History Trivia / KirbysReturnToDreamLand

* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: This game started as a UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube title, was scrapped, then went through several re-imaginings until this became the final product. According to [[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/kirby-dream-land/0/0 this interview]], development started as soon as ''Kirby 64'' was completed, meaning it took ''eleven years'' for it to be released. That said, the actual game that became ''Return to Dream Land'' had a fairly brisk development time of only a year and a half, in part thanks to all the reused assets from the previous versions.

* IKnewIt: For the Switch UpdatedReRelease, many fans expected that there would be a postgame mode featuring a playable Magolor, considering his prominence in the cover.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In most languages other than English, the game is called ''Kirby's Adventure Wii''.

** The music from the E3 2005 trailer for the canceled [=GameCube=] game was also used as The Arena's battle theme for this game, which itself uses a recurring leitmotif present in ''Return to Dream Land'', suggesting it was lifted from the [=GameCube=] as well. Another track, “Exploring the Cave” was later found out to have also been originally used for the [=GameCube=] game, after more footage of the E3 event surfaced.

* MarketBasedTitle: Was [[WorkingTitle originally]] called ''Kirby [[SuperTitle64Advance Wii]]'', although the game's final Japanese title is "''Hoshi no Kirby Wii''" and the European version is "''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Wii''". The Switch version retains the ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' name for the European translations, albeit with promotional material still using the ''Kirby's Adventure Wii'' name when referring to the original Wii version, in a similar manner to what happened with ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Kirby's Fun Pak]]'' and ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''.

** The [=GameCube=] version would have had new enemies/helpers such as Heat Phanphan for Fire (returning from ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'') and a tiny, beach ball-riding enemy for Bomb, Golems returning since ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' as the enemy/helper for Stone (now as {{Mighty Glacier}}s) along with Clean (which wouldn't return until ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'') with Broom Hatter being the enemy/helper, the ability for Kirby and his allies to ride on top of each other in a tower-like fashion and Water having its look from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' and having the ability to spray bubbles around from his mouth and an early precursor to Pluid as the enemy/helper and Hammer gaining a miner's hat.

** The [=GameCube=] version would have had new enemies/helpers such as Heat Phanphan for Fire (returning from ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'') and a tiny, beach ball-riding enemy for Bomb, Golems returning since ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' as the enemy/helper for Stone (now as MightyGlacier{{s}}) along with Clean (which wouldn't return until ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'') with Broom Hatter being the enemy/helper, the ability for Kirby and his allies to ride on top of each other in a tower-like fashion and Water having its look from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' and having the ability to spray bubbles around from his mouth and an early precursor to Pluid as the enemy/helper and Hammer gaining a miner's hat.

** The [=GameCube=] version would have had new enemies/helpers such as Heat Phanphan for Fire (returning from ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'') and a tiny, beach ball-riding enemy for Bomb, Golems returning since ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' as the enemy/helper for Stone (now as MightyGlaciers) along with Clean (which wouldn't return until ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies) with Broom Hatter being the enemy/helper, the ability for Kirby and his allies to ride on top of each other in a tower-like fashion and Water having its look from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' and having the ability to spray bubbles around from his mouth and an early precursor to Pluid as the enemy/helper and Hammer gaining a miner's hat.

** The [[=GameCube=]] version would have had new enemies/helpers such as Heat Phanphan for Fire (returning from ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide) and a tiny, beach ball-riding enemy for Bomb, Golems returning since ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'' as the enemy/helper for Stone (now as MightyGlaciers) along with Clean (which wouldn't return until ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies) with Broom Hatter being the enemy/helper, the ability for Kirby and his allies to ride on top of each other in a tower-like fashion and Water having its look from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' and having the ability to spray bubbles around from his mouth and an early precursor to Pluid as the enemy/helper and Hammer gaining a miner's hat.

* WorkingTitle: It was announced under the name ''Kirby Wii'', a literal translation of the Japanese name, ''Hoshi no Kirby Wii'' (''Hoshi no Kirby'', meaning "Kirby of the Stars", is the series' name in Japan). According to [[https://kirbydevpostarchive.tumblr.com/post/164951856636/hal-laboratory-イシダ-hallaboratory-10232015-908 a Miiverse post]] from Shinya Kumazaki (via Satoshi Ishida's account), this was a truncation of the longer proposed title ''Kirby Wii: Super Friends'', the subtitle of which emphasized the super abilities and four-player co-op.

* WorkingTitle: It was announced under the name ''Kirby Wii'', a truncation of the Japanese name, ''Hoshi no Kirby Wii'' (''Hoshi no Kirby'', "Kirby of the Stars", is the series' name in Japan). According to [[https://kirbydevpostarchive.tumblr.com/post/164951856636/hal-laboratory-イシダ-hallaboratory-10232015-908 a Miiverse post]] from Shinya Kumazaki (via Satoshi Ishida's account), this was a truncation of the longer proposed title ''Kirby Wii: Super Friends'', the subtitle of which emphasized the super abilities and four-player co-op.

* WorkingTitle: It was announced under the name ''Kirby Wii''. According to [[https://kirbydevpostarchive.tumblr.com/post/164951856636/hal-laboratory-イシダ-hallaboratory-10232015-908 a Miiverse post]] from Shinya Kumazaki (via Satoshi Ishida's account), this was a truncation of the longer proposed title ''Kirby Wii: Super Friends'', the subtitle of which emphasized the super abilities and four-player co-op.