Kirby's Dream Course (known as カービィボウル "Kirby Bowl" in Japan) is a very innovative golf game. The game combines elements from the Kirby series (enemies, environments, and Kirby's ability to absorb skills) with the rules of golf, creating in a unique style of gameplay.
Don't be fooled, this game is harder than it looks.
About the run
My primary goal is to get the lowest score possible with the secondary goal of finishing the game as fast as possible. The following table shows the achieved scores.
Course
Scores
Total
Course 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Course 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Course 3
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
9
Course 4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Course 5
1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
10
Course 6
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Course 7
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Course 8
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 3
2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
10
Extra 4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 5
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 6
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 7
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
Extra 8
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8
In fact, RAM cleaning by instant resetting is incomplete, and the water-bouncing memory is not cleaned when instant resetting the game.
When Kirby has maximum top spin and he is on the water until first bounce, the memory is renewed.
First two bounces on the water just after the memory renewal never sink in the pond. (It is used at normal course 3-5.)
After that two bounces, the quantity of the slowdown by the water becomes smaller than usual until restored for some kind of causes. (It is used at normal course 8-2.)
(Quoted from gocha's TAS)
The final battle with Dedede is not necessary to unlock all of the secrets in the game, but it is required to see the ending, so I have included it for completeness sake. Besides, Kirby must defeat Dedede to fulfill his goal of restoring the beautiful starlit sky, right? I fight Dedede in normal mode rather than extra mode. In extra mode, Kirby deals half as much damage to Dedede, which prolongs the battle but makes it none the more interesting.
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Is it possible to make a lua script that fast-forwards all the score tallies and hole-in-one animations?
Anyway, I can't watch this run yet, though hopefully I'll have seen it by the end of the day and will edit my comments here. I've been looking forward to this, and it's pretty awesome to save multiple seconds on each course due to better optimization.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
Joined: 6/23/2009
Posts: 2227
Location: Georgia, USA
Finally got around to watching this. It's really poetry in motion. I don't know the game horribly well, but some solutions still felt fairly fresh. I especially liked Courses 6 and 8, as well as Extra 8 (I was also fond of the strategies where taking damage actually helped make Kirby faster). It was also cool to see a different strategy for the final fight. Yes vote.
Used to be a frequent submissions commenter. My new computer has had some issues running emulators, so I've been here more sporadically.
Still haven't gotten around to actually TASing yet... I was going to improve Kid Dracula for GB. It seems I was beaten to it, though, with a recent awesome run by Hetfield90 and StarvinStruthers. (http://tasvideos.org/2928M.html.)
Thanks to goofydylan8 for running Gargoyle's Quest 2 because I mentioned the game! (http://tasvideos.org/2001M.html)
Thanks to feos and MESHUGGAH for taking up runs of Duck Tales 2 because of my old signature!
Thanks also to Samsara for finishing a Treasure Master run. From the submission comments:
Shoutouts and thanks to mklip2001 for arguably being the nicest and most supportive person on the forums.
The publication uses the wrong YouTube video.
Actually the video is right but the title and description are wrong?
And I think it's about a 1s improvement for both 6-7s if you fire with 3/4 Power (low frame) and boost on every bounce :p.
Found another potential timesaver? I don't have the rest of the shot saved so I guess it's more of a proof-of-concept for anybody if they ever decide to redo this TAS.
Link to video
