History Videogame / KirbysReturnToDreamland

* ADayInTheLimelight: Similar to Meta Knightmare and Dededetour! from past games, ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' introduces an unlockable campaign called ''Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler'' that focuses on Magolor restoring his powers and escaping the realm between dimensions. Unlike the aforementioned Meta Knightmare and Dededetour! that function more like [[WhatIf alternative "What if?" scenarios]] and re-use the main game's levels, Magolor's campaign uses an all-new set of levels, and its purpose is to explain [[spoiler:how he survived being defeated by Kirby and company in the main story, and ends up directly tying into the canon of ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe'' and ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'']].

* ADayInTheLimelight: Similar to Meta Knightmare and Dededetour! from past games, ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' introduces an unlockable campaign called ''Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler'' that focuses on Magolor restoring his powers and escaping the realm between dimensions. Unlike the aforementioned Meta Knightmare and Dededetour! that function more like [[WhatIf alternative "What if?" scenarios]], the purpose of Magolor's campaign is to explain [[spoiler:how he survived being defeated by Kirby and company in the main story, and ends up directly tying into the canon of ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe'' and ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'']].

* AdaptationExpansion: The ''Deluxe'' version adds pause screen lore to bosses that didn't get any FlavorText in the original game, including the series' perennial ButtMonkey, [[WhenTreesAttack Whispy Woods]].

* {{Antepiece}}: A later version of the portal bonus levels starts with the AdvancingWallOfDoom boxing you into a narrow area with a single enemy and nearly no time to escape, prodding you into discovering that you can push the wall back by spitting a star at it.

** After defeating [[spoiler:Magolor's first form]], which requires you to drop your ability to use Super Abilities, [[spoiler:his second form]] will juggle a bunch of smaller enemies he'll throw at you. The first enemy he throws will always correspond to the ability you had before you had to ditch it. If you had Hammer, which doesn't have any enemies tied to it, [[DevelopersForesight he'll throw a hammer instead]]; if you didn't have an ability, he'll toss out a [[TheGoomba Halcandle Dee.]]

** Dedede's design in the remake has been changed to his redesign from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'', now with his original hammer, colors and robe rather than his Beast Pack attire.

** A few of the enemies in the game, such as Poppy Bros. Jr. and Walf, now match their modern appearances [[labelnote:note]]The former's ''Star Allies'' redesign and the latter's ''Planet Robobot'' redesign instead of their old designs.[[/labelnote]]

The Switch version is the final game where Vanpool played a part in development, before shutting down on May 2023.