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HAL had three Kirby games in development that were shelved before releasing Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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by rawmeatcowboy
20 April 2020
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HAL has cranked out countless Kirby games over the years, and I'd dare to say there's not a bad one in the bunch. That said, we haven't seen all the Kirby projects HAL has worked on, as some were shelved for not being up to snuff.

Last week's Famitsu had a big feature with multiple members of HAL, and they opened up about some of the struggles the company faced throughout its history. That's when we learn that the team had three different Kirby games in development that all ended up being shelved. The team decided to hang up these ideas because they weren't at a level of quality the team wanted, or they didn't think the title would hit its sales target.

After these failed attempts, HAL started work on what would be Kirby's Return to Dream Land on Wii. The team was quite worried they'd have yet another failed project on their hands, but the team slowly gained confidence that things would come together this time. Obviously they were right, as Kirby's Return to Dream Land released to the public in 2011.

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