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Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe sees Kirby and pals come to the rescue of an intergalactic traveller known as Magalor when his ship, the Lor Starcutter, crashes through a wormhole and smashes down onto Planet Popstar. It’s now up to you – and as many as three other players in local co-op – to bound around various 2.5D levels in order to retrieve five missing pieces of Magalor’s craft. Along the way, you’ll use Kirby’s trademark copy abilities to take on a host of colourful foes and do battle with a bunch of classic Kirby bosses. There are eight worlds in total to float and fight your way through here and they’ve all stood the test of time well, with lots in the way of fun and creativity as you blast through the roughly seven-hour-long campaign. As ever, there’s a wonderful balance struck by HAL Laboratory, making for an adventure that’s plenty entertaining for us older Kirby fans whilst also remaining fully accessible for much younger players to get to grips with. Also, whilst it may only take you around seven hours to blast through this one if you're focusing on the main objective, the 120 energy spheres hidden around levels will easily take that number up into double digits. They're not especially hard to find for the most part, but later areas do possess a few spheres that'll put you to the test.