingshot. The actual goal of the Goal Game is to hit the “A” button when the slingshot flashes. The flash is extremely quick so it’s hard to see unless you’re looking specifically for it, but the closer you are to pressing A as it flashes, the higher you’ll go.

While it’s certainly challenging to get the timing down perfectly, the actual challenge of the Goal Game is being able to