The death of the Super Nintendo marked the end of 2D console gaming. Sure, there are some 2D-style platformers and shooters released from time-to-time. Let's face it though, since the Super Nintendo the focus has been almost entirely on cranking-out 3D graphics with wicked shading effects and kewl-@ss textures. You can have your Halo 3; I'll take Zelda: A Link to the Past or Super Metroid over it any day.
I've never been a fan of the Kirby series though. The original NES game seemed too kiddy so I never gave the sequels any thought. Even when researching this article I couldn't bring myself to try it. I groaned when I saw the title screen for Kirby's Dream Land 3. There's Kirby, some hamster dude, a fish, an angry purple bird, and the other Pokemon-looking guys. Maybe it's a great game but I'll never know.
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