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Though it's obvious that Kirby's Adventure 2 is a hack of Super Mario Bros. due to both the gameplay and the music, it is nonetheless a charming and well-made one.

The level-design is fun and imaginative, and the stages flow nicely and feel fair. There is an unfortunate bug in level 1-3 where the game will crash if any moving platforms remain on-screen when you hit the flagpole, and it's easy to trigger it because there's a point close to the end where you can ride a moving platform all the way to the goal, but if you're aware of this then you can avoid it and continue with the game. There's also an issue where World 2's stage number doesn't appear, though contrary to the description here, losing a life didn't cause this when I played the game - it was there throughout my entire time in that world.

The graphical changes match the level-designs in quality - they're fun, and the colour choices are fittingly dream/nightmare-inspired. However, I found that it wasn't immediately obvious that the terrain which has replaced the iconic pipes of Super Mario Bros. could be entered. The idea of the Dream Haloes, Dream Shards, and Dream Fire is a cute one, and the Dream Halo is a neat way to grant Kirby the abilities of Super Mario without changing his size. Additionally, the frames used for Kirby's movement have been well-chosen - he doesn't look awkward in spite of the animation in Super Mario Bros. being more limited than that of Kirby's Adventure.

It isn't just the landscapes that have been changed, though - the enemies have, too, and the choices for which Kirby-series enemies replace which Mario-series ones are all great. I particularly like how Wheelies have replaced Koopa Troopas, and when hit they're knocked over so that you can kick the tyre instead of kicking a shell. The choice of using the ghost-like Cool Spook enemy to replace Blooper in underwater levels, instead of using the squid-like Squishy enemy, might seem odd at first glance, but it's actually very clever - Cool Spook is based on a Teru Teru Bozu, which is a type of good-weather charm that is made and hung up on Japan's rainy days, in the hope of encouraging sunny weather the following day (this is why Cool Spook grants the Light ability in Kirby's Adventure), and when these charms are deemed to be successful they're doused in saké and sent down the river (if they're unsuccessful, their heads are chopped off instead - yikes!). I really liked the idea of Cool Spook therefore ending up in an underwater area, because it's so well aligned with the use of folklore in official entries in the Kirby series.

Though the music wasn't altered, the original game's music was used to good effect to create a particular mood in each level - for example, the underground/castle theme being used in a dimly-lit night-time cloud level suggested the idea of a nightmare sweeping over the Dream World where this hack takes place.

I also found the accompanying Super Mario Bros. 2-inspired story-text to be charming, and saw it as something that harks back to the time when Nintendo used their boxes, manuals, and marketing materials to create a fleshed-out experience that added to what was offered by the games themselves; Efforts to preserve that aspect of gaming culture are always appreciated!

It really is a pity that the author lost interest and only created three worlds of this fun little hack, but I'm also glad that they decided to finish it in the way that they did and actually release it - though it's brief, I thoroughly enjoyed playing it. It's definitely a nice little Super Mario Bros. hack to have in your library.

I tested this game in the versions of RetroPie for both the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and the Raspberry Pi Zero W, and it worked as it should with both.

This is a neat little hack that changes the game into a Kirby theme. You'll see enemies and environments largely taken from Kirby's Adventure, and the hacker does a good job of converting it all; the only thing I wasn't really able to identify was the new Blooper, which I think is the ghost that gives you the Light ability in Kirby's Adventure. The level design's nothing crazy, but since the environments have a full graphical overhaul, it all looks different enough that things stay fresh. There are neat references to Kirby games here and there, and the fireballs are a different color, depending upon the stage, and they're all beautiful. If I have one gripe about this hack it's the castle stages; unless I'm forgetting something from the Kirby games, they resemble Adventure of Link's palaces more than anything I've seen from Kirby. Of course, I love Adventure of Link, so it's not a huge gripe. This probably isn't going to blow your mind, but it's a good hack that's definitely worth playing.

I enjoyed this hack. I actually wanted to do a Kirby SMB. This, as stated in the description, would be a good base to use. The graphics are fine but could be a bit better. I really wish this was a full blown eight world hack. I really like the pallets used. I really wish the music would of been hacked. Either way this would be a good base.

I may actually do a Kirby hack someday and use this as the base. With credits to the author of course.

One of the cleanest non-mario based graphical overhauls I've seen of SMB1. The main kirby sprite and all the enemies are pretty well done. The level design is pretty fair overall one level is only about 3 screens wide which was odd and another seemed kinda like a lazy design because it was mainly just a bunch of flying fish in water but seeing an underwater flagpole was cool.

Like the other reviewer mentioned their's two level's with scrolling platforms & if you hit the flagpole while the platforms still on the screen the game freezes and you have to reset. So either savestating on those is probably a good idea.

At 12 levels it's pretty sure wish the author or somebody else would take the time to finish this up because it'd be nice to play a challenging kirby game where you can't fly. It's well worth checking out if you're a fan of SMB1 hacks or kirby.

(Version 1.0, PRG 0 patch)

At no point will you forget that this is a SMB hack. All the same, the graphic changes are quite thorough, and level design is decent. At one point the game froze at the end of a level, so save-states are recommended just to be safe.

Difficulty is on par with the original SMB. The hack is short, with only three worlds, but that makes it ideal for a quick, casual play. This hack is good if you're looking for something short and simple.