History YMMV / KirbysReturnToDreamLand

** A lot of the missions in Merry Magoland are extremely hard to achieve, namely those that involve clearing the hard difficulty in certain subgames. Special mention goes to the hardest difficulties of "Magolor's Tome Trackers" and "Kirby on the Draw", where you get a full taste of what [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard a cheating bastard the computer can be]]. Even if you're able to overcome this (or [[spoiler:bypass it by getting four controllers and leaving only yours active to dominate the competition]]), there's still the hardest difficulties in single-player subgames like "Egg Catcher" and "Samurai Kirby", both of which rely on you to react at your fastest.

** A lot of the missions in Merry Magoland are extremely hard to achieve, namely those that involve clearing the hard difficulty in certain subgames. Special mention goes to the hardest difficulties of "Magolor's Tome Trackers" and "Kirby on the Draw", where you get a full taste of what [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard a cheating bastard the computer can be]]. Even if you're able to overcome this (or [[spoiler:bypass it by getting four controllers and leaving only yours active to dominate the competition]]), there's still the hardest difficulties in single-player subgames like "Egg Catcher" and "Samurai Kirby", both of which put your reaction times to the test.

** A lot of the missions in Merry Magoland are extremely hard to achieve, namely those that involve clearing the hard difficulty in certain subgames. Special mention goes to the hardest difficulties of "Magolor's Tome Trackers" and "Kirby on the Draw", where you get a full taste of what [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard a cheating bastard the computer can be]].

* AntiClimaxBoss: While [[spoiler:Magolor Soul]] is a fun fight and a fairly challenging end to Extra Mode, he's rather disappointing in the True Arena--despite being the final opponent, his battle has no changes at all, is arguably ''easier'' due to you no longer having reduced health like in Extra Mode, and comes off the heels of the far more difficult [[spoiler:Galacta Knight]]. [[spoiler:This is rectified in ''Deluxe'', where Magolor Soul's True Arena fight is modified to be ''much'' harder.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: After defeating [[spoiler:Magolor's first form which requires you drop your ability to use Super Abilities, his second form will juggle a bunch of smaller enemies he'll throw at you.]] The first enemy he'll throw will almost always be tied to the same ability you had before you had to ditch it. Additionally, [[spoiler:losing at his form will allow you to take on the second form]].
** In ''Deluxe'''s True Arena, you'll be given an apple to restore some health before [[spoiler:Magolor Soul's surprise second phase]], a much needed HeroicSecondWind after surviving not only the original bosses but the additional Magolor Epilogue ones as well.

*** [[spoiler: In ''Deluxe'', the second phase of Magolor Soul in the True Arena has three major changes outside of the music. One; As Magolor Soul is staggered, he produces a Gem Apple that has the same effect as a Maxim Tomato. Two; the second phase has his eyes vanish as the Crown's eye remains in his mouth for the rest of the fight, Three; Magolor Soul begins using new attacks, and old ones in new, even more difficult arrangements. In that order, Magolor uses what little magic and control he has left to heal Kirby, fully succumbs to the Crown's will in the process, and can no longer stop it from using everything in its arsenal.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Before ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' came out, Magolor Soul would be the subject of mods designed to enhance the difficulty such as VideoGame/KirbyRevengeOfDreamLand [[labelnote:Explanation]]The final boss fight with Magolor changes the background colour and gives him a new Super Ability while making his overall skillset harder.[[/labelnote]]and Unfair Magolor Soul.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mod which makes Magolor Soul even more difficult by changing his attack pattern and the way his attacks work. At the time of its release, it was considered the ''hardest'' Kirby mod.[[/labelnote]] When the game actually released, a lot of people compared the True Arena version of Magolor Soul to both mods, even claiming that HAL must've taken heavy inspiration from both.

*** [[spoiler:The song also plays in HR-D3's second phase (in the Wii version) … which is the third phase of [[{{Determinator}} Metal General EX]]. Metal General won't give up until either him or his opponents fall... and [[InvincibleHero Kirby]] just won't die. There's also the fact that this fight is exclusive to the Extra Mode (and the True Arena); by then, the player knows [[UnwittingPawn Kirby is playing for the wrong side]], which caused many people to assume Metal General [[ConnectedAllAlong was created to protect Landia]]. No wonder Metal General looks desperate…]][[labelnote:Spoilers]]This is only true of the original Wii version; in ''Deluxe'', the second phase is accompanied by "[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Roar of Dedede]]."[[/labelnote]]

*** [[spoiler:The song also plays in HR-D3's second phase (in the Wii version) … which is the third phase of [[{{Determinator}} Metal General EX]]. Metal General won't give up until either him or his opponents fall... and [[InvincibleHero Kirby]] just won't die. There's also the fact that this fight is exclusive to the Extra Mode (and the True Arena); by then, the player knows [[UnwittingPawn Kirby is playing for the wrong side]], which caused many people to assume Metal General [[ConnectedAllAlong was created to protect Landia]]. No wonder Metal General looks desperate…]]

* RemadeAndImproved: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe added a lot of new content, while also improving upon a lot of things. One of those things is the True Arena fight with [[spoiler: Magolor Soul. In the original game, it was an underwhelming fight that was already done in EX Mode. ''Deluxe'' changes it by altering the colour of the background, giving Magolor Soul the "Supreme Ruler's Coronation - OVERLORD" theme from ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' and altering his moveset to be far more challenging. Additionally, both of his phases have unique Pause menu lore.]]

* RemadeAndImproved: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe added a lot of new content, while also improving upon a lot of things. One of those things is the True Arena fight with [[spoiler: Magolor Soul. In the original game, it was an underwhelming fight that was already done in EX Mode. ''Deluxe'' changes it by altering the colour of the background, giving Magolor Soul a remix of Supreme Crowned Ruler ~OVERLORD~ and altering his moveset to be far more challenging. Additionally, he now has two phases and they both have unique Pause menu lore.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Before ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' came out, Magolor Soul would be the subject of mods designed to enhance the difficulty such as VideoGame/KirbyRevengeofDreamLand [[labelnote:Explanation]]The final boss fight with Magolor changes the background colour and gives him a new Super Ability while making his overall skillset harder.[[/labelnote]]and Unfair Magolor Soul.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mod which makes Magolor Soul even more difficult by changing his attack pattern and the way his attacks work. At the time of its release, it was considered the ''hardest'' Kirby mod.[[/labelnote]] When the game actually released, a lot of people compared the True Arena version of Magolor Soul to both mods, even claiming that HAL must've taken heavy inspiration from both.

** Water's dash attack makes Kirby ''literally invincible'' during the entire attack, meaning you can just coast through anything, from giant boulders to the final bosses' huge lasers. It's great for speedrunning levels, but what really makes the ability break the game is its Rainbow Rain attack. Not only does it deal a good amount of damage, but it can be chained infinitely and ''also'' leaves Kirby invincible the whole time.

* HilariousInHindsight: Before ''Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe'' came out, Magolor Soul would be the subject of mods designed to enhance the difficulty such as VideoGame/KirbyRevengeofDreamland [[labelnote:Explanation]]The final boss fight with Magolor changes the background colour and gives him a new Super Ability while making his overall skillset harder.[[/labelnote]]and Unfair Magolor Soul.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mod which makes Magolor Soul even more difficult by changing his attack pattern and the way his attacks work. At the time of it's release, it was considered the ''hardest'' Kirby mod.[[/labelnote]] When the game actually released, a lot of people compared the True Arena version of Magolor Soul to both mods, even claiming that HAL must've taken heavy inspiration from both.

* RemadeAndImproved: Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe added a lot of new content, while also improving upon a lot of things. One of those things is the True Arena fight with [[spoiler: Magolor Soul. In the original game, it was an underwhelming fight that was already done in EX Mode. ''Deluxe'' changes it by altering the colour of the background, giving Magolor Soul a remix of Supreme Crowned Ruler ~OVERLORD~ and altering his moveset to be far more challenging. Additionally, he now has two phases and they both have unique Pause menu lore.]]

*** It also plays during the first phase of [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Galacta Knight's]]]] boss fight. Assuming that [[spoiler:Galacta was one of the four heroes of yore that sealed Void Termina, and that he was thought to be too powerful, it really drives in that he was feeling betrayed by those he was trying to protect]].

** In the Deluxe version, there is a mask of [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Taranza, a bug that looks like her, and Sectonia]]. Anyone who has played ''[[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Planet Robobot]]'' should be familiar with [[spoiler:Sectonia's Clone turning into a being that resembled Taranza]]. The name of this mask? ''Old Friend''.

** A lot of the missions in Merry Magoland are extremely hard to achieve, namely those that involve clearing the hard difficulty in certain subgames.

** In the Deluxe version, there is a mask of [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Taranza, a bug that looks like her, and Sectonia]]. Anyone who has played [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot ''Planet Robobot'']] should be familiar with [[spoiler:Sectonia's Clone turning into a being that resembled Taranza]]. The name of this mask? ''Old Friend''.

** In the Deluxe version, there is a mask of [[VideoGame/KirbysTripleDeluxe Taranza, a bug that looks like her, and Sectonia]]. Anyone who has played [[VideoGameKirbyPlanetRobobot ''Planet Robobot'']] should be familiar with [[spoiler:Sectonia's Clone turning into a being that resembled Taranza]]. The name of this mask? ''Old Friend''.

*** [[spoiler:The song also plays in HR-D3's second phase… which is the third phase of [[{{Determinator}} Metal General EX]]. Metal General won't give up until either him or his opponents fall... and [[InvincibleHero Kirby]] just won't die. There's also the fact that this fight is exclusive to the Extra Mode (and the True Arena); by then, the player knows [[UnwittingPawn Kirby is playing for the wrong side]], which caused many people to assume Metal General [[ConnectedAllAlong was created to protect Landia]]. No wonder Metal General looks desperate…]]

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Magolor thanking Kirby for his help in fixing Lor Star cutter and him stating to hope that they could be friends forever is this as of ''Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition''. While this line [[spoiler:was originally implied to just be him sucking up to Kirby to help him get the Master Crown]], Magolor's actions in ''Dream Collection'' (he built Kirby an entire theme park as an apology for duping him) make the line genuine.

*** Against [[HeroAntagonist Landia]] itself, it's because of Landia's status as a HeroAntagonist; they were merely trying to ensure [[ArtifactOfDoom the Master Crown]] doesn't fall into wrong hands... [[spoiler:like Magolor's.]] It gets worse when VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe introduces [[FallenHero Parallel Landia]], who is stated to have succumbed to [[spoiler: the Master Crown's evil]].
*** [[spoiler:The song also plays in HR-D3's second phase... Which is the third phase of [[{{Determinator}} Metal General EX]]. Metal General won't give up until either him or his opponents fall... and [[InvincibleHero Kirby]] just won't die. There's also the fact that this fight is exclusive to the Extra Mode (and the True Arena); by then, the player knows [[UnwittingPawn Kirby is playing for the wrong side]], which caused many people to assume Metal General [[ConnectedAllAlong was created to protect Landia]]. No wonder Metal General looks desperate...]]
*** It also plays during the first phase of [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Galacta Knight's]]]] boss fight. Assuming that [[spoiler:Galacta was one of the four heroes of yore that sealed Void Termina, and that he was thought to be too powerful, it really drives in that he was feeling betrayed by those he was trying to protect.]]
** [[spoiler: There's the fact that Magolor turned the Lor, ''the very thing you spent the game rebuilding,'' against you once he reveals his true motives.]]
** [[spoiler:Magolor himself receives a massive one in the Extra Mode. Magolor Soul is described as an EmptyShell and a manifestation of the Master Crown, implying Magolor wasn't himself. It's driven in further by [[https://kirby.fandom.com/wiki/Magolor?file=Magolor_Final_Form_Concept_2.jpeg a concept artwork of Magolor's second form]], which looks like Magolor is upside down, and when you flip it right side up, it looks like Magolor is ''crying''. Combined with the fact that Magolor genuinely appreciates the fact Kirby fixed the Lor and that, if further games are any indication, he genuinely sees Kirby as a friend, it establishes Magolor as a tragic character: he wanted power, and now he got it, but at a huge cost: his friends.]]

** To get the third energy sphere in 7-3, the player will need to get the key from the Carry Dee, then make it through a vertical section with fire orbs, lava, and Iron Barbars. The key will be destroyed if it touches the fire orbs or the lava, and it will also be destroyed if it is held on for too long. If this happens, the player has to restart the stage from the beginning, since the key was in the previous room.

** Thanks to ''LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys'', Magolor has gained the nickname “Sinister [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo]]”.
** Dedede's redesign in the Deluxe version (carried over from ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'') has been frequently called "VideoGame/ClubPenguin Dedede".